Have you ever wondered about Hayao Miyazaki’s process? How he works? For 15 years, as head of Studio Ghibli’s international sales, Steve Alpert saw that up close. In his forthcoming memoir Sharing a House With the Never-Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli, he describes the famed animator’s methods. Below is an exclusive excerpt from…
Jiang Ziya, the sequel to the blockbuster Chinese animation Ne Zha, is getting a US release. The earlier movie made a whopping $720 million in China, and the sequel follows the adventures of an army commander who is tasked with killing the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon. Jiang Ziya will be released in the US on February…
Matsue Castle. Shimane Prefecture. By Brian Ashcraft. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line
Track: True Love | Artist: Elliott Smith | Album: Heaven Adores You
For years, we’ve seen Guile’s hair when it’s up. The iconic character has even been used to sell hair gel in Japan. But what happens when he lets it down? Twitter user Ishiyuki has provided this helpful guess as to how his hair works. It shows the different lengths of Guile’s hair to achieve this…
This isn’t the first Neon Genesis Evangelion train. It probably won’t be the last, either. Back in 2015, there was an Evangelion bullet train that ran between Osaka and Fukuoka. There was also this Asuka-themed Fuji Railway train. Starting this month, an Evangelion-wrapped train is running from Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture to…
Cyberpunky. Tokyo, Japan. By Danilo Salvego | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line
Track: By Your Side ft. Sarah Rebecca | Artist: French 79 | Album: Joshua
Nintendo Co., Ltd.’s new recruitment pamphlet looks like a child’s picture book. It’s actually a corporate guide and the pages seem to depict the character working in different jobs, such as doing office work or composing a score. The art style is fantastic!
How many politicians can say they’ve cosplayed as Asuka from Neon Genesis Evangelion? Lai Pin-yu sure can. The 27-year-old Democratic Progressive Party candidate won a tight race in New Taipei City’s 12th District over the weekend. Taiwan News reports that Lai defeated former Taipei City Deputy Mayor Lee Yong-ping by 2,780 votes. Maybe a rally…
It appears that Chinese Switch consoles are locked. Tencent is handling the Chinese market, and domestic games, which read “CHN” on the Switch cards, are reportedly locked. This means international players will need to import Tencent Switches should they want to play any future China-only releases.
The cream pie is a traditional, delicious dessert. McDonald’s Japan is rolling out a version at its restaurants across the country with some unfortunate innuendo. Oh no! In Japanese, “cream pie” refers to the dessert just like in the West. However, the English language “cream pie” slang is known in Japan (though, obviously, not as…
Airport Hotel View. Narita, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line
Track: Uneventful Days (St. Vincent Remix / Audio) | Artist: Beck, St. Vincent | Album: N/A
The trailer for the upcoming Pokémon anime feature has been revealed. The movie is called Pocket Monster: Koko, and the trailer shows Ash meeting a Tarzan-like character. Below is said trailer. Compared to the recent spate of Pokémon movies, this seems rather…different, no? The poster’s tagline reads, “I want to tell you” in Japanese. Pocket…
Nintendo’s old card-game headquarters is being turned into a hotel. Guests can stay at the Kyoto property starting in 2021. The building, which dates from the first half of the 20th century, held the head offices for the Marufuku Nintendo Card Co., which Fusajiro Yamauchi founded in 1889. It would go on to become the…
Track: Under Control | Artist: The Strokes | Album: Room on Fire
Earlier this week, Sony revealed the PlayStation 5 logo. Where you surprised that it looks like the PS4 logo? And the PS3 logo? You shouldn’t be! That didn’t stop the inevitable wisecracks. As you can see, the PlayStation logo really got even more codified after the PS3 logo’s redesign. Seems about right. Too bad this…
Riot Games Korea head Park Jun-kyu has passed away. He became the company’s CEO on January 1 of last year but spent 2019 battling liver cancer. According to website Inven, he continued working through the end of the year. May he rest in peace.
Track: Let Me Go | Artist: YONLAPA | Album: Let Me Go (single)
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