Anime Dress Up

Year after year, new graduates of prestigious Kyoto University eschew the traditional suit or kimono in favor of…

For years, glimpses up skirts were used to titillate Japanese gamers. A new game's done away with that entirely. It…

Comiket, née Comic Market, is a twice-yearl event held in Tokyo for self-published comic books. Fans flock not only…

How would Tim write a Super Mario novel? Who is the David Mamet of video games? Why are gamers so inarticulate? What…

Lock and load, because popular original video anime Black Rock Shooter is getting a PSP title.

Like many young Japanese males, 29-year-old Nanami Igarashi is working hard to establish his career as he lives…

On Saturday, the public comes to Tokyo Game Show to play video games—and play dress up, posing for hours in Cosplay…

This is a common question Westerners have. Japanese characters in anime, manga and video games, they say, "look"…

When kick boxer Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima dresses up, he likes to dress up as girls from bullet hell shooter Touh…

The people who make the annual Tokyo Game Show happen are pulling out all the stops to boost attendance for the…