Kamen Rider

When you think of Japanese pop culture today, schoolgirls with big eyes probably come to mind. It wasn't always that…

Nothing lasts forever. Not you, not me, and certainly not game companies. Just ask Midway, Pandemic, and Acclaim.…

Starting today, the Tamashii Nation 2011 figure event kicked off in Akihabara. Wrapping up on Nov. 27, the event…

Ultraman. Kamen Rider. Gundam. These three heroes are going forces in the upcoming role-playing game Lost Heroes…

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Ever since Kamen Rider first fired up his motorcycle over forty years ago and kicked evil Shocker ass, one thing has…

Disney's Epic Mickey made its (rather late) to the Wii in Japan last week, debuting in the top ten, but not in the…

Japan has a long, proud history of making toys. The Bandai Museum in the rice fields of Tochigi Prefecture…

Sure, the timeline leaves out the gangsters and the love hotels (and even the Kamen Rider blocks), but it does hit…

You can say a lot of nice things about Nintendo games. Nintendo hardware, too. Wildly successful, iconic and…