Ultraman

The International Tokyo Toy Show roars through, well, Tokyo this week. Sister site Kotaku Japan got a sneak peek at…

Optimus Prime? Lucky guy. The same goes for Spider-Man and Ultraman. All three won the Chinese lottery. Ditto for…

In Japan, the Power Rangers are called "Super Sentai". For decades, they have entertained kids, especially young…

It's a big decision. Choose wisely. And more and more Japanese women are supposedly picking towards otaku (geeks)…

It's a period of time in nearly every Japanese boy's life. Sometime before preschool starts and shortly after it…

Sailor Moon magically changing clothes. Ultraman wasting precious minutes posing before battle. Spiderman summoning…

Ultra Cool | TOKYO, JAPAN: Ultraman (men?) pose in 2006 at the opening of an Ultraman movie. (Photo: Shizuo…

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

Over the weekend Sony unleashed the next evolution of portable gaming on Japan, and Kotaku was there. Here's our…

And more. If this doesn't give you an idea of how big the PS Vita is, perhaps comparing it to Ultraman would help?