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Ash From Pokémon Just Had The Battle Of His Life  

In the latest episode of Pokémon XYZ, Ash faced off against Alain for the Kalos League Championship. Since Ash has been doing so well this season and since he’s become somewhat of a cooler character, victory seemed possible. [Note: This article has spoilers] This was Ash’s big chanceto win an official Pokémon League. Here is…

Report: Bleach Is Getting A Live-Action Film

Just as the manga is ending, there is apparently a live-action Bleach film in the works. The news was revealed via leak from next week’s upcoming Weekly Shonen Jump (via 2ch). What appear to be authentic magazine scans are floating around online; however, the upcoming Weekly Shonen Jump won’t be available until early next week…

Wedding at Meiji Shrine. Tokyo, Japan. By Christian Astorga 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!

Here’s the latest Resident Evil 7 trailer. Whaddaya think? As Kotaku previously reported, the game should be closer to classic RE than the teaser demo.

The Japanese Cat The Internet Is Totally Obsessed With

You know you’ve made it if Pewdiepie retweets you. Congrats, stuck cat, you’ve made it! Twitter user Aktfps snapped an amusing photo of a poor feline friend with its claws stuck in a scratching post and on the bed. Don’t fret, the cat is okay, and this tweet, IT Media reports, racked up 30,000 retweets…

A mysterious Bandai Namco teaser site has popped up online. There’s a clock, some flames, and small text at the bottom that says PC and mobile content. Hrm.

Miyajima Island. Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. By Steven Pianelli. 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!

Jun Maeda, who has written classic visual novels Clannad and Kanon, is suffering from idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Via Twitter, he announced that he needs a heart transplant, but assured that he still has a long life ahead of him.

Japanese Umbrella Martial Arts 

This is Hiroaki Tanaka. He likes to do martial arts with umbrellas while wearing a suit. I think he’s badass. He doesn’t always use umbrellas. Here he is fighting with a broom. Fans. Shirts on hangers. And finally, glow sticks. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points…

Two men in Singapore were recently arrested for fighting over Pokémon Go, reports Channel News Asia. One man was playing the game while crossing the street, and the other man, driving a car, honked at him. Both face a year in prison or a fine.

Blue Skies. Kyoto, Japan. By Martin Steigele. 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!

Pokémon Sun and Moon Producer Bombarded With Pokémon Go Comments

Okay, let’s get this straight. California-based Niantic develops Pokémon Go. Tokyo-based Game Freak makes the Pokémon video games. Got it? Because that’s probably why Game Freak co-founder Junichi Masuda can’t help you with your Pokémon Go problems! In a post on his official blog, Masuda acknowledged that he did collaborate on Pokémon Go’s game design,…

It’s 2016 And I’m Buying A New Japanese Fax Machine

What did you do this weekend? I spent my Sunday here in Osaka shopping for a fax machine. No time travel was involved. I need a new home phone and found myself looking at rows of this: Also this weekend, months after an odd on-air apology, the country’s most famous boy band SMAP announced it…

Comparing The Pokémon Anime In Japanese To Its English Dub

If you’ve ever wanted to know how the latest Pokémon anime stacks up to the Japanese original, here’s your chance to find out. Besides the language and the voices, the biggest difference appears to be that the English dub lacks much of the audible oomph that the Japanese original has, especially when the soundtrack cuts…

Bonsai Tree. Tokyo, Japan. By Stefan Laketa 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!

Ash Could Finally Win A Pokémon League

For the past twenty years, Ash has been losing. To date, he’s never won an official Pokémon League, but that could change this month. Ash might finally win his first one. Increasingly, Ash has upped his game and has been more formidable in the anime than in year’s past. This season, Ash and his Greninja…

Making Gundam Models Is Hard Even For Gundam Models

You know what, for an amphibious mobile suit with iron pinchers, MSM-07 isn’t too shabby at model making. Twitter user TKvirtualworld created this brilliant diorama with MSM-07 sitting at a desk, reading through an instructional manual. A look at MSM-07’s handiwork. Can you imagine picking up those little pieces with those pinchers? Or creating something…

A new series of Parappa the Rapper spin-off animated shorts are coming to Japanese TV this year, MoCA (via ANN) reports. The anime stars a chill teddy bear named PJ Berri and also features Parappa and Chop Chop Master Onion. Each episode is around 96 seconds long.

The Birth Of TV Anime In Japan

We take it for granted. Each season, anime studios churn out new episodes on a regular basis. But at one time, a weekly TV anime was seen as an impossibility in Japan. Osamu Tezuka changed that forever. Hailed as the “God of Manga,” Tezuka was also the man who made anime what it is today.…

The Making Of Godzilla Resurgence‘s Special Effects

The computer graphics in Godzilla Resurgence are quite good. Let’s see how they all came together. While I have mixed feelings about the film itself, I loved the look of it, the camera setups, and the CG. The CG felt tactile and heavy like the models and miniature sets of the past. As Kotaku previously…