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Adult VR Festival Draws Huge Crowds in Japan

This weekend, the Adult VR Festa got underway in Tokyo, and lots of people came. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. According to Twitter user Sayunaga, the crowd was so big, that the police showed up. Have a look at the crowd in these photos via 2ch. It’s unclear if everyone…

The Musou title that Koei Tecmo was teasing last week has been revealed. It’s Berserk Musou and is slated for release this year in Japan. The game is slated for the PS Vita, the PS3 and the PS4. No word yet about an international release.

At the Station. Tokyo, Japan. By Guillaume Marcotte 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!

Sushi Chef Makes Star Wars Vegetable Sculptures

Meet Okitsugu Kado. For the past ten years, this sushi chef has been honing skills as the best Star Wars vegetable carver around. Kado uses veggies like carrots, cucumbers and sweet potatoes to create an array of Star Wars characters. To date, he’s carved over 90 different Star Wars characters. Kado even appeared at last…

Koei Tecmo launched a new teaser site for an upcoming Musou title, Famitsu reports. It says the game will be produced by the company’s Omega Force arm. The countdown teaser has drippy blood and fire animation.

Overwatch Devs Show Up At A Korean Gaming Cafe

This is cool. Members of the Overwatch team appeared at a Korean PC bang (net cafe) in Seoul, challenging other players to defeat them. The visit was supposed to be secret. However, before the visit, someone posted on an Inven forum (warning: NSFW images) that the Overwatch devs were coming to a Korean PC bang…

Richard Says Goodbye From Japan

For over four years, I have spent every free moment either writing or thinking about video games and anime for the crazy world that is Kotaku. And frankly, moving on is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I came to Japan back in 2005 with only the roughest grasp of the language. Soon Kotaku became…

Gardeners. Kenrokuen Garden. Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. By Hannes Bohn 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!

Man Takes Love Doll to See Warcraft Movie

Who knows, maybe at least she liked the film. One of China’s biggest sites NetEase (via ShanghaiIst) reports that on Warcraft’s opening day in Fuzhou, one moviegoer was spotted with a love doll. According to ShanghaiIst, the images have gone viral in China. Major sites like China News have also covered the incident. The man…

Japanese indie games festival BitSummit gets underway on July 9 and 10 in Kyoto. This year, Nintendo and Sony are among the official sponsors. According to Famitsu, Hironobu Sakaguchi and Goichi Suda are both slated to give talks. For more, check the event’s official site.

Rose and the Old Castle of Twilight Is a Perfect Melding of Cuteness and Gore

This is the heart warming tale of Rose, her golem friend, and Rose’s many horrible, brutal, gore-filled deaths. The game starts with no preamble. A young girl with a giant flower attached to her body, Rose, wakes up in the ruins of a castle. Through your first few minutes of gameplay, she quickly discovers two…

Just a quick update: According to Scarlett Johansson’s publicist, two of the photos taken of the Hong Kong Ghost in the Shell shoot show her stand-in and not the actress herself. Noted!

Think Voltron Meets Toy Story And You’ll Understand This

Look. At. This. We have a Voltron-type collectible, featuring the characters from Toy Story. This, of course, is a nod to Transitron from the short Toy Story of Terror. Since that character was a nod to Japanese toys, we’ve come full circle in a most spectacular way. Via Character Japan, here’s a short promotional clip…

Taboo High School Rumors Make for One Funny Anime

Do you remember all those taboo rumors you heard in school about the opposite sex that nobody ever really knew if they were true or not—not even members of the opposite sex? Please Tell Me! Galko-chan is an anime about three girls, their unlikely friendship, and their comical attempts to get to the truth of…

A Busy Crossing. Tokyo, Japan. By Boris (500px). 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!

Scarlett Johansson Spotted In Ghost in the Shell Costume In Hong Kong [UPDATE]

Until now, we haven’t gotten that good of a look at Scarlett Johansson in the upcoming Ghost in the Shell film. The only released publicity still is a profile shot, so it’s hard to see how she’ll pull off augmented-cybernetic human Motoko Kusanagi. Johansson’s casting has been a source of controversy in the West, with…

Teaching Human Anatomy With Chalkboard Art

Chuan-Bin Chung teaches art at Taiwan’s Shu-Te University, creating impressive chalkboard drawings for students in his Illustration, Anatomy of Arts and Painting Skill classes. The class does have a textbook, but the students do not use it. Instead, as Chung draws skeletal structures on the chalkboard, the students must draw what he’s demonstrating. “The process…

Have a look at the Dragon Ball Super’s Future Trunks Arc, which will begin on June 12 with the show’s 47th episode aires.

More Dragon Quest Characters Get A Facelift

Like with the original Dragon Quest Heroes last year, the sequel Dragon Quest Heroes II, is taking many of the franchise’s most popular characters and is giving them an HD makeover Checkout the gallery below to see how the character designs have evolved. New to Dragon Quest Heroes II Torneko (Dragon Quest IV, Dragon Quest…

Shopping in Akihabara. Tokyo, Japan. By Chip Sillesa. 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!