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.
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…
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!
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.
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!
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…
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!
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…
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.
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!
In a general election between all 720 Pokémon in Japan, the winners were announced tonight in Tokyo. Greninja came in first, while Pikachu didn’t even crack the top three. According to Oricon Style, a total of 562,386 votes were cast, with Greninja garnering 36,235 of them, making this Pocket Monster the election’s most popular choice.…
Clocking in at only 55 seconds, this Metroid fan anime clip might be super short, but it sure does provide a nice blueprint. A Japanese artist and animator who goes by the moniker Rabbit Machine created this short. It’s not the first Metroid fan anime we’ve seen (previously, we introduced this one), and it’s probably…
Let’s compare Overwatch voices! This clip features the English, Korean, and Japanese voice tracks. [Thanks Sang, for the tip!]
Traditional Wedding at Yoyogi Park Temple. Tokyo, Japan. By Marvin Perret. 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!
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