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This Could Be the Last Pokémon Jet 

Since 1998, a small handful of Pocket Monster themed airplanes have flown in the ANA fleet. The current iteration, the only remaining Pokémon plane, recently took its final flight. Sankei News and Pokémon Memo report that the Boeing 777-300 Pokémon Jet, the last of its kind, made its closing trip on April 14 as part…

Spider-Man as a Samurai

This works way better than I thought it would. Via Japaaan, Bandai is releasing a samurai version of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Previously, Bandai did the same for Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and a Sandtrooper. Very cool how Spider-Man’s web motif is incorporated into the samurai armor. The samurai Spidey will be out this August…

Pikachus with Lasers Shooting from Their Eyes

This isn’t only cool and hypnotic, it’s also terrifying Spotted at a club in Taiwan, here we have an inventive use of Pikachu costumes: LASER BEAM EYES. After bopping their heads up and down, this happened. No doubt destroying everything in sight. Here’s the full clip from Twitter user Kazutaka. Damn. Just. Damn. Kotaku East…

Dusk. Tokyo, Japan. By Drew Atkins. 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!

Chinese TV Show Criticized for Allegedly Copying Meme Character

You know Kumamon? That bear has spawned memes in the West and is incredibly popular in Japan. One of these bear characters is not Kumamon. As reported on News 47 and NM Plus (via Afternoon News), starting April 9, a character called “Lucky Bear” began popping up on Lucky! Make a Profit! Make a Profit!…

LEGO Turned into Delicious-Looking Food

Builder Tary is a genius at turning unappetizing LEGO bricks into yummy-looking treats. Based in Tokyo, for the past few years, Tary has been producing an array of excellent custom LEGO sculptures, but his food work, in particular, is quite brilliant. For example, here is his LEGO ten don (天丼), which is tempura on rice.…

Angkor Wat. Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. By Peter Schmidt. 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!

First Look at the Gantz CGI Movie

As reported last fall, a CG Gantz anime film is coming out this year in Japan. Here’s the first, very short teaser trailer. The Gantz manga debuted in the year 2000. It has spawned an anime and two live-action films. Titled Gantz:O, the movie is based on the Osaka chapters, and it will hit Japanese…

Nintendo will “greatly reduce the amount of Wii U systems produced and shipped” during the financial year ending March 2017, company president Tatsumi Kimishima recently said. “Taking into consideration demand for the new NX hardware and overall demand forecasts,” he added, “we plan to ship 800,000 units.”

The Most Perverted Ramen in Japan

It’s not everyday that you see a noodle dish designed to look like a superhero with panties on his head. Today you will. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. To help promote the upcoming Hentai Kamen film, noodle restaurant 2-Chome Tsukemen Gachiin Tokyo’s Shinjuku is releasing Hentai Kamen ramen. According to…

All 217 Digimon in Digimon World: Next 0rder

Did your favorite Digimon make the cut? Let’s find out. Digimon World: Next 0rder was released in Japan for the PlayStation Vita on March 17, 2016. There is currently no word on a Western release. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and…

Spring at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. Tokyo, Japan. By Chris Macheichok. 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!

Tokyo with Mt. Fuji. Tokyo, Japan. By Colin Korbelas 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!

The Up-All-Night Stream Plays Rose and the Old Castle of Twilight [Finished]

In the vein of Yomawari: Night Alone—aka the cutest little horror game ever—and htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary, comes NIS’ newest title: Rose and the Old Castle of Twilight. So come join me as I take a young girl and her golem companion to explore a mysterious castle. Part 1 Part 2 Rose and the Old…

First Look at the Final Fantasy XI Reboot for Mobile 

Nexon is making a mobile version of Final Fantasy XI with Square Enix. Today, we get our first peek at the title. According to Ruliweb(via tipster Sang), the game was shown today at the Nexon Developer Conference in South Korea. Note that the slides are titled Final Fantasy XI Reboot. The announced title is Final…

It’s 2016 and Japanese People Are Lining Up for an Arcade Game

Not just any game at that, but the Kantai Collection arcade game. Awesome! Kantai Collection, or KanColle, features anime girls that represent warships. It started out as a free to play game and turned into a phenomena, spawning manga, an anime series, a PS Vita game, and an upcoming animated movie. As Kotaku previously reported…

Japan is getting to see Resident Evil: The Final Chapter first worldwide. According to Famitsu, the movie will open on December 23 in Japan. Elsewhere, the film opens in late January.

College Students Punished with Emoticons

A professor in China apparently made his late students write out 1,000 emoticons by hand after being late to class. ┐(‘～`；)┌ As reported on The Straits Times, CNBeta and ShanghaiIst, this went down at the University of Electronic Science and Technology in Chengdu, where one rather strict professor thought this was the best way to…

The Original Yu-Gi-Oh! Crew Returns for One Last Ride

Yugi and his friends’ story may have ended a decade ago, but there is still one last chapter to be told in the new animated film Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions. Back in my early college days, it’s safe to say I was into Yu-Gi-Oh! I had the cards, played in tournaments, and even…

Tokyo Skytree from an Asakusa street. Tokyo, Japan. By Sean Ishii. 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!