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The Snorlax Cushion of Your Dreams Costs $460
Enormous, officially licensed Pokémon cushions aren’t cheap. According to Inside, Premium Bandaiis rolling out a huge Snorlax cushion. You might remember that Kotaku previously introduced a Snorlax pillow (which was official) and a Snorlax bed (which was not). This cushion if an officially licensed product. It’s also huge. How huge? [Image: Bandai] It’s bigger than…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2016 -
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A Look at the Manga Artist Infamous for Taking Time Off
Manga artist Yoshihiro Togashi is known for two things: Creating Hunter X Hunter and taking lots of time off. Togashi is infamously known as the “King of Hiatus” among manga fans. As Kotaku previously reported, many demanding manga fans want Togashi to churn out more Hunter X Hunter asap—whether or not they fully understand why…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2016 -
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One of the Rarest and Most Beautiful Xbox Ones Ever Made
Apparently, there are only two of these consoles in the whole world. They are official, from Microsoft, and given out this month to two lucky winners in South Korea. Earlier this month, Microsoft Korea held a contest for these very limited-edition Xbox Ones. As tipster Sang points out, these traditional Korean style mother of pearl…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2016 -
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RWBY’s Third Season Brings Grimm Fairytale Darkness
Eager to check out crazy, over-the-top fight scenes with imaginative weapons? Well, RWBY Volume 3 certainly has that, as well as a healthy helping of sadness and despair. [Note: This review contains spoilers for this and the previous two seasons of RWBY. For a more non-spoiler look at the series, check out our review of…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 25, 2016 -
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A Whopper with 700 Pickle Slices Doesn’t Look Appetizing
There’s having it your way and then there’s this. Japanese site RocketNews, the folks who once ordered a Whopper with a thousand pieces of bacon, a burger with a thousand slices of cheese, and one with a hundred slices of grilled onion, have returned to order yet another ridiculous Burger King burger. This: This time,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2016 -
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Five Must-Watch Anime for Winter 2016
Alright. You know the drill. A new anime season means new anime—42 for this winter season to be precise. With so many, it can be hard to know what to watch, and that’s why we’ve put together this guide. I have spent the past few weeks getting fully caught up on all of the winter…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 24, 2016 -
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‘Claw Game God’ Snags Over 3,000 Plush Toys in Six Months
If you own an arcade with claw games, this guy is the last person you want to see. In China, Chen Zhitong has nabbed thousands of plush toys thanks to his claw game skills. According to Net Easeand ShanghaiIst, rooms of his house are now filled with his arcade spoils. Chen says he doesn’t spend…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2016 -
Kotaku EastGame Delayed Due to a Lack of Pre-Orders
Here’s what happens when you stop pre-ordering games, I guess. According to Hachima, Marvelous has delayed its PS Vita game Uppers due to a lack of pre-orders. On the official Uppers dev blog, game creator Kenichiro Takaki stated this about the delay: “The number one reason is that the number of pre-orders didn’t stretch as…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2016 -
Kotaku EastIBM Is Making Sword Art Online for Real
You’ll be happy to know it won’t follow the Sword Art Online in-game rule that if you die in the virtual world, you die in real life. Phew. Dubbed “Sword Art Online The Beginning Project,” this IBM-sponsored concept is based on the popular virtual world anime in which people play a game by the same…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2016 -
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When Minecraft Meets Dragon Quest
You know what’s popular in Japan? Minecraft. You know what else is popular? Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest Builders is what happens when you mix the two. Broken down to its essence, Dragon Quest Builders is Minecraft, but with direction. In Minecraft you are basically dropped into a world and sent off to do whatever you…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 23, 2016 -
Kotaku EastJapan’s Perverted Superhero Is Back
And this time, it looks like he’s coming to New York. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. The follow up to 2013’s HK (short for “Hentai Kamen” or “Masked Pervert”) is slated to hit Japanese theaters this May. It’s getting released by a major Japanese studio (Toei) and is based on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2016 -
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Beards Make Dragon Ball Characters Sexy, Too
We’ve seen how facial hair turned Street Fighter character Ryu into “Hot Ryu.” And now, in the most recent Dragon Ball Super episode, let’s see how beards do the same for Vegeta and Goku. [Image via SoulOfAngel] Of course, Vegeta had a mustache in Dragon Ball GT (above), but this time, he and Goku are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2016 -
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Five-Pound Edible Kaiju Is a Destroyer of Appetites
This is not a Gamera figure. It’s a Gamera dessert. You can eat this. Shoya Okamoto is a student at Otemae College of Confectionery in Japan, and he created this Gamera out of sweet bean paste, with food coloring mixed in to achieve the proper hues. [Photo: aiiida308] [Photo: aiiida308] [Photo: aiiida308] The dessert weighs…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2016 -
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Cosplayers Turned into Drawings
For the past month or so, cosplayers have been uploading photos to Twitter, asking illustrators to turn their photos into 2D illustrations. Previously, Kotaku published a series of photos that were turned into illustrations. The key difference here is, as mentioned above, cosplayers have been requesting these drawings, using the Twitter hashtag #絵師さんにイラスト化してほしい画像をレイヤーが垂れ流す (loosely translated,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2016