Rainy Shinjuku. Tokyo, Japan. By Nathaniel Chan. 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!
It’s taken over three years, but Persona 3‘s excellent big screen adaptation has finally reached its end. [Note: As this is the fourth movie in a series, pretty much everything in this article is a spoiler for not only this film, but the film series as a whole. For a non-spoiler look at the Persona…
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These are amazing days in which we live. [Images via Cherio199] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.
This is Sam Clovis. He is Donald Trump’s political advisor. Forget what you think of Trump or his politics, this guy totally looks like the coach from iconic Japanese manga Slam Dunk That coach, of course, being Mitsuyoshi Anzai, who is widely respected as one of the best coaches in Japan. [Image via 2ch] “You…
During a recent Street Fighter event in Japan, a handful of Chun-Li cosplayers were assembled for the Miss Chun-Li Contest. And the winner? The dude who was dressed like Zangief. Because if you are going to have a Miss Chun-Li Contest, you might as well give it to the muscle-bound entrant in tight, red underpants.…
Slurping, biting, chewing. Here’s scene after scene of Dragon Ball characters stuffing their faces. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from…
From Across the Sumida River. Tokyo, Japan. By Stefanus Christofan. 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 is a belated best-of list from a game designer who claims that 70 percent of his body is made of movies. Today, Kojima started up a YouTube show called HideoTube, and in this first episode, he lists his favorite films released in Japan last year. It’s a good list, covering an array of films…
Back in 2014, Studio Ghibli announced it was taking a break. Since then, it’s collaborated with a French animation studio, but hasn’t yet begun work on a new own in-house feature film. That could change as one of the studio’s most promising young directors, whoquit Studio Ghibli in 2014, could return for his next film.…
He might hate the United States, but he sure digs those designed-in-California computers. You probably wouldn’t take Kim Jong-un as a Mac user. Usually, in photos of him checking out military computers, we see the North Korean dictator in front of a P.C. [Image: AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS] However, a handful of photos…
Yes, it’s called “Hadouken.” Opening this Friday for two days only, this pop-up restaurant is a collaboration with ramen chain Kagetsu and will be serving up Street Fighter themed ramen. The cool thing? According to Capcom, the ramen is being offered for free. The Street Fighter ramen stall will go up in Shinjuku. Get yours…
Game Party Japan 2016 had concerts, video game tournaments, and board games galore. It also had cosplay. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am. To contact the author of this post, write to…
So Many Amiibos. Ito Yokado in Minami-Osawa, Tokyo, Japan. By Jason Capp. 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 manga Mob Psycho 100, from One-Punch Man creator One, is getting an adaptation. A sweet-looking one at that. Mob Psycho 100 follows a junior high student who has powerful psychic powers and is filled with a wry visual style. The studio Bones is handling the adaptation, which was announced last December, and the anime…
If you’ve played Fallout 4, you’ve probably come across Takahashi, the ramen-making protectron in Diamond City. His ramen is real. According to the Japanese press (namely, Dengeki PlayStation and Famitsu), Bethesda has sent out “Nani ni Shimasuka?” (What will you have?) instant ramen with sio (salt) broth. Don’t know if this will go on sale,…
Forget getting carried like a bride or a princess, the new thing, it seems, is getting hauled about like a bag of rice. This is called “okome-sama dakko” (お米様抱っこ), and it’s become a topic online after Mikazuki Augus from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans busted it out: Hardly a first, but there you go. “Okome-sama…
For years now, people have been building amazing creations in Minecraft. But in Japan, people don’t need Minecraft to make cool constructions. Thank Minecraft clone, Dragon Quest Builders for that. Via 2ch and Hachima, people have been sharing impressive creations they’ve made in Builders. “I’ve seen better in Minecraft,” you might say, and I have,…
Monkey Bus Stop. Awajishima Monkey Center, Awaji Island, Japan. By Aaron Cuellar. 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!
Nowhere is safe from the unflinching skill and processing power of robots. Not even Puzzle & Dragons. Oh shit. In Japan, YouTube user Junya Sakamoto created a robot that can unleash combo after combo after combo. The robot, of course, is hooked up to a laptop, which analyzes the best moves to score the most…
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