Around the Neighborhood. Chiba, Japan. By Luca Eandi 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!
Each year, a ton of games are made and released in Japan. But many of them don’t come out in the rest of the world at the same time—and others never leave the island nation at all. So with that in mind, here are the best Japanese games of 2015 that have yet to come…
Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky is the newest RPG from tri-Ace, the studio behind the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile series. So join me and let’s find out together just what kind of game it is. Update: Here is the complete stream archived below. Oddly, Twitch kept disconnecting every 15 minutes so…
Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist shows us a world where censorship goes too far. And it’s pretty damn hilarious. In the world of Shimoneta, perverted humor—or anything else deemed sexually perverse—has been banned for years. Pornography has been summarily destroyed and now the entire population of Japan wears…
Gundam Breaker 3 wasn’t the only Gundam game Namco Bandai revealed today. It also announced SD Gundam G Generation Genesis for the PS3, PS4, PS Vita and those who like alliteration. It’ll be out in Japan next year. No word yet on an international release.
Ready for more Gundam Breaker? Well, that’s exactly what you’ll get, then. Today, Namco Bandai announced Gundam Breaker 3 for PS4 and PS Vita. It’ll go on sale next year in Japan. no word yet about an international release.
Like, literally, too damn big. Twitter user BMCrecently got an inflatable Lugia… [Photo: BMC] [Photo: BMC] [Photo: BMC] As well as an inflatable Dialga. [Photo: BMC] [Photo: BMC] [Photo: BMC] Both are too very large. BMC’s room is not. [Photo: BMC] Top photo: BMC To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or…
Omega Labyrinth is a game about two things: breasts and dungeon crawling. [Note: Some readers might find this content objectionable.] The story of Omega Labyrinth begins as school girl Aina and her friend Nako head into the nearby dungeon that hides the “Grail of Beauty.” As a lowly b-cup, Aina hopes to find the grail…
Tetsujin 28. Kobe, Japan. By Johann Affendy Mahfoor 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 December. This year is almost over. Now is a good time for people to look back and recount their favorite anime series of 2015. In Japan, website Goo Ranking polled 500 men and women in their 20s and 30s, asking them which anime series they liked best this year. Here are the top ten:…
Not all of them, mind you! But this couple sure did. Because, really, if you are going to dress up as Final Fantasy VIII characters, you must cut the wedding cake with a Gunblade. As you can see the above photos by Twitter user Knkmgnm, the groom dressed as Squall Leonhart, while the bride was…
Fate/stay night has spawned several mainstream console games and anime, such as above. The original visual novel, known for its engaging story, does have sex scenes. One Twitter user decided to one moment in particular would be perfect for a Photoshop meme. In this scene from the visual novel, the character Sakura Matou lifts up…
Dude, you bought too much Pokemon stuff. Spotted in Osaka by Twitter user Toraneko Top image: Toraneko
Worried about Studio Ghibli? Previously, Kotaku reported that the studio’s youngest director had quit and that it was taking a break. Good news! Studio Ghibli is co-producing a new feature. Titled The Red Turtle, the film is a joint-production with European film distributor Wild Bunch and Studio Ghibli. According to Cinema Today, award-winning Dutch-British animator…
This is not a photo of Sir Ian McKellen. It’s a painting by a young Korean artist named Joongwon Jeong, and it’s incredible. A few years back, Jeong started making waves on the art scene with his incredibly real drawings and paintings. His work is truly remarkable. Naver has photos of the artist’s process, if…
Japanese game company Agatsuma Entertainment announced that it’s closing down. The company, known for publishing titles like 3DS game Code of Princess and the Sayonara UmiharaKawase series, was dissolved today, and according to Famitsu, it will be fully liquidated by March 31, 2016.
It’s official. Your school’s cafeteria sucks. According to China News, China.com and Hangzhou News (via ShanghaiIst), Zhejiang Gongshang University in China recently opened a 37,674 square-foot cafeteria, able to seat 800 patrons. [Photo: Zjol] As you can see in this photo via Zjol, the cafeteria is colorful. [Photo: Zjol] ShanghaiIst notes that the cafeteria severs…
Taito Hey, the wonderful Akihabara arcade, is getting an automatic foreign currency changing machine, Famitsu reports. You won’t need i.d. like a passport, and can easily change U.S. dollars, euros, Chinese yuan, Korean won, Taiwanese dollars, Hong Kong dollars, and Thai baht. That’s pretty cool! This is the first Japanese arcade to get an automatic…
On its surface, being un-killable seems like something wonderful. But in the world of the new anime film Ajin: Shodo, all that awaits you for eternity is nothing but years of painful human experimentation. Ajin is set in a world where fifteen years ago, immortals, known as “Ajin” were discovered. While only 46 have been…
An Isolated Japanese Island. Aogashima, Japan. By Jens S. 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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