The Seoul district of Gangnam has announced a proposal to build a huge bronze sculpture of the horsey dance. No, really. Well, with 2.4 billion views, it is the most watched video on YouTube. The Korean media (via tipster Sang) are reporting that the district set a budget of 418,320,000 won (US$366,301) and are currently…
Don’t you miss instruction manuals? Or even just paper? I know I do. And these photos make me miss them even more. Over on 2ch, Japan’s biggest online forum, a series of Famicom-era instruction manuals were recently posted. [via 2ch] Like the Famicom instruction manual, for example. This dates from 1983. [via 2ch] A look…
Hard Off. Tokyo, Japan. By Phil Sinclair. 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!
From the folks that gave us the Macho Cafe, comes this: the Macho Meat Shop. Hope you like your beef lean and muscular! Located in Tokyo, the Macho Nikuya (“nikuya” can mean “butcher” or “meat shop”) is staffed by musclebound men who are prone to flex poses while serving up raw beef. [Photo: namaramuniku] [Photo:…
The number of Korean game companies has dropped by 30 percent in the past few years. This could be related to the country’s sluggish economy, but according to a recent Korean report (via tipster Sang), the country’s gamingcurfew lawis the main culprit. The same report (also via Sang) stated that the number of people employed…
This is Whiteday. And if you’re into scares, this might be for you. As Destructoid points out, this looks to be a remake of the 2001 survival horror game White Day: A Labyrinth Named School Whiteday will be out in 2016 for PlayStation VR in South Korea. It’s also apprently coming to iOS and Android.…
Damn, it’s like he stepped right out of the Dragon Ball Z anime. According to website Non Solo Hobby, these Master Stars Piece Manga Dimension DBZ figures were revealed at this year’s Lucca Comics & Games in Italy. [Photo: Non Solo Hobby] Let’s get a closer look. [Photo: Non Solo Hobby] [Photo: Non Solo Hobby]…
Down the Staircase. Tokyo, Japan. By J.T. Quigley 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!
I don’t often find Japanese horror all that scary, but you want to know how to ratchet up the scare factor on Japanese horror? Rotoscope it. Kowabon is a short-form horror anime currently airing in Japan. Instead of using the usual CG or hand-drawn animation techniques, it uses rotoscoping—i.e., recording in live action and then…
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has proven to be a hit, selling five million copies worldwide. According to today’s Nikkei, the Tokyo-based fitness company has began internal talks about the next Metal Gear title. 11/4/15 – 2am Update: Konami has confirmed to Kotaku the Konami LA studio has been closed. Full statement below.…
Especially if you’re familiar with the manga City Hunter. Compare for yourself! Twitter user Gregoire Hellot pointed out that “Zero” single’s cover looks like it could be a City Hunter knock-off, adding that on the upside, this was proof of how international the manga has become. Heh. City Hunter ran from 1985-1991 and followed the…
There’s a new Contra game! According to 4Gamer, it’s a side-scrolling-shooter for iOS and Android and aimed at the Chinese mobile market. No word on when this “newest” Contra, a collaboration between Konami and China’s Tencent, will be released.
There’s a One-Punch Man anime, so why even read the manga, right? Right? Um, no. Just no. Anime has a slew of strong points! It brings editing, voice acting, and moving pictures to manga adaptations. Anime is good. We like it. One-Punch Man started out as a webcomic and then was adapted into a brilliantly…
SNK just announced it’s leaving the pachislot (pachinko slot) business. The reason? There’s too much uncertainty. It also added that it will be doubling down on game development. Good news if you like SNK’s games! Bad news if you like pachislot.
Harley on Halloween. Tokyo, Japan. By Pitchawut Virutamawongse. 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!
This is the closest I’ve seen to a Japanese-made Pixar-style animated short. So, I’m guessing it’ll be the closest you’ve seen, too. This is Tokyo Cosmo. It’s an independent animation made by a small Japanese team. It was entered in Digicon 6 Asia, a short movie contest. I quite like it. Maybe you will also.…
Digimon. Digital Monsters. Digimon are the champions. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth follows a young teen (in my case, a girl named Ami) and her adventures in both the real world and the virtual reality world of EDEN. One day, she and her two friends, Nokia and Arata, are given the hacker ability to capture and…
Maybe you have fantasies of becoming a famous game creator with your own game studio. You should also have fantasies of not sleeping. This is Akihiro Hino. He is the president of Level-5, the studio he founded and the studio behind Yokai Watch and Professor Layton. He writes, produces, and designs games. He also doesn’t…
If your first thought at the outbreak of a real zombie apocalypse would be to grab a camera because the resulting footage will look great in your zombie movie, you’re probably a character in the newest Neptunia title. The Neptunia series was created around a fun concept: What if game consoles—i.e., the Playstation 3, Xbox…
If I were to try to briefly describe what the anime Classroom Crisis is like, I’d say it’s similar to an 80s “save the rec-center” movie—only set on Mars and involving teenage rocket scientists. …Okay, actually, that may make it sound better than it really is. In the not-so-distant future, mankind has colonized Mars thanks…
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