Track: Window | Artist: Asobius | Album: Window Single Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Just because we’ve still a few more months before the newest Digimon game hits Western shores is no reason why we can’t have a bit of Digimon fun right now. Join me as I play the Japanese version of Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and let’s see if we can save the digital world! Update: Stream…
As far as magical girl anime shows go, few have fights like this. Pretty Cure is a long-running animated series aimed at children—primarily, little Japanese girls. And when people think about Pretty Cure, perhaps images of enormous eyes and transformation scenes pop in their heads. [GIF via geovanny_omnis] [GIF via GIF Magazine] Online in Japan,…
I usually like what Studio Trigger puts out, be it the over-the-top action of Kill la Kill or the whimsical magic of Little Witch Academia. When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace even won me over in a single scene. But their newest, Ninja Slayer, didn’t even come close. Let’s start with the presentation. Most of the…
The Fate franchise is built entirely around legendary heroes fighting it out for the Holy Grail. And the newest game in the series, Fate/Grand Order gives anime makeovers to more of the greatest figures from myth and history than ever before. Below is a gallery of all the new heroes included in the mobile title…
Say Cheese. Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan. By Karl Raso. 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!
Track: Tokyo | Artist: Kinoko Teikoku | Album: Tokyo Single Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
There’s a new Gunslinger Stratos! Square Enix is making the third entry in its very cool arcade shooter series. No details yet on when it will hit Japanese game centers.
How can an anime of yesteryears survive in the fast-paced, highly competitive modern age? That’s the issue that six brothers face in the first episode of Mr. Osomatsu, and their solution is hilariously insane. The new season of anime has started and right off the bat things are looking insane. One of the new anime…
Bakuman the movie is based on the manga of the same name by the creators of the popular Death Note manga series. The story is about two high school classmates who set off to become manga creators for Weekly Shonen Jump, the biggest name in the manga world. The movie is fantastic. Moritaka Mashiro is…
Don’t worry, Guillermo. You are not alone. The movie director had teamed up with game creator Hideo Kojima for what seemed like a truly interesting video game. But, as we’ve known for a while, Konami has officially canned Silent Hills. This spring, Del Toro said, “It’s not gonna happen and that breaks my greasy heart.”…
Snapshot. Nagoya, Japan. By Cliff Ward. 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!
Marza Animation Planet is joining forces with Capcom for a feature-film length CG Resident Evil flick. It’s slated for a 2017 worldwide release. According to Inside, filmmaker Takashi Shimizu (creator of Ju-on) will be the executive producer, Takanori Tsujimoto is directing, and Makoto Fukami, a scribe for Psycho-Pass, is writing the script. There have been…
Japanese entertainment and internet giant Kadokawa Dwango is rolling out its own “internet high school.” This is not simply an online school, but a building with bricks and uniforms. You can study game programming, voice acting, literature, and even farming!
Do you like anime dudes? What about cafes? Good news! Because in Tokyo, there’s a new restaurant with delicious looking food and dreamy animated boys. To mark its latest social game, popular manga and anime series Boys Over Flowers is getting its own eatery. Websites Game Biz and Comic Nataliewere on hand to check it…
Pixel Mt. Fuji. Tokyo, Japan. By Allen. 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!
Track: Sugar Me | Album: Tommy Candy Shop Sugar Me | Artist: Tommy February 6 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
I’ve seen superheroes fight a lot of things, but Gatchaman Crowds Insight takes them out of their element—instead of superheroes battling blatant villains, we see how they deal with sweeping social changes. [This review contains spoilers for both Gatchaman Crowds and Gatchaman Crowds Insight. For a non-spoiler look at the series, check out our review…
Eight years ago, Kotaku reader Daniel sent us a YouTube clip where he waltzes right into Nintendo’s original Kyoto headquarters. Even now, it’s a fascinating peek into a historic building that isn’t open to the general public. Since YouTube took the original clip down because it had a “Stephen Colbert” tag (Daniel used to tag…
I really enjoyed Persona 4: Dancing All Night. And so did Fahey. But as fun as it was on the Vita, there’s something special about playing it on a giant arcade cabinet. When playing Persona 4: Dancing All Night a few months back, something struck me as very familiar—namely the interface. After all, if you…
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