For years now, virtual idol Hatsune Miku’s greatest hits have been showcased in the Project Diva music game series. Now however, fellow Vocaloid and rival “IA” has her own game IA/VT -Colorful-. And its music is pretty good in its own right. IA/VT -Colorful- has 60 songs right out of the box—with 5 additional tracks…
This year’s Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia press conferencewill be heldon Tuesday, September 15 and streamed online. The presser is right before this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Be sure to check back for Kotaku’s coverage.
Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto, Japan. By Greg Penet. 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: Chiisana Koi no Uta | Album: Message | Artist: Mongol800 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
The latest episode of the PriPara (Prism Paradise) anime has raised eyebrows in Japan for the way the show changed its ending sequence. PriPara started out as a kiddy arcade game in Japan and went on to spawn a manga and an anime. According to IT Media, one possible explanation is a complaint from last…
Mario is Raijin (雷神), the Japanese god of thunder and storms. Luigi is Fujin (風神), the Japanese god of wind. And this is one incredibly cool piece of art. In Japanese art, Raijin and Fujin are traditionally paired, and in Japanese video games, the same is true of Mario and Luigi. This screen painting, done…
If anyone can find one that measures over seven meters (22.96 feet), then, yes, this is the longest hug pillow on Earth. Note: One of the images below *might* be NSFW. The hug pillow features the human-snake lady Miia from Monster Musume, a manga and anime about monster girls. The pillow is one-to-one scale with…
This isn’t the first comparison I would make, but it looks like enough other people are doing so. On Twitter in Japan, people are comparing similar poses in Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls and Magic the Gathering. As noted on Togetter, there’s even a hashtag for the comparisons: #モバマスの画像をアップすると近い構図のmtgのカードが送られてくる (loosely, “If I/you upload a mobile Idolmaster game…
Rakan statues. Itsukushima, 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!
Track: Behind the Mask | Album: Solid State Survivor | Artist: Yellow Magic Orchestra Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Every season brings us a massive new amount of anime theme songs. Here are ten of the best from summer 2015. Anime: The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki) Song: “One Light” Artist: Kalafina Why I Love It: The ethereal voices of these two three singers and their use of counter-melodies makes this into a…
Because they cannot motivate themselves? Who knows! But according to Trending in China(via Tech in Asia), “programming cheerleaders” apparently exist. Here’s Trending in China explaining what’s going on: Internet companies across China are embracing programming cheerleaders, pretty, talented girls that help create a fun work environment. Their job includes buying programmers breakfast, chitchatting and playing…
Surviving the summer Comiket (Comic Market) isn’t just about rules and manners—sometimes it’s about beating the unbearable heat. This past weekend was the 88th Comiket, the bi-annual indie comic convention that showcases self-published manga and magazines as well as plenty of cosplay The Summer Comiket can be one of the more severe experiences in terms…
The new Ace Attorney, Dai Gyakuten Saiban, is full of the over-the-top courtroom drama you know and love. But outside of the courtroom, you have to prepare for the trials—mainly by proving how terrible a detective Sherlock Holmes is. In Dai Gyakuten Saiban you meet and befriend the world famous Sherlock Holmes. Several times throughout…
A pond at Kouyasan. Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. By Adrien Métivet. 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!
Japanese retailer Shimamura has stopped selling Nazi-style swastika pendants. For the time being, apparently. Yesterday, a Twitter user pointed out that the swastika pendant was being sold with a tank top for 980 yen ($8). The photo spread all over Japanese internet sites, appearing on 2ch, the country’s most popular bulletin board. According to Yahoo!…
This month, a large Godzilla sculpture appeared in Tokyo. It’s made of sand. Hope it doesn’t rain! This sand Godzilla sculpture popped up in Shinjuku Central Park. Earlier this year, another Godzilla appeared in Shinjuku, towering over the streets below. That statue is part of new Godzilla-themed hotel rooms. [Photo: KONFUNK] [Photo: maruzo0717] [Photo: maruzo0717]…
In South Korea, a blogger named Tipytipy recently uploaded photos of his bike. His Mass Effect themed one, that is. [Photo: TipyTipy] Via tipster Sang, the bike is an Aprilia RS4 125 with custom decals designed to make the motorcycle look like the Normandy SR-2, one of the Mass Effect starships. [Photo: TipyTipy] [Photo: TipyTipy]…
D3 Publisher hasn’t always been the most subtle developer with games like the Dream Club series and Metal Gear Panty-er I mean Summer-Colored High School. Their new upcoming game for the PS Vita, Omega Labyrinth carries on the D3 Publisher traditional unhindged libido wackiness with an unhealthy obsession with boobs. Omega Labyrinth (see the visual…
Japanese prints come to life when they’re turned into GIFs. Website Spoon & Tamago reports that an animator who goes by the name Segawa 37 created an animated series of “floating world images” (ukiyo-e), uploading the GIFs to Twitter. Ukiyo-e was popular in Japan from the 17th through the 19th century. The prints feature some…
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