And all the ladies are still after him. Too bad it’s a bit of a letdown. Tenchi Muyo was pivotal in changing the anime landscape by helping to popularize what has become one of the most popular anime tropes: the harem. Thanks to Tenchi (and similar shows like Urusei Yatsura and Ramna ½), stories with…
Dragon Quest Heroes is far from your standard Dragon Quest RPG. Rather, this game is as much Dynasty Warriors as it is Dragon Quest—and that is in no way a bad thing. Dragon Quest Heroes takes place in the Kingdom of Erusaze where monsters and humans live in harmony. However, one day, a mysterious magical…
That’s TV host, actor, and make-up artist Paolo Ballesteros showing off his Elsa from Frozen face. He doesn’t always look like this. Nobody does. Here’s what he usually looks like when he’s not covered in cosmetics and not wearing a shirt. Based in The Philippines, Ballesteros has recently been making a name for himself online…
Yes, that Coleman. The Outdoor Company™. Final Fantasy XV characters will sit in Coleman camping chairs, cook on Coleman stoves, and pitch Coleman tents. How’s that for a fantasy based on reality? As reported on Famitsu and 4Gamer, Coleman camping gear will appear as in-game items, complete with the Coleman logo. I added the red…
Recently, Japan saw the release of the latest Warriors-style collaborative game, Dragon Quest Heroes. The game sold well, but it also had the added effect of pushing PS4 sales to the top of the charts. Sometimes all it takes in an old classic. The Dragon Quest games have famously been a bit of a phenomenon…
Dubbed “Tokyo One Piece Tower,” this is Japan’s first large-scale One Piece theme park. As Kotaku reported last year, this theme park (and it’s explicitly being called a “theme park” or テーマパーク in Japanese) marks the 15th anniversary of the One Piece anime. Pretty cool, huh? Websites Biglobe, Fashion Snap, and newspaper Asahi got to…
Finally! Somebody tried to figure out how many layers of Saran Wrap will stop an airsoft gun. Warning: This video features a man in boxers grabbing his nuts. A while back, comedy Tuber Megwin decided to see, starting with one hundred sheets of Saran and then going down from there. Hard man, huh? Previously, Megwin…
Final Fantasy Record Keeper is an iOS/Android game that takes characters and creatures from almost every main numbered Final Fantasy game and lets your create your own party to fight against those creatures. In short, it’s a game for Final Fantasy fans who really love the old-school combat from the earlier games. Combat in Final…
Silly research time! A study done by a Korean doctor lists criteria which supposedly show whether or not you are prone to game addiction. Reported by Kuki News (via tipster Sang) as well as on numerous other Korean sites, the study was spearheaded by Doctor Uh Ki Joon* at research center Korea Computer Life Lab.…
Earlier this year, a man was arrested in China with 94 iPhones strapped to his body. Impressive, no? Tell that to the man who was just arrested, allegedly with 146 iPhones strapped on him. Surely, that’s a new record. According to Tencent, the man was arrested at customs in Shenzhen, China, a port of entry…
Last week, Studio Ghibli’s Hiromasa Yonebayashi was talking about what kind of anime he would like to make next. This week, he’s revealed he already left the studio. Yonebayashi directed 2010’s Arrietty from a script Hayao Miyazaki co-wrote. At the time, he was the youngest person to helm a theatrically released Studio Ghibli film. Now…
One of the most iconic things about Sailor Moon is Usagi’s hairdo. Just look at it. Isn’t that just terrific? It really is. Japanese site Naver Matome recently did a roundup on the ways to do this hairstyle. Over the past few years, there have been several explainers on YouTube. Some of them are easy…
Sony Japan announced today it’s ending the PlayStation Mobile service. After July 15, no new paid content will be added to the store, and after September 10, you won’t be able to re-download any purchases. No word yet on how this impacts the service outside Japan.
Yes, before there was the internet, there were cats. According to website Cool Hunting, an upcoming exhibition of cat woodblock prints is coming to New York’s Japan Society Gallery. During the Edo Period, cats were a popular subject matter for Japanese artists. Cats are cute, sure. In Japanese folklore, the animals can bring good luck.…
Yesterday, Apple revealed a whole slew of information about its Apple Watch line-up. No doubt many anime fans have been wondering the same thing: How does the Apple Watch compare to the Yokai Watch? Good question! Let’s find out. Yokai Watch is a video game anime that took over Japan last year. In Yokai Watch,…
If Dragon Quest Heroes does one thing right, it’s making all your favorite Dragon Quest characters look incredibly badass. Like in all Dynasty Warriors-style games, the playable characters in Dragon Quest Heroes each have a unique special attack made to show off just how cool they really are. To see a compilation of these special…
Usually, when you sing karaoke in Japan, you either sing it in a bar, or at a room at a karaoke parlor, or maybe somebody’s house. But those ways involve other people. And what if you don’t like other people? There’s this. Dubbed “Choi Kara,” these telephone box-like, sound-muffling booths allow folks to belt out…
Recently, folks in China and Taiwan covered the main streets of their villages with tens of thousands of firecrackers. Then, they lit the fuse, engulfing the street in explosions and smoke. The local tradition, That’s Online explains, wraps up the annual procession of the area’s guardian deity. According to Kotaku reader Bruce Hsu, the firecracker…
This isn’t a live action adaptation of One Piece per se. Instead, it’s a live action collaboration with Monkey D. Luffy. Comic Natalie reports that actor Hiroshi Abe stars in the upcoming television special as a yakuza member who ends up in the hospital, where his characters mistakenly eats the gum-gum fruit that made Luffy…
Yes, there is so much suffering in the anime Selector Spread WIXOSS that I had to list it twice. Selector Spread WIXOSS is the continuation of last spring’s Selector Infected WIXOSS—an anime where young girls battle alongside magical girl avatars in a collectible card game, hoping to have their greatest wishes granted. [The following review…
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