This is from a ninja promotional video. That’s right, a ninja promotional video from a ninja tourist association. No, really. The video below is from the Igaryu Ninja Tourism Promotion Council. The group has a website and really wants you to visit its museum in Iga, Japan. Ninja tourism! I’ve been to Iga—I have family…
In a recent interview, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata outlined the company’s three main pillars: game hardware, game software, and health care. Nintendo has made exercising and video games work before, but here, Nintendo is spinning health care off into a specialized business. This shouldn’t come as a complete surprise, because it’s not. Last year, Nintendo…
When Kirby debuted in 1992, he was a pink balloon thing on the original Game Boy. Now, 20 years later, he’s still a pink balloon thing—but one that is occasionally made of yarn or clay Check out the pictures below to see exactly how he has changed across the main series. (Note: Spin-off titles, cross-overs,…
You’ve see the trailer. Now, let’s dive in and see if we can parse what it all means, whether that’s going through the obvious hints or deciphering the vague clues. We open up on a cityscape. It could certainly be Tokyo Bay. Maybe it’s somewhere outside the country. We’re taken into what looks like a…
Atlus just released a new Persona 5 trailer. It’s slick, stylish, and provides a quick glimpse at gameplay footage. The trailer also provides a short sample of the game’s score, which is also very cool. Persona 5 is slated to come to both the PS3 and the PS4 sometime this year in Japan. To contact…
You know, where you can frolic with foxes. Opened in 1990 and located in Miyagi Prefecture, “Zao Fox Village” is a sanctuary home to over a hundred free-roaming foxes, including the silver fox and the platinum fox as well as the Japanese red fox. You can get close to the animals, so in that regards,…
Future animators out there, take note. Making hand-drawn animation is not easy. But in a video that made the rounds online in Japan, famed Japanese animator, Yasuo Otsuka, who has worked at Toei Animation and Studio Ghibli, explained his method to add some clarity to the process. Taking the swordsman character, Goemon, from the Lupin…
God Eater, the popular Japanese game series that’s kind of like Monster Hunter, is getting an anime this summer. Here’s a peek. The teaser features footage from the previous God Eater titles, showing a bit of the TV anime towards the end. Studio Ufotable will be handling the anime’s production. To contact the author of…
Forget pretending! Especially when you can throw kamehamehas against a giant screen with nifty graphics and sound effects. Starting this week in Shibuya, there’s a Dragon Ball Xenoverse promo in Tokyo. So, yes, this is part of the game’s promotion—but, it’s rather cool. As 4Gamer notes, before you participate in the event, there’s a machine…
Online piracy is a problem for copyright holders, there’s no question there. However, Japan’s latest ad campaign against the illegal uploading of copyrighted materials has been causing a bit of a stir due to its apparent demonization of Japanese otaku in one of the ads. In the 15-second ad, a detective sits in an interrogation…
As one does, no? Here is a gentleman showing off two very different skills at the same time. While the video was uploaded a while ago, it’s once again making the rounds online. The stunt is ridiculous, ill-advised, and totally metal. And how about that finale? *throws up horns* To contact the author of this…
The annual Sapporo Snow Festival kicked off today in Japan. The center piece is an enormous Star Wars snow sculpture that looks like the Empire’s take on Mount Rushmore. According to IT Media and Game Watch, the Star Wars snow sculpture measures 15 meters tall, 22.6 meters across, and 20 meters deep. Taking around a…
The South Korean government released a public service announcement that’s about video game addiction. It pissed people off. As noted by tipster Sang, the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s original ad started airing in locales with big screens about two weeks back. The public service announcement asked viewers to answer “yes” or “no” to a…
In Gifu, Japan, a sixteen-year-old young man was visiting a friend’s house to play video games when a neighbor told them to keep it down. That’s when things escalated. Chunichi Web reports that the sixteen-year old was up late playing video games at a friend’s house. At around 2:10am, 38 year-old Shigetaka Ishimoto allegedly barged…
Marriage is hard. It’s even harder when one of you is an otaku and the other is not. I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying is the story of Kaoru and Hajime. Kaoru is an average young woman in her late 20s, employed as a typical office worker. Hajime, on the other hand, is…
Over the weekend, pro gamers Daigo Umehara and GamerBee put Street Fighter 5 through its paces. According to some, its leisurely paces. Cue the unhappy folks. The recently announced Street Fighter 5 is still early in development. From the looks of this gameplay footage, it sure seems like it. Even with two of the greatest…
The latest One Piece manga is out in the new issue of Weekly Jump. And in the above image from the magazine, there is what looks like an artist mistake. Try spotting it. Go on. Do it. Here’s the full image,. [Photo: onepiecesokuhou] For those who weren’t able to notice the mistake, Twitter user Takumi…
Back on the Wii, you saw everyone’s favorite pink blob turned into a ball of yarn. So now join me in his new Wii U adventure where he is a ball of clay. Update: The stream is now over but you can watch it in its entirety below. Watch live video from BiggestinJapan on Twitch…
Just as Square Enix used a “Dog Cam” to show off FFXV, it’s now using a “Cat Cam” to do the same. At the recent Taipei Game Show, a feline friend explored an in-game train station. The below video is from ETtoday: Here’s the same footage, but at a slightly higher resolution: While right now…
While you can visit Studio Ghibli, it’s not a theme park. It’s a museum (hence, the reason it’s called the Ghibli Museum). But what we really want is a proper Ghibli amusement park. Like this. As noted on 2ch, Twitter user Takumi created a map for what he calls “Tokyo Ghibliland.” Sure, it’s heavily modelled…
Mode
Follow us
