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The 20th Anniversary Edition PlayStation 4 Is a Thing of Beauty

To mark the 20th anniversary of the PlayStation, Sony is releasing a special 20th anniversary PlayStation 4. The console is limited to only 12,300 numbered units worldwide. The anniversary edition’s color scheme harks back to the original PlayStation. Here’s what’s included in the box: And here’s the full unboxing video: This limited edition console is…

Goodness, Orange-Flavored Potato Chips Sound Gross

But, you know what, they might not taste so bad. Right? Right?? C’mon, let’s just be glad this isn’t orange and toothpaste. Later this month, “mikan” (orange or tangerine in Japanese) potato chips go on sale nationwide in Japan. [Photo: masayothi] Actually, they’ll be out December 22, reports Street Girls Snap. The chips are from…

A Sneak Peek at Where Naruto Is Created

To mark the upcoming feature-length The Last: Naruto the Movie, Japanese television took at look at where Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto, well, creates Naruto With the manga’s current run wrapped up and a mini-series in the works for next spring, Mezamashi TV sent pop star and manga fan Rina Ikoma to check out Kishimoto’s studio.…

The PlayStation Is Twenty Years Old Today

Has it been that long? Yes, it has. Today, the PlayStation turns twenty years old in Japan. The PlayStation went on sale in Japan on December 3, 1994. It wasn’t released in North America and Europe until September 1995. That really seems like a million years ago. In video game time, it is. On the…

Well This is the Most Terrifying Teddy Bear Abomination Ever

This past weekend, I began making my way through the newest in the Danganronpa franchise, Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo: Danganronpa Another Episode, so I was expecting violence, murder, and elaborate death traps. What I was not expecting? This teddy bear abomination. In the Danganronpa franchise, the main villain is a robotic half-black and half-white bear known…

Sometimes Horrible People Make the Best Characters

Sabagebu: Survival Game Club is a comedy anime that builds its story around one concept: What if you cast a vengeful, egomaniacal narcissist as an “innocent newcomer” in a cliché anime school setting—and then give her an airsoft handgun? Good – A Bad Person and a Great Character Sabagebu is the story of transfer student…

You Can Drink Liquid Cookies in Japan

Who wants to eat cookies when you can drink cookies? Starting this month in Japan, you can. Country Ma’am—for my money, Japan’s best cookie brand—is rolling out a beverage called “Drinkable Country Ma’am” (飲むカントリーマアム or Nomu Kantorii Maamu). This certainly isn’t the first cookie drink the world has seen, but will it be the best-tasting?…

The Best Part of this Game? Anime Character Pixel Art

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax is a fighting game that takes many of the most popular light novel characters (which have subsequently appeared in popular anime and manga) and has them battle it out. But I have to say my favorite part of the game isn’t the fighting, it’s the character sprites. We’ve already looked at…

Star Wars in Japanese, Projection Mapped on a Wall

For the holidays, Disney is projection mapping Star Wars at Yokohama’s Dockyard Garden. Because nothing quite says Christmas like Star Wars! The Star Wars projection mapping is part of a larger Disney holiday event in Yokohama that includes things like a Cinderella Christmas tree, a Frozen-themed display, an Alice in Wonderland illumination, and more, including…

Bad Tourists Lead to Photography Ban at Japanese Temples

Fall is one of the most beautiful times of the year in Kyoto. These past few weeks have been spectacular. It really makes you want to visit a scenic Buddhist temple and perhaps take photos to immortalize your visit. Thing is, at some temples, you can’t. As pointed out on Naver Matome, more and more…

Japan Comes To Life in Retro-Style GIFs

For the past few years, Tumblr user 1041uuuha has been creating terrific animated GIFs that look like the most poetic Nintendo game you’ve never played. There’s something bittersweet and even banal about some of these GIFs—almost Edward Hooperesque—just like there is with modern life. 1041uuuha [Tumblr via Gigazine] To contact the author of this post,…

Report: PlayStation 4 Will Cost $113 Less than Xbox One in China

If Chinese media reports are to be believed, Sony’s PlayStation 4 will cost less than the Xbox One when it launches in China, just like it did everywhere else in the world. Chinese media sites such as Sina.com and PcGames.Com.cn are reporting that in China, the Sony PlayStation 4 will retail for 2,999 RMB, or…

Spider-Man Shows His Sensitive Side with Cats

Yep. This is adorable. It really, really is. Earlier this year, Hot Toys released an Amazing Spider-Man 2 figure that comes complete with a jacket, knit cap, backpack, and more. As Twitter user Tks1783shows, the figure is just perfect for cute photos. Spider-Dad taking the kid to school. Holding hands. But this Spider-Man figure also…

Pro-Gaming Team Opens E-Sports Training Center in Shanghai

Team We, which stands for Team World Elite, one of China’s earliest and largest professional e-sports groups, is now expanding its base, this time by directly nurturing new up and coming players in its own e-sports training camp in Shanghai. In a release sent out by Team We and published on various Chinese news sites,…

This Might Be the Best (or Worst) Way To Watch Anime

Life is short. There’s lots of anime to watch. Why not do it all at once like Twitter user Miz_hi? As pointed out by Togech, Miz_hi tweeted, “In the least amount of time possible, I wanted to watch the current season’s anime.” By using ten displays, and running two shows on six of them, Miz_hi…

Here’s a First Look at Infinity Blade For the Chinese Xbox One

Last Thursday, while the rest of the world was munching on Fire Chickens (Turkey in Chinese), Chinese internet giant Tencent unleashed upon the world Infinity Blade for the Xbox One. Chinese gaming news site A9VG broke the news earlier last weekthat Tencent was going to reveal a mysterious game that could possibly be Infinity Blade…

Controllers Thrown and Busted by Angry People

You mad? Don’t be! Be happy. And for goodness’ sake, do not throw your controller, no matter how much a game pisses you off. “I threw my controller” is a meme of sorts among Japanese gamers. For example, a player might say a certain game makes them throw their controller to express how frustrating it…

In Case You’re Wondering What Hayao Miyazaki Is Up To…

The famed anime creator has been busying himself with other projects. Book covers, for example. Hayao Miyazaki, best known for anime like My Neighbor Totoro, has retired from feature film animation. However, that’s never meant he was going to stop working—something we’ve known for a while now. This year, Miyazaki has done two covers for…

Attack on Titan‘s First Animated Movie Fixes a Big Problem

This past weekend saw the release of the first Attack on Titan compilation movie—Attack on Titan: The Crimson Bow and Arrow. And while viewers of the anime will have seen everything in this film before, the movie does manage to address the series’ largest flaw: the pacing. Good – Ups the Quality To start, there…

The Japanese Nintendo site has a notice up that color variations (including white) are going out of production soon. Next to 3DS XL units, it reads 近日生産終了予定 or “Production is slated to end shortly.” No word how this will impact units outside Japan.