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The Attack on Titan Burgers Look Utterly Disgusting

And by disgusting, I mean, revolting. And by revolting, I mean that I might actually want to eat this. Maybe not. Today, the Attack on Titan burgers go on sale at Lotteria fast food chain in Japan. There are three different sizes: five-patty, seven-patty, and ten-patty. But there is only one price—around US$20. Here is…

Hey Children! Here’s Your First Conveyor Belt Sushi Set

If you want to eat at a conveyor belt sushi (回転寿司 or “kaiten zushi”) restaurant, kids in Japan need to have their parents take them. Not anymore! Soon, they’ll be able get aboard the sushi train at home. This is “Super Seizing At Home Conveyor Sushi,” a toy that will be out this spring in…

Heroic Man Makes Working Toilet for His Toys

In Japan, there are plastic models of… urinals. I’m convinced that they’re a gag product for folks who want to mess around with figurines, but yeah, they exist. And one guy named Masa just did something amazing with one. He got it to work! The plastic model urinal is just designed to look like a…

Ever Wanted to Play Frozen in an MMO? Now You Sorta Can!

Popular South Korean MMO Aion just got an update. Included in this recent patch was a new golden blond braided hairdo. Gosh, this looks like Elsa from Frozen As pointed out by tipster Sang, the patch, which is called “Purple Light Revolution Update,” was released today. Above, you can see how the hairstyle compares to…

Three Years After Her Death, Daughter Sends Parents a Touching Letter

March 11, 2011 was truly a tragic day in Japan. Lives were changed and lives were ended. Yet, three years later, two parents who lost a daughter have just received a letter she mailed a decade ago. “Mom and Dad, by the time you get this letter, perhaps you’ll have a grandchild?” the daughter wrote.…

Nose Typing Doesn’t Get Faster Than This

Everyone has something they are good at. Something that makes them special. For India’s Mohammed Khurshid Hussain, that’s typing really fast. With his nose. Late last week, Hussain set the world record for typing an English language sentence in the fastest time. The sentence read, “Guinness world records have challenged me to type this sentence…

A History of Video Game Consoles, In Japanese Commercials

Last week, we saw what the history of video games looks like through Western commercials. But the birthplace of Nintendo and Sony has a history of consoles all its own—and the commercials to match. *Note: The vast majority of these commercials come from gaming channel Kazuya Games. Head there for many more retro Japanese gaming…

“We don’t have any information on the Xbox One hardware,” BlazBlue producer Toshimichi Mori told Siliconera. “I’m curious if Xbox One will even come out in Japan. I’ve been asking people about it and not one person has given me a definitive answer.”

Japan and Korea Now Arguing Over Stomping on Anne Frank’s Face

At a recent anti-Japan protest in South Korea, participants carried signs with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s face crossed out. They also carried signs with Anne Frank. One protestor appeared to stomped on both. Or did he? Whatever is going on? Relations between Japan and South Korea, to be blunt, suck. As The Wall Street…

Attack on Titan Turned into a Comedy Spoof for Japanese TV

Human-eating giants might not be funny, but human-eating giants with new jobs in construction are. Yesterday, Japanese variety show Smap x Smap did a short Attack on Titan skit called “Shiniri no Kyojin” (新入りの巨人), which translates as “Giant Newcomer” (though, the show used the subtitle “Newcomer on Titan”). It’s a pun on the anime’s Japanese…

Rube Goldberg Death Traps are the Best Death Traps

Deception IV: Blood Ties is a game built around one concept: building elaborate, overly complicated death traps to violently dispose of the heroes sent against you. In the game, you have three kinds of death traps: movement traps—which do a small amount of damage but move the victim into another location, damage traps—which focus on…

Get Your Official North Korean Desktop Wallpaper

Something missing from your computer? Something North Korean? You can change that right now. Red Star 3.0 is the North Korean Linux operating system, and computer scientist Will Scott, who has a copy, uploaded Red Star’s desktop images. Many of them look like they’ve had the hell photoshopped out of them. Some are kind of…

You Can Make $40 A Day Cosplaying in China

Cosplay is huge in China and Taiwan. It’s become an industry in itself, where young men and women get paid to dress up. However, as glorious as it is to get paid to for cosplay, one girl’s tale reveals that cosplayers in China may not be making as much money as one would think. In…

Japanese Prime Minister Thinks Country Can Learn from…Nintendo

Nintendo is having atruly difficult year. Things are tough! Yet, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe thinks the country can learn from Nintendo. Earlier today, a member of the Diet asked him for his growth strategy for Japan. “Well, for example, there’s a company called Nintendo,” Abe replied. “Over there, they made hanafuda cards, but gradually…

In Japan, Sony is ceasing aftercare service for the launch PlayStation 3 consoles: the 60GB CECH-A00 model, the 40GB CECH-B00 model, and the 40GB CECH-H00 series models. Also, Sony Japanwon’t be offering aftercare for PlayStation 1, the PlayStation 2 model SCPH-50000MB, and the 1000 and 2000 series for the PSP.

Power Rangers Make the Best Diplomats

Taiwan has had fairly good relations with Japan—that’s taking into account that Japan once occupied the island. To celebrate and to strengthen these relations, Japan’s NGO Earth non government organization recently sent a group of volunteers to the island. The volunteers were Power Rangers. As reported by various Taiwanese media, NGO Earth visited North Taiwan’s…

When You’re Mistakenly Angered by Man Nipples

Underwear company Hong Kong Beautiful Chest Queen specializes in bras that make your breasts bigger—even dude’s boobs. But you know man breasts when you see them, right? In Changsha, China, one shopper wasn’t happy with the beautiful chests running on television screens in a shopping arcade. The push-up bra ads were running in a public…

Chinese Government Wants to Ban Video Game Commercials On Kids’ TV

Video games in China have long had a bad rep, so it’s no wonder that the newest revision to commercial advertising regulations in China features video games. The only problem with these new regulations: they’re targeting something that, at this time, doesn’t really exist. Posted on the State Council’s legal affairs website last week, the…

There Are Gundam Donuts in Japan

Of course, they’re being served at the country’s Gundam Cafes. Shocking, I know! There are Gundam and Zaku donuts for 320 yen (U$3.16) each. For 420 yen ($4.16) , there’s also a Haro roll cake called “Harooru” (ハロール), which is a pun on “Haro” (ハロ) and ロール (“rooru”) or “roll”. These might go well with…

The Biggest Boner You’ll Ever See on a Power Rangers Robot

Scratch that. This could be the biggest boner you’ll ever see, full stop. On the latest episode of the new Super Sentai (aka Power Rangers) series Ressha Sentai Tokkyuujaa, the giant robot all the Power Rangers join forces to form gave viewers a full salute. This looks to be a knowing wink to amusing photos…