Pre-orders for that beautiful Animal Crossing-themed Switch and its matching carrying case have been moved from February 8 to TBA. As reported earlier, coronavirus has impacted Nintendo’s supply chain, affecting Switch production and shipment for Japan. It is unclear how the outbreak will impact Switch hardware sales outside Japan. (Kotaku is following up with Nintendo…
Today, Nintendo announced that, due to the affects of the coronavirus, there will be delays of Chinese-made Switch consoles and peripherals bound for the Japanese market. According to Nintendo, production and shipment of Switch consoles, Joy-Cons and other peripherals to Japan are being impacted by the effects of the coronavirus. Kotaku has reached out to…
Excited? You should be. An official Studio Ghibli theme park will be built in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The first concept art we saw looked great. The latest concept art does, too. The park will be divided into different areas. Ghibli’s Giant Warehouse is filled with all sorts of Ghibli stuff; Dondoko Forest is Totoro-themed; Princess…
Princess Mononoke. Castle in the Sky. Kikujiro. It’s hard to imagine any of these films without composer Joe Hisaishi’s iconic scores. Decade after decade, he’s consistently written some of the most memorable movie music of our time. Thank goddess for that. This month, Hisaishi is releasing a best-of, 2-disc compilation album Dream Songs: The Essential…
Yamcha sucks, sure, but an enormous statue of the character’s famous meme pose does not. Pictured is Yamcha’s Death Pose. The character met this grim fate at the hands of the weak baddie Saibaman, and the pose has come to symbolize utter failure. This huge statue version of that pose is anything but. It was…
In Japan, there is a gaming license system that defines what a pro player is. The system was established in February 2018 and nearly two years later, the awkward stop-gap seems like a mess. The reason given for creating this gaming license is to get around the legal restrictions that have prevented esports from taking…
The hugely successful One Piece is making the jump from manga (and anime) to live action. Working with Tomorrow Studios, Netflix has okayed a ten-episode adaptation. Tomorrow Studios is currently working on a live-action version of Cowboy Bebop with John Cho. That production is currently on hold after Cho injured his knee during the shoot.…
SuzuKube of French-language game site OtakuGame.Fr traveled all the way from Martinique with something very specific in mind: He wanted to experience the world of the Yakuza games firsthand. As pointed on HachimaKikou (via SoraNews), SuzuKube was interviewed after arriving in Japan for a TV show called You wa Nani Shi ni Nippon e? (Why…
In Japan, Nintendo has won an intellectual property infringement court case against go-kart operator Mari Mobility (the company formally named Maricar). Mari Mobility was found guilty of infringing on Nintendo’s intellectual property. The go-karting company’s original name resembles Mario Kart, and it also has offered Nintendo-themed costumes for customers to wear. “Unrelated to Nintendo,” was…
Going back to the original Game Boy, there have been peripherals like the Booster Boy or the Light Boy to help players see the screen. The Switch’s screen is more illuminated and has brighter colors, but just in case you’re having difficulties seeing it, you’ll be happy to hear that help has arrived. From Japanese…
China’s League of Legends Pro League has decided to postpone the upcoming 2020 Spring Season matches that were originally slated to start early next month after the Chinese New Year’s holidays. According to CCN, the matches have been pushed back for the foreseeable future. Likewise, the League of Legends Development League’s second division will not…
Last August, the former manager of an Akihabara maid cafe was kidnapped and tortured after he had quit his job at the cafe without notice and was dating one of the maids. This, it seems, pissed some folks off. A group of men involved with the cafe’s management allegedly forced the victim into a car…
Last fall, when the teaser for the full-3D animation Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 was released, there was a range of reactions. Some were totally put off, while others thought it looked okay. Now, thanks to the latest trailer, we can get a better look at the anime. And you know what? Maybe it does…
Today, Nintendo Co. Ltd. has announced that it’s going to end repair service for the original Nintendo Wii. The console launched in Japan on Dec. 2, 2006, and went on to sell over a hundred million units worldwide, making it one of the most successful consoles ever. After March 31, Nintendo will no longer be…
Do you wonder which Switch games were downloaded most in 2019? Would you like to know? Well, good news, because Nintendo just released a list of them. There are two lists, actually. The first is for download-exclusive games. Let’s have a look! And here are the top 30 downloads for retail games: Any surprises? Any non-surprises?
A new decade has begun. The style of anime that we see over the next 10 years will be different from the last 10. This is natural. But are there reasons that we can pinpoint and break down? Turns out, there are. Above are illustrations by artist Date Naoto demonstrating how anime-style art has evolved…
The Digimon TV anime is back. The original series debuted in 1999, and the reboot will begin airing this April in Japan According to ANN, the series is set in the year 2020 and features an all-new story starring Taichi (aka “Tai”) and the reptile Digimon Agumon Have a look at the first trailer: While…
Last fall, a new giant Gundam statue was announced. At the time, it was said the statue would move. This week, more details were revealed about the upcoming life-sized Gundam. According to The Mainichi, the Gundam will be erected near Yokohama’s Chinatown in the Yamashita Futo harbor in a special area that will be called…
Japanese company Bauhutte, which specializes in gaming chairs and desks, is selling this “under-desk bed.” Is the fact that this product exists a good thing or a very bad one? Apparently, it’s aimed at white-collar workers. Famitsu describes it as a way for office workers to take a quick power nap while at work. When…
Have you ever wondered about Hayao Miyazaki’s process? How he works? For 15 years, as head of Studio Ghibli’s international sales, Steve Alpert saw that up close. In his forthcoming memoir Sharing a House With the Never-Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli, he describes the famed animator’s methods. Below is an exclusive excerpt from…
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