Naruto is iconic. It’s a hugely popular manga, anime, and video game series. And its fans sure adore the Nine-Tails ninja hero. No wonder there are so many Naruto cosplayers! But thanks to Naruto’s “sexy technique”, the Naruto fandom is also filled with female Naruto characters, which are dubbed “Naruko”. Here is a small sampling…
3DS title Monster Hunter 4 has been delayed in Japan from March to “summer” to improve quality, Capcom announced today.
While the first game in the series has yet to leave Japanese shores, Tales of Xillia 2 was recently released in Japan. Using the same engine as the first game, Xillia 2 mixes an anime-style RPG with the fast and furious battles the series is famous for. Xillia 2 sports a few changes over the…
As the Macross 30th Anniversary year comes to a close, Bandai-Namco is preparing to release Macross 30: The Voice that Connects the Galaxy, the first full-length Macross game on the PlayStation 3. This “flight simulation RPG” mega-crossover game includes characters and transforming fighter planes from across all five main Macross series. But how exactly does…
I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember. I started with an Atari 2600 before moving on to the good old NES and beyond. Yet, in all that time I have never enjoyed versus gaming. Perhaps this is because, as a kid, I was the youngest of my game playing friends—and…
When Hideo Kojima isn’t making Metal Gear games, he’s taking photos of his food. And today, those two things—games and food pics—congeal into one amazing lunch box. Kojima was at Sony’s Tokyo headquarters to check out the special PlayStation 3 bento boxes. They’re actually Metal Gear and Final Fantasy “character bento” to mark both franchise’s…
Masahiro Sakurai, who helmed Kid Icarus: Uprising, recently showed off these two new Figma Kid Icarus figures of the characters Pit and Dark Pit. Pretty nice! No word on when they’ll be released. These are the latest in Figma’s line of Nintendo figures. Previously, Kotaku reviewed the Figma Link. Figma [@Sora_Sakurai] Kotaku East is your…
As the world gets increasingly tense, cosplay nerds in Taiwan have it all figured it out: there’s no better diplomacy than cosplay diplomacy. Bless them. These photos are from the recent Petit Fancy and the Comic World events, which were held near the prestigious National Taiwan University. Many of the cosplayers enjoyed dressing up as…
Don’t get too excited just yet! It’s only one Versus character (Noctis). And it’s only one drawing. What’s more, it looks vaguely like character art we saw earlier this year. But, it is apparently new, and it does feature other FF characters. Keep the dream alive! This art comes via a Kotaku reader, who says…
Pubes! If finding other people’s strands of hair wasn’t bad enough, there’s something worse. Way worse. That something we can all agree on, of course, is pubic hair. That’s the concept behind these “pubic hair stickers” (inmou shiiru or 陰毛シール). They’re not real pubes, but fake gag ones that you can shock your friends with.…
On the eve of an election, a politician stood before a crowd. The speech was fiery. And flags fluttered. If this were anywhere else, nobody would think twice. But this wasn’t anywhere. It was Tokyo. Akihabara to be exact. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lead his conservative Liberal Democratic Party to a huge victory yesterday,…
Project Versus J is an upcoming team battle fighting game that, so far, features Goku from Dragon Ball, Luffy from One Piece, and Toriko from Toriko Check out that kamehameha. Damn The upcoming game is headed to the PS3 and PS Vita, and it ill help mark the forty-fifth anniversary of Weekly Jump. There are…
Reggie Fils-Aime is the Nintendo of America honcho. And while he works for a Japanese company, he’s no Japanese language wizard like in-house localizer Bill Trinen. He is, however, a vengeful, vengeful man. They don’t call that man the Regginator for nothing. The wrath of Reggie [DiskSystemChronicles@YouTube] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…
The Treasure Festa rolled through Tokyo this past weekend. The twice a year event showcases both upcoming and limited edition figures and statues. As in the spring, Japanese website Akiba Hobby was once again on hand to snap photos and document the expo. The above gallery is mostly bishoujo (beautiful young girls), but there’s a…
Next summer, a Weekly Jump “theme park” is opening in Tokyo. Weekly Jump, of course, is a popular weekly manga that features iconic titles like One Piece, Dragon Ball and Naruto. The theme park will be housed in a building complex in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro called Sunshine City. The theme park will have a Dragon Ball…
Just. Look. At. It. If you love Japanese robots, this deluxe super alloy Mazinger Z is definitely worth your attention. And maybe even your cashola. Priced at ¥36,750 ($440), this 30cm tall Mazinger Z leads the way in Bandai’s newest Soul of Chogokin series (“chougoukin” or 超合金 is Japanese for “super alloy”). The figure is…
The pigtail, or as they’re called in Japan “twintail”, is not a new hairdo by any stretch. It’s not new in the West, and it’s certainly not new in Japan. But in the last few years, it’s become more popular than ever. Earlier this year, the Japan Twintail Association was created to promote and celebrate…
In Japan, there are male nerds and female nerds. And there are key differences between the two, besides their gender: The way they shop and interact with fandom are not the same, reports Excite Bit An individual connected to otaku (geek) goods told Excite that there’s apparently a discrepancy in how much male and female…
Japan is holding a national election on December 16. No, wait! Don’t stop reading, because one politician just did something so very cool. It’s more a like manga-inspired art project than your typical politics. Before the election, boring posters of politicians go up across Japan. The posters feature headshots, and like I said, they are…
The Professor Layton series follows an English gentleman solving brain teasers and occult mysteries with his apprentice Luke. The Ace Attorney series follows lawyer Phoenix Wright as he breaks down the logical flaws in witnesses’ testimonies to protect his clients and uncover the truth in a court of law. At first glance they might not…
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