One of the most interesting things about Capcom’s Lost Planet spin-off E.X. Troopers is its art style. Like more than a few games, it has cel-shaded graphics and bright colors which give off a distinct and beautiful look. But what makes E.X. Troopers stand out is how committed it is to being a manga-in-motion. Every…
The anime industry, while not as strong as it was back in 2004-2006, is still booming. During any given week, there will be between 30 to 50 series airing (not counting reruns) on TV, generally during the late hours of night. Most series run for about 11-13 episodes (A few will go between 24-26 episodes).…
Hako! Open Me, AR puzzle game for the Vita, will be out on Dec. 20 in Japan as a download.
Free to play. Free. To. Play. Sounds good, but watch the fine print. With most games these days, when something is free, you tend to get what you pay for. Generally, you’ll end up getting a fraction of the actual game with the rest being either unattainable or incredibly hard to get to without pulling…
This fall, tensions between China and Japan got serious. A dispute over islands stirred up nationalistic demonstrations in China. Protestors didn’t just take to the streets to voice their anti-Japanese sentiment. Some of them took to their hard drives. According to Japanese daily Nikkan Spa!, during those protests, websites that shared pirated clips and videos…
Japanese game maker Sega has screwed up too many times to count. But there’s one thing Sega got so right. But only after it got everything so wrong. At the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, Sega showed a new Hatsune Miku game for the 3DS. It featured a slightly unsettling Miku. Hatsune Miku is a virtual…
In Japan, NicoNico is coming to the Wii U as a free app
So, I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m a bit of an Animal Crossing addict. The game continues to be a smash hit in Japan. So much so that even now, almost a month after its initial release, most stores are still sold out with only the download version available. Players clock into…
Pow! Smack! Brass knuckles can mess people up. Japanese designers Shuji Tomishima and Takushi Okina are going more for fashion than violence with these “sound effect” rings. The rings have sound effects that one would typically find in Japanese manga. For example, above there is a ring that reads “do” (ド), but could be used…
Aero-Cross, the HD download version of Metro-Cross, has been cancelled due to “various circumstances”.
Sony brands the PS Vita as more than simply a game portable. Maybe it should call the machine a “crime fighter”, too? This week’s episode of Gekiroku: Keisatsu Micchaku 24ji!! (think Cops, but in Japan) followed the cyber police division in Fukuoka Prefecture. In one scene, the cyber cops were tracking down a criminal for…
This month, Japanese snack maker Koikeya is releasing potato chips that have been designed with couples in mind. The chips are heart shaped and come in two flavors: Lemon Pepper and Sugar Butter. How romantic. The Lemon Pepper chips have a “top hat” on them, so the presumption is that they are aimed at either…
For years, anime fans have been complaining about crap dubs. It’s either the result of amateurs or celebrities who simply don’t fit the role. Now it’s Japan’s turn to nerd rage. “It’s just as everyone says, the dubbing is horrid,” wrote one individual on Amazon Japan. The Avengers didn’t exactly have a smooth rollout in…
Sales figures are typically pretty boring! Except for when, they’re interesting. And by interesting, I mean telling. Recently, Sony held the PlayStation Awards in Japan. This is a publicity stunt—and usually a dull one at that—in which Sony gives awards to those domestic studios which sell a certain number of units, such as over a…
A Japanese model builder showed off this set of 1/35 scale cats on FG Site. If you build models in that scale, you might be familiar with 1/35 animals that can populate, for example, World War II backdrops, etc. Made from metal, these were sculpted by a pro model maker named Solo and do a…
Last month and this month, Nintendo is busy launching the Wii U. And next month? It’s busy not releasing games in Japan. The company’s January schedule, which was recently updated on December 3, is shockingly empty. Here, have a look for yourself: Yikes! That’s pretty freakin’ dry! At the very, very bottom, there’s one Wii…
E.X. Troopers is a spin-off title to Capcom’s Lost Planet series—though it may not seem like it at first glance. Unlike the realistic graphical style of the main series of games, E.X. Troopers is presented entirely in a manga-esque style. The game’s cutscenes even come complete with panel frames and written onomatopoeic sound effects. The…
You know in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, when Lt. Price and Cpt. MacMillan wear those “ghillie suits“? The camo outfits look like they’re wearing grass and foliage. Those come in handy while sneaking about the Russian wilderness. They’re less handy when in urban jungle known as Tokyo. Or are they? Japanese site Rocket…
“This guy is like totally reading a dirty magazine on the train,” the high school student’s tweet read. Accompanying the tweet was a photo a man, his legs pressed close as he read a magazine. The tweet, and the visible photo of his face set off a flurry of comments online in Japan. This man…
The latest entry in Kotobukiya’s bishoujo line of cute figures is Emili “Lili” de Rochefort. She joins Julia Chang, Alisa Bosconovich, among others in the bishoujo line. The figurine will be out next April in Japan. If this is your thing, there’s more in the above gallery. TEKKEN美少女 リリ (フィギュア) [Hobby Search] Kotaku East is…
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