For the past 12 years, Yaya Han has been tearing up the cosplay circuit. One of the coolest things about her work is the craftsmanship that goes into her costumes, which she makes herself. Fantastic stuff. Top-notch cosplay photographers take many of Yaya’s photos; so do visit her site to see which photographers took which…
Ungh. El Shaddai, that crazy game in which you have God on speed dail, is returning—but as a Japanese social game spin-off. Um, neat? GameSpot via Eurogamer]
A group of Japanese researchers is working on a tongue-controlled tech demo to aid those with oral motor function disorders that impacts their ability to speak or swallow—a very admirable goal. There are also disabled gamers who cannot use their hands, so an interface like this could hopefully one day be applied to various Xbox…
In the Kingdom Hearts series, the player character often teams up with two other party members as you explore the game’s various Disney worlds. In Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance however, players use friendly versions the game’s monsters—called “Dream Eaters”—as party members instead of the usual Disney characters. Besides leveling-up through battle, your Dream…
Meet the Hong Kong Orchid Woman. She doesn’t fight crime. She helps the homeless. Last spring, a young woman in Hong Kong took to the streets and pass out money and food to those in need. And next year, she’ll be getting her own feature film. Inspired by Kick-Ass and 1965 Hong Kong flick Black…
Ada Rising is a fan film. An odd fan film. I don’t mean that in an pejorative way—it’s just odd. But when you say the words “Resident Evil fan film”, street racing doesn’t leap to mind. Ada Rising [YouTube]
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance plays a lot like past titles in the series, especially Re:coded and Birth by Sleep, however there have been a few major changes. The first is the “free-flow” system which allows you to perform special attacks by interacting with enemies or the environment in certain ways. These attacks are…
Does Japan’s Club Nintendo get the best stuff? Yes, yes it does. Take this wide selection of Club Nintendo shirts available for 550 Club Nintendo points. There are different monograms available, like a Fire Flower or a Triforce. You can select your size and even the color of the polo shirt. There are eight different…
Okay, it’s not a plant manager. It’s not even an assembly line employee. It’s a recruiter at the Foxconn factory gate. That being said, it’s a recruiter at a Foxconn factory gate—you know, where they make Apple products. There have been rumors swirling around the inevitable iPhone 5—namely, that Foxconn is now going on a…
One Piece is perhaps the most popular manga in Japan. While it is serialized in a magazine aimed at young males, schoolgirls are apparently big into One Piece. “If you want to talk to girls, you better read One Piece and Bleach,” a high school freshman told Japanese publication Yuukan Gadget One Piece makes for…
This spring, the hot Apple device isn’t made from metal, glass or plastic. It’s made from paper. April 4 is Tomb Sweeping Day (Qingming), a tradition that goes back thousand of years. Families visit ancestral tombs and make offers of food. Paper replicas depict items that can be used in the afterlife, such as clothing,…
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Anime wasn’t the only thing on display at the Anime Contents Expo. There were also plastic figurines of anime (and game) characters. Japanese website Moeyo was on hand to check out the festivities. If you missed the coverage from sister site Kotaku Japan, you can view that right here 【アニメ コンテンツ エキスポ 2012】 [Moeyo.com]
This summer, the big screen version of TV anime Blood-C hits theaters. The feature film, Blood-C: The Last Dark, is being produced by Production I.G, who handled the televised anime. The Blood series has also a spawned a live-action film with 2009’s Blood: The Last Vampire, a lackluster take on the brilliant 2000 anime.
Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture is, according to Fuji TV, offering people ¥100,000 (US$1,200) for each found hand grenade. In the past year, there were five arrests in Fukuoka involving grenades. Police reported that some residents have discovered hand grenades. One was even seized from a car, noted Japan Today It’s unclear whether these are factory-made hand…
Sega’s Samurai and Dragons has had network issues since its March 29 launch in Japan. Sega is taking the free-to-play game offline to improve server issues. On April 17, the game will resume service. [Sega]
One of the most popular things to do on vacation in Japan is head to an onsen or “hot springs”. They’re dotted all over the country, and people—both young and old—enjoy visiting onsen towns, where they eat delicious food and bathe. When taking a bath in Japan, you wash first and then enter the water…
So many Japanese games have hug pillows—even game voice actresses do. Western games, however, come up short in the hug pillow department. That’s something this Japanese April Fools’ joke appeared to remedy. Yep, you are looking at a phony Skyrim hug pillow mock-up that features Lydia, your in-game “companion”. It should cost ¥18,450 and should…
Convenience stores are wonderful. They are truly magical places, but apparently not to this young woman in Taiwan. The woman turned a Family Mart, a Japanese chain which has branches throughout Asia, into a messy mart after going on a rampage, randomly flinging instant noodles, drinks, and sandwiches onto the floor. The Family Mart employee…
Where the hell is Final Fantasy Versus XIII? Who knows. Oddly, a song from the unreleased game is launching as paid DLC for Nintendo 3DS game Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy on April 4. Hopefully, this means that Square Enix will be talking more about Final Fantasy Versus XIII in the near future—instead of, you know, simply…
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