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Berserk Manga Is Taking A Break. Again. 

Manga artist Kentaro Miura is best known for two things: his Berserk manga and taking breaks from said Berserk manga. Earlier this year, Miura returned from hiatus in March. This break began last September. That was after Berserk had returnedthat June from yet another hiatus. Recently, it was announced that Berserk will go on hiatus…

Summer Lesson Gets Inevitable Porn Adaptation

Namco Bandai’s VR game Summer Lesson already got an erotic game clone, but now it has been turned into a VR porn parody called Private Lesson. This was bound to happen. Who knew it would take so long? Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. The original game Summer Lesson: Hikari Miyamoto…

Spider-Man Cosplayers Fill Airplane 

Budget carrier Jetstar unveiled a Spider-Man themed plane in Japan and filled it with Spider-Man cosplayers. This is part of Jetstar’s summer campaign, which is tied to the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming. The Spider-Man plane isn’t so amazing, but look at all these friendly neighborhood cosplayers on this motherfucking plane taking off from Tokyo bound…

“PPAP” Singer Now Doing Layton’s Mystery Journey Puzzles

The Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen guy is doing puzzles to mark the upcoming release of Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Conspiracy. This particular one seems kind of tricky! Can you figure it out? The iOS and Android versions of Layton’s Mystery Journey will be released worldwide on July 20. It will hit the 3DS this fall.…

From The Skytree. Tokyo, Japan. By Kurt Knotts.  JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Kiki’s Delivery Service Grows Up, Eats Instant Ramen

Studio Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service stars a 13-year-old witch named Kiki. She’s now been reimagined as a 17-year-old high school student in a new instant ramen spot. For Nissin’s “Hungry Day” campaign, the noodle maker roped in manga artist Eisaku Kubonouchi to design older versions of Kiki and her pal Tombo. The commercial’s theme is…

The Giant Peeing Statue Isn’t An Attack On Titan Character

You’d be forgiven if you thought this statue depicted a Titan from Attack on Titan. Even Yuuki Kaji, who voices Eren Yeager in the original anime, can see the similarity. Can you? Kaji (above) recently spotted the statue on the way to an event in Finland, posing for a photo and even doing a Survey…

Japanese Airport Cosplays As Nintendo Advertisement

Travellers arriving at Kansai International Airport in Osaka will soon be greeted by Nintendo characters plastered all over the place. Starting June 23, Nintendo is setting up what it’s calling the “Nintendo Check In” at the airpot’s Terminal 1 with Switch, 3DS, and smart device titles. The airport is also slipping on some huge Nintendo…

Bathing Monkeys. Nagano Prefecture, Japan. By Joshua Schofield. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Dragon Ball FighterZ Compared To The Manga

Doesn’t Dragon Ball FighterZ look incredible? And the best part might be that so much of that look is taken straight from the Akira Toriyama’s original art. These comparisons are via Twitter user Mizumaki_7:  This is wonderful. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea,…

Pokémon‘s First Japanese Theme Song Returns

When the original Pokémon TV anime debuted in Japan on September 8, 1998, the theme song was “Mezase Pokémon Masutaa” or “Aim to be a Pokémon Master.” Now in 2017, the theme is back! The current series Pokémon Sun Moon began using the theme this week to mark the 20th anniversary of Pocket Monsters. If…

Keiji Inafune Opens A New Studio With Level-5

Keiji Inafune of Dead Rising fame and Akihiro Hino of Professor Layton fame have established a new company called Level-5 Comcept. This subsidiary is completely owned by Level-5. Comcept is the name of Inafune’s earlier company, which launched the rocky Mighty No. 9 and oversaw a failed Red Ash Kickstarter campaign. The studio, however, did…

Anime Hit Your Name Makes Cosplay Easy

If you are looking for outfits for a Your Name cosplay (or ways to express Your Name fandom), look no further! Bandai is releasing the real-life version of sleep shirt Mitsuha worn in the film. Priced at 6,804 yen ($61), it will be released in Japan this August.  Or you could get the jacket Taki…

To The Light. Singapore National Gallery, Singapore. By Kiki Nasution JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

“PPAP” Singer Starring In New Anime

Remember “PPAP”? The Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer is getting his own TV anime in Japan. Of course he is. Called Pikotaro no Rarabai Raarabai (Pikotaro’s Lullaby Luuullaby), the anime features the viral singer, who will voice himself and all the other characters in the show as he has various fairy tales dreams. According to Mantan Web, the…

Earth Defense Force 5 has been delayed. D3 Publisher changed the Japanese release date from “summer 2017″ to simply “2017.” The reason given is to improve the game’s quality. No word yet on an international release. 

Manga Pluto Being Turned Into Anime

Pluto, one of the most critical praised and best selling manga of the 2000s, will be adapted into an anime. The manga is an imaginative reworking of Astro Boy. Here’s how Viz describes it: In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere…

Undertale‘s Japanese Localization Is Causing A Fan Frenzy

American indie game Undertale is finally getting an official Japanese release. Good for all the hardcore Japanese fans the game has! Its localization is already causing quite a stir. Namely, the way laid-back skeleton character Sans refers to himself. In English, we use the personal pronoun “I” to refer to ourselves. However, Japanese has an…

Gotanda Crossing. Tokyo, Japan. By Thomas Ito. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

PlayStation 2’s hack//G.U. Is Getting HD Remaster For PS4 And PC

The action role-playing game series .hack//G.U. will be reborn as an HD remaster for the PlayStation 4 called .hack//G.U. Last Record Set in a fictional MMORPG called The World, the first game in the series, .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth, was released in 2006, while the final one, .hack//G.U. Vol. 3: Redemption, came out in 2007.…