Hey, did you hear? Hayao Miyazaki has officially come out of retirementto make a new feature film. If you want to work on it, here’s how you can apply! Studio Ghibli has a job listing for the feature—which also means that Ghibli is going back into feature film production! The listing mentions how Miyazaki has…
Lit Up. Tokyo, Japan. By Nick Carney. 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!
A colorful game like Splatoon 2 deserves colorful hardware. That’s why Nintendo is rolling out special Splatoon themed controllers for Japan and Europe. In Japan, the Splatoon 2 hardware will be available when the game launches on July 21. According to GoNintendo, the same is true for Europe. No word if all this will be…
Innovative Kyoto game studio Q-Games is making its smartphone debut with Eden Obscura It’s the latest entry in the PixelJunk series and is the brainchild of Q-Game creative producer Baiyon. Slated for iOS and Android, no word yet on a release date.
For a country that has made a whole bunch of fighting games, you better believe that Japan has its favorites. A recent survey revealed top twenty beloved titles, according to Weekly Famitsu readers. Between April 13 and April 19, the magazine asked 2,461 readers to name their favorite fighting games. Ninety-two percent of respondents were…
Nintendo has announced three different retail versions of Splatoon 2 for Japan. One of the download version comes with a game case, but no game card. According to Nintendo, there is a standard Splatoon 2 package version, which comes with the game case and the game card. Then, there is the Splatoon 2 download version,…
A PS Vita Minecraft is coming out in Japan…again! The hardware was released in Japan last December, and it’s now slated for July 27 for 27,700 yen (US$247). The bundle comes with Minecraft hardware, the game, DLC, a PS Vita pouch, and original wallpaper.
A “click farm” is where fake ratings and rankings for mobile apps and social media posts are manipulated. Here’s a look inside. This footage was recently uploaded by Russian site English Russia. It looks similar to the set-up shown in another click farm from 2015. (Note that similar “tables”have been available for purchase online in…
Asakusabashi Before Rush Hour. Tokyo, Japan. By Ross Goodwin. 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!
Namco Bandai announced a new virtual reality experience called Evangelion VR: The Soul Seat. According to Famitsu, the attraction will be at Namco Bandai’s VR Zone amusement center in Shinjuku this summer. You wear the VR headset and sit in a pilot’s seat, which shakes and moves about. In the VR experience, after regular Eva…
Across the board, the print circulation numbers for Japan’s most popular weekly aren’t getting better. They’re getting worse. According to IT Media Business, the average number of printed copies in circulation for Weekly Shonen Magazine (週刊少年マガジン), Weekly Shonen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ), and Weekly Shonen Sunday (週刊少年サンデー) continue to see a steady decline. Print has long been…
Surely you can see it? I know I can. Those windows look like DS game cards. Twitter user Yorunotobari spotted a shopping mall in Chiba, Japan with windows that look like Nintendo DS games. Inside the windows are advertisements for the building’s shops. They really look like DS cards. In case you forgot what those…
Here’s a Squirtle cushion that’s about as phallic as they come. This incarnation of the popular Water type was apparently spotted in Indonesia. I’ve seen Squirtle cushions before, but I’ve never quite seen one that looks like this! It looks even worse when isolated: See? No, this is worse. Much worse. Kotaku East is your…
Kiyotaki. Kyoto, Japan. By Edson Chilundo. 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!
Nintendo America, for example, allows comments on its YouTube videos. The company’s Japanese headquarters does not, and some people online in Japan don’t sound too happy. This has been going on for a while now, but a recent 2ch thread shined a light on the discrepancy. It’s kind of strange that Nintendo doesn’t allow comments…
That seems to be the point! An official Tokyo Ghoul eatery is opening in Tokyo later this month features freaky food inspired by the manga. As Japan Trends points out, meals have names like Kaneki’s One-Eyed Curry and Tsukiyama’s Eyeball Cheese Mousse. Surely they taste better than they look! The Tokyo Ghoul Cafe runs from May…
In the Yakuza games, psychotic Goro Majima is known as “Mad Dog of Shimano” for good reason: He’s violent and bonkers. He’s also a fan favorite, which might explain the adorable birthday messages for the character. It’s not uncommon for artists to create fan art to celebrate a character’s birthday. Majima’s b-day is May 14,…
Walking On Water. Badian, Cebu, The Philippines. By Martin Tan. 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!
For those who still own a Super Famicom (or are planning to get one), good news! The console is getting a new cartridge this year. The Super Famicom is the Japanese version of the SNES. In 1995, a satellite modem peripheral called Satellaview was released in Japan (though it was later discontinued in 2000). Setallaview…
Meitu, the folks behind that infamous beauty app, are rolling out an official Sailor Moon phone and selfie stick. The Sailor Moon branded M8 phone also comes with a pink remote control to take selfies,Fashion Snap reports. The phone costs around the equivalent of US$430 and is limited to10,000 units. No word on whether or…
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