This isn’t the first Boruto TV anime trailer, nor is it hardly our first look at the character. It is, however, a better look at what to expect in the upcoming anime series. The teaser that hit last December didn’t quite set the tone like this latest trailer. Here’s the earlier teaser: Compare with the…
Koi. Meiji Jingu Gyoen, Tokyo, Japan. By Timothy Shill. 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!
The original Ghost in the Shell voice actors will be once again reprising their roles in the upcoming Hollywood film’s Japanese language dub. According to Natalie, Akio Otsuka will be voicing Batou as did in the 1995 Ghost in the Shell anime feature, its 2004 sequel Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and Stand Alone…
Recently in Japan, McDonald’s unveiled a new hamburger with a most unfortunate name that sounds exactly like “yucky” in English. This is the “Yakkii” (ヤッキー or yakkii) burger as in “shogayaki” or “pork fried with ginger” (“shoga” is “pork,” while “yaki” is “grilled” or “fried.”) But in Japanese, when people refer to shogayaki, they say,…
Hey, you’ve got some Breath of the Wild in my Monster Hunter XX! The upcoming Capcom title is getting a special in-game crossover with the latest Zelda According to Inside, by completing special DLC event quests, players can get Zelda gear. This isn’t the only collaboration. As Inside reports, there are also crossovers with Garo…
Why study during class breaks when you can play the Nintendo Switch? Images are popping up online, showing junior high and high school kids playing the Nintendo Switch. Obviously, many, if not most, schools do not allow students to bring game hardware. Depending on the school, some won’t even allow smartphones! You bring any of…
One of the best things about Japan is its bread. And one of the best things about said bread is how creative it can be. “Usagi pan” (うさぎパン) or “rabbit bread” is not new. For a while, certain bakers have fashioned buns into bunnies—or other animals as well. And so on. What is new is…
Early sales figures showed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sales numbers for Japan, but for those who wonder how the other Switch titles did, let’s find out! For the week of February 27 to March 5, five of the top ten games are Switch releases. Not bad for games on sale only…
This August, a live-action Jojo flick is hitting Japanese movie theaters. Have a look at the first teaser. Titled JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter 1, the film is directed by Takashi Miike of Ichi the Killer and Audition fame. In recent years, Miike has been helming game, manga and anime adaptations like Ace…
Not the most dangerous. Not the most painful*. Or, maybe, not even the most difficult per se. But if movie lore is true, then 1982’s Dragon Lord could be the most gruelling scene Jackie Chan has done for one simple reason: An insane number of takes. Usually, movie directors get what they need in a…
The Nintendo Switch has sold an estimated 330,637 units in its first three days on sale in Japan. That’s according to Famitsu, which adds that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold an estimated 190,060 copies in the country. That figure is retail only and does not include downloads. These early figures are…
The Nintendo Switch is getting a fight stick. Japanese peripheral maker Hori will release a Hayabusa stick for the Switch. Details to come at a later date, and no word yet on an international release.
If the point was to find actors who looked like the anime characters, then I guess the filmmakers did that! Via Twitter user Nanazawa, here are how the real-life actors stack up to their anime counterparts. The Gintama movie opens this July in Japan. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you…
Godzilla Resurgence won Best Picture at this year’s Japan Academy Prize awards, beating out Your Name. In case you missed them, check out Kotaku’s Godzilla Resurgence review here and our Your Name impressions here.
Who said cakes have do be made of sugar and spice and crap like that? Behold, meat cakes. As noted on Matome Naver and Sankei News, “meat cakes” (肉ケーキ or “niku keeki”) first started catching on a few years back. Now, they’re appearing more and more at yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurants across the country. See,…
Peace in the City. Kagoshima, Japan. By Luke Flynn 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!
In Japan, there is an infamous gay porno called A Midsummer Night’s Lewd Dream. The flick has spawned seemingly endless memes online in Japan. It appears like one of its stars is in the Nintendo Switch’s Photo Album set-up screen. As Know Your Meme explains, A Midsummer’s Night Lewd Dream has often long been ridiculed…
It’s March 3 in Japan. The Nintendo Switch is officially on sale, and in some locations, there are the lines to prove it. Because of online sales, it’s increasingly hard to predict how a console will do by checking out launch day lines. That being said, folks came out in Tokyo to line up for…
There might be no better green tea ambassador in the world than this guy. This is Akihiro Kita. He appeared in this clip a few years ago, but it’s once again making the internet rounds. You might think, well, he’s just being selling because of he’s speaking English. Maybe! But he’s fun in Japanese, too.…
Isao Yamazaki, owner of the world’s most impressive Nintendo collection, talked about his favorite items and the company’s history with website Tofugu. You can read the interview here.
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