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Something You Might Have Noticed In The Gintama Poster

I know I sure didn’t earlier this week. But did you? If not, look closer, and maybe you can put your finger on it. Still no? Okay, via Hayabusa, this will point out the mistake. Yep, actor Shun Oguri’s hand has six fingers on the poster. The actor doesn’t actually have an extra finger—not that…

The eagerly awaited Attack on Titan Season 2 will debut in Japan next April. The anime will begin broadcast in April and run until September. WIT Studio will once again handle the animation duties. 

Itsukushima Shrine. Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. By Shu-Yung James Wu 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 day before Yakuza 6 comes out in Japan, its release in South Korea has been cancelled. It was supposed to come out in 2017. In an official release (via tipster Sang), PlayStation Korea said the decision was “due to the nature of the content.” Hrm…

Oh Deer. Nara, Japan. By Esben Bech Hornbøll. 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! 

Final Fantasy XV Sells 690,471 Retail Copies In Its First Week In Japan

We finally (heh) have FFXV’s first week Japanese sales number: 690,471 copies sold at retail. Let’s see how it compares to previous FF debuts. But how do these numbers stack up historically? In comparison, during Final Fantasy XIII’s first week on sale, the game sold1,516,532 copies at Japanese retail. As My Game News Flash points…

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Eat This Ramen In Less Than 20 Minutes, Earn $438!

Not bad for only twenty minutes of work. Yes, eating this would be work. Tokyo ramen restaurant Umakara Ramen Hyouri has “mega serving” challenge: If you eat this whole bowl of ramen in under 20 minutes, they’ll pay you 50,000 yen (US$438). Do it in 30 minutes, and they’ll give you 30,000 yen ($263). Japanese…

In the wake of the Studio Khara lawsuit, Gainax issued an apology for causing concern and states it will focus on producing anime and returning to its glory days. Gainax also says it’s currently reorganizing. 

Sony Just Announced Project Field, A New Way To Play Card Games 

Sony hopes to change the way kids play card games with its newly revealed Project Field.  Project Field uses a specially developed Sony pad with smartphones or tablets. It’s outfitted with an IC reader, sensors, LED, and Bluetooth so that the pad can easily connect with tablets and smartphones that are running the corresponding Project…

Tunnel in Ginza. Tokyo, Japan. By Johan Toresson. 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! 

Poll: Ten Anime And Manga With The Most Unhappy Endings Ever 

Not everything turns out like you hope it does. Not life, not manga, and certainly not anime. Goo Ranking conducted this this poll last month, asking 500 people in Japan (a 50/50 split between men and women) to list anime with “miserably” bad endings. Below you can see the top ten. This article doesn’t have…

A trailer marking twenty years of SoulCalibur just hit Namco Bandai’s Japanese YouTube channel. Wonder if that means a new title is around the corner. Who knows? Namco Bandai does, that’s who. 

First Look At The Live-Action Gintama Cast In Costume

Next year, a live-action Gintama movie based on the popular manga and anime is slated to hit Japanese movie theaters. Here’s a first look at the movie’s leads. That’s Shun Oguri, who you might remember as Lupin in the live-action version, as the titular Gintoki Sakata Oguri is joined by actor Masaki Suda as samurai-in-training…

Omoide Yokocho. Tokyo, Japan. By Brent Hopkins. 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!

Final Fantasy XV Glitches Are A Good Time

As with any open world game about men with fancy hair, Final Fantasy XV is bound to have some glitches. Players are finding some of them, and many of them are terrific. According to our own Jason Schreier, who reviewedFinal Fantasy XV, the game wasn’t super glitchy for him. So, let’s assume these are part…

A fourth (yes, fourth!) Yokai Watch movie has been announced. It will be released in winter 2017 in Japan. Wonder if they’ll do a fifth? I bet they do!

Destroying Japanese Convenience Stores In Yakuza 6 Will Never Get Old

Never! Because in the Yakuza 6 demo, you don’t even need punches and kicks to wreak havoc on in-game convenience stores. You can just run up to them and watch stuff start flying.  See what I’m talking about in the clips below: I guess if you did run at a shelf filled with stuff, it…

Mt Fuji, as seen from Hachioji. Tokyo, Japan. By Johan Toresson. 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 New Pokémon Anime Masters The Art Of Silly Faces 

Pokémon Sun Moon is a silly TV show, but some of the facial expressions it has been unloading are nothing short of art Online in Japan, some people are calling the new Sun Moon show a “kaogei anime” (顔芸アニメ), which means being skilled at making silly faces. It’s often used in Japanese comedy, with some…