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By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015

Kotaku East

Meme Targets Characters That Don’t Understand Ears

In anime and Hollywood movies, you’ll see it: Characters who don’t know how ears work. This is the “There isn’t an ear there” meme. Can’t follow? Here, let Ted help: [Photo: X-Weibo] Traditionally, the worst offender has been kiddy anime Shima Shima Tora no Shimajiro [Photo: entermeus] See what I mean: [Photo: kirbyshimajiro] [Photo: vitao]…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015

Kotaku East

Fist of the North Star Meets Japanese Rugby

Japan is doing rugby like only Japan can: with an anime! Here’s the official rugby anime that was screened at the Japan Pavilion in London during the 2015 Rugby World Cup. It’s inspired by the iconic manga and anime Fist of the North Star Japan will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and its team…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015

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The Lupin III Anime’s Opening Hides an Optical Illusion

Don’t you love visual tricks? (Be warned, like many optical illusions, not everyone can see this!) As pointed out on 2ch, if you cover one of your eyes while watching the new Lupin III anime opening sequence, the images appear to leap out at you. Here, watch the credits. Be sure to cover one of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015

Kotaku East

Claiming Censorship and Discrimination, Artist Stands Up to… LEGO

Famed artist Ai Weiwei is working on a series of portraits using LEGO. But the Danish toy company wants nothing to do with it. Last year, Ai did a series of LEGO portraits, featuring a series of famous political activists and dissidents who had either been jailed or exiled. The BBC Reports that Ai planned…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015

Kotaku East

Lake Kawaguchi. Yamanashi, Japan. By Robert Arellano. 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!

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015

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The Best 80s Cartoon That Never Was

There was an awesome Toy Story short released last year, about the gang’s encounter with the complete set of a very 80s toy line: The Battlesaurs. Those dinosaur warriors had an excellent theme song. Now they have an excellent fake intro, for the cartoon tie-in show they never actually had. This clip is included on…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 26, 2015

Culture

The Very Victorian Concept Art Of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

Fernando Acosta is an artist who has done work for companies like WB Games, Square Enix and Hasbro. One of his more recent projects, though, was the just-released Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Below you’ll see some of Fernando’s contributions to the game, which is as Victorian as you could want/need it to be. You can see…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2015

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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Very Scare Bear Halloween

You thought you saw the last of scary bear face. You thought wrong. There is going to be so much more. Well I suppose that’s all up to you folks. What can you do with an animated GIF of me in a scary bear mask? Probably not much. Let’s do this instead. And just in…

By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015

CultureCosplay

Terrific Raiden Cosplay Has All The Moves

We showed off Masazi’s Raiden outfit when it floored people at this year’s TGS, but in the meantime she’s gone and made this very cool short film with Rescue the Princess which really showcases what the suit (and helmet) can do. You can see more of Masazi’s cosplay at her Facebook page

By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2015

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Noct Is A Good, Scary Time

Noct is what happens when someone plays too much Hotline Miami, DayZ and maybe Call of Duty then goes and makes their own video game. And it turns out pretty fun. Noct is a game that I saw on the weekend described as “My indie game about being eaten by Nopes”. You spawn as a…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2015

Culture

The Week In Games: My Little Halo

No, that’s not a My Little Pony reference. Here: Anyway, Halo 5: Guardians comes out this week, along with a couple of other things you may be interested in. Check it out. Tuesday, October 27 Divinity: Original Si Enhanced Edition — PS4, Xbox One WRC 5 — PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Halo 5:…

By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015

Culture

I’m Off To A Slow Start In Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

I’ve been spending the early days of Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns expansion pack trying to remember how to play Guild Wars 2. So far it’s not going well. For example, after I took the screenshot at the top of this article I tabbed out to begin writing, then tabbed back to this. Not…

By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015

Culture

Having Way Too Much Fun With Disney’s PlayMation

There is a good chance I am having more fun pretending to be Iron Man with Disney’s PlayMation toys than any child ever could. One of the hottest toys going heading into the holiday season, Disney’s Marvel-themed PlayMation gear and toys is an interactive electronic way to run about the house or yard pretending you’re…

By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015

Esports

Europe’s Best League Of Legends Teams Bulldozed Out Of Worlds

Europe’s Fnatic and Origen have been two of the very best League of Legends teams at the World Championships this year, so fans went into this weekend with high expectations for their semifinals games. Neither team managed to live up to them, as both went 0-3 in their matches against Korean rivals. Yesterday’s Origen games…

By Yannick LeJacq Published October 25, 2015

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Raynor Was So Close To Saving The Day In This Heroes Of The Storm Match Until He Wasn’t

This is hard to watch. It’s just so freaking close. A Heroes of the Storm player walked into one of the situations in-game that fans dream of. Four heroes from the enemy team were all clumped together, dangerously low on health, and focusing on killing on the computer-controlled boss monsters. He was playing as theStarCraft…

By Yannick LeJacq Published October 25, 2015

Esports

League Pro Runs Face-First Into Wall Trying To Escape Opponent At Worlds

We’ve shown you a lot of great plays from the League of Legends World Championship games this month. There are certainly a lot of them. But what about the not great ones? Witness, my friends, the glory of professional eSports stars making the same clumsy mistakes the rest of us do. In game two of…

By Yannick LeJacq Published October 25, 2015

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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It Could Be Worse, Luke Skywalker: Winners!

Two weeks ago I asked our readers to picture worse places for Luke Skywalker to be than being teabagged by Imperials in Star Wars: Battlefront. What I got back was a photo tour of Skywalker nightmares. This week’s winner not only picked one of the most nightmarish Star Wars scenarios ever—inside the Star Wars Kinect…

By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015

Culture

Sunday Comics: Unfounded Rumors

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 23. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 19. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…

By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015

Esports

Today’s League of Legends World Championship semifinals games are underway. Today is European team Fnatic against Korea’s KOO Tigers, and it’s already looking like a real bloodbath. Watch on YouTube, Twitch, or Azubu

By Yannick LeJacq Published October 25, 2015