Ghibli’s Newest is a Tale of Friends, Family, and the Supernatural

This last weekend in Japan saw the release of When Marnie Was There, the newest film from the acclaimed Studio Ghibli. It is an excellent tale of friendship and family all set against the backdrop of an incredibly personal supernatural story. Good – A Supernatural Mystery When Marnie Was There is one of those movies…

“Kimchi Slap” Looks Painful and Gross

You know kimchi, right? I love kimchi. I could eat it all day long. Just don’t try to slap me in the face with it, though. As tipster Sang points out, Everbody Kimchi is a South Korean drama set in the kimchi industry. On a recent episode, one character got slapped in the face with…

A South Korean court ruled that the cancelled One Piece exhibit can be held because the manga does not glorify Japanese imperialism and portrayed the Rising Sun imagery in a negative light. “Taking these reasons into consideration, the court concluded that the museum cannot unilaterally cancel the showing,” reports Asahi (via ANN).

The Luigi Death Stare Is Lethal Enough for a Japanese Commercial

Yes, the meme might be over, but that doesn’t mean the Luigi Death Stare can’t be used as a Mario Kart 8 selling point in Japan. マリオカート8 TVCM3[Nintendo@YouTube via Siliconera] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,…

Oh Hey, It’s Inflatable Pikachu Vagina

Ages ago, a particular Pikachu bouncy house was noticed in Japan. The entrance looked like, for lack of a better word, a Pikachu vagina. Earlier today, it was reported that the “giant Pikachu” was once again making an appearance. Eager folks, climb right on in! Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable.…

Family Of Dead Internet Addict Compensated $120,000

How much is a life worth? In China, apparently about $120,000. That’s how much the family of a 19-year-old young woman received after she died at an internet addiction camp earlier this year. Chinese internet website iFeng.com reports that the family of the young woman, surnamed LingLing, will be given compensation for her death amounting…

Sony Is Selling the PS Vita with a Dick Joke

As part of a PS Vita summer campaign, Sony has released a new Japanese ad on YouTube that can be described as ballsy. That, or a cheap sight gag. In the spot, schoolkids are getting changed for their summer swimming lessons, and after one kid drops his towel, another kid’s jaw drops and he says,…

Who wants to mainline and/or liveblog this

This is the closest I’m going to get to binge-watching the entirety of The Simpsons once it finds its way onto Netflix (unlikely) OR I dig up all my old DVD collections from my mother’s storage unit (also unlikely):

Imagining Bioshock As A PS1 Game

NeoGAF has an entire thread dedicated to imagining more recent games as titles for the original Playstation. The highlight is these animated gifs for Bioshock: Via Wario64 You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Sneaky Zebra was at the London Film & Comic-Con, and shot this great video of some of the best cosplayers. In case you’re hesitant to click play, know there is Beverly Hills cosplay within.

I once wrote about an indie adventure game called Nelly Cootalot. It was so long ago however that the post isn’t even on our servers anymore. Which means it’s time to refresh the topic with a trailer for its sequel, which is coming seven years later

Multi-Screen Gaming On A Laptop? Crazy, But Sure, Let’s Roll With It

Matt Relf has found a smart way to turn a small laptop into the kind of multi-screen setup you normally only see on a verge large desk with a very important desktop computer. He’s running a Kickstarter called Packed Pixels, which uses a mount to attach either one or two iPad-sized displays to the side…