Workshop Au Lac Wood Art does highly-detailed, traditional wood carvings in its native Vietnam. Instead of watching…
Fuji TV, one of Japan’s largest television networks, has apologized after an unfortunate misquote that called…
Instead of hugging a pillow, let this speaker hug you. Behold the hug speaker, ready to wrap you in music and a…
This September, Kyoto Animation’s Violet Evergarden spin-off anime will be released as originally scheduled.
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A fire, suspected to be arson, at a Kyoto, Japan animation studio has left at least 36 people dead and hospitalized…
Hello! This week we figure out a secret way to get more Spider-Men, discover a weird trick Sindel can do, take…
In the anime Fire Force, firefighters must contend with people who suddenly burst into flames. In the wake of the tra…
Last week, a fire set at Kyoto Animation left dozens injured and 34 people dead. There has been an outpouring of…
One of my favorite anime songs of all time is “Shiki No Uta”, the ending theme to hip-hop martial arts epic Samurai Champloo. Japanese hip-hop, soca, and reggae artist Minmi just debuted an English version of the tune, and it’s so good. Listen on Spotify, Amazon or Apple Music. Then return and gush.
The first Rebuild of Evangelion movie came out in 2007, when I was in high school. Over a decade later, after many…
Back in April 2006, as an American living in Osaka, I had only been working here at Kotaku for a few months when a…
Free!, Kyoto Animation’s popular swimming anime series, was supposed to get new info tomorrow about its upcoming Free! feature film. Those announcements have been canceled. [Update July 18 - 5:06 am: An earlier version of this story stated that the movie itself had been canceled. That is incorrect. We regret the error.…
This weekend, I attended Blerdcon, a convention in Washington, D.C., aimed at black nerds of all ilks. There were…
When you think of Japan, you probably think of Gundam. Maybe you think of vending machines. Now both have been…
Yesterday, Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi uploaded an original illustration to Instagram, urging his fellow…
“Hentai is brilliant,” reads the title of a recent Guardian article about a British game show contestant who won a…
Smell like City Hunter’s Ryo Saeba? According to Famitsu, the officially-licensed light and gentle fragrance is geared to both men and women. The aroma smells of rose, carnation, olives and Colt Python .357 Magnum. Kidding about that last bit!
Originally based on a smartphone game, Idolish 7 follows the adventures of a young woman who manages a boy band.…
A transfer of power at the internet’s biggest free anime porn site was supposed to finally make its…