Brand-new Tamagotchi saluting Fate anime/video game series, the...
You can raise more than 30 Servants with this special virtual pet that can only be obtained one way. The parts of our brains devoted to mid-’90s pop culture nostalgia flared into activity earlier this...
View ArticleAnime cooking in real life – How to make Food Wars’ unagi matelote【SoraKitchen】
What happens when Japanese eel meets French cooking, then jumps from the anime world to the real one? We find out! Anime/manga franchise Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma could have taken the easy route and...
View ArticleEnjoy confectionery the Super Saiyan way with these new Super Dragon Ball sweets
Turns out you don’t have to look very far to collect all seven dragon balls – just go to your local Family Mart. Bandai’s candy department ‘Tabemasu‘ (short for ‘taberareru masukotto‘ or ‘edible...
View ArticleSailor Moon’s Luna and Black Lady get new real-world lingerie sets and...
Alternate-form Sailor Moon characters inspire brand-new anime intimate apparel. The Sailor Moon franchise has given plenty of silky salutes to the titular heroine and her Sailor Senshi cohorts over the...
View ArticleOfficial Evangelion emergency rations, with curry and beef bowls, are now on...
Ever wonder what everyone who has to evacuate Tokyo-3 while the Evangelions are fighting Angels is eating? There’s no shortage of sci-fi anime settings that get regularly wrecked whenever the heroes...
View Article“I didn’t ask the old men for any advice” says director of Studio Ghibli’s...
Goro Miyazaki didn’t seek any input from his dad, the famous Hayao, on how Studio Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch should be made. Last week was the opening of the Not-Big Ghibli Exhibition at the Aichi...
View ArticleIf you’ve got 2.75 million yen to spare, you could own this life-size Atelier...
A big figure with a big price for big fans of the anime-style video game. The Atelier franchise occupies a unique spot in the video gaming industry. On the one hand, it’s low-profile enough that a lot...
View ArticleFruits Basket anime cafe with limited-edition goods to appear at Princess...
Celebrate the continuation of the anime like royalty! If you grew up reading shojo manga, then there’s a good chance that you were a fan of the manga and anime series Fruits Basket. The sweet,...
View ArticleWhat day of the year has the most anime character birthdays? This heat map...
A pattern emerges in how creators pick characters’ birthday dates, with one day in particular being a major cluster. A key characteristic of designing an anime character is not jut the amount of detail...
View ArticlePokémon theme park opening in virtual space with Pikachu dance shows,...
Pokémon Virtual Fest’s list of rides and attractions will grow as visitors complete missions with friends. 2020 isn’t exactly the best year for theme parks, what with the whole coronavirus pandemic....
View ArticleAll-anime-themed hotel opening in Japan’s Tokorozawa Sakura Town【Photos】
A new place to stay not far from the real-world inspiration for the setting of My Neighbor Totoro. When looking for a place to stay in Japan, the first choice to make is between a modern hotel or a...
View ArticleNew Pokémon manhole covers starring Chansey are set to bring good luck to...
The kind and caring Pokémon delivers the prefecture’s first Pokéfuta. Japan’s biggest cities are where you’ll find its Pokémon Center megastores, but it’s places further off the beaten tourist path...
View ArticleGhibli cosplay: Official dresses bring anime heroine vibes to your wardrobe
Studio Ghibli dresses add magic to the real world. In the past, if we ever wanted to dress like a character from a Studio Ghibli film — whether for cosplay or regular daily life — we’ve had to use our...
View ArticleVirtual dojinshi convention Comic Vket recreates the community joy of...
Free-to-attend, free-to-exhibit event is an online substitute for cancelled Comiket, held in virtual Akihabara. Once upon a time, in the wildly different era known as “early in 2020,” we were supposed...
View ArticleAnd now, an important message of hope from Gundam about the challenges of...
Real robot anime knows real life is hard these days, but challenges us to show the power of what we can do as long as we care and hold on to hope. In our largely cynical, short-term-memory-focused...
View ArticleEvangelion, Spice and Wolf LED manhole covers installed in otaku-friendly...
Beautiful salutes to nearly two dozen anime/manga franchises light the way to the newest otaku destination. Japan is filled with sightseeing options. On the traditional side of things are its shrines...
View ArticleJapan’s new life-size Gundam is complete and standing proud in...
Shinto priests bless 55,000-pound anime robot’s head in jotoshiki ceremony. Yokohama is Japan’s second-largest city, and being just 20 minutes south of downtown Tokyo also makes for an easy half-day...
View ArticleInuyasha sequel anime Yashahime’s preview video is here, with a glimpse at...
Multi-generational follow-up to the Rumiko Takahashi hit also has a confirmed premiere date. For anime fans, the last several months have been a string of one TV series or movie getting delayed after...
View ArticleJapanese social media reacts to Billie Eilish’s new animated, Ghibli-esque...
The singer’s latest promotional video shows her walking through a mystical landscape, holding hands with trees, and being lifted into a sunrise. Billie Eilish, the 18-year-old pop sensation, has been...
View ArticleShonen Jump manga artist arrested for ride-by groping two junior high girls...
Publisher, stage play producers issue statements. On the night of June 18, at around 8 p.m., a junior high school girl was walking along a road in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward when a bicycle approached her from...
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