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Good news: we may be seeing some high-level Valorant play sooner than you think. Riot Games, the folks behind Valorant, has unveiled its big esports plans for the multiplayer team-based shooter. Starting next week, the company's first-ever Ignition Series will happen in the upcoming G2 Esports Valorant Invitational and Rage Valorant Japan Invitati...
Universal Studio's collaboration with Nintendo on a new Mario-themed play area is almost done, and we have the pics to prove it. A Japanese photographer captured a shot of the park during its construction and posted it on his Instagram (imaiko02). Can you spot the iconic World 1-1 stage bits? And the pyramids from Super Mario 3? And Princess Pe...
Japanese seiyuu and voice actor Keiji Fujiwara has passed away at the age of 55 after battling cancer for several years. His death was reported by his family, who held a private wake and funeral for the legendary voice actor (via Crunchyroll). The late Fujiwara is best known for voicing Hiroshi Nohara (Shin-chan's father) in Crayon Shin-chan, Holl...
As the world grapples with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, social gatherings are being minimized and events are being cancelled one after the other. Of course, that means that cosplay events are a no-go for the time being. Japan Expo Thailand 2020, held from 31 January 2020 to 2 February 2020 in Bangkok, was probably one of the last big cospl...
As it turns out, TikTok isn't the only popular app ByteDance has in Japan. As reported by the South China Morning Post, data from mobile analytics company App Annie showed that the martial arts game Combat of Hero, published in Japan by ByteDance-owned Ohayoo, was the most downloaded free iOS app in the country for four straight days starting from...
We're only one month away from Final Fantasy VII Remake, and fans can already grab edible Buster Swords or Clouds if they want to. The Square Enix Cafe in Akibahara, Tokyo, recently relocated to another larger location, bringing new Final Fantasy VII Remake-themed stuff. And also Singapore too in case you can't fly down that far. The new Square En...
Remember the shrine that the main characters in Weathering With You visit? The one where they learnt about the legend of the weather maiden? Well, a priest from a shrine just like that one in Japan has announced on Twitter that he is banning all tourists from now on. 韓国人観光客を制é™ã—ã¾ã™...
Gainax is a Japanese animation studio best known for making several of the best mecha anime in history, including Neon Genesis Evangelion. Its President, 50-year-old Tomohiro Maki, has been arrested by the police pending an investigation into allegations that he took nude pictures of a teenage girl. Maki has also been accused of violating the vict...
The success of CD Projekt Red's The Witcher 3 isn't just seen in all the rave reviews and high sales. Games by other developers including Monster Hunter World and SoulCalibur VI have done collaborations to feature Geralt and other characters. Another game is about to join that list. Marvelous' Daemon X Machina has just added "The Witcher 3: Wild...
To say that Nintendo is a phenomenon in Japan would be a gross understatement. It's become part of the Japanese identity at this point, symbolising creativity, fun, and a plumber who jumps. It looks like Universal Studios Japan (USJ) is going to make Nintendo a part of their identity too. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKCqJ8llKuA&w=...
Japanese developer Compile Heart has announced VVVtunia, the latest spinoff in the Neptunia franchise. It is slated to arrive in Japan sometime in 2020, which will also be the franchise's 10th anniversary. The Neptunia franchise is a unique one in the oversaturated anime-esque JRPG landscape. Instead of fantasy or science fiction tropes, it decide...
You can't keep Game Freak's juggernaut monster-rearing simulation down. According to recent Famitsu sales numbers, Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield sold 1,364,544 retail copies in the first three days after its release in Japan. These numbers include physical game copies, download cards, and the game's double pack, but excludes digital...
Japan already has a life-sized Gundam for mecha fans to marvel at when they visit the land of the rising sun, but what about kaiju fans? Wait no more, as a life-sized replica of Godzilla (specifically the version from 2016's Shin Godzilla) has been erected as a theme park attraction. The "Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji" attraction is locate...
Every year, the Japanese government honours individuals for their cultural contributions to the country and humanity, by awarding them with the Person Of Cultural Merit. Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto is one of twenty people to be named a Person Of Cultural Merit in 2019 (via Japanese publication Sankei). Miyamoto is one of the most famous figures in...
If you love fantasy and D&D tropes made fun of anime-style, you've no doubt seen and read the Slayer anime/manga series which stars the sorceress-and-knight duo Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev. The series will be getting a 30th-anniversary event celebrated on 29th March 2020 that takes place in the Tokyo Dome City Hall. Called "Slayers 30th...
Japan will be getting its first esports hotel in April 2020, which will be opening in the Osaka's famous geek-oriented district Nipponbashi. The hotel is named e-ZONe Denno Kukan (directly translated as electric mind space e-zone), or officially Esports Hotel E-Zone Cyberspace in English. The Japanese esports hotel will be nine stories tall (inclu...
If binging the 90s anime feudal classic Rurouni Kenshin on Netflix isn't enough for you, then maybe going to Japan and checking out Kenshin Himura's sakabato recreated in real life may sate your sword-based shonen bloodlust. The most iconic sword in the series, which is basically a reverse-blade katana that doesn't kill, is carried around by Ken...
Every year since 2014, a sea of cute yellow Pikachus invade the city of Yokohama, Japan in a bid to establish a new independent Pikachu nation. In spite of that, people still enjoy the presence of these adorable overgrown rodents as the sixth annual Pikachu Outbreak event arrives this week. Over 2000 dancing Pikachus is participating in this year'...
Nintendo will be holding its very own gaming expo later this year. Dubbed Nintendo Live 2019 Kyoto, it is scheduled to take place from 13 to 14 October 2019 at the Kyoto International Conference Center in Kyoto, Japan. The company held a similar event last year with Nintendo Live 2018 Tokyo. What can gamers look forward to for this year's occasion...
How's this for some sci-fi anime tropes turning to reality? Specifically one involving human-animal chimera hybrids? In March 2019, the Japanese Science Ministry lifted the ban for the growth of animal embryos containing human cells beyond 14 days. Stem-cell biologist Hiromitsu Nakauchi will be leading the first government-approved human-animal em...
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