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New line of Evangelion fishing lures and other gear released by Japanese maker Dress
- Master Blaster
Dec 15, 2025 - Tweet
Fish are in their sea, all is right with the world.
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (bakkan • dress • Evangelion • fish grips • fishing • fishing lures • pliers • stickers)
Attack on Titan rice ball is as titanic as the Japanese anime
- Oona McGee
Dec 20, 2021
Convenience store onigiri just got a whole lot more colossal.
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • bento • COK • convenience stores • food • Japan Railways • JR East • NewDays • onigiri • rice balls • stations • taste test • trains)
Lone Wolf and Cub’s Kazuo Koike passes away, final tweet is a salute to his manga rival
- Casey Baseel
Apr 19, 2019
Unabashed lifelong otaku’s final online words express admiration for another recently departed anime/manga legend.
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (anime • Kazuo Koike • Lone Wolf and Cub • lupin III • manga • Monkey Punch)
What’s in a genre: do you think a novel can be “shonen?”
- Scott Wilson
Mar 6, 2019
Is “shonen” for manga/anime only, or can books join the battle too?
- Anime & Manga
- (anime • books • debate • Dragon Ball Z • manga • One Piece • shonen)
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie will return to the Japanese big screen early next year
- Krista Rogers
Nov 7, 2016
The first Cardcaptor Sakura anime film will experience a revival in selected theaters throughout Japan.
The Comiket Cloud: Anime convention’s attendees reportedly creating weather
- Master Blaster
Aug 15, 2016
Several visitors to the doujin anime, game, and manga convention Comiket have reported peculiar clouds generated by the heat and sweat of everyone present.
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (Comiket • Comiket Cloud • Comiket Rain • sweat • weather)
One Piece and music lovers can now add Brook’s iconic Shark Guitar to their collections!
- Krista Rogers
Aug 1, 2016
The new instrument is also perfect for confusing your bandmates when you tell them that your biggest musical influence is a skeleton.
- Anime & Manga, Entertainment, Japan
- (Brook • guitar • instrument • music • One Piece • Shimamura)
These custom rings from Takayas based on Sailor Moon and Star Wars are absolutely stellar!
- Meg Murphy
Aug 1, 2016
If you’re a fan of either franchise, these custom-made rings are sure to inspire!
- Anime & Manga
- (jewelry • rings • Sailor Moon • Sailor Saturn • Takayas)
Subtly JoJo: These backpacks and short boots should prepare you for some bizarre adventures
- Kay
Jul 25, 2016
This is what a collaboration between popular manga JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and American outdoor clothing/accessories brand Columbia looks like!
Crazy accurate cosplayer returns in impeccable Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress costume【Photos】
- KK Miller
Jun 23, 2016
Her costumes and backdrop make the post-apocalyptic setting feel very real.
- Anime & Manga, China, Internet
- (beautiful • cosplayers • cute • Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress • seeU)
Join the “Live Spectacle Naruto” viewing experience in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong!
- Kay
Jun 22, 2016
Fans in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong will be able to join the ninja action in a live-viewing of the final Tokyo performance of the Live Spectacle Naruto play!
Time to vote for your favourite in Japan’s Sanrio Character Curry Election
- Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2016
As you’d see in any election race, there are sweet characters, stern faces and some crazy candidates you’d never think would win…
- Anime & Manga, Cute, Food & Drink, Japan
- (characters • curry • cute • Hello Kitty • Puroland • Sanrio • Sanrio Puroland)
“Resident Weeaboo” – Swiss otaku’s parody of horror series features anime huggy pillows, insanity
- Evie Nyan
Jun 21, 2016
Swiss super otaku Melonpan might just be the most bonkers Resident Evil fan on the internet…
- Anime & Manga, Entertainment, Europe, Games & Tech, Japan
- (anime • dakimakura • melonpan • otaku • Resident Evil • resident evil 7 • video games • weeaboo)
Add some subtle shine to your outfit with these Cardcaptor Sakura earrings
- Jamie Koide
Jun 21, 2016
Carry a part of the Clow with you when you wear these beautiful earrings.
- Anime & Manga, Cute, Entertainment, Japan
- (Cardcaptor Sakura • earrings • fashion • jewelry • Movic • Sakura Kinomoto)
Uh-oh. Domestic robot Pepper promises to show us “terror that’s worse than Hell” 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 21, 2016
See, this is why you need to limit your robots’ intake of violent anime.
- Anime & Manga, Entertainment, Games & Tech, Japan
- (anime • Dragon Ball • funny • Pepper • robots • technology • video)
Japanese superhero Ultraman spotted going to work on the Yamanote train line in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 20, 2016
Will station staff let him give up his kaiju monster-fighting days and allow him to commute like an ordinary Japanese salaryman?
- Anime & Manga, Entertainment, Internet, Japan
- (cosplay • Cosplay costume • cosplyer • kaiju • movies • Superheroes • Tokyo • trains • Ultraman • Yamanote)
Japanese government hires official pirate hunter to search Internet for illegal anime uploads
- Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2016
Avast, otaku, for the Japanese government is stepping up its piracy countermeasures.
- Anime & Manga, Entertainment, Internet, Japan
- (anime • crime • government • law • piracy)
Drawing a cop flipping over another cop while they fire guns? There’s a reference book for that!
- KK Miller
Jun 20, 2016
Two cops, a gang and a macho man meet. This isn’t the start of a joke, it’s Action Pose 2!
- Anime & Manga, Entertainment, Japan
- (action poses • books • drawing manga • Kensuke Sonomura • reference)
Cuddly Pikachu PC cushion will steal your heart, absolutely ruin your productivity
- Casey Baseel
Jun 18, 2016
Plushie is half anime ergonomic aid, half heart-warming distraction.
- Anime & Manga, Cute, Games & Tech, Japan
- (anime • computers • cute • PC cushions • Pikachu • Pokemon • stuffed animals • video games)
[Updated] Live-action One Piece movie announced by Chinese production company
- Casey Baseel
Jun 17, 2016
Investment groups says it has “bought the copyright” to the hit anime and manga franchise, plus cast Chinese idol singer in a key role.
- Anime & Manga, China, Entertainment, Japan
- (anime • Live action • manga • movies • One Piece)
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