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Even anime industry insiders say they’re unable to contact execs from vanished anime studio

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2019
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Production committee for Fragtime, studio’s most recent anime that’s playing in theaters right now, say their repeated attempts to communicate have yielded no response.

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• (anime • crazy • Fragtime • scandal • Tear Studio • working in the anime industry)

AKB48’s final original member, who had to shave her head, is leaving the group

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2019

Last remaining member of original group of 20 founding idols announces graduation, says she “still loves AKB48.”

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• Japan
• (AKB48 • COK • idol singers • Idols • Minami Minegishi)

New cat-friendly homes in Japan come specially designed for felines

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2019

Features like built-in kitty litter boxes under the floor let furbabies truly rule the house you live in.

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• (animals • cats • cute • Felissimo • homes • houses • Kobe • pets • rent • weird)

Ibaraki Police warn against fake warnings by the police

• Master Blaster
  Dec 10, 2019

Hmmm…

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• (con • crime • fraud • Ibaraki • ore ore sagi • police • scam • Tsukuba)

New cat hotel in Japan lets you watch kitties right outside your window for entire stay【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2019

Forget ocean views. “Cat view” is the best kind of hotel room.

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• (animal cafes • capsule hotels • cat cafes • COK • hotels • Neco Republic • Osaka • rescue animals • rescue cats • travel)

Historical katana dessert knives turn your sweet snacks into a delicious duel【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2019

One of Japan’s best katana-collection museums recreates its swords in miniature form for you to cut up your desserts with.

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• (awesome • COK • cool • culture • history • Katana • SNJO • sweets • swords • wagashi)

An entire Tokyo anime company has apparently disappeared, leaving artists unpaid for their work

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2019

Tear-jerking reports from multiple artists as studio, which produced a theatrical anime this year, erases its online presence.

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• (anime • crazy • Fragtime • scandal • Tear Studio • working in the anime industry)

Japanese cosplay comedians perfectly recreate Street Fighter II…if you close your eyes【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2019

Sounds can be deceiving as Ryu battles E. Honda in a fight that’s half laughable, half legitimately amazing.

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• (cosplay • cosplayers • funny • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • video • video games)

Japan’s bonenkai parties are the worst thing about the end of the year. Here’s how to fix them

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2019

The most hated forced social activity of the year in Japan could be changed to make everyone happier, Twitter user says.

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• Japan
• (bonenkai • COK • end of the year parties • New Year's • society • working in Japan)

Announcing the 2019 Junior and Senior High School Girls’ Buzzword Awards & 2020 predictions

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 9, 2019

Find out this year’s trendiest slang for Japanese female teenagers and you’ll be grouped in the cool crowd while strutting the streets of Shibuya.

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• (AMF • awards • buzzwords • high school girls • JC • JK • junior high school girls • language • predictions • Rika Shiiki • trends)

This captivating autumnal image looks like something out of a Japanese fairytale

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 9, 2019

Twitter is alight with delight over this stunning shot of a kimono-clad girl and her dainty deer friend.

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• Japan
• (autumn • beautiful • deer • Japanese scenery • Nara • photography • saizou)

This crazy tower in a Japanese park promises a message form aliens, so we went to get one【Travel】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2019

Will our UFO-chasing reporter finally get the answers he’s been looking for since the alien encounter he says he had in high school?

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• Japan
• (aliens • burial mounds • COK • crazy • culture • funny • history • Kofun • Mito • parks • SNJO • travel • UFOs • weird)

Slot machine’s proposed logo suspiciously familiar to a classic video game

• Master Blaster
  Dec 9, 2019

[R] [  ] [P] [  ] [F] [F]: Um, I’d like to solve the puzzle.

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• (Chrono Trigger • gambling • logos • rip-offs • role-playing games • slot machines • Sqaure Enix • trademark • video games)

Watch as these Japanese cats treat their brand new, giant cushion with extreme suspicion

• Dale Roll
  Dec 9, 2019

“What the HECK is THIS THING?!”

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• (animals • cat beds • cats • cute • funny • pet beds • pets • video)

Press start, receive art: Japanese art gallery showcases bugged Nintendo screen canvases

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 8, 2019

Beautiful paintings of glitchy NES screens will star in Tokyo art gallery through December.
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• (art exhibition • art show • glitch • NES • retro • Retrojective • Shun Okada • TAV Gallery)

How to improve your singing at karaoke with a deceivingly simple trick

• Eli Pang
  Dec 8, 2019

For those who are microphone-shy or desire that perfect performance, there’s a shockingly easy way to hit higher notes (and higher scores).

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • karaoke • life hacks • music • singing)

Japanese lawyer comments on legality of tattoo ban at hot springs, netizens share thoughts too

• Scott Wilson
  Dec 8, 2019

Are tattoo bans at onsen a relic of the past or part of Japanese culture?

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• Japan
• (hot spring • hot springs • Japanese law • onsen • tattoos • tattoos in Japan)

Only 75 of this gigantic anniversary Moomin plush from Japan will be made: get your orders in!

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 7, 2019

Moomin fans will love this big, beautiful plush — and thanks to the Moomin series’ 75th anniversary, he could be yours!
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• Japan
• (anime • cute • interior • Moomins • Moomintroll • plushies • The Moomins • toys)

Deep-fried ramen croquettes now exist in Japan, and we are all powerless to resist them

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 7, 2019

The ramen croquette is here to satisfy all our guilty pleasure hunger food cravings at once.

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• Japan
• (COK • croquettes • food • fried food • Katsuya • ramen)

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