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Evangelion voice actress reveals she’s been waiting 11 years for free condoms she was promised
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2025 - Tweet
Fellow voice actress’ lament at missing meat prompts Megumi Ogata to share her own story of unfulfilled promises.
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- (anime • beef • crazy • Evangelion • food • funny • manga • Megumi Ogata • voice actors • voice actresses • Wagyu • weird)
Real-world Pokémon Koraidon motorcycle makes its first run in Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2025
Legendary Pokémon visits legendary race circuit.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cars • cool • Honda • manga • motorcycles • Pokemon • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet • Suzuka • suzuka circuit • video • video games)
New service lets you get calls from anime magical girls to say goodnight and that they love you
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2025
PreCure offer encouragement and praise for a monthly price.
- Japan
- (anime • apps • magical girls • manga • phone • PreCure • Pretty Cure • telephone • weird • You and Idol Pretty Cure)
Here’s the Studio Ghibli cookbook recipe to make Lin’s Spirited Away sweets she gave to Chihiro
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2025
A super-easy way to transport your taste buds to the bathhouse of the gods.
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- (anime • books • cookbooks • cooking • food • Ghibli food • Ghibli's Table • manga • recipe • Shufu no Tomo • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
New for-otaku shampoo/body wash wants to change how and when card gamers bathe, preserve the hobby
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2025
“Treat your opponent with dignity!!”
- Japan
- (anime • campfire • card gamers • card games • collectible card games • crowdfunding • manga • Off-Kai • otaku • shampoo • weird • wellness)
Tokyo train stations giving out awesome giant Pokémon cards, but you’ll want to hurry
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2025
JR East’s easy-to-complete Pokémon stamp rally can only last as long as its card supply does.
- Japan
- (anime • East Japan Railway Company • JR East • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO • stamp rallies • stamp rally • stations • tourism • trains • travel • video games)
Otaku quiz: How many guest artists from Tokyo’s awesome Dragon Ball manga cover mural can you name?
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2025
New Dragon Ball box set will feature 42 alternate covers by some of the manga industry’s most popular artists.
- Japan
- (Akira Toriyama • anime • art • COK • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Double Cover Box • illustration • manga • Shibuya Station • SNJO)
Anime sword pizza coming to Pizza Hut with Fate/Grand Order crossover in China
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2025
The Pizza of Promised Victory.
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- (anime • awesome • crazy • Fate • fate grand order • fate/grand order • food • manga • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut China • swords • weird)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba comes to Dodger Stadium for fan night, first pitch, and drone show
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2025
Crossover caps to be given away in latest team-up between Los Angeles baseball club and hit anime.
- Japan
- (anime • baseball • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Dodger Stadium • Dodgers • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Los Anageles • Major League Baseball • manga • MLB • sports)
Crazy expensive Evangelion statue, pre-production idols, and more from Japan’s Wonder Festival
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2025
Japan’s biggest figure and garage kit show returns for its summer iteration.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Evangelion • figures • garage kits • Goddess of Victory: Nikke • Idolmaster • manga • Metal Gear • Metal Gear Solid • SNJO • video games • Wonder Festival • Wonder Festival 2025 • Wonder Festival Summer • Wonder Festival Summer 2025)
Elegant ghostly Ghibli curtain captures the ungraspable form of No Face【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2025
Clever design trick brings the Spirited Away star’s otherworldly appearance into your real-world home.
- Japan
- (anime • clever • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • moviers • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli specialty shop in Tokyo Station announces indefinite closure, for kindhearted reason
- Casey Baseel
Jul 25, 2025
Every other store in Tokyo Character Street is open, but Donguri Kyowakoku says it’s not time to shop.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • First Avenue Tokyo Station • heat • heat wave • manga • moving • Studio Ghibli • Tokyo Character Street • Tokyo Station • Tokyo Station Ichibangai • touching)
Japanese pop star Ado wants to know if Americans actually eat one of Japan’s favorite “Western foods”
- Casey Baseel
Jul 25, 2025
It sure seems like Americans would like it.
- Japan
- (Ado • anime • food • hamburger • hamburger steaks • J-Pop • manga • music • society • yoshoku)
Tokyo hotel creates Evangelion rooms and Evangelion lounges for fans to mingle in【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2025
Ikebukuro hotel and anime series are both celebrating milestones this year.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Evangelion • hotels • Ikebukuro • manga • Prince Hotels • Sunshine City • tourism • travel)
Pokémon theme park area announced for Kanto region, opens in less than a year【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2025
First-ever permanent Pokémon amusement park attractions look like they’re going to be international traveler-friendly too.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • anime • manga • Pokemon • theme parks • video games • Yomiuri Land)
Hayao Miyazaki’s final TV anime gets popup shop in Tokyo opening this summer
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2025
A special treat for fans of the legendary anime director’s pre-Ghibli work.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • popup shop • popup store • Sherlock Holmes • Sherlock Hound • Studio Ghibli)
Totoro and Jiji tail seat cushions blend Studio Ghibli backsides with yours【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2025
Ghibli tails from Ghibli tales.
- Japan
- (anime • cushions • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • Jiji • Kiki’s Deliery Service • manga • My Neighbo Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Too sexy to show, or sexier not showing anything? Anime to air in audio-only on Tokyo TV channel
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2025
One channel won’t be showing any of Nukitashi’s visuals, but is this censorship or something else?
Donations pouring in from foreign Uma Musume fans for Japan’s real-life loveable loser racehorse
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2025
The hit video game/anime’s Haru Urara is a real horse, and fans have found a way to show their love for their heroine who never gave up.
- Japan
- (animals • anime • Haru Urara • horse racing • horses • manga • moving • racehorses • sports • touching • Uma Musume • Uma Musume Pretty Derby • video games)
McDonald’s Japan announces Pokémon Trading Card Happy Meals with guaranteed Pikachus
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2025
You don’t need to specifically choose Pikachu, because it’s a promise that he’ll be in your Happy Meal.
- Japan
- (anime • card games • fast food • food • hamburgers • Happy Meals • Happy Set • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Pikachu • Pokemon • pokemon trading card game • trading cards)
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Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Experimenting with making hot sandwiches in the microwave with a device from Japan’s 3COINS
Matcha ice cream discontinued by one of Japan’s favorite ice cream brands
New Sonic the Hedgehog figure costs 1 million yen, is made of Arita ware Japanese porcelain [Vid]
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
If anyone needs us, we’ll be in the cardboard Japanese snack house we just built [Photos]
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Video released of Pikachu’s real-world trip to space! [Video]
Shibuya goes hard on Halloween, announces countermeasures to prevent chaos on the streets
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Japan announces new permanent residency guidelines, foreigners must earn more than average Japanese person
Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Make-your-own-Totoro plushie workshop event coming to Ghibli Park park this fall
Osaka man arrested for running little pet shop of horrors with dangerous crocodile
Starbucks Japan says sayonara to the Filone for new sandwiches and a Pumpkin Soupuccino
Casio collaborates with a Kyoto foil master for a luxurious one million yen G-SHOCK
Foreign tourist numbers drop in Osaka, despite record-setting highs from U.S. and Korea
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- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Starbucks Japan unveils new Pokémon collaboration with Pikachu Latte and exclusive goods- Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]
Lady Gaga and Family Mart team up for a Japanese convenience store work video [Video]
New Gundam Base superstores coming soon in the U.S., with one opening this month
Studio Ghibli releases new plush mascot character collection with a focus on friendship
Studio Ghibli releases new onigiri rice ball-shaped lunch bag for Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
Do Japan’s new single-minded convenience store bento show depressing poverty or satisfying focus?
How to watch Studio Ghibli’s new anime in Japan, with a special after-dark outdoor screening for Halloween
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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