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The 13-year-old video game contest winner who became one of Japan’s greatest manga artists

• Casey Baseel
  May 4, 2020
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Once he was just a junior high kid who drew a Mega Man robot, but now he’s one of the most beloved comic artists in the world.

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• (anime • art • awesome • Capcom • cool • Eyeshield 21 • illustration • manga • Mega Man • One-Punch Man • Yusuke Murata)

New Studio Ghibli video conference backgrounds let you work from the worlds of Marnie and Porco

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 29, 2020

When Marnie was telecommuting.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • backgrounds • beautiful • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Pom Poko • Porco Rosso • telecommuting • The Cat Returns • video conferences • wallpapers • When Marnie Was There • working from home)

“Grateful for the Heroes” manga hashtag slammed by nurse in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 23, 2020

Healthcare worker makes a valid point about joining an online trend just for the sake of it.

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• (anime • art • artists • coronavirus • COVID-19 • hashtags • Healthcare • manga • manga artist • nurses)

Liven up your next party with cookies in the shape of giant sunflower seeds

• Master Blaster
  Apr 21, 2020

There’s never been a better time to learn how to make one.

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• (art • baking • chocolate • cookies • recipes • silicone mold • sunflower seeds • video)

What social distancing looks like in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 17, 2020

Companies, characters and mascots use kawaii humour to spread an important message. 

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• Japan
• (art • coronavirus • COVID-19 • design • Kumamon • posters • social distancing)

Final Fantasy super fan recreates the Buster Sword in a single pencil lead to salute FFVII Remake

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 14, 2020

Big love for Cloud’s giant sword comes in a small package.

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • Buster Sword • COK • cool • fan art • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • pencil • video games)

Akihabara’s shady art salespeople surprisingly adhere to state of emergency guidelines

• Master Blaster
  Apr 12, 2020

Eulien: Covenant

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • art • art student scam • cons • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Eulien • scams • Tokyo)

Voice actor charms net again with his drawing of a Studio Ghibli character he voiced

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 9, 2020

Based on the quality of this Kiki’s Delivery Service homage, it’s hard to believe that his day job is voice actor and not manga artist.

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• (anime • art • fanart • Kappei Yamaguchi • Kiki's Delivery Service • movies • seiyu • Studio Ghibli • twitter • voice actor • voice actresses)

Genius shows how to turn your car into an anime art itasha for free【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2020

You can give your ride a stealthy otaku makeover without spending a single cent…but the results could be very temporary or very permanent.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cars • clever • COK • cool • funny • itasha • otaku)

One-Punch Man artist shares 10-year-old daughter’s drawings online

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2020

Manga art looks like it’s drawn by someone twice her age.  

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• (anime • art • artists • children • drawing • illustration • manga • One-Punch Man • twitter • Yusuke Murata)

Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days Cafe dies in 3 days

• Master Blaster
  Apr 5, 2020

Perhaps it just wasn’t the right time for a lunch loaded with existentialism.

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• (art • business • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days • manga • pop-up cafes • twitter)

Love Live! fans clash with feminists again over controversial poster, this time advertising tea

• Dale Roll
  Apr 2, 2020

Sexy schoolgirl or stylized kimono-clad character? Which is better for advertising agricultural products?

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• Japan
• (ad • agriculture • anime • art • controversy • feminism • kimono • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • Love Livers • poster • tea)

Japan now has a manga-style coronavirus awareness campaign

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2020

One of these “faces” discriminates against people who have the virus. 

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• Japan
• (ads • advertising • anime • art • coronavirus • COVID-19 • discrimination • Japanese Red Cross Society • manga)

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Why this centuries’ old Shinto shrine is suddenly also a hot spot for anime fan art【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2020

Whether you call it Demon Slayer or Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kamado Shrine is the place to go for fans of the hit anime/manga.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • COK • Dazaifu • Demon Slayer • ema • Fukuoka • Kamado Shrine • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • shinto • shrines • SNJO • travel)

The Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days is due to die today and people can’t bear it

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2020

Final day of a manga has the nation on the edge of their seats.

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• (animals • anime • art • artists • crocodile • cute • funny • Instagram • LOL • manga • twitter)

Otaku in Western Art: Hilarious viral hashtag finds geeks hiding in classic masterpieces

• Oona McGee
  Mar 19, 2020

Otaku struggles are real and they’ve been right under our noses for centuries.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • artists • boys love • funny • hashtag • Idols • LOL • manga • otaku • paintings • twitter • viral • voice actors • voice actresses)

What if One Piece was a girls’ comic? Shojo manga artist produces character redesign【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 18, 2020

Yoko Maki comes out of retirement to reimagine Luffy as the only boy at an all-girls high school.

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• (anime • art • COK • illustration • manga • One Piece • shojo manga)

Japanese mom wows us with her ‘eggstraordinary’ food art

• Katie Pask
  Mar 16, 2020

Simply put, it’s an eggstravaganza!… sorry.

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• Food & Drink, Internet, Japan
• (art • bento • boxed lunch • chara-ben • cooking • cool • cute • eggs • food • food art • funny • kyara-ben)

Japanese yokai starts appearing on Twitter to prevent the spread of COVID-19

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2020

People in Japan are turning to the mysterious Amabie to help us through the coronavirus pandemic. 

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• Japan
• (Amabie • art • artists • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • culture • disease • health • Japanese folklore • Japanese tradition • sickness • twitter • yokai)

New 800-yen bill artist concept brings Shiba Inu to canvas of Japanese currency

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2020

Previous 500-yen Shiba design also gets a sakura spring makeover.

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• Japan
• (art • cool • currency • cute • dogs • illustraton • money • Shiba Inu • yen)

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