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Tokyo restaurant’s milkshakes are so huge they have donuts, churros in them
- Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2016 - Tweet
And yes, that is a milkshake with pretzels and potato chips.
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Your Name, the year’s biggest anime hit, inspires one of history’s greatest Minecraft creations
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2016
Super hard-working director Makoto Shinkai would definitely be proud of this guy.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Makoto Shinkai • Minecraft • movies • video games • your name.)
Japanese gamer recreates battle screen from Dragon Quest – using 15,000 cotton swabs
- Oona McGee
Sep 8, 2016
The impressive five-piece handmade set also includes an adorable Slime!
- Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • cool • cotton swabs • craft • crafty • diorama • Dragon Quest • gamers • games • gaming)
Godzilla figure based on Shin Godzilla CG model is stunningly detailed, shockingly expensive
- Casey Baseel
Sep 8, 2016
Amazing Kaiju mini-statue costs a king of the monsters’ ransom.
Dragon Ball fan draws amazing portrait of hero Goku…made out of other Dragon Ball characters!
- Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2016
This is about as much love for the classic anime and manga as you’ll ever see stuffed into one piece of artwork.
- China
- (anime • art • awesome • cool • Dragon Ball • fan art • Goku • illustration • manga)
Jaw-dropping Hunter x Hunter anime cosplay is the tallest costume we’ve seen all summer【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2016
The clothing was the easy part of this amazing anime costume.
Tokyo’s awesome all-you-can-eat deals continue with unlimited fried chicken for under 10 bucks
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2016
KFC Japan’s summer of all-you-can-eat fried chicken is ending, but at this Tokyo restaurant limitless chow can be your all year long.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • awesome • cheap eats • food • fried chicken • karaage • restaurants • Tokyo)
Anime shoppers in Japan find amazingly lifelike anime girl browsing right next to them 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2016
For anime characters, does the light novel section count as non-fiction?
Amazing $24,000 life-size anime figure is taller than the character’s voice actress 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2016
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is the latest anime series to get the 1:1-scale statue treatment.
Japan’s Pikachu Outbreak 2016! Pokémon get wet and wild in Yokohama【Photos & Four Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2016
Well, wet and adorable, anyway.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • cute • events • Kanagawa • Pikachu • Pokemon • video • video games • Yokohama)
Amazing circular rainbow spotted in Tokyo【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2016
Here’s the potentially awesome upside of rain on the day you’re going up Tokyo’s tallest structure.
Tokyo’s new samurai photo studio sends you to Japan’s feudal era with awesome digital backdrops
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2016
And poses from Kill Bill’s fight choreographer ensure you’ll look fearsome when you get there.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • cosplay • history • photo studio • photogrophy • samurai • Tokyo)
Jaw-dropping anime-style paper craft fan art is the ultimate otaku origami【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2016
Best of all, you can fold your own for just a couple of bucks.
- China, Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • cool • fan art • Hong Kong • manga • paper craft • video games)
Evangelion Unit-01 morphs into Godzilla in exquisitely freaky crossover figure【Pictures】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2016
The King of the Monsters is lurking under the skin of modern anime’s most iconic mecha.
Pro sumo wrestler walks into Japanese arcade, shows off amazing rhythm game drum skills【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 19, 2016
You won’t want to take this guy on in the ring or at the arcade.
- Japan
- (Arcades • awesome • drums • funny • music • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • taiko • Taiko no Tatsujin • video • video games)
Nintendo announces awesome mini NES loaded with 30 games that attaches directly to your TV
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2016
Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man 2, Metroid, and Final Fantasy all included in save state-equipped device.
- Europe
- (awesome • cool • NES • nintendo • Super Mario • video games)
Godzilla appears in northern Japan as awesome rice paddy art 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 14, 2016
Ghidora and Rodan must be so jealous right now.
- Japan
- (art • awesome • beauitful • cool • Godzilla • Godzilla Resurgence • movies • nature • rice • Shin Godzilla)
Six-year-old Bruce Lee fan copies martial arts movies perfectly, also learning how to read【Videos】
- Scott Wilson
Jun 8, 2016
One year later, little Ryusei proves he’s still got better moves than most adults.
- Japan
- (awesome • Bruce Lee • cute • martial arts • Ryuji Imai • Ryusei)
Godzilla vs. Evangelion towels need all of Japan as stage big enough to contain their awesomeness
- Casey Baseel
May 24, 2016
Culturally cool tenugui let you show your love of Eva Units, kaiji, and your favorite Japanese prefecture all at once.
- Anime & Manga, Art, Culture, Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • cool • culture • Evangelion • Godzilla • movies • tenugui • towels)
This Lego samurai castle would be amazing even if it wasn’t also an awesome pop-up book 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 24, 2016
Extremely talented builder needs neither stone, lumber, nor paper for this mind-blowing project.
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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