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In real life, hitting someone with Street Fighter’s dragon punch would kill him…messily 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2015
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And here we thought Mortal Kombat was the gory video game.

Internet, USA
(awesome • dragon punch • experiment • funny • shoryuken • Street Fighter • video • video games • Vsauce)

You can now buy sliced chocolate in Japan—sandwiches will never be the same!

Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2015

Sliced ham? Sliced cheese? Sorry, but sliced chocolate is about to make everything else you can put on bread seem like chopped liver in comparison.

Japan
(awesome • chocolate • cool • food • sliced chocolate • sweets)

Six-foot, seven-inch Dragon Ball Shenron plushie is perfect for huge fans of the fighting anime

Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2015

What more could any Dragon Ball fan wish for?

Japan
(anime • awesome • Dragon Ball • manga • plushies • stuffed animals • toys)

Tokyo looks eerily awesome in the fog 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2015

Or should that be awesomely eerie?

Japan
(awesome • beautiful • cool • fog • photos • Tokyo)

AI Samurai: The artificially intelligent, armored samurai that will answer all your questions

Preston Phro
Nov 27, 2015

Are you hosting a large event with lots of guests? Maybe it’s time to call in AI Samurai to help with crowd control!

Japan
(AI • AI Samurai • awesome • cool • robots • samurai • SXSW • technology)

This gorgeous, mouth-watering traditional Japanese breakfast…is all from 7-Eleven?!?

Casey Baseel
Nov 19, 2015

Does that beautiful breakfast look like it came from the kitchen of a high-class ryokan inn or loving Japanese family? Guess again – it’s all from 7-Eleven!

Japan
(7-Eleven • awesome • breakfast • convenience stores • food • Japanese food)

Japanese firefighters show off the awesome ninja skills we never realized they had 【Video】

KK Miller
Nov 18, 2015

If you thought ninjas had died out during the fall of the Shogunate, then do we have a surprise for you. Introducing Japan’s modern-day ninjas who look strikingly like firefighters.

Japan
(awesome • cool • fire department • firefighters • ninjas • videos)

These gorgeous photos of 19th century Japan might as well be a time machine 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2015

Take a trip back to 1800s Japan with this collection of breathtaking photographs.

Japan
(awesome • beautiful • cool • culture • history • photos)

You have to listen to this Korean girl’s amazing cover of Adelle’s “Hello”【Video】

KK Miller
Nov 12, 2015

Fans of English singer and songwriter Adele were treated to an amazing first song from her new album 25, which is being released on November 20. Titled “Hello”, the song has propelled her back to the forefront of music after a long hiatus and has already broken a number of records.

But Adele isn’t the only one garnering attention because of the moving song. A cover of “Hello” performed by a high school girl in Korea is receiving high praise as it captures the power of the new single in a most humble setting.

Korea
(Adele • awesome • cover • music • singing)

Japan’s nine-year-old karate champion returns—in Australian singer Sia’s new music video【Video】

Casey Baseel
Nov 9, 2015

Let’s say you’re producing a music video. A tried-and-true method is to simply splice together some clips of the artist’s last concert tour. Or, if the song hasn’t been performed live yet, you could do a “behind-the-scenes” sort of thing with footage of the singer in the studio.

But here’s what happens when you take a third option: Making a music video starring Japan’s most amazing nine-year-old karate expert.

Japan
(awesome • cute • karate • kids • Mahiro Takano • martial arts • music • Sia • video)

Sea to summit: Expat hikers trek from the Japanese coast to the peak of Mt. Fuji in awesome video

Casey Baseel
Nov 6, 2015

Tell someone you climbed Mt. Fuji, and they’ll ask “Where did you start from?”, because there are paved roads that can drop as much as half-way up the mountain. Of course some say you haven’t climbed Fuji unless you started from its base, but even that wasn’t enough of a challenge for these three foreign outdoorsmen, who decided to start their hike from miles away from Fuji at the seashore, then journey from Japan’s lowest point to its highest, making this awesome video along the way.

Japan
(adventure • awesome • hiking • Mt. Fuji • nature • travel • video)

Fan-made live-action Metroid video is triumphantly awesome, tragically not in theaters 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Nov 5, 2015

Every couple of years, rumors surfaces of some slim chance that a live-action Legend of Zelda film is about to get the green light from rights holder Nintendo. Then, as suddenly as the speculation began, it fizzles out, leaving fans feeling dejected about the lack of a big screen quest for Link and Zelda.

Really, though, The Legend of Zelda’s storyline and overall visual look vary so much from one video game installment to the next that a film adaptation would probably fail to please gamers whose favorite chapter wasn’t used as the specific source material. On the other hand, Metroid, Nintendo’s dark space adventure, has the foundation for an awesome, crowd-pleasing movie, as this fan-made live-action short film shows.

Japan
(awesome • Live action • Metroid • nintendo • video • video games)

Anime studio’s new Tokyo office building has the ultimate amenity: a natural hot spring!

Casey Baseel
Nov 4, 2015

There aren’t a lot of cushy jobs in the anime industry. Aside from the pressure of having to please fickle fans and meet strict deadlines, most animators in Japan earn a pitiful salary.

Still, almost all anime professionals are also fans, and at the end of the day, being able to contribute to the art form that they love must be worth something. Plus, the employees of one particular anime studio get to enjoy the ultimate after-work perk: a dip in the hot spring that was found in their office building!

Japan
(anime • awesome • cool • hot springs • onsen)

Who needs anime? One-Punch Man scene moves better in still-frame manga than TV adaptation 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Nov 2, 2015

The currently airing anime TV series One-Punch Man is winning fans for two reasons. First is the way it turns the idea of a handsome, hot-blooded action hero on its head with protagonist Saitama, a laid-back, completely bald superhero who looks more like Charley Brown than Superman. Second, the show features some gorgeous animation from Madhouse, the veteran production studio behind such landmarks of anime visual style as Redline, Ninja Scroll, and Millennium Actress.

But as impressive as the movement in the One-Punch Man anime is, its animation has just been shown up by the most unlikely of rivals, the One-Punch Man manga, as in the non-animated comic the TV show is based on!

Japan
(anime • awesome • illustration • manga • One-Punch Man • video)

The newest Ghost in the Shell ukiyo-e print is available for pre-order and looking beautiful

Preston Phro
Nov 2, 2015

In September, we introduced you to the new line of Ghost in the Shell ukiyo-e prints being prepared by OtakuWorks Inc. The first print was a relatively simple but beautiful take on the original movie poster, and while this second entry is equally limited and beautiful, its inspiration comes from a slightly different source: it’s based on the 24-hour Cherry Blossom Stakeout scene from the newest film!

Internet, Japan
(art • awesome • Ghost in the Shell • ukiyo-e)

Tokyo’s massive Monster Burger is the combining robot of hamburgers

Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2015

With Halloween just around the corner, people across Japan are getting ready to transform into all manner of awesome creatures. As a matter of fact, even some restaurants are getting into the spirit with special Halloween menu items, and we found one that’s a genuine monster: Tokyo’s massive Monster Burger, which is actually five burgers combined as one!

Japan
(awesome • burgers • crazy • food • hamburgers • huge food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • Roppongi • Tokyo)

Modern samurai demonstrates that he could make it in Major League Baseball【Video】

KK Miller
Oct 15, 2015

The master swordsman Isao Machii has been dicing up whatever has been thrown at him so far. Whether it’s shrimp, fruit, or soybeans, this expert has left his cutting mark in a field of sliceable items.

One field he hasn’t turned his sword on yet is baseball, but considering how much Japan loves the game, it was only a matter of time before Machii would step up to the plate, and he’s done so in an impressive display of swordsmanship you won’t want to miss.

Japan
(awesome • baseball • Isao Machii • samurai • swords • videos)

Awesome animatronic dinosaur rampages through crowd at train station in Japan 【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 15, 2015

Considering some of the cute critters we’ve seen recently, you might have come away with the impression that Japan is all generous birds and adorable yet spatially confused dogs. But you still shouldn’t let your guard down, because as this video shows, you never know when you’re going to run into a robot dinosaur that breaks away from its handlers and rampages through a crowd.

Japan
(animatronics • awesome • dinosaurs • funny • technology • video)

Open stall indicators, fresh flowers, and the superb cleanliness of a Japanese highway restroom

Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2015

On long car trips in the U.S., I didn’t really find the prospect of using a highway rest stop bathroom significantly more appealing than just holding it until I got to my destination, whether that meant waiting until the next city or the next state. Honestly, given how filthy a lot of the public toilets were, I was generally happier with a deserted stretch of road or a grove of trees I could pull over near.

In Japan, though, it’s a different story, as this video of a rest stop bathroom shows it to be cleaner and classier than the one in many people’s homes.

Japan
(awesome • bathrooms • culture • rest stops • Toilets • travel • video)

Meet the real Revolver Ocelot and check out his awesome Metal Gear cosplay/gunplay 【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2015

Thanks to the extensive use of motion capture actors in the modern era, when a video game knight swings a sword to take down a fearsome dragon or a grizzled space marine aims a bazooka at an invading alien army, somewhere out there is a real person who performed the dramatic movements and cool poses. Of course, since the whole point of motion capture is to apply those movements to a totally different-looking frame, the actors themselves tend to live lives of relative obscurity.

At the recent Tokyo Game Show, though, fans got the chance to meet the real Revolver Ocelot, as the actor behind the pistol-loving Metal Gear Solid character showed up in costume and showed off his skills.