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Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano anthropomorphizes katana made from a meteorite

Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2016
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Illustration and blade that inspired it to be shown together at Tokyo museum.

Japan
(art • cool • Final Fantasy • Katana • meteor • Mori Art Museum • museums • Roppongi Hills • swords • Yoshitaka Amano)

Slice into a traditional sweet range with some of Japan’s most famous swords

Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2016

The beautifully designed metal replicas are modelled on real-life weapons that come with amazing historical stories.

Japan
(anime • cute • Katana • mobile games • samurai • sweets • swords • Touken Ranbu • video games • Yokan)

Amazing exhibition of Japan’s legendary “cursed katana” is going on right now【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2016

Don’t forget to purify your soul before heading to this museum’s display of samurai swords that were designed to do just one thing: kill.

Japan
(awesome • beautiful • cool • culture • history • Katana • Muramasa • museum • samurai • swords)

Samurai sword in new Japan Self-Defense Force emblem causing controversy

Casey Baseel
Sep 9, 2016

Critics say that adding a katana to the insignia is offensively evocative of Japan’s World War II military aggression.

Japan
(controversy • Japan Self-Defense Forces • Katana • military • samurai • soceity • swords • World War II)

Oddly-satisfying video shows katana warping and bending in water as it is forged

Meg Murphy
Aug 10, 2016

Forging a katana is extremely labor intensive, but it all comes together with a swift dunk in water to cool.

Japan
(Japanese swords • Katana • sword smithing • video • weapons)

Wear a genuine piece of Japanese sword around your neck with beautiful new jewellery range

Oona McGee
Jul 12, 2016

The forged steel accessories are taken from various parts of a blade created by a master swordsmith.

Japan
(jewellery • jewelry • Katana • samurai • samurai swords • swords)

Ingenious cosplayer shows us how to make sword blades nearly two meters long for a few bucks

Master Blaster
Jun 21, 2016

Sub-meter decorative swords just not cutting it for you? Try this method for legendary blades of up to 1.82 meters (6 feet) that won’t slice into your budget too much.

Entertainment, Internet, Japan, Lifestyle
(cosplay • DIY • floor transition • Katana • Maxi • sword)

Upgrade your hairpin arsenal with Japanese kanzashi shaped like samurai swords and rifles

Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2016

Fashion accessories will have you ready to turn heads, defeat foes.

Japan
(cool • fashion • hairpins • history • kanzashi • Katana • kimono • swords • yukata)

Samurai sword umbrella sheaths will help you fight off the rainy day blues 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
May 28, 2016

Chic canvas carriers let you cut a playfully stylish figure.

Japan
(bags • cool • fashion • Katana • rainy season • samurai • swords • umbrellas)

Can you spot this sword-fighting Japanese schoolgirl video quiz’s four huge surprises? 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2016

Video’s first question is tough, but the second is almost impossible.

Japan
(awesome • Katana • kunoichi • Ninja • quiz • samurai • schoolgirl • video)

Sword enthusiasts, here’s the katana documentary you won’t want to miss! 【Video】

Meg Murphy
Mar 1, 2016

This ultra high-definition documentary is scheduled to come out this year. You can help support its production, and get some pretty cool things for doing so too!

Japan
(crowdfunding • culture • documentary • Japanese sword • Katana • swords • video)

These new samurai sword scissors are gorgeous and we want them now!

Preston Phro
Jan 22, 2016

Sanada Yukimura is among the most popular military leaders of medieval Japan. And now you can use his swords and spear to mangle all the paperwork you hate!

Japan
(Katana • samurai • Sanada Nobushige • scissors • sword)

Evangelion x Japanese Sword dolls take a trip to traditional Japan with katana blades and kimono

Oona McGee
Oct 21, 2015

It’s been 20 years since the critically acclaimed Evangelion series first came to life on the small screen, and to this day it remains one of the most successful animated series to ever come out of Japan.

With such a dedicated legion of fans, the merchandising has been off the hook, with everything from burgers to lingerie and even a bullet train getting the Eva treatment. But amongst all this, there’s one special limited-edition range that’s really striking a chord with Japanese fans, as it takes the tough, sexy heroines of the series out of their futuristic battle cockpits and re-imagines them as katana sword-wielding ladies in kimono.

Japan
(anime • dolls • Evangelion • Katana • manga • samurai • swords)

Hobbyist turns Volks Super Dollfie girls into amazing Dancing Dolls

Oona McGee
Oct 19, 2015

Japanese company Volks has been making Super Dollfie dolls for more than a decade. The ball-jointed doll-figures are designed to be fully customisable, with removable wigs, interchangeable appendages and resin parts that can even be sanded for reshaping.

One Super Dollfie fan has taken the concept of customisation to a whole new level by melding the cute doll parts with robot skeletons, which allows the dolls to dance, play violins, and take part in some awesome samurai-style katana swordplay.

Japan
(dolls • Katana • robots • samurai • swords)

Chop up paperwork with katana scissors inspired by the swords of Oda Nobunaga and other samurai

Preston Phro
Oct 2, 2015

If you’re anything like us, you spend a more than healthy amount of time day-dreaming about cutting down enemies with a katana. Not that we really have any enemies or even people we’d glare at on the subway. Heck, we’re pretty peaceful, loving folks here at RocketNews24! But that doesn’t change the fact that Japanese swords are just freaking awesome.

Still, there’s not much cause to walk around with a sword strapped to your hip these days. Fortunately, Nikken Cutlery has found the perfect compromise: scissors inspired by the swords of Oda Nobunaga and other samurai!

Internet, Japan
(cool • fun • Katana • Oda Nobunaga • scissors • swords)

Evangelion exhibit-inspired figure gives us Asuka in a beautiful kimono!

Kay
Aug 19, 2015

Remember the Evangelion and Japanese Sword Exhibition that we reported on a while back? We thought the idea was pretty cool, because…well, an exhibit that brings together an internationally popular anime and beautiful deadly weapons of steel has to be awesome, right? And we think you’d agree that such a unique exhibit deserves a commemorative item that’s just as unique and artistic.

Evangelion fans need look no further, because toy manufacturer Takara Tomy has come up with just that — a series of original tie-in figures of the anime’s three female pilots as they appear in promotional artwork for the exhibit…in magnificent kimono!

Japan
(anime • Evangelion • figures • Katana • sword • toys)

Women in Tokyo are cutting through stress and fat with this new “Katana Exercise” class

Audrey Akcasu
Aug 18, 2015

There’s a growing fitness trend in Tokyo, but it’s nothing new really, being based on age-old traditions: Katana Exercise.

Not only will you be taught to swing a sword like a samurai by a handsome teacher, but you’ll cut out stress and extra fat. Check out our hands-on experience of the class after the jump!

Japan
(exercise • fitness • Katana • samurai • swords • Tokyo • video)

Want to see a katana being made from scratch? Of course you do!【Video】

Preston Phro
Jul 22, 2015

Statistically speaking, we’re going to guess that a few of our readers have a soft spot for katanas. In fact, if we were to really go out on a limb, we’d say a whole bunch of you probably like the swords — and with good reason. They’re just really freaking cool! Now, we’re not going to objectively state that katanas are the coolest swords ever, mostly because some of the people who disagree probably have access to swords. But we think they’re pretty darn nifty, especially when they’re made out of meteorites.

Of course, we’re not the only ones who love old samurai swords. Director Quentin Tarantino, for example, seems to have a strong affection for them, if Kill Bill is any indication. So, it’s probably only logical that the most recent episode of Men at Arms: Reforged features a group of swordsmiths creating a Hattori Hanzō katana. To watch the process from ore to sword, check out the video below!

Internet
(Katana • Man at Arms • Man at Arms Reforged • swords)

Driving just became so much more thrilling with this katana-handle shift knob

Meg Murphy
Jun 17, 2015

A while back, we introduced a realistic ninja throwing star origami template for all of you ninjas-in-training, but if you’re more of a sword-wielding samurai-type (and you happen to drive a truck), you can now turn your shift knob into a samurai sword! Or, well, at least half of one…

Japan
(cars • Katana • samurai • shift knobs • swords)

What’s so special about Japanese swords? We interview master katana maker Norihiro Miyairi!

Kay
Apr 29, 2015

You could say that the traditional Japanese sword, or katana, symbolizes the strength and beauty of the Japanese spirit. We see these swords quite often in comics, anime and movies, but how well do we really know the spiritual and cultural elements they embody?

To find out, we went to a true expert to learn about the fascinating and mysterious world of Japanese swords. Join us for an in-depth interview with master katana maker Norihiro Miyairi!