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McDonald’s Japan captures otaku hearts, brings back Nyan Cat sound with new cat girl anime video
- Casey Baseel
Mar 1, 2024 - Tweet
Hatsune Miku meme hit’s lyrics get an update.
- Japan
- (anime • Hatsune Miku • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Nyan Cat • otaku • Shakashaka Fries • video)
The amazing independent artist anime figure creations of Wonder Festival【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2024
Wonderful fan creations that you can’t find anywhere else.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • figures • models • otaku • SNJO • video games • Winter Wonder Festival 2024 • Wonder Festival • Wonder Festival 2024)
A massive photo collection of the coolest anime figures from Winter Wonder Festival
- SoraNews24
Feb 15, 2024
Photos from the floor of Japan’s biggest convention for anime and video game figures
- Japan
- (anime • COK • figures • models • otaku • SNJO • video games • Winter Wonder Festival 2024 • Wonder Festival • Wonder Festival 2024)
Akihabara Radio Kaikan’s gacha capsule toy lucky bag is an otaku delight【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Jan 22, 2024
Anime characters and cute models are some of the surprise finds in this fukubukuro.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • capsule toys • COK • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • gachapon • Jujutsu Kaisen • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • manga • otaku • Radio Kaikan • SNJO)
Japan’s biggest dating app says young people not interested in romance, creates AI girlfriend app
- Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2024
Designers hope it can be a stepping stone to relationships with human women.
- Japan
- (AI • anime • artificial intelligence • COK • dating • otaku • relationships • romance)
Akihabara capsule toy lucky bag is filled with cute characters and cool crap (literally)【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 8, 2024
Mulan Akiba delivers the randomized gacha goods.
- Japan
- (anime • capsule toys • COK • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • gachapon • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • manga • otaku • SNJO)
Tokyo ward will give cosplay experiences as character of your choice in exchange for tax donation
- Casey Baseel
Dec 27, 2023
Ikebukuro’s new furusato nozei returns are aimed right at otaku’s hearts, include custom costume and professional makeup and photography.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • donation • furusato nozei • Ikebukuro • otaku • tax)
Awesome life-size Hololive art panels take over Tokyo Dome City【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 20, 2023
Hololive City is a free art event filled with fun and photo ops for virtual YouTuber fans.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • HoloLive • Hololive City • otaku • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokyo Dome • Tokyo Dome City • virtual YouTubers • VTubers)
The awesome anime and game figures of Japan’s Wonder Festival Summer 2023【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2023
Japan’s biggest and best figure and model show returns with VTubers, action heroes, and the kind of figure that makes us wish we had an extra two thousand bucks to spend.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • figures • Good Smile Company • HoloLive • manga • otaku • video games • virtual YouTubers • VTubers • Wonder Festival • Wonder Festival 2023 • Wonder Festival Summer • Wonder Festival Summer 2023)
Japan’s new energy drink feels like getting slapped in the face by an anime girl
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2023
A slap in the face to Steins;Gate otaku, but in the best possible way.
- Japan
- (anime • crazy • drinks • energy drinks • funny • otaku • Steins Gate • Steins;Gate • video games • weird)
Otaku tech company creates Digital Figure Box for anime figures with no physical form【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2023
Gatebox continues to blur the boundary between digital and physical worlds.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • digital figures • figures • Gatebox • manga • otaku • technology • weird)
The best cosplayers from Chibicon, Indonesia’s summertime anime convention【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Jun 15, 2023
Our Indonesian otaku makes the trip to Surabaya for the otaku culture celebration.
- Japan, SE Asia
- (anime • anime conventions • Aqil Rahmansyah • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • Indonesia • manga • otaku • SNJO)
OxiClean officially sends detergent supply to Tokyo card shop struggling with sweaty, smelly otaku
- Casey Baseel
May 31, 2023
Even players who don’t go home with a tournament prize will go home with some OxiClean.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • card games • cards • clever • collectible card games • hygiene • otaku • OxiClean • smell • trading cards)
Large majority of otaku in Japan want to keep being otaku after having kids, survey says
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2023
Having kids might affect their otaku lifestyles though, they understand.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • dating • kids • otaku • Parenting • parents • romance • society • Tora Con • Tora no Ana)
Which anime child character do you wish was your kid? Survey asks Japanese fans
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2023
Survey respondents show their love for characters cute, kind, and alchemic.
Whack-an-otaku event held by idol singer unit in Tokyo【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 6, 2023
Good time apparently had by all involved.
- Japan
- (crazy • funny • idol singers • Idols • otaku • video • weird • whack-a-mole)
Pregnant anime voice actress photo standees: A new frontier in otaku merch
- Casey Baseel
Apr 15, 2023
Fans cheer as actress announces birth of first child, and now they can buy her “maternity goods” bundle too.
- Japan
- (anime • otaku • pregnancy • pregnant • voice actors • voice actresses)
Gigantic new anime store opening soon in Tokyo, and here’s a sneak-peek【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Mar 15, 2023
The Animate Ikebukuro Flagship Store isn’t open just yet, but we’ve been inside.
Is spending 248,380 yen (US$1,840) on an anime boy doll a wise choice? Our fangirl finds out!
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2023
A big love for Touken Ranbu leads to a big expenditure, but is it money well spent?
- Japan
- (anime • COK • dolls • figures • Katana • manga • otaku • SNJO • swords • Touken Rambu • Touken Ranbu)
The best cosplayers from the Isshoni Tanoshimimashou otaku event in Indonesia【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Feb 18, 2023
College campus turns into a space for cosplayers, anime enthusiasts, and Japanese food fans.
- Japan, SE Asia
- (anime • anime conventions • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • Indonesia • manga • otaku • SNJO)
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Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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