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Drinkable pixels: 7-Eleven Japan creates new convenience store juice with “pixels” inside
- Oona McGee
Mar 25, 2026 - Tweet
Exciting new juice with over-the-top design features can only be found in six prefectures.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • art • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cute • design • drinks • Japanese convenience stores • juice • konbini • limited edition • Peach • pixel • pixel art • Pixels)
How would Pokémon Scarlet and Violet look with pixel art? Awesome. Japanese fan shows【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2023
And it’d sound great with the Nintendo DS sound suite too.
- Japan
- (awesome • bitmap • cool • fan art • pixel art • Pokemon • Pokémon Black and White • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet • video • video games)
Astro Boy by street artist Invader disappears from Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward
- Oona McGee
Jun 28, 2022
Iconic work of anime art mysteriously vanishes overnight.
- Japan
- (8-bit • art • artists • Astro Boy • Banksy • Invader • mystery • news • pixel art • Shibuya • Sotheby's • Space Invaders • street art • Tokyo)
Free ultra-low-res stock art website launched by former Nintendo designer
- Master Blaster
Feb 5, 2022
Free post-modern solutions for the digital world.
- Internet, Japan
- (art • Dotown • nintendo • pixel art • stock images • Takashi Maeda • video games)
Breathtaking pixel art video shows 100 years of Japanese work culture changes【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 27, 2021
From the birth of salarymen to the rise of the company warrior and the new normal.
- Japan
- (art • beautiful • cool • culture • history • pixel art • Salaryman • society • video • working in Japan)
Best Secret of Mana fan art ever? Jaw-dropping project took over a year, 150,000 beads【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2019
And, naturally, the combined strength of three heroes.
- Japan
- (awesome • beads • cool • crafts • fan art • pixel art • Secret of Mana • Seiken Densetsu • Square Enix • video games)
After turning into Mario, Japan’s prime minster gets turned into an awesome pixel art GIF
- Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2016
Journey from Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro recreated in the style of Nintendo’s classic games
- Japan
- (art • GIF • nintendo • pixel art • prime minister • Super Mario • video games)
Ghibli characters gather together in 8-bit form to thank their creator【Video】
- KK Miller
Sep 14, 2015
Tributes to world-famous Hayao Miyazaki have been pouring in from around the world this past year. They all show a deep appreciation for the great director and are maybe even trying to persuade him to work on another film, but since Miyazaki is currently planning his nature preserve off of Okinawa, we will have to tide ourselves over with more beautiful tributes to him. Today’s is a fantastic 8-bit pixel video that features the characters from all our Ghibli favorites.
- Internet
- (anime • Castle in the Sky • Castle in the Sky Laputa • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • pixel art • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
Ghibli’s Spirited Away film shrunk into 5-minute, 8-bit video
- Anime News Network
May 1, 2015
CineFix’s 8-Bit Cinema feature has turned plenty of popular films into video game-style videos likeTitanic, The Fast and the Furious, and The Walking Dead. On Tuesday, the group uploaded a version of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli‘s award-winning film Spirited Away, with a MIDI-version of Joe Hisaishi‘s score to boot. Much of the film’s story is condensed into a quick five minutes and is transformed into 8-bit and “a little bit of 16-bit” art.
- Global, Japan
- (8-bit • anime • Anime News Network • Miyazaki • pixel art • Studio Ghibli • video)
All your ordinary moments through a sweet retro gaming lens【Animated GIFs】
- KK Miller
Dec 3, 2014
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much is a pixel worth? We guess that really depends on how many pixels are in a piece of art. The following works by @1041uuu certainly capture more than your ordinary dots of color. You are going to wish your life was as fantastic as these nostalgic, creative and inspired GIFs capturing everyday life in Japan.
Pixel romance: Game lover proposes with an original video game!
- Joan Coello
Dec 28, 2013
A story about a knight who braves all dangers to save his princess and eventually asks for her hand in marriage might be a bit of a cliché, but we’ve all had that fantasy at some point in our lives, hoping that we’ll meet our special someone in a fairytale-like situation. Unfortunately, chances are that real-life proposals are not as magical and grand, especially if both you and your beloved are game-enthusiasts who spend half your time “living” in a fantasy game world.
One chivalrous knight upped the game by proposing to his gamer princess with a video game he specially made for the proposal! Was his level-up a success? Click “Start”… I mean, click “Read More” to find out!
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