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Japanese plushies’ tentacles want to keep you warm this winter【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 12, 2020 - Tweet
Are these lifelike octopi also cutie pies?
- Japan
- (blankets • cool • crazy • cute • plushies • stuffed animals • tentacles • Village Vanguard • warm • weird)
Giant, huggable Dragapult plushie is the work-from-home companion of your dreams
- Dale Roll
Dec 8, 2020
The Gen-8 Pokémon even comes with some Dreepy missiles!
- Japan
- (cute • Dragapult • Dreepy • PC cushions • plushie • plushies • Pokemon • Pokémon Sword and Shield • Takara Tomy • toy)
Nintendo’s Kirby is ready to warm your body and heart as a USB heater plushie【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 19, 2020
Kirby’s newest power: keeping you cozy through the winter!
New Pikachu PC cushion is here to recharge your work-from-home work ethic【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2020
Pokémon mascot wants to use super-effective ergonomics to make your workday better (and cuter).
- Japan
- (anime • cute • PC cushions • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • Premium Bandai • video games)
This crazy Pokémon pseudo-sleeping bag is the perfect place to do absolutely nothing【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2020
Metapod is here to help you do what it does best: not a single thing.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • crazy • interior • plushies • Pokemon • sleeping bag • video games • weird)
Plushie cat testicle pouches prove Japanese designers can make anything look cute【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2020
Adorable bags let you “enjoy cat balls wherever you are and whenever you like.”
Behold the cycle of life with new Japanese plushie sets depicting the food chain and more
- Ingrid Tsai
Oct 26, 2020
Pair the talk of the birds and the bees with pregnant dolphin and manta ray plushies.
- Japan
- (cute • dolphins • ecology • killer whale • marine animals • nature • penguins • plushies • polar bear • stuffed animals • toys)
You can raise your own Pikachu from a furball with this adorable new plushie line from Japan
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2020
Sega offers us a can’t-lose roll of the dice by asking “Who are You?” when we all know the answer.
Japanese Corgi makes a Pokémon friend as life-size Yamper plushie moves into his home【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2020
Birthday pooch is very happy with his present.
- Japan
- (animals • corgi • cute • funny • pets • plushies • Pokemon • Pokémon Sword and Shield • video • Yamper)
Wearable Japanese tentacle plushies are here to meet all your plush tentacle needs【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 25, 2020
Multiple styles available so you can get the tentacle that’s just right for you.
Don’t panic! You can now get a gigantic life-size Psyduck plushie at the Pokémon Center
- Casey Baseel
Jun 8, 2020
Keep calm and carry on decorating your home with Pokémon.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • life-size • plushies • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • Psyduck • stuffed animals • video games)
Huge Pikachu plush heavy enough to use as exercise weight, other Pokémon as big as a person
- Casey Baseel
May 11, 2020
New Gigantamax Poké-plushies are here to steal our hearts, crush our bodies.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • crazy • cute • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • stuffed animals • video games)
Pokémon fan learns the startling truth about the Wooloo plushie
- Casey Baseel
Dec 27, 2019
Stuffed animal of Sword and Shield’s adorable sheep Pokémon isn’t quite as sheep-like as fan expected.
- Japan
- (anime • funny • plushies • Pokemon • Pokémon Sword and Shield • stuffed animals • video games • Wooloo)
Only 75 of this gigantic anniversary Moomin plush from Japan will be made: get your orders in!
- Katy Kelly
Dec 7, 2019
Moomin fans will love this big, beautiful plush — and thanks to the Moomin series’ 75th anniversary, he could be yours!
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- Japan
- (anime • cute • interior • Moomins • Moomintroll • plushies • The Moomins • toys)
Disney’s Japanese New Year’s plushies and figures are ready to make oshogatsu cuter than ever
- Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2019
Mickey, Minnie, Pooh, and even Baymax turn into traditional symbols of good luck and the Chinese Zodiac to help ring in 2020.
- Japan
- (Chinese zodiac • culture • cute • daruma • Disney • Disney Store • kagami mochi • Mickey Mouse • New Year's • New Year's 2020 • oys • plushies • Year of the Mouse)
Slowpoke Pokémon PC cushion is ready to help you feel great about not getting very much done
- Casey Baseel
Aug 13, 2019
Pokémon plushie pal’s productivity parameters are suspect, but his cuteness can’t be denied.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • PC cushions • plushies • Pokemon • Premium Bandai • Slowpoke • video games)
Wrinkly Pikachu gets first-ever official plushie, sadness-smoothing hugs to come soon
- Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2019
Down-in-the-dumps Pokémon sleuth could use a confidence-boosting squeeze.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Detective Pikachu • movies • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • Shiwashiwa Pikachu • Wrinkly Pikachu)
Bitter otaku takes sweet vengeance by dragging hated anime villain behind his car
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2019
It’s been several years since one of modern anime’s greatest betrayals, but otaku heartache lingers, and must be treated with merciless road rash.
- Japan
- (anime • cars • funny • itasha • Kyubey • Madoka Magica • otaku • plushies • Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
Bootleg Chinese Pikachu plushie gets full makeover from loving fan who won’t give up on it
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2019
Suspect Detective Pikachu gets transformed into something as cute as the real thing.
- Japan
- (anime • bootlegs • cool • crafts • cute • knock-offs • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • video games)
UchiPika: New Pikachu robot talks, sings, controls lights and TVs, even when Pokémon isn’t on
- Oona McGee
Jun 1, 2019
A talking Eevee robot is arriving in Japan this summer too!
- Japan
- (Bandai • cool • cute • Detective Pikachu • Pikachu • plushies • Premium Bandai)
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Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
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Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
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
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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