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The iconic split-toed tabi boot steps out of the ninja scene and into the world of sneakers in this roundup of awesome footwear designed for the street.

Culture, Japan
(Converse • cool • fashion • Nike • Ninja • shoes • sneakers • tabi)

Magical shoes for magical girls as Madoka Magica anime inspires new sneaker line 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Feb 27, 2016

New kicks feature detachable soul gem charms.

Japan
(anime • fashion • Puella Magi Madoka Magica • shoes • Super Groupies)

New cherry blossom sneakers from Nike feature real images of sakura in five awesome designs

Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2016

Enjoy the hanami cherry blossom viewing experience just by looking at your feet this spring.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • cool • fashion • Nike • sakura • shoes • sneakers • sportswear • spring)

Cosplay in red, white, and blue with shoes and button-up socks fit for an anime star

Oona McGee
Feb 19, 2016

Cosplaying has never been easier with these ready-made collared shirt socks and matching platform wedges.

Japan
(anime • cosplay • Detective Conan • fashion • manga • shoes)

Sakura cherry blossoms and a Japanese-style great wave feature on new sneakers from Saucony

Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2016

Step into spring with a little help from some iconic Japanese imagery.

Japan, USA
(cherry blossoms • cool • fashion • sakura • Saucony • shoes • sneakers)

Sakura sneakers, in three different varieties, now on sale from Nike 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2016

These cherry blossom kicks will tell the whole world your feet are ready for spring.

USA
(cherry blossoms • cool • Nike • sakura • shoes • sneakers)

Fashion brand Super Groupies releases bags and shoes for fans of Rozen Maiden anime series

Oona McGee
Jan 26, 2016

Now humans can feel what it’s like to walk in doll shoes.

Japan
(anime • bags • cosplay • cute • fashion • manga • shoes • Super Groupies)

Kimono with sneakers? Why not, says Osaka fashion retailer 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jan 8, 2016

Feudal Japan from the ankles up, 21st century below.

Japan
(boots • fashion • kimono • shoes • sneakers)

These Hello Kitty shoes might be too cute to wear…but that won’t stop us from trying!

Preston Phro
Dec 30, 2015

Looking for some cute kicks to get yourself ready for spring? Then it’s time to check out this collaboration between IROnna and Sanrio!

Internet, Japan
(Hello Kitty • IROnna • Sanrio • shoes)

Now you can buy colorful and adorable shoes inspired by the anime idols of Prism Paradise!

KK Miller
Nov 6, 2015

It’s perfectly natural in Japan for a popular and well-loved anime to pair up with a clothing brand to create a sublime line of products that people will want to wear while out and about. Whether it’s jackets, jewelry, or shoes, there’s usually something for everyone.

Anime fashion site Super Groupies is one such online venue that loves to turn our favorite characters into delightful fashions. This time, they’re joining forces with the singing, dancing idol anime Prism Paradise, to create a series of vibrant and original shoes that you might want to wear even if you have no idea what Prism Paradise is.

Japan
(anime • fashion • Harajuku • Prism Paradise • shoes • Super Groupies)

Enjoy the anniversary of the Evangelion Store with great new clothes and accessories

KK Miller
Nov 2, 2015

The Evangelion Store Tokyo-01 is celebrating four years this November as the one-stop-shop for everything Evangelion. The store has sold a number of snazzy clothes, fashion accessories, and of course, hordes of merchandise featuring characters from the series over the years. To celebrate their success, they’re rolling out the cast in a new lineup of clothes that you can wear too! Check out the new shoes, skirts and more, after the jump.

Japan
(anime • Evangelion • fashion • shoes)

New Trigun sneakers are the perfect footwear for your next stampede across the anime badlands

Casey Baseel
Oct 20, 2015

Beloved by fans as it may be, the 1998 space cowboy anime Trigun isn’t completely beyond criticism. The pacing is uneven, and the production budget clearly isn’t large enough for the animators to effectively realize their artistic ambitions.

But Trigun hits its target dead center in creating two instantly memorable male leads: disarmingly happy-go-lucky gunslinger Vash the Stampede, and itinerant, heavily armed clergyman Nicholas D. Wolfwood. Both characters ooze coolness and presence from their heads to their toes, and now you can have some of that style for your own feet with two pairs of Trigun sneakers.

Japan
(anime • fashion • manga • shoes • Super Groupies • Trigun)

Cute shoe range from Sanrio features bejeweled loafers and pumps with My Melody armchair heels

Oona McGee
Oct 2, 2015

There are shoes, and then there are SHOES; dainty little works of art that adorn your feet, turning heads as you walk by and acting as conversation starters with complete strangers. In Japan, of course, fashion gets taken to the next level of cuteness and never more so than with the new range of My Melody showstoppers from Sanrio.

Japan
(cosplay • cute • fashion • Harajuku • Kawaii • My Melody • Sanrio • shoes)

Fullmetal Alchemist shoes are here to complete fashionable anime fans’ footwear collections

Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2015

When making her professional debut, manga creator Hiromi Arakawa decided to work under the masculine-sounding pen name Hiromu Arakawa. The choice was probably made under the logic that a male author would be more easily accepted by the predicted male fanbase of the action-adventure stories Arakawa was crafting.

In the end, though, all of that worrying was probably unnecessary. Male readers have no issue with Arakawa’s gender because she can produce awesome adventure stories, and her series have enjoyed broad crossover appeal with female manga readers as well. As a matter of fact, so many of Arakawa’s fans are women that there are now two pairs of pumps inspired by her most successful series, Fullmetal Alchemist.