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Ed Sheeran (and his friend Squirtle) welcome fans to the Pokémon World Championships【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2022
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Pikachu shows up in a special outfit and London gets its own Pokémon species representative too.

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• Japan, UK
• (anime • celebrities • Ed Sheeran • london • Pikachu • Pokemon • pokemon trading card game • Pokémon World Championships • squirtle • video • video games)

Two crows decided to wreck a Pokémon GO player in Japan during Pokémon GO Fest

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2022

”The crows got me.”

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• Japan
• (animal attack • animals • crazy • crows • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokemon GO Fest • scary • SNJO • video games • weird)

Furious Monster Hunter monster wants to sleep next to you in your home【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 18, 2022

Furious Rajang, awesome bedmate?

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• Japan
• (Capcom • cool • crazy • cushion • Furious Rajang • huggy pillows • interior • Monster Hunter • Monster Hunter Rise • Monster Hunter Sunbreak • video games • weird)

The best cosplayers from Day 2 of Summer Comiket 2022【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Aug 17, 2022

Meet the colourful cast of characters and cosplayers who brought the heat to this summer’s otaku celebrations. 

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • COK • Comiket • Comiket 100 • cosplay • cosplayers • Hatsune Miku • HoloLive • Isekai no Ojisan • Love Live Sunshine!! • manga • Puella Magi Madoka Magica • SNJO • summer Comiket 2022 • Uma Musume Pretty Derby • Uncle from Another World • video games)

The picture-perfect cosplayers of Comiket 100’s Day 1【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 16, 2022

After a three-year hiatus, the cosplayers are back at Japan’s largest summertime otaku celebration.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • COK • Comiket • Comiket 100 • cosplay • cosplayers • manga • SNJO • Spy x Family • summer Comiket 2022 • video games)

Sunsoft, makers of the OG kusoge, are back!

• Master Blaster
  Aug 15, 2022

The sun also softs.

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• Japan
• (Atlantis no Nazo • gimmick • Ikki • kusoge • Mystery of Atlantis • Sunsoft • video games)

Image-generating AI’s picture of “Final Fantasy VII Cloud” is so wrong, yet so right

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 14, 2022

Simultaneously looks exactly and nothing like the Final Fantasy hero.

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• Japan
• (AI • Cloud Strife • crazy • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • funny • image generating AI • Midjourney • Square Enix • video games • weird)

Sega’s old arcade right outside Akihabara Station is closing, taking takeout cafe stand with it

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 12, 2022

Another summer, another closure announcement for a landmark Tokyo arcade.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Arcades • closing • closure • GiGO • Sega • video games)

Cat Pokémon appear in the Tokyo skyline with new 3-D billboard animated sequence【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 8, 2022

Meowth, Litten, and their fellow Pokémon felines appear on International Cat Day.

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • cats • cool • Cross Shinjuku Vision • cute • International Cat Day • Litten • Meowth • Pokemon • video • video billboards • video games)

New Kirby Cafe coming to Japan’s most underappreciated foodie town with exclusive menu items

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2022

Kirby, and his appetite, show some love to Nagoya.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • katsu • Kirby • Kirby Café • miso katsu • Nagoya • nintendo • restaurants • themed cafes • themed restaurants • video games)

Two brand-new Pokémon ice cream flavors arrive at Baskin-Robbins Japan with summertime extras

• Shannon
  Jul 30, 2022

Cool down with the help of Eevee and Pikachu this summer.

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• Japan
• (anime • Baskin Robbins • COK • cute • Eevee • food • ice cream • Japanese summer • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO • sweets • video games)

Japanese game fans, and our play tester, can’t get enough of sci-fi cat adventure Stray

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 26, 2022

Cat lovers in particular are thrilled by the subtle, programmed mannerisms that bring your playable cat character to life.

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• Japan
• (cats • Saya Togashi • SNJO • Stray • stray cats • video games)

Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Cloud (dress version) is getting the high-end figure treatment【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 24, 2022

Relive your memories of Cloud’s tactical makeover.

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• Japan
• (Cloud Strife • figures • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • Square Enix • video games)

Zelda’s Master Cycle comes into the real world as amazing ridable cardboard art【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 23, 2022

Crazy talented cardboard artist adds to his fleet of game/anime vehicles.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Breath of the Wild • cardboard • cool • crafts • crazy • Master Cycle • Master Cycle Zero • nintendo • the legend of Zelda • video • video games)

Crotch Cup 2022 eSports festival held to raise awareness for groin itch treatment

• Master Blaster
  Jul 22, 2022

Together, we can fight crotch itch.

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• Japan
• (anime • Crotch Cup • Crotch Warrior M-Zune • Delicare M's • esports • Ikeda Mohando • itchy • Kokan Cup • Muhi • streamers • video games)

Nintendo eShop closing for 3DS, Wii U next year — Here’s something you might want to do right now

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 20, 2022

Gamers with international tastes might not want to wait until the actual last chance to snag Japan-exclusive games.

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• Japan
• (3DS • nintendo • Nintendo eShop • video games • Wii U)

Final Fantasy X is becoming a kabuki play with actor with anime-to-stage experience

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 19, 2022

From “To Zanarkand” to “to the kabuki stage.”

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy X • kabuki • Live action • Onoe Kikunosuke • Square Enix • stage plays • video games)

Tea with free Pokémon bottle covers at Japanese convenience stores charm, then break, our hearts

• Master Blaster
  Jul 16, 2022

Everyone caught ‘em all.

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• Japan
• (anime • bottle covers • COK • convenience stores • Ito En • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO • tea • video games)

The entire Pokémon Red and Blue Kanto region map, built as a 3-D diorama, looks amazing【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 16, 2022

Crazy talented Pokémon fan accomplishes childhood dream, fills us all with childlike wonder.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • diorama • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Red and Blue • Pokémon Red and Green • video games)

Amazing Japanese temple photo gives off strong final RPG dungeon vibes

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 15, 2022

It’s not the last boss that’s waiting inside, though.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Nara • photography • temples • Todaiji • video games)

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