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Anime franchise Uma Musume takes over trains in Tokyo with horse girl artwork【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 11, 2022
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Fans of the series that turned real race horses into cute anime girls will definitely want to ride this.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • SNJO • trains • Uma Musume • video games • Yamanote line)

Psyduck teapot produced by Japanese craftspeople is here to serve up a headache-soothing cuppa

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 8, 2022

Stylishly cute new kitchen good pays homage to an item from the fourth generation of Pokémon games.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • drinkware • Mino ware • Pokemon • Psyduck • teapot • video games)

Translation trolls Japanese Elden Ring player as he tries to unlock nighttime fortress event

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 5, 2022

Auto-translated messages are all just part of the challenge in the Dark Souls successor.

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• Japan
• (COK • Dark Souls • Elden Ring • From Software • funny • Japanese language • linguistics • video games)

This is chalk?!? Yep, and it’s a touching Pokémon goodbye from a Japanese teacher to his students

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2022

Teacher bookends three years with his class with two stunning pieces of chalkboard art.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • chalkboard art • cool • Dragon Quest • education • illustrtion • moving • Pokemon • Pokémon Arceus • Pokemon Legends Arceus • schools • Teachers • touching • video games)

New Hanger Rack from Japan looks like a great way to break your PlayStation controllers

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 2, 2022

Sure, it cuts down on clutter, but that’s going to be a moot point when you have to throw your busted controller away.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • DualSense • DualShock • interior • playstaiton • video games • weird)

The new Love Live! anime isn’t about virtual YouTubers…probably【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2022

Teaser video for Love Live! Virtual School Idol promises a shakeup to the hit anime/game’s formula.

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• Japan
• (anime • idol singers • Idols • love live • Love Live Virtual School Idol • video • video games)

Pokémon is going open-world with brand-new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2022

Developers looking to modernize Pokémon with the series’ first seamless open-world installment.

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• Japan
• (game freak • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon Scarlet • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet • Pokémon Violet • video • video games)

Japanese Twitter user gives perfect comeback when grandma starts hating on video games

• Scott Wilson
  Feb 27, 2022

So simple, yet so effective.

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• Japan
• (comeback • funny • grandma • grandmother • twitter • video games)

Gamer sake Gaming Rainbow coming this spring, cans illustrated by past and present greats

• Master Blaster
  Feb 24, 2022

Proving once again that there’s nothing you can’t make gaming and/or gamer.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • art • drinks • gaming • Gaming Rainbow • illustration • Mika Pikazo • SakeBottler • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • Tsuchida Sake Brewery • video games)

Nier: Automata is getting an anime TV series adaptation【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 24, 2022

Game director recently said the series was finished, but there’s still room for an anime.

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• Japan
• (anime • Aniples • Nier • Nier: Automata • Square Enix • video • video games • Yoko Taro)

Live-action Pokémon cooking videos melt the heart, whet the appetite【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 24, 2022

Who wouldn’t feel like whipping up a batch of sweets if they shared their house with Pikachu and some other Poké pals?

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• Japan
• (anime • cooking • cool • Live action • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video • video games)

“Gamer apartments” available to rent for under US$350 a month, comes with full gaming PC set up

• Katie Pask
  Feb 23, 2022

The ‘e-room‘ comes complete with gaming PCs, desk, chair and more.

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• Japan
• (apartments • Basara • COK • cool • crazy • e-sports • gamer • pro gamers • pro gaming • video games)

We Pokémon GO to Utsunomiya City for some Pokétourism

• Master Blaster
  Feb 19, 2022

Join us on a Polywhirlwind tour of Utsunomiya.

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• Japan
• (Ikuna Kamezawa • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • utsunomiya • video games)

Japanese pro gamer kicked off e-sports team after saying short men shouldn’t have human rights

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 17, 2022

Tekken pro asks guys under 170 centimeters (67 inches) tall to “please live your life with the idea ‘I have no human rights’ in your mind.”

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• Japan
• (controversy • e-sports • pro gamers • pro gaming • short • short men • society • video games)

Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu shows gamer cred with Super NES recommendations in interview【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2022

”Do you play games on your smartphone?” asks interviewer before the two-time gold medalist says his two favorite games are from the ‘90s.

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• Japan
• (figure skating • Lufia • SNES • sports • Super Famicom • video • video games • Yuzuru Hanyu)

Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster keeps game’s craziest attack intact, but there’s one problem【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 15, 2022

Hey, that’s not how you suplex a train!

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• Japan
• (crazy • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster • Final Fantasy VI • funny • Square Enix • video • video games)

Tochigi Prefecture’s three new Pokéfuta are the first in the north of Japan’s Kanto region

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 8, 2022

These new Pokéfuta also mean that half of all Japanese prefectures are now equipped with their own unique Pokémon manhole covers.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • manhole covers • Poké Lids • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Tochigi • travel • utsunomiya • video games)

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.

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• Internet, Japan
• (art • Dotown • nintendo • pixel art • stock images • Takashi Maeda • video games)

Sega creates free digital omamori good luck charms to help you succeed at school and work

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2022

Characters from Yakuza, Virtua Fighter, and Sonic the Hedgehog want to give you a boost on test day or in your job interview.

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• Japan
• (cool • good luck charms • Omamori • Sega • Sonic the Hedgehog • video games • Virtua Fighter • Yakuza series)

Cosplay company creates fantasy RPG-style memorial altars for the ashes of your ancestors【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2022

Takumi Armory helps you give family members a resting place and sendoff fit for a hero.

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• Japan
• (altar • anime • awesome • Buddhism • butsudan • cool • cosplay • culture • religion • Takumi Armory • video games)

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