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Man arrested for arson threats to Kyoto Animation-related video game company

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2019
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Osaka police track down man who tweeted “Even I’m feeling tense, since I don’t know when I’ll attack.”

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• Japan
• (arson • COK • crime • Key • Kyoto Animation • video games • Visual Arts)

Nintendo FINALLY adds 16-bit Super NES/Super Famicom games to Switch Online service!

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 5, 2019

20 classic titles available almost immediately after long-awaited surprise announcement, retro controllers on the way too.

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• Global, Japan
• (nintendo • nintendo switch • Nintendo Switch Online • Super Famicom • Super NES • video games)

New Pokémon anime series promises to include all eight regions, has throwback title

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 2, 2019

The name is a blast from the past, but Pocket Monsters ranging from the very first species to brand-new additions will show up.

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• Japan
• (anime • Pikachu • Pokemon • video • video games)

New Japanese video game lets you compete in an international toilet racing circuit

• Master Blaster
  Aug 30, 2019

And all from the comfort of your own toilet if you have a laptop.

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• Global, Internet, Japan
• (crazy • funny • gross • racing • Steam • Toilets • video • video games • weird)

Graphical glitches turn Pokémon Masters mobile game into mind-flaying horror story【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2019

Some people say Pokémon is an RPG, but maybe it’s really a horror game.

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • glitches • Pokemon • Pokémon Masters • scary • video • video games)

Here they are: The absolute best Final Fantasy X cosplay photos anyone’s ever taken【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 29, 2019

Seven friends go on a journey and achieve something incredible.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cosplay • cosplayers • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy X • Square Enix • video games)

Sega has been using a different logo in Japan and overseas for years, and hardly anyone noticed

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2019

Blue is Sega’s image color the world over, but fans in different parts of the world see different things.

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• Global, Japan, USA
• (cool • crazy • design • logos • Sega • video games • weird)

Japanese gamer girl’s crazy controller grip shocks Internet, is unintentional blast from the past

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2019

Some see it as backwards or upside-down, but others remember it as the AC grip.

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • playstation • video • video games • weird)

New Dragon Quest legendary baby armor turns your child into the hero of life’s adventures

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2019

A Dragon Quest baby draws near!

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• Japan
• (awesome • babies • cool • cosplay • Dragon Quest • fashion • kids • Square Enix • video games)

Best descendent ever? Japanese man builds memorial Pokémon out of cucumber to honor ancestors

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2019

One day, if you’re lucky, maybe someone will remember you at Obon like this.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cucumber • cucumber horse • kyuri uma • Obon • Pokemon • video games)

Amazing Super Mario Maker 2 player creates level that’s also a brilliant 3-D maze【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 15, 2019

It even comes with a minimap indicating your current location.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • cool • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Maker • Super Mario Maker 2 • video • video games)

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.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • PC cushions • plushies • Pokemon • Premium Bandai • Slowpoke • video games)

Pokémon Mewtwo teaches Japanese schoolboy valuable life lessons in kindness, compromising

• Dale Roll
  Aug 10, 2019

Who knew Mewtwo could be a good teacher? 

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• Japan
• (children • cute • families • life lessons • loving families • Mewtwo • Pokemon • video games)

Video game maker/Kyoto Animation creative partner Key donates 10 million yen to arson relief fund

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2019

Clannad creators hope Kyoto Animation will continue to “give courage to people in Japan and throughout the world.”

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• Japan
• (anime • arson • charity • crime • donation • Kyoto Animation • moving • touching • video games)

SO…MANY…PIKACHUS!!! 2019’s Pikachu Outbreak takes over Yokohama with cuteness【Photos, video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2019

SoraNews24 heads to the Tokyo-area bayside oasis to spend warm summer nights chasing, and finding, Pokémon!

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2019 • Pokemon • SNO • video • video games • Yokohama)

The full Pikachu Outbreak 2019 Pikachu/Eevee show and parade schedule is here!

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2019

All shows to be held at night, so you can enjoy the Pokémon fun without the scorch of the sun.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Eevee • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2019 • Pokemon • video games • Yokohama)

Talking Pikachu ticket gates now welcoming travelers in Japan at this train station【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2019

Visitors to the site of the Pikachu Outbreak get a special hello from the Pokémon star himself!

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cute • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pokemon • stations • trains • video • video games • Yokohama)

Detective Pikachu plush arrives in mysterious packaging【Photos, video】

• Shannon McNaught
  Aug 1, 2019

That’s one way to package things, we guess.

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• USA
• (anime • crazy • Detective Pikachu • funny • movies • Pikachu • plushie • Pokemon • Pokémon Detective Pikachu • video • video games • weird)

Pokémon ice cream cakes and Pikachu-flavor ice cream on the menu at Baskin-Robbins Japan!

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 1, 2019

First-ever tie-up between the variety-packed ice cream and anime/video game giants produces Pikachu Thunderbolt sorbet.

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

A slime appears…in real-life Japan! Command? Watch this adorable video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 31, 2019

Is…is Dragon Quest real?!?

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • Dragon Quest • flowers • funny • slime • video • video games)

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