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The Okada Theater was swept away in 2011, but Pokémon GO players are still visiting its location, and learning a little about this tsunami-ravaged city in the process.

Japan
(2011 earthquake • 2011 tsunami • earthquake • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • sad • Tohoku • touching • tsunami • video games)

Exercise-hating Pokémon GO player discovers another way to find and hatch Pokémon without walking

Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2016

Unlike previous methods, this one doesn’t require you to own any special equipment.

Japan
(clever • funny • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)

Fantasy sci-fi anime Sword Art Online to become a live-action, U.S.-produced TV series

Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2016

Kirito and his fellow virtual reality adventurers to be portrayed by real-world actors.

Japan, USA
(anime • books • Live action • lught novels • manga • Sword Art Online • video games)

Jaw-dropping anime-style paper craft fan art is the ultimate otaku origami【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2016

Best of all, you can fold your own for just a couple of bucks.

China, Japan
(anime • art • awesome • cool • fan art • Hong Kong • manga • paper craft • video games)

Old-School console war reignites: Sega releases mini Mega Drive/Genesis against tiny Nintendo NES

Master Blaster
Aug 2, 2016

With Nintendo’s Classic Mini system filling fans with nostalgic euphoria, Sega couldn’t help cutting in on the action a few weeks later with their own mini system based on the Mega Drive (a.k.a. Genesis), preloaded with games but also allowing other cartridges to be plugged in.

Europe
(emulator • Genesis • Mega Drive • Sega • video games)

“Long Live China!”: Chinese players hijack Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine Pokémon Go gym

Mike
Aug 1, 2016

Some Chinese Pokémon Go players have apparently teamed up to conquer the in-game gym located in Tokyo’s infamous Yasukuni Shrine.

China, Japan
(apps • China • games • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)

Angel Beats! anime’s creator needs heart transplant

Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2016

”I can’t go on living with my own heart.”

Japan
(Angel Beats! • anime • Jun Maeda • video games • visual novels)

Hiroshima requests removal of Pokémon GO facilities from Peace Memorial Park

Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2016

Gyms and PokéStops found near sites including monument to children who died in the atomic blast and from related sickness.

Japan
(atomic bomb • Hiroshima • Peace Memorial Park • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games • World War II)

So it turns out Tokyo Disney Resort is an awesome place to hunt for Pokémon GO Pocket Monsters

Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2016

Pikachu, Meowth, and more are living right in Mickey’s backyard.

Japan
(Disney • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • video games)

Dragon Quest celebrates anniversary with enormous rice paddy art in Gyoda, Japan【Video】

Oona McGee
Jul 29, 2016

The Guinness World record-holding game joins up with the Guinness World record-holding rice paddy to create a Dragon Quest artwork on a massive scale.