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Studio Ghibli’s anime legacy lives on in latest trailer for Totoro designer’s new film 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Dec 18, 2015
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My Neighbor Sindbad the Sailor?

Japan
(anime • movies • Sindbad • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • video)

Two parrots plot to escape from cage, one gets an unpleasant surprise (betrayal?) 【Video】

Krista Rogers
Dec 18, 2015

Two birds, one valiant attempt at escape. But are these two feathered friends really working together, or is there some “fowl” play involved?

Japan
(birds • escape • funny • parrots • pets • video)

Pikachus squeezing through turnstile strangely adorable, possibly nightmare-inducing【Video】

Preston Phro
Dec 18, 2015

Long lines of giant, waddling Pikachu aren’t exactly an unfamiliar sight around these parts, but the sight of them struggle to get through a turnstile is absolutely adorable!

China
(cute • Hong Kong • Pikachu • Pokemon • video)

Star Wars on ice: Video of figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu with a lightsaber is as cool as it sounds

Preston Phro
Dec 17, 2015

Japanese ice skater Yuzuru Hanyu is famous for record-breaking performances—but none are as awesome as this video of the athlete with a lightsaber!

Internet, Japan
(figure skater • lightsaber • Star Wars • video • Yuzuru Hanyu)

“You win!” Pet bird in Japan can’t stop singing Final Fantasy’s victory music

Casey Baseel
Dec 17, 2015

The video game-loving owner of this bird must feel like a winner every day.

Japan
(birds • cute • Final Fantasy • funny • pets • Victory Fanfare • video • video games)

What happens when you give a parakeet a store-bought quail egg? A quail baby, if you’re lucky!

Meg Murphy
Dec 17, 2015

A Japanese YouTuber randomly selected a quail egg from a pack bought at the supermarket and gave it to her parakeet, not expecting it to hatch into the cutest little baby quail ever!

Japan
(baby animals • cute • quails • video • YouTube)

Hideo Kojima officially leaves Konami, opens own studio, announces new PlayStation 4 game 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Dec 16, 2015

He kept us waiting, but the internationally renowned video game director is finally ready to start work on his next project.

Japan
(Hideo Kojima • Konami • Metal Gear • Metal Gear Solid • playstation • Silent Hills • video • video games)

Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Army face off in Iron Chef-styled cooking competition 【Video】

Krista Rogers
Dec 16, 2015

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Army faced off to determine which side was more worthy of the title of “Iron Chef.”

Japan, USA
(competition • cooking • Iron Chef • Japan Self-Defense Forces • U.S. Army • video)

Sapporo gears up for Snow Miku with itasha train, ‘Snow Miku Sky Town’

Anime News Network
Dec 16, 2015

Every year, Sapporo throws the Snow Miku 2016 festival and rakes in over 100 million yen (about US$839,433) in revenue, with about 40 different companies participating in the promotion.

Japan
(Anime News Network • event • Hatsune Miku • Sapporo • snow • video)

Tokyo police prepare to launch squad of crime-fighting, net-equipped drones【Video】

Meg Murphy
Dec 16, 2015

After a drone-related incident at the prime minister’s office this past April, Tokyo police are now ready to take on any other high-flying threats to the nation’s security with their new drone squad.

Japan
(action heroes • drone squad • drones • Tokyo police • video)

Playing with pandas: Do Adventure World’s zoo keepers have the best job ever?【Video】

Philip Kendall
Dec 15, 2015

Ice cream taster; sleep research participant; full-time sperm donor. There are few jobs that could ever be described as truly enjoyable, but playing with an adorable panda cub is probably one of them.

Japan
(Adventure World • cute • Japan • pandas • video • Wakayama • zoo)

Macross is back! Preview released for Macros Delta, latest chapter in anime franchise 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Dec 15, 2015

Latest installment of the anime franchise ups the idol singer ante with no fewer than five pop stars, plus five handsome young men for them to dogfight with.

Japan
(anime • Macross • Macross Delta • video)

What do North Korean idol singers sound like? Like this 【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Dec 15, 2015

“We’ll exert ourselves with the Labor Party!” sounds so much more appealing when it’s being sung by young women in high heels and followed by a guitar solo.

North Korea
(idol singers • Idols • music • pop music • video)

Can’t wait until spring to see the new Yu-Gi-Oh! anime movie? The trailer is right here 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2015

White dragons, dark magicians, and crazy Yugi hair are all looking better than ever.

Japan
(anime • manga • movies • video • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

An in-depth look at the Gundam Suite at Grand Pacific Le Daiba 【Video】

KK Miller
Dec 14, 2015

This suite has been open for a while now, but we definitely think you’ve never seen it up close like this before.

Japan
(anime • Gundam • hotels • odaiba • Tokyo • travel • video)

Neat footage surfaces of life in small Hiroshima town circa the 1930s【Video】

Mike
Dec 14, 2015

The family of a Baptist missionary stationed in Japan in the 1930s sent DVDs of the Reverend’s home movies of the era to the Hiroshima town of Onomichi.

Japan, USA
(Hiroshima • history • Showa • video • YouTube)

Twitter has “cute competition,” this hamster is winning with amazing vacuum cleaner impression

Preston Phro
Dec 12, 2015

We all love our pets and each think ours is the most adorable. But this Twitter user’s hamster has the social media ranking to prove it!

Internet, Japan
(cute • hamsters • twitter • video)

Ikea Singapore releases Christmas carol ad with adjustable “merry meter”【Video】

Jamie Koide
Dec 12, 2015

Can’t wait for Christmas or feeling a bit grinchy? Either way, Ikea is here to help with this cute, interactive commercial!

SE Asia
(Christmas • commercials • cute • holidays • ikea • Singapore • video)

Never work with animals: Outtakes from Japanese delivery company’s adorable black cat ad【Video】

Meg Murphy
Dec 12, 2015

Cat can’t quite get his box together, but he still gets an A for effort in the outtakes for Kuroneko Yamato’s commercial.

Japan
(animals • Black cat • cute • fail • Kuroneko Yamato • video • Yamato Un'yu)

“World’s first washable smartphone” goes on sale in Japan accompanied by cheese-tastic ad【Video】

Philip Kendall
Dec 12, 2015

Foolishly allowed a sticky-fingered child to hold your phone? Have a crippling fear of germs and wish you could disinfect everything? Now there’s a smartphone you can wash with soap and water!