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Nintendo announces new Lego Luigi set, and Japan gets it first【Photos, video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 21, 2021
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Super Mario’s brother is ready to show he’s super too!

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• (cool • LEGO • Luigi • nintendo • Super Mario • toys • video)

Pokémon fan chef’s Psyduck sweets are so cute they’re making our head hurt【Photos/Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 16, 2021

Creative confectioner also makes edible Eevee evolutions and Monster Hunter dragon.

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• Japan
• (anime • Eevee • food • Monster Hunter • Pokemon • Psyduck • sweets • video • video games)

Tokyo Disney Resort announces Frozen, Tangled expansion【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 15, 2021

Fans will be able to visit Arendelle, Rapunzel’s tower, and one more classic Disney setting.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • Disney • frozen • Tangled • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • video)

Unmarked cop cars in Japan pull crazy Transformer-style trick when they pull someone over【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 15, 2021

More than meets the eye.

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• Japan
• (cars • cool • crazy • crime • police • technology • video)

J-pop star Utada Hikaru teases new music video in preview for her latest anime theme【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2021

Six seconds is all fans need to hear to know another hit is on the way, but there’s a longer preview too.

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• Japan
• (anime • J-Pop • music • Utada Hikaru • video)

Japanese anime commercial plays out like an epic neo-Tokyo adventure 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 12, 2021

People in Japan are falling in love with Spy Ando…and the humorous twist ending.

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • awesome • beautiful • CG • CGI • commercial • cool • H&S • Japanese commercials • marketing • shampoo • video)

All heart, no CG in beautiful, mind-bending Pocari Sweat video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2021

You might just shed a tear watching this amazing ad from Pocari Sweat.

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• Japan
• (ads • awesome • beautiful • CG • CGI • cool • drinks • moving • pocari sweat • sports drinks • touching • video)

Man fights giant crab statue on streets of Osaka, becomes city’s most hated criminal【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2021

Innocent, delicious Crab Tower damaged in senseless attack.

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• Japan
• (crab • crab sign • crime • food • Osaka • video)

Wakayama high school students make life-sized DeLorean time machine replica from scratch

• Master Blaster
  Apr 8, 2021

Roads? Where this car is going, they don’t need roads…

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• Japan
• (art • back to the future • cars • cool • delorean • education • industrial arts • movies • video • Wakayama)

67-year-old Japanese celeb pulls off perfect Disney villain cosplay【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Apr 3, 2021

Naoko Ken was the Japanese-dub voice actress for this classic antagonist, and she shows she can look the part too.

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• Japan
• (101 Dalmatians infamy • Cruella de Vil • Disney • makeup • movies • Naoko Ken • video)

Japan’s 59-year-old “eternal idol” amazes fans with hasn’t-aged-a-day self-cover【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 2, 2021

Basically, Seiko Mazda stopped aging in 1988.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • hairstyles • hairstyling • idol singers • Idols • J-Pop • music • Seiko Matsuda • Seiko-chan cut • video)

There’s a special, familial reason Utada Hikaru looks so natural and unguarded in her new video

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2021

Part of the 21-million-view video for Evangelion theme “One Last Kiss” was filmed by a five-year-old.

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• Japan
• (cool • Evangelion • J-Pop • moving • music • One Last Kiss • touching • Utada Hikaru • video)

Amazing new powder turns ramen broth from a liquid back into a solid, but why?【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2021

Leftover Cup Noodle Broth Hardening Powder is Nissin’s latest innovation.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • cup noodles • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • video • weird)

Your Name studio, famous manga artist create beautiful romantic anime…that’s 7-Eleven ad【Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 27, 2021

Rainbow Chaser will make you smile, shed a tear, and maybe crave a steamed pork bun.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • ads • anime • CoMix Wave Films • convenience stores • cool • video)

Upcoming Making of Harry Potter exhibition in Tokyo now has a website and a promotional video

• Dale Roll
  Mar 27, 2021

It’s happening! The Making of Harry Potter really is coming to Tokyo!

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• Japan
• (cool • Harry Potter • movies • musuem • Tokyo • video • Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo Making of Harry Potter)

Anti-stalker Male Voice Clip Collection for Women Who Live Alone released by Japanese band【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2021

Golden Bomber wants to help women keep unwanted callers and visitors from knowing they live by themselves.

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• Japan
• (clever • Golden Bomber • music • musicians • Security • stalkers • video • visual kei)

Adorable Shiba Inu gives the best response to owner’s magic trick【Video】

• Katie Pask
  Mar 23, 2021

Somebody get this pooch a spot on a Japanese TV show, because he is ready to react.

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• Japan
• (cute • dog • dogs • funny • magic • Shiba Inu • twitter • video)

Evangelion creators issue multilingual warning for pirated copies, preview final film’s third act

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2021

Official videos’ beautiful, unexpected scenes promise a finale worth waiting for.

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• Japan
• (anime • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • movies • piracy • Rebuild of Evangelion • Thrice Upon a Time • video)

J-pop megastar Utada Hikaru releases new music video directed by Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2021

”One Last Kiss” serves as theme song for Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.

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• Japan
• (anime • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • Hideaki Anno • J-Pop • music • One Last Kiss • Utada Hikaru • video)

Trailer for new Gintama movie pays homage to another famous anime series【Video】

• Katie Pask
  Mar 9, 2021

Feel like you’ve seen this art style somewhere before? You’re not alone!

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• Japan
• (anime • Dragon Ball • Dragonball • funny • gintama • movie • Parody • trailer • video)

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