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Kyoto Animation releases first 10 minutes of Violet Evergarden movie free to watch online【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 9, 2020
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An extended, and beautiful, look at the theatrical anime hit of the fall.

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• Internet, Japan
• (anime • Kyoto Animation • movies • video • Violet Evergarden • Violet Evergarden The Movie)

A Pokémon glitch no one discovered in 18 years has been found…by a pet fish in Japan?!?【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2020

Lala the Siamese fighting fish finds something fishy in the Seafloor Cavern.

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• Japan
• (animals • cool • crazy • fish • funny • glitches • Mutekimaru Channel • pets • Pokemon • Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire • video • video games)

See how official Pokémon Shirts are made through new, stylish documentary【Video】

• Ingrid Tsai
  Oct 4, 2020

New goodies also on the horizon with the debut of this insider look in Pokémon Shirts’ operations. Read More

• Japan
• (clothing • custom shirts • documentary • dress shirts • fashion • Newsed • Original Stitch • Pokemon • Pokémon Shirts • upcycle • video • video games)

This boys’ love game from Japan wants to teach you how to type【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 2, 2020

Steamy salarymen are ready to help improve your office skills, as long as you can keep your fingers on the keyboard.

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• Japan
• (anime • boys love • computers • fujoshi • typing • video • video games • weird)

Street footage from Hollywood movie “Tokyo Joe” shows post-war Shibuya colourised by AI 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 24, 2020

Originally used as the background for Humphrey Bogart’s close-up, these Japanese folks are now having their time in the spotlight.

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• Japan
• (black and white • cool • culture • DeOldify • history • hollywood • Hollywood movies • Humphrey Bogart • movies • old video • Shibuya • Showa • Tokyo • Tokyo Joe • video)

Company uses empty buses to create giant maze after tours drop due to COVID-19【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2020

A very different kind of bus tour for tourists.

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• Japan
• (bus tour • buses • business • clever • COK • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hato Bus • marketing • maze • Tokyo • tours • travel • video)

Life-size Gundam statue in Japan can now move, and it looks incredible【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2020

18-meter (59-foot) anime robot now in motion in Yokohama.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size • life-size Gundam • robots • RX-78 Gundam • video • Yokohama)

This one guy has spent four years making an entire anime on a 3DS, and it looks amazing【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 17, 2020

Flipnote Warrior is a labor of love, but it might need your help to get finished.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • cool • Flipnote • illustration • nintendo • Nintendo 3DS • video • video games)

This insane motorized scorpion computer chair is perfect for work-from-home supervillains【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2020

This is what happens when megalomania meets ergonomics.

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• China
• (awesome • chairs • cool • crazy • furniture • gaming chairs • gaming PCs • interior • scary • scorpions • video)

Newborn baby sand cat totally melts hearts across Japan【Video】

• Kay
  Sep 14, 2020

Watch out for cute overload as Kobe Animal Kingdom reveals videos and photos of their new baby sand cats!

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• Japan
• (animals • baby animals • cats • cute • Kobe Animal Kingdom • sand cat • video • zoos)

Naomi Watanabe cosplays as Sailor Moon as she joins voice cast of anime franchise

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2020

”Sailor Moon is the light in my life” says life-long fan as she takes on key role in upcoming anime movie.

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• Japan
• (anime • cosplay • movies • Naomi Watanabe • Sailor Moon • Sailor Moon Crystal • Sailor Moon Eternal • video)

Meet Hololive’s brand new adorable VTubers, designed to win you over with English

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 11, 2020

Hololive English will be the first virtual YouTuber project to specifically target English-speaking countries, and it’s starting right away!

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• Japan
• (anime • anime girls • cute • English • HoloLive • Idols • otaku • video • virtual idols • virtual YouTubers • YouTube)

Weightlifting anime’s theme song video blows past 115 million views with help from muscle idol

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 10, 2020

Real-life bodybuilders stand in for anime weightlifters in otaku community’s favorite workout anthem.

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• Japan
• (anime • anisongs • fitness • How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? • manga • muscles • music • Reika Saiki • video • weightlifting)

What would J-rock legend Yoshiki look like as an Attack on Titan giant? Like this【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2020

Yoshiki Titan does what the X-Japan founder does best.

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• Japan
• (anime • Attack on Titan • canned coffee • coffee • cool • drinks • music • video • Wanda • X Japan • Yoshiki)

Pikachu shocks “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” for new song “Pika to Pico”【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2020

”Beef”, sings Pikachu in translated duet.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • cute • funny • music • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikachu • Pikotaro • Pokemon • video • video games • weird)

Japanese convenience store chain begins testing remote controlled robot staff in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Aug 29, 2020

Don’t be alarmed if you see a pair of optic sensors peeking from behind the beverage rack.

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• Japan
• (business • convenience stores • Family mart • Model-T • robots • technology • Telexistence • video • VR)

Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh fan makes authentic, functional Millennium Puzzle and it’s a thing of beauty

• Master Blaster
  Aug 20, 2020

This 3D-printed puzzle looks and acts so much like the real thing, you may get possessed by an ancient game master.

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• Japan
• (3D printing • anime • DIY • manga • Millennium Puzzle • puzzles • toys • video • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Professional basketball meets Cowboy Bebop in awesome NBA playoffs/anime video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2020

National Bebop Association?

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • awesome • basketball • cool • Cowboy Bebop • NBA • Shinichiro Waanabe • sports • video • Yoko Kanno)

Tokyo Fire Department uses Animal Crossing to demonstrate disaster-proof home decorating【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 16, 2020

Earthquakes don’t exist in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but we can use it to explain how to keep safe in real life!

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• Japan
• (Animal Crossing • Animal Crossing: New Horizons • clever • cool • cute • earthquake • earthquakes • interior • nintendo • safety • Tokyo Fire Department • video)

Japanese Corgi makes a Pokémon friend as life-size Yamper plushie moves into his home【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2020

Birthday pooch is very happy with his present.

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• Japan
• (animals • corgi • cute • funny • pets • plushies • Pokemon • Pokémon Sword and Shield • video • Yamper)

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