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Japanese mascot malfunction gives hilarious look at what it’s really like inside a costume【Video】

• Scott Wilson
  Feb 11, 2018
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Spoiler alert: it’s filled with one human, 10 pounds of sweat, and at least a year’s worth of back pain.

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• (funny • mascot • Taiko no Tatsujin • twitter • video)

Informative video condenses everything about Japan into sixteen minutes of pure gold【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Feb 11, 2018

Whether you’re new to Japan or a resident, this easily digestible video will fill you in on the country’s facts faster than any other.

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• Japan
• (geography • history • information • society • video • YouTube)

New virtual currency Otaku Coin easy to earn, changes the way fans influence anime

• Koh Ruide
  Feb 11, 2018

Empowers fans of anime to further support and preserve the industry.

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• Japan
• (anime • cryptocurrency • otaku • project • video • virtual currency)

Otaku crowd control could be changing with new “anime character voice” megaphones

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2018

Device seeks to fire your voice straight at the bull’s eye in anime fans’ selective attention.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime conventions • Comiket • cool • otaku • technology • video • vocie actors • voice actresses • weird • Wonder Festival)

Amazing Sailor Moon smartphone case recreates anime heroine’s transformation sequence【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2018

Clever superfan shows how you too can easily replicate the most famous scene from the most famous magical girl anime.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • clever • cool • fan art • manga • Sailor Moon • smartphone cases • Smartphones • video)

Gamers can become Pac-Man with new VR attraction in Tokyo【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 8, 2018

Video gaming’s newest trend meets its oldest hero with co-op game at Namco’s Tokyo amusement park.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • Namco • Namja Town • pac-man • Tokyo • video • video games • virtual reality • VR)

Stray cat in Japanese mountains guides visiting humans out of woods in the dark of night【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 7, 2018

Kind-hearted feline proves to be more useful than blank-screen car navigation system.

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• Japan
• (animals • cars • cats • cool • cute • driving • video)

Huge Final Fantasy snow sculpture creates epic dragon battle with awesome projection mapping【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 7, 2018

Come for the fire-breathing dragon vs. Dragoon action, stay for the iconic victory fanfare.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Hokkaido • Sapporo • Sapporo Snow Festival • Sapporo Snow Festival 2018 • snow • Square Enix • video • video games)

Anime girl virtual YouTuber unmasked as middle-age male otaku, loses some fans, gains others【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2018

Technical glitch during live stream may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

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• Japan
• (anime • funny • otaku • video • virtual YouTubers • vocaloids • YouTubers)

Taiwanese ice skating fans come to the rescue when power blacks out during skaters’ performance

• Dale Roll
  Feb 2, 2018

What do you do when the power goes out during your favorite sport? Bust out your cellphone, of course!

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• Taiwan
• (cool • figure skating • four continents figure skating championship • ice skating • moving • smart phones • sports • touching • video)

Japanese miko shrine maidens turn into off-road racing queens in new commercial 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2018

These girls literally drive away ogres during Japan’s annual Setsubun bean-throwing festival.

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• (cars • commercials • drifting • Japanese commercials • marketing • miko • setsubun • shrine maidens • Toyo tires • video)

Japanese driver discovers why driving a car that has a massive snowfro isn’t the best idea【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Feb 1, 2018

Clearing snow is hard work. Besides, you don’t need to see where you’re going when you’re driving, right?

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• Japan
• (driving • scary • snow • twitter • video • winter)

Japanese Twitter loves adorable cats’ reactions to Monster Hunter: World’s Felyne voices【Videos】

• Dale Roll
  Jan 31, 2018

These kitties just can’t figure out where the sounds are coming from!

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• Japan
• (cats • cute • funny • Monster Hunter • Monster Hunter: World • pets • video • video games)

Japanese cat somehow manages to lose fight with snowman, still wins Internet’s heart【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 25, 2018

It’s hard to get beat by an inanimate, frozen foe, but then again it’s also hard to be this cute.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • funny • pets • snow • snowmen • video)

With no sweetheart for romantic winter date, Japanese teen makes new girlfriend out of snow【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 24, 2018

Power of love gets an assist from the power of creativity for heartwarming shared bicycle ride.

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• Japan
• (funny • romantic • snow • snowmen • video • winter)

Anime featuring anthropomorphized blood cells confirmed, actually looks cooler than it sounds

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 22, 2018

Turns out your white blood cells are awesome cold-blooded killers.

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• Japan
• (anime • bacteria • body • cells • video • virus)

Tomioka High Dance Club bursts their bubble for a new “This Is Me” routine

• Master Blaster
  Jan 21, 2018

Osaka students get backing from Warner Music and 20th Century Fox for latest video.

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• Japan
• (Bubbly dance • cool • dance • dancing • Osaka • schoolgirls • The Greatest Showman • This Is Me • Tomioka High School Dance Club • video)

Jaw-dropping 360° VR Japan tourism promo vid whisks you to a land where tradition meets future

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 19, 2018

Swish that camera around and take a virtual tour of famous sightseeing spots as if you were there, all in the comfort of your own home.

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• Japan
• (360 degree video • awesome • beautiful • cool • Fushimi Inari Shrine • travel • video)

Nintendo Labo: Mad genius sets to build your own Switch controllers out of cardboard【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2018

Some would say Nintendo’s video games killed the conventional kids’ toy market, but now they might be bringing it back.

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• Japan
• (cardboard • cool • crafts • nintendo • Nintendo Labo • nintendo switch • video • video games)

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