All About Japan

The Nintendo PlayStation Has Been Found!

The rivalry of two great gaming companies led to one console being all but forgotten.

Takarazuka's Rurouni Kenshin Cast On Display

See seina Sagiri and Sakina Ayakaze show their moves as Kenshin Himura and Hajime Saito.

Challenge Aims to Make 18-Meter Gundam Move

Proposals are being entered for methods to make Odaiba's iconic Gundam walk, and possibly even grapple, by 2019.

Whatever Happened to Bleach?

Ten years ago, Bleach, Naruto and One Piece battled for domination of the shonen market. Now Bleach is a has-been. What went wrong?

Toyota Unveils Car with 2 Transformation Modes

Macross mech designer Shoji Kawamori teams up with Toyota for what may become a transforming car.

The Secret to One Punch Man's Success

This series has made such an impact in such a short amount of time that fans have begun to wonder just how much money is riding behind the show.

Gundams Can Fly... Can't They?

In the anime series, Gundam robots zoom all over the galaxy and above the Earth's sky. But what about the Gundams built in our world? Surely, they can fly... right?

The 15 Most Powerful Male Heroes in Anime

Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who's the most powerful anime character of them all?

Attack on Kansai-ben

Learn the Kansai dialect of Japanese with the Attack on Titan manga!

What Does the TPP Mean for Anime?

Is this the death knell for your online obsessions?

Metroid—In Live Action!

With a title that brings to mind James Bond's Skyfall, the newly released short film by Rainfalls, "Metroid: The Sky Calls" will have Metroid fans on the edge of their seats!

Who Wants to Play With Katakana Transformers!

These plastic toys are shaped like the names of animals written in katakana—which then transform into the actual animals they represent!

Anime Shows How Kanji Can Help You Get Girls

This sweet high-school anime shows how learning kanji can be the key to getting a girlfriend!

Macross Delta Teaser Delivers New Valkyries

New Valkyrie designs and a pop idol group to feature in the upcoming expansion of the Macross franchise.

Leave the Ordinary & Dive into the Extrodinary

Life in Tokyo can leave one feeling drained after a long day, but as the film short Tokyo Cosmo shows, sometimes our imagination gets the better of us and allows us to escape the ordinary and unwind.

The 6 Times Anime Did Proper Halloween

Halloween has only recently been imported to the land of the rising sun, so its presence hasn't been felt much in anime as yet.

Meet Mario's Evil Twin

While not doing as much damage as Wario or Bowser, this new Mario character can scare the pants off you if you don't watch out!

Power Pose Sketching Models

Artistic models equipped with swords, wings and plastic guns are hard to come by, but not for long!

Sailor Moon Gets a Makeover into... a Boyband?

They may be no Sailor Starlights, but Italian singer, Paolo Tuci, and his backup dancers transformed the Italian Sailor Moon S theme into a wonderful '80s-esque European pop song!

6 Anime Like 'One Punch Man'

There really aren’t many shows out there with such an overpowered main character or that make fun of heroes quite as cleverly. But we've found a few that come close!

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