Japan

Venusaur has been around since Pokémon Red and Blue. Yet, the latest footage from Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Eevee! gives a very good look at how…

This photo has been edited for hilarity. Screenshot: HimasokuThis is Zundomaru. The character is appearing in the latest Yokai Watch anime series and…

Yesterday, a press conference was streamed live online for the Senran Kagura series. It was too lewd for YouTube.Note: The article contains NSFW…

Iconic 1980s anime City Hunter has already been turned into several live-action TV shows, including a Korean drama, a Jackie Chan Hong Kong movie and…

Not all Japanese mascots get stuck, mind you, but many of them do. Previously, Kotaku first reported that one train character kept getting stuck in…

Back in 2016, crowdfunded pre-orders commenced for the Gatebox virtual assistant. Now in 2018, the product is going into mass production at around…

This has to be one of the most unusual third-party items ever released for a Nintendo product. Makes sense because Nintendo Labo is hardly typical.As…

Classic side-scrolling shooter R-Type is getting immortalized in a poseable Figma statue.Of course, that’s Dobkeratops, which is R-Type’s most…

In the Pokémon anime, Ash is ten years old. Eternally. But in the Digimon anime, the human characters are getting older.The upcoming Digimon movie,…

Yesterday, popular Japanese sports talk show Junk Sports featured Street Fighter pros Momochi and Chocoblanka. Professionally gaming still doesn’t…