For those not in the know, Wonder Festival (WonFes) is an event that takes place biannually in Japan to celebrate figures and plastic models created by both companies and fans across the country. Sometimes these kinds of events can be difficult to understand if you don’t speak Japanese, or even difficult to attend and shop… But fear not! WonFes has heard our prayers and has created an ...
In 2014, Universal Studios Japan (USJ) and the Pokemon Company made a promise and deal to one another to work together to bring the world of Pokemon into the Osaka theme park. It may have taken more than seven years, but we’re finally seeing that promise come to fruition! USJ announced earlier this week that they’re bringing the world of Pokemon to their park in 2022! While the details...
Super Nintendo World has been a huge hit here in Japan, and that comes with zero surprise! Between the immersive and vivid themes, fun park rides, delicious and novel food, and interactive elements – there’s no doubt here that everyone wants a shot to join Mario and his friends for a fun theme park day! But something bananas is approaching… It’s not exactly close, but the a...
Nissin Foods, the ones behind the legendary Cup Noodle brand of instant noodles, may have gone too far this time! For you see, they’ve decided to release four flavors of various Cup Noodle sodas as part of their 50th Anniversary Celebration! What?! The flavors they’re gifting the world with are Cup Noodle soda, seafood soda, curry soda, and chili tomato soda. I gotta admit, they all so...
You heard that right! DC’s signature villain has dedicated himself to raising a baby Batman in the newest morning gag manga “One Operation JOKER!” In this official DC manga the reader will start out seeing a usual scene of Batman and the Joker in a tense fight, until Batman falls into a barrel of chemicals that turns him into a literal infant! Some may think that the Joker would ...
It’s no secret to many collectors that FREEing brings some of their unique ideas to the figma line of action figures, and that’s no exception to their newest addition with the figma Human Anatomical Model! Not only is it super flexible and articulated, it also utilizes semi-translucent parts for optimal realism and to give the user an eye into the anatomy of a real body. It’s gre...
Do you love Final Fantasy XIV? Do you love chicken nuggets, tea, and exclusive in-game mounts? Then you better rush over to a Lawson convenience store on August 31st, 2021 because Square Enix has teamed up with the store franchise for one hell of a collaboration! The first thing you’ll want to pick up are the “Crystal of Light and Darkness” Karaage-kun chicken nuggets! Or, well, that’s...
hololive really doesn’t need much of an introduction considering the group’s intense popularity these days, but for those out of the loop, hololive is a group of VTubers (Virtual Youtubers) under the COVER Corp name. They’ve long produced VTubers from all over the globe, and the highly anticipated second generation of English hololive talent have finally been set free into the wo...
Though in early development, it’s been announced that a brand new live-action “Pokemon” series is currently being worked on by Netflix! I’ll make it clear right away that not much is known about the series yet, but we have a few crumbs of information to offer about this exciting new development! Joe Henderson is on paper as the one in charge to both write and executive prod...
George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, has stated that he drew a lot of inspiration from Japanese mythology and Akira Kurosawa’s films, and this influence has been poured into all of his films to date. Now, we’re coming full circle back to that inspiration with a 9-episode long anime series called “Star Wars: Visions!” Its initial release will be comprised of short animate...
We aren’t going to touch on the hobby side of things today, but rather a very interesting development happening currently in Japan! And that development is… the housing industry! Wait, wait – it’s interesting, I promise! Don’t leave! You see, a house in Japan could be yours for a simple 500 buckeroos… if you don’t mind living in a ‘Ghost Village,R...
Most anime fans aren’t strangers to MAPPA animation studio! Founded on June 14th, 2011, this rad as heck studio has produced works that include Kids on the Slope, Terror in Resonance, Yuri!!! on Ice, Kakegurui, Banana Fish, Jujutsu Kaisen, and so much more! Oh, see that? June 14th… 2011… Dang! It really has been ten years! And check out the 10th Anniversary main visual they prepa...