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Manga Bizarro World: One Piece Goes On Hiatus, HxH And Berserk Return
7.6.2022
Hey, it’s 2022 and not the mid-90s right? I only ask because I’m not sure which of us otaku worked some magic–possibly making a wish to Shenron, or sacrificing a loved one with a behelit–so that we might live in a time where hiatus purgatory bunk buddies Hunter x Hunter and Berserk both announce...
Celebrate Attack On Titan Maker Wit Studio’s 10th Anniversary With These 10 Anime
1.6.2022
Today marks the tenth anniversary of Wit Studio, the anime production company who, with Attack on Titan, quickly established itself as a powerhouse in the anime industry. However, Wit’s great body of work extends beyond the walls of its anime adaptation of AoT. Wit’s also the driving force behind...
15 Minutes Of Trek To Yomi: An Akira Kurosawa-Inspired Side-Scroller
5.5.2022
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Even Game Pass Knows It’s Backlog Season
3.5.2022
It’s that time of year again, when the release cadence cools down a bit, giving you time to make your way through your backlog from the spring (or the fall). Game Pass, for the moment, isn’t adding too much to the top, and is in fact removing quite a bit from the bottom. Here’s everything coming...
Kirby And The Forgotten Land: The Kotaku Review
21.4.2022
Kirby and the Forgotten Land puts to bed any doubt that Nintendo’s pink puffball can more than carry his own 3D adventure game.Read more
Making Your Own Kaneda Bike From Akira Seems Hard
1.4.2022
YouTuber Ayato has a big project on his hands: making a DIY Kaneda bike from Akira. The Kaneda bike is one of the most iconic bikes in anime—no, make that popular culture writ large. There are numerous Kaneda bike projects on YouTube, but in my opinion, this one is the best. In a series of clips...
Man Arrested For Allegedly Sending Death Threats To Sega
21.3.2022
A 54-year-old resident of Toyokawa, Japan, was arrested on March 16 for allegedly sending repeated death threats to Sega. Read more
Toei Animation Hacked, Delaying Dragon Ball Anime Movie
21.3.2022
Originally slated for an April 22 release in Japan, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero has been delayed after an unauthorized third party hacked Toei Animation.Read more
Chrono Trigger Is Now Officially Playable In 21:9
11.3.2022
The PC version of Chrono Trigger, which was released on Steam back in 2018, has just received its first update in four years, and it’s a surprisingly substantial one, with the highlight being that the pixel-based, 1995 JRPG is now properly playable on ultra-wide displays.Read more
Decades Later, An Animator Complaint Discovered In Akira
27.12.2021
Until December 28, Akira is streaming on YouTube for free in Japan. With the country’s end of year holidays underway, people have more time to spend watching the movie, and perhaps, more time to notice all the little details. Read more
Fahey’s Top Ten Games Of 2021
21.12.2021
Has it really been one whole year since we last compiled our annual top games lists and not the two decades it’s actually felt like? Weird. Many of the games on my 2021 list feel like they came out ages ago. Technically, two of them did, but it’s my list and I declare them fair games. Let’s go.Read...
Dragon Ball Voice Actor And Narrator Joji Yanami Dies At 90
14.12.2021
Joji Yanami was a mainstay in the Dragon Ball franchise. During his career, he voiced a number of Dragon Ball characters, as well as serving as the anime’s narrator. His agency Aoni Production announced that the veteran voice actor passed away on December 3 at the age of 90. Read more
New King Of Fighter Character Looks Like Fighter That Vanished Mysteriously
10.12.2021
SNK revealed a new KOF XV character named Krohnen. Longtime King of
Fighters fans have pointed out that Krohnen doesn’t look new at all. He
looks like a fighter that had vanished mysteriously years ago. Read more
Silent Hill Creator Is Working On A Spooky New Horror Game
10.12.2021
It might not be the Silent Hill announcement that fans have been waiting for, but the trailer for Splitterhead revealed at The Game Awards looks just as spooky and dreadful as its spiritual successor. Read more
The Dragon Ball Z Horror Game Is Getting A Beta Soon, Here’s A Closer Look
24.11.2021
Bandai Namco posted a more in-depth gameplay video of its anime take on Dead By Daylight where one Dragon Ball Z villain is pitted against a handful of survivors on Wednesday. The company also included information about their closed beta test, which you can register for if you have a Steam...
Guilty Verdict For Death Threats Against Japanese Game Developer Arika
27.10.2021
Back in September 2019, threats insinuating murder were sent to Tokyo-based game developer Arika. The threats were made against the company as well as a corporate execute and sent through the Arika website’s contact form. Read more
Dragon Ball Voice Actor Chris Ayres Dies Age 56
20.10.2021
Chris Ayres, perhaps best known as Frieza’s English language voice actor, has passed away. Besides the iconic Dragon Ball character, Ayres also voiced Kei Kurono in Gantz, and Shingen Takeda in Sengoku Basara. He was 56 years old. Read more
A Closer Look At The New Dragon Ball Anime Movie's 3G
8.10.2021
Earlier this summer, we got a look at the CG Goku in the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero feature film. The latest, just-released trailer provides an even closer look at the movie’s CG animation. Let’s check it out. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is the second DBS feature and the follow-up...
I Just Read 1,025 Chapters Of One Piece, And It's A Damn Masterpiece
14.9.2021
Only three things in life are certain for a shonen otaku: tournament arcs, Studio Trigger series finales ending in space, and One Piece continuing until the heat death of the universe. I’d made prior attempts to read One Piece, but each time I got too intimidated by its length, which has...
Nintendo Switch Game Fitness Boxing Is Getting An Anime
26.8.2021
This October in Japan, Nintendo Switch fitness game Fitness Boxing is getting an anime adaptation. Developed by Tokyo-based Imagineer, the game was first launched in 2018 and had players throw punches and dodge by holding the Joy-Con controllers. Imagineer published the game in Japan as Fit Boxing...