Gerard Piqué seems to have enjoyed his time in Japan, but Japanese Internet users aren’t so thrilled.
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Nintendo’s new retro system includes a never-before released game, plus some of the odder elements of gaming in the 16-bit era.
That’s “top” as in a “spinning top” not like “top class,” but then again, he probably is… Ah, just watch the darn video.
Respondents in the U.S., China, and four other countries’ top 10 answers included Pokémon, military leaders, and adult film actresses.
27 years after the first 8-to-16-bit Nintendo video game migration, it might be time to do it all over again, so we called the company to see if they’d give us any more info.
You know things are getting serious when the lead singer of Echo & the Bunnymen throws in the towel.
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It was also probably the slowest lap ever recorded on the notorious race track, but that’s understandable.
Amazon lists release date for hit Makoto Shinkai movie.
Already having made a substantial impact in France, the eccentric music of Les Romanesques is looking to break big in Japan.
Who needs a bouquet of roses when you can get a nod to this season’s biggest sports anime hit?
Millions of people have seen Makoto Shinkai’s newest anime, but no one’s heard it like this yet.
Because geisha and warriors are passé, we went to a photo shoot to look like figures of Hollywood’s golden age.
Sounds like the U.K. is getting its second Studio Ghibli anime-based stage production, and very soon.
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