Apparently Pikachus aren’t such great swimmers, but that’s not going to stop these two from having some seaside fun.
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Pikachu and Nintendo find themselves in the middle of a cultural controversy in Hong Kong.
Here’s your chance to breathe the rarefied air of AKB48, Japan’s highest-flying idol mega group.
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the legendary RPG series Dragon Quest, a limited edition bottle of sake is released. But for Sir Sato, a hangover draws near!
Sometimes, the line between hospitality and hostility is a blurry one.
The limited-time game has you and the rest of the world pitted against the franchise’s ooey-gooey mascot character–100 million of them, in fact!
Arrival of Kitty-chan and fellow Sanrio character My Melody is the most Japanese thing since schoolgirl outfit Pikachu.
A fresh take on old-school Pocket Monsters and mobile suits.
When Love Live! is your life, it’s hard to feel more alive than this.
Hey! It’s perfectly normal for a young man to be interested in that sort of thing!
It’s the closest thing yet to stepping inside the animated world of Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away.
Just because her eyes are up there doesn’t mean he’s checking out her boobs, Twitter user postulates.
Make a trip to the ATM, and depending on your balance you too might be able to outfit yourself like the hero of the anime and collectible card game.
We can only hope it’s filled with classic games and AA batteries.
Every day, thousands of commuters and tourists passing through Tokyo Station have to fight against decades’ worth of video game-developed conditioned responses.
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