Available to purchase only in the Kanto region, this new variety comes packed with traditional Japanese flavour.
Chinese consumers have been buying up a certain brand of sake in staggering numbers due to an unexpected link with hit basketball anime Slam Dunk.
Wait, hot springs can freeze?
YouTube may have suspended ties with the YouTuber for now, but people in Japan are still reeling from his visit.
No magical powers required to create sweets, ice cubes, and juice snacks that look like the anime’s Silver Crystal and more.
Just plop it onto anything you want to protect and it’ll alert you immediately when someone touches it.
Whether you like traditional Japanese flavours or Western-inspired combinations, these frozen desserts will satisfy all your sweet cravings.
My Grizzly Bear teaches us all the great deal of responsibility that goes into raising a lovable-but-feisty 300-kilogram wild animal.
The speedrunners train-ed hard, let’s hope they don’t run out of steam and go off the rails.
”What’s the best flavor for a French fry sundae?” is a question we never had to answer…until now!
For the next few months, Saga will be teaming up with Sagat and the rest of the Street Fighter II crew.


















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