There’s a fine line between “cute displeased” and “hurt-the-player’s-feelings” displeased.
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The Japanese mail order company’s new monthly pencil set release will undoubtedly have art lovers wanting to collect ’em all.
You might not think you have enough space in your home to display all these anime and movie robots, but you’re wrong.
There might be a rare fault in the design, but we have a feeling some fans won’t be exchanging the faulty item as requested.
To celebrate Manga Day in Japan, RocketNews24’s best artist has some tips to help add some flare to an average Joe’s drawing.
Recent animal rights complaints had some thinking plans would be scrapped, but the eve mainstay will be part of this year’s event after all.
Street Fighter, The King of Fighters, and Dragon Ball Z all serve as inspiration for blocky coolness.
Concept art was apparently too good to just put up on the family fridge.
If Nintendo ever wants to “reboot” the franchise to be grittier, we hope it looks like this.
A Japanese manga artist and a legendary kabuki actor worked together to produce this visually stunning new release.
Japanese Twitter artist produces handy reference guide covering characters with younger or older brothers or sisters.
That’s pretty hot.
Anime-style outfits have become so popular they’re inspiring their own fan art.
The Japanese artist known for his distinctive anime-style illustrations of children expressed surprise at this turn of events.
A manga artist with a talent for sketching famous manga characters on the fly impresses backstage at this year’s Jump Festa.
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