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”How can we get more chocolate in our eggs?” is a question we’d never have thought to ask, but we sure are glad this Japanese company did.
One of anime’s most famous opening themes, but like it’s never been heard before.
The stunning sound and visuals in this new clip are designed to transport viewers to a Japanese festival as part of a new website for foreign tourists.
In what’s become an annual event, bookseller Junkudo is letting lucky lovers of literature spend one night slumbering among its shelves.
Don’t forget to purify your soul before heading to this museum’s display of samurai swords that were designed to do just one thing: kill.
Super hard-working director Makoto Shinkai would definitely be proud of this guy.
This is about as much love for the classic anime and manga as you’ll ever see stuffed into one piece of artwork.
The clothing was the easy part of this amazing anime costume.
KFC Japan’s summer of all-you-can-eat fried chicken is ending, but at this Tokyo restaurant limitless chow can be your all year long.
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is the latest anime series to get the 1:1-scale statue treatment.
Here’s the potentially awesome upside of rain on the day you’re going up Tokyo’s tallest structure.
And poses from Kill Bill’s fight choreographer ensure you’ll look fearsome when you get there.
Best of all, you can fold your own for just a couple of bucks.
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