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This recipe is even better than the new McShake, with much more of that distinctive Japanese flavour.
“World’s most expensive toaster” from Mitsubishi uses rice cooker technology to toast bread to perfection.
While the presentation sizzles like a chicken wing fresh from the fryer, the content is a creamy, cold mash with no gravy.
Arguably the Shinkai-est anime yet, and perhaps the beginning of a connected Makoto Shinkai cinematic universe?
Ryo Saeba, aka City Hunter, comes back in a long-awaited feature-length anime movie after 20 years, and his antics are as outrageous as ever!
We went to the Premier screening of Dragon Ball Super: Broly… and almost didn’t get to see the movie!
After years of anticipation, this American adaptation of the hit manga thriller is available on Netflix! Jacob Chapman breaks down whether this movie is noteworthy or should just be erased.
More than a half-dozen key Ghibli creators team up for the first anime film from brand-new Studio Ponoc, but do they do their pedigree proud?
All the things anime fans have come to expect from the acclaimed director are present and accounted for, but is that enough?
Two of Japanese horror’s biggest names came together in the newly released film Sadako vs Kayako, and you can bet we weren’t about to miss it!
Customers who finish everything, including the two-kilo topping of coriander, are rewarded with all-you-can-eat coriander for life.
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