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You can count on kids to be brutally honest, especially when the honor of their favorite online videos is at stake.
Channel your favourite character on the Central Perk couch with special menu items and Japan-exclusive goods.
Aika Okita surprises everyone with a very different look offscreen.
Kids are spreading the word that a “magic button” on some remotes opens a gateway between the living and the dead.
A lot’s been said about how foreign audiences feel about Japanese TV dramas, but what if we flip the script?
The forgotten tactile pleasure of turning a clicky dial to change the television channel can be had again!
The production house behind Korea’s hit kid’s show Pororo the Little Penguin recently announced a partnership with a developer to release an augmented reality game called Pororo Go.
TV series is latest adaptation of classic Japanese science fiction novel.
Caution: Watching this deliciously bizarre ad may cause your entire head to turn inside out and your knees to violently explode.
Panasonic showed off a transparent display seemingly straight out of Tony Stark’s lab at this year’s CES in Las Vegas.
Eighteen years after making its serial debut in the Weekly Shōnen Jump Magazine, Eiichiro Oda’s internationally popular manga/anime franchise One Piece is still going strong, even being turned into a Kabuki performance this year.
Well, with the Holiday Season approaching, it seems One Piece fans will have a huge treat to look forward to just in time for Christmas. Yes, a brand new feature-length One Piece anime will air on TV next month, and details have just recently been released. The anime, titled One Piece — Adventure of Nebulandia, will be broadcast on Japanese national TV on December 19, and fans should be thrilled to see some familiar enemies from the past!
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