Clipping a plush to your bag, taking it everywhere for photo shoots, and doting on it like a partner or your ultimate favorite character has become an everyday sight. This hobby, known as "plushie out ...
Doujin markets, where independent creators gather to sell their work, are typically held in cities or other easy-to-reach locations that can draw plenty of fans. In Japan, where anime and manga cultur ...
Manno, a well-known creator in the adult doujin manga scene and the artist behind the hit series Doing Whatever I Want with the Gal Who Often Comes Over, recently uploaded an urgent video to his YouTu ...
Everyone surely remembers Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, affectionately dubbed a "bishounen group" by fans. Back then, not only were the characters incredibly cool, but even their voice actors became belove ...
The "Chiikawa Bakery" that opened in Harajuku Omotesando in 2024 has been an absolute sensation, drawing massive crowds of fans daily. To this day, fans are still scrambling to get their hands on its ...
The bakery "Meika Seven" in Oshima, Koto Ward, Tokyo, is once again setting the Japanese internet ablaze, thanks to its signature product, the "Usukawa Anpan" (super thin-skin red bean bun). Its ridic ...
Many parents check to see if a manga is suitable for elementary schoolers before letting their kids dive in. But in a recent story shared on X in Japan, one mother recounted her daughter's experience ...
Rifujin na Magonote, author of the light novel series Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, recently took to X to recommend Satoshi Mizukami’s manga Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer. He revealed that ...
Based on Yokusaru Shibata’s manga of the same name, the anime adaptation of Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider began airing last year and attracted considerable attention for combining elements of Kame ...
Shigure Ui, an illustrator and VTuber, isn't just the character designer for many VTubers; she also boasts a massive following with over 2 million channel subscribers. However, her recent collaboratio ...
With food and bento prices continuing to climb, a new range announced by Japanese convenience-store chain Lawson has drawn attention online for its remarkably no-nonsense approach. The headline items ...
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic manga Yu-Gi-Oh!, the first-ever large-scale art exhibition for its late creator, Kazuki Takahashi, titled "KAZUKI TAKAHASHI: YU-GI-OH! ART WORKS," is se ...
Bandai's popular capsule toy series, the Marker Charms (Mejirushi Accessory) line, has recently faced chaotic scenes at stores, with multiple popular items being resold and snatched up by eager buyers ...
When it comes to different languages, even the simplest words or particles can create wildly different impressions depending on tone, pitch, and cultural norms. A recent discussion on X in Japan has b ...
For many players, a game save represents dozens or even hundreds of hours of memories. Recently, however, an Animal Crossing: New Horizons player said on X that a relative’s child had deleted both he ...
An X user in Japan who runs a steakhouse and collects Pokémon cards said that he had repeatedly offered large numbers of cards to children of middle-school age and younger for free, allowing each chi ...
A 990 yen clear umbrella is already causing a collective headache for Japanese netizens before it even goes on sale... "Do people really dare to use it outside?" For the 30th anniversary of the releas ...
He can fight his way through hordes of zombies with a crossbow and deliver packages across a post-apocalyptic wasteland to connect the world. But when he arrived in Tokyo, what truly captivated Norman ...
A photo recently posted on X in Japan has sparked widespread discussion. The poster said they had gone to a paper-recycling site to drop off cardboard when they unexpectedly found a large quantity of ...
This year's 23rd installment in the Pretty Cure series, "Detective Pretty Cure!", has been generating significant buzz from its title reveal and character introductions all the way to its premiere, dr ...
