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Life-Size Gundam Challenges Visitors To A Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournament

If you’re in Japan on May 5, you can embrace your inner Zeon and (hopefully) defeat a Gundam in a children’s game

Evangelion Creator Can Finally Take A Damn Vacation

Since Neon Genesis Evangelion became a hit Hideaki Anno's worked on Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman, Shin Kamen Rider

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This Japanese Candy Commercial Is Better Than Any Super Bowl Ad

If the ‘Long Long Man’ candy commercial jingle doesn’t make you feel anything, you’ve already passed on

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Japan

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Is Getting Its Own Sake

This is one of the best Japanese booze collabs to date

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14,000 Chinese Game Companies Have Gone Out Of Business Due To Regulation Freeze

Regulators in China have not released a list of approved new titles since July 2021

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Fortnite Is Shutting Down Its Service In China [Update]

Launching in 2018, Fortnite China was a modified version of the popular multiplayer game

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New Mobile Game Trailer Seems Similar To Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers

Sequences and camera shots in Doula Continent: Soul Master Duel's trailer look familiar

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China's New Gaming Restrictions Have Already Been Circumvented

E-commerce sites started renting out gaming accounts to avoid restrictions

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Shinji Mizushima, One Of Japan's Most Prolific Manga Artists, Dies At 82

Mizushima was best known for his popular baseball manga

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The My Hero Academia Manga Could Finish In A Year

Yet another popular Japanese manga is coming to an end

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Please Tell Me! Galko-chan Manga Creator Arrested Over Child Pornography

Kenya Suzuki admitted to not being able to control himself in an affidavit

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Squid Game Creator In Talks With Netflix For Season 3

Up until now, Hwang Dong-hyuk had only mentioned a second season of the popular show

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K-pop Fans Want The Korean Music Industry To Fight Climate Change

'There will be no K-pop on a dead planet,' said one activist

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Squid Game's Creator Gives A Few More Details About Season 2

Series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk makes a promise for the Netflix show's second season

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