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Paris Hilton isn’t exactly plastered all over the media landscape like she was back in her heyday, but she still has a pretty big presence online. One of the recent images she shared with her 17.1 million Twitter followers had her paying tribute to the …Read more »
Chinese company Mihoyo has an open-world PS4 game in the works called Genshin Impact, but you’d be excused for mixing it up with a certain flagship Nintendo title. The first gameplay footage made its debut at the recent China Joy gaming expo, and some attendees had …Read more »
It seems like just yesterday we were posting about the time MariCar was defeated in court by Nintendo. Now the Japanese Go Kart tour service—which rents Mario Kart-themed cosplay to customers and lets them whizz around the streets of Tokyo in annoying little karts that cause no …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Anime Midwest Anime Midwest 2019 is right around the corner, with this year’s festivities set to run from July 5 to July 7 at the Hyatt Regency O’hare in Chicago. With a wide variety of guests from Japan and the world of voice acting on …Read more »
Some of the most impressive cosplay out there comes about when the cosplayer in question goes completely against their typical style. Kyoko Kano—one half of Japan’s famously luxurious and, yes, buxom—Kano Sisters recently did exactly that with a spot-on costume from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind. …Read more »
Last weekend, cosplayers from around the world made their way to Malaysia-based event Cosplay Festival 4, but it didn’t end well for everyone involved. The Malaysian Immigration Bureau dropped in and raided the Sunway Putra Hotel in Kuala Lampur on March 23 and made around …Read more »
Almost 24 years after its first appearance on Japanese TV, it’s amazing to see just how relevant Neon Genesis Evangelion is to anime and the culture that surrounds it today. The series is about to make a comeback—with the original set to debut on Netflix …Read more »
The following story is either a case of haunted cosplay gear or an alleged criminal trying to pass the blame onto Rei Ayanami’s plugsuit. We’re leaning toward the latter in the case of a 37-year-old man who was recently arrested in Fukuoka. The man allegedly …Read more »
How does one gauge any particular level of fandom? Does it come down to how much you engage with a particular piece of media, or is it all about collecting, cosplaying, and generally showing your love with the purchase of physical goods? If Twitter user …Read more »
If you’ve been hankering to cosplay the Neutrophil, aka White Blood Cell, from Cells at Work!, Japan has the jacket for you. Cosplay apparel company Cospa will release the the jacket, modeled after the one worn by the Neutrophil, in S, M, L and XL …Read more »
One of our favorite Mob Psycho 100 characters is Reigen, the used car salesman of the exorcism world. ONE, the creator of Mob Psycho, has been writing a spinoff manga that focuses on Reigen, and it’s just been reported that manga will be collected into …Read more »
Two hundred thousand. That’s roughly how many people crowded into the Tokyo Big Sight each day for three days late last year for the largest fan convention in the world, Comic Market, a.k.a. Comiket. It’s a number that’s hard to really visualize. By comparison, the …Read more »
You don’t always have to break the bank to get in on some cosplay fun. In fact, with around 25 bucks you could be on your way to dressing up as a truly iconic anime character. As pointed out on Twitter, this can be done …Read more »
The April 2019 issue of Otaku USA is officially here, and we have some real treats in store for our readers. Chief among them is the cover story, which features the controversial, much-watched Goblin Slayer anime! That’s just the tip of the spear in another …Read more »
An arson case that took place during this weekend’s Anime Los Angeles convention ended up spreading from a single car to seven, leading to scorched vehicles in the Azure Hotel and Suites parking lot. Video surveillance supposedly showed a man dumping two cans of gasoline …Read more »
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