80-year-old voice actress Masako Nozawa is most known for her work on the Dragon Ball anime as Goku, Gohan, and a slew of related voices. Her work on the series extends to its many video games, and it turns out that alone was worthy of …Read more »
Okay, so Super Mario Run didn’t sell quite as well as expected, but Nintendo’s first foray into smartphone gaming did net them several million dollars. The company is continuing its mobile rollout with Fire Emblem Heroes , a new mobile game based on the long-running …Read more »
The universes of Accel World and Sword Art Online will collide in Japan on March 16, when the appropriately-titled Accel World VS Sword Art Online game hits PlayStation 4 and PS Vita. In addition to bringing the characters from two of light novel author Reki …Read more »
It might actually take longer to read this article than it does to finish Final Fantasy VII . A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but “ Final Fantasy 7: An oral history ” is a beast. Written by Polygon’s Matt Leone, the tome is an …Read more »
Last night Nintendo took to the stage to reveal long-awaited details about its new console, Nintendo Switch. There's a lot to dig through in the presentation, but the meat of it is that the system will launch on March 3, and will run you $299.99. …Read more »
Bandai Namco Entertainment will be expanding Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 when the Road to Boruto DLC launches in the west on February 3. The expansion will be available both as a standalone retail release ($49.99) and a downloadable update ($19.99), and you can …Read more »
2017 will be a year to “repay the favor” to supporters of Final Fantasy XV , announced the game’s director, Hajime Tabata, via the official Final Fantasy XV blog January 1. Director Tabata’s full statement, translated below: Happy New Year. In 2016, we were finally …Read more »
Sponsored Spotlight: was published this summer by Japanime Games. In the game, you play as one of your favorite characters from the Naruto Shippuden series and attempt to stop the Akatsuki from hunting Jinchuriki: humans who are host to tailed beasts. If successful, the Akatsuki …Read more »
How much money do hardcore fans of Japanese idol music like AKB48 and Momoiro Clover Z pour into their hobby per year? A market research firm called Yano Research attempted to find out, but the results have left some idol otaku scratching their heads. Yano’s …Read more »
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 players can look forward to the upcoming Road to Boruto expansion when it launches worldwide on February 3, 2017, with a new story based on the Boruto movie and more. Bandai Namco recently shared a new Japanese trailer, so …Read more »
Do you like Final Fantasy ? How about cup noodles? Have you ever wished they could somehow combine? If your answer was “yes,” “yes,” and “I’ve never really thought about it, to be honest,” well, you are a normal human being! But you are not …Read more »
Pop culture magazine Nikkei Entertainment, published by Japanese media conglomerate Nikkei, has released its list of the best entertainment of 2016. The list is made to resemble rankings of sumo wrestlers, and like the sumo world, has separate “east” and “west” divisions (in sumo, east …Read more »
Y’all enjoying Final Fantasy XV ? You know who isn’t? Fairy Tail creator Hiro Mashima. You know why? Because he beat it already, suckers. On November 28, at 8 p.m., Mashima tweeted: "FF15 comes out in four hours! I’m going to take tomorrow off. Being …Read more »
Are you a fan of Zestiria (and, specifically, Tales of it)? Have you been itching for more of those Tales since September, when the first season of the anime wrapped up? Have no fear, for Zestiria is here. Or will be, at least, come this …Read more »
Back in July, we reported Legendary Pictures had struck a deal to create a live-action Pokemon film. Now we’ve got some more details, including the film’s director and title, which, believe it or not, involves everyone’s favorite electric-type Pokemon and his sleuthing skills. According to …Read more »
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