Y’all know Doraemon, right? The blue robot cat from the future beloved by generations of Japanese kids? Softbank, one of Japan’s leading cell phone carriers, has recruited Doraemon as part of its 5G rollout—and they’ve thought pretty far outside the box in terms of casting. …Read more »
Who could have predicted in 1998 that there would be a social media service called Twitter, that the country of Canada would have an official account, and that 18 years since a little game called Pokemon was released there, that account would be asking, “which …Read more »
This bit of news comes not from Japan but Turkey, where the controversial mayor of that country’s capital, Melih Gökçek, has erected a giant robot statue that looks an awful lot like a Zaku from Mobile Suit Gundam . Huh. The statue, which was unveiled …Read more »
Matt Schley
