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Cowboy Bebop anime creator was disappointed with the Netflix version from the...
“It was clearly not Cowboy Bebop.” There have been a lot of anime-to-live-action projects in recent years, but none of them had the same level of anticipation as Cowboy Bebop. Rumors of a Hollywood...
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Fun with Kaki No Tane rice cracker ice cream sandwiches【Taste test】
Just when you thought ice cream couldn’t get any better. Kaki no Tane is a long-running and beloved Japanese snack. It name literally means “persimmon seeds” but they are actually salty rice crackers...
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Japanese celebs go on “patrol” to help revolving sushi chain Sushiro
I’m doing my part! At the end of January, the world of conveyor belt sushi was shaken when a teenager licked a bottle of soy sauce, drinking cups, and possibly other items also used by other...
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Love in all its shapes and sizes make up MangaPlaza’s biggest hits of 2022
It makes the manga world go round too. About a year ago, the online manga service MangaPlaza opened its virtual doors and large collection of mainstream titles along with a wide range of Boys’ Love...
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We find, and try, the next step in pillow technology on Amazon Japan
Steps can go in either direction, you know. With the worsening hay fever season and wildly fluctuating temperatures in much of Japan these days, our reporter Masanuki Sunakoma has been having trouble...
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Our Japanese reporter tries a top-rated face mask on Amazon in the U.S.
Face/Off against pollen and aerosols. Out reporter Masanuki Sunakoma has made a career out of finding and testing the lowest-rated products on Amazon Japan. But to show that he’s not a complete...
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Online marketplace ZenPlus’ new big seller with overseas otaku: Untranslated...
ZenPlus says interest in Japanese-language manga from fans outside Japan is skyrocketing, but why? ZenPlus is an online marketplace that sells Japanese products and ships them around the globe. To...
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Fans in Japan don’t sound happy with Netflix’s One Piece live-action changes...
Photo of the Straw Hat Pirates’ ship has some fans wanting to burn it ASAP. One Piece definitely doesn’t seem like the easiest anime/manga to adapt into live-action. It’s an epic seafaring story...
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Ramen oil gathering game Ramen Oil Pecking Simulator coming to Steam soon!
Gotta gather it all! It’s an all-too-common scene, you sitting at a ramen restaurant and have just devoured a bowl. However, it was so delicious that you ate it too quickly and now have time as well...
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Trying out Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated fireworks with 60 consecutive shots
Sparks fly with this much-maligned piece of pyrotechnics. Summer is fast approaching in Japan which means it’s time to break out the fireworks and light up the sweltering night sky. Our writer...
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Shedding some light on the crazy bright flashlights advertised on Twitter
These lights promise to kill darkness with extreme prejudice. The advertising on Twitter tends to be suited to people’s interests or browsing habits to some degree, but at least in Japan recently many...
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One Piece Day 2023 coming to Tokyo Big Sight and online with English...
The perfect pirate party. Even though the manga and anime One Piece has been going for a very, very long time, it appears to be going stronger than ever with all kinds of major events from Times...
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Will Twitter’s rebranding result in poaching ‘X Japan’ name? Legendary...
Social media app’s renaming might hit a snag in Japan. Like most of the rest of the world, Japan was equal parts surprised and baffled at the recent Twitter rebranding. Changing the name of the social...
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How do fans in Japan feel about the new One Piece Netflix live-action trailer?
The live-action adaptation of the beloved anime/manga is almost here, but will it be smooth sailing into the hearts of fans in the series’ home country? It’s been more than six years since One Piece...
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Netlflix stop-motion Pokémon series has new preview video, theme song from...
Psyduck co-stars in series about finding inner peace and daily joy. Back in February, the Pokémon Company announced that a brand-new stop-motion animation Pokémon series was coming to Netflix. There...
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Happy New Year from SoraNews24!
Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu! After a hectic year of eating on the cheap, travelling on the cheap, and using what we saved to splurge on Frappuccinos, it’s time to finally unwind and look forward to...
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Booger in pizza and cream in mouth kick off another year of gross “part-time...
It’s that time of year again. It is said that for everything there is a season, and apparently that also holds true for putting a booger into pizza dough. That’s what happened on 12 February when a...
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Three men arrested after accidentally livestreaming own crime for 90 minutes
Victim relieved to prove this ridiculous crime actually happened. We live in an age flooded with viral content and so many people vying for a bit of Internet fame that they try to concoct increasingly...
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We try out the “head in a jar” prank, seen in a viral video, at the office
Office jokes come to a head. After spending time on any social media platform that has video, you’re likely to come across a viral one showing a prank in which one guy makes a fake head in a jar to...
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The disembodied arm on the shoulder prank in the office shows you can be too...
Overly smooth prank nearly costs us an arm and a leg. Our writer Masanuki Sunakoma has been trying out various viral pranks and experiments he came across on social media. This time it was the...
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