Unpainted, it looks cool. Screenshot: Ayato/YouTube/Kotaku YouTuber Ayato has a big project on his hands: making a DIY Kaneda bike from Akira. The Kaneda bike is one of the most iconic bikes in anime—no, make that popular culture writ large. There are numerous Kaneda bike projects on YouTube, but in my opinion, this one is …
This is not an isolated incident. Screenshot: Sega/YouTube/Kotaku A 54-year-old resident of Toyokawa, Japan, was arrested on March 16 for allegedly sending repeated death threats to Sega. According to Yomiuri, suspect Akira Watanabe is said to have sent 12 threatening emails between December 2021 and February of this year. He allegedly wrote that he would …
Would you have noticed this?Screenshot: フル☆アニメTV Until December 28, Akira is streaming on YouTube for free in Japan. With the country’s end of year holidays underway, people have more time to spend watching the movie, and perhaps, more time to notice all the little details. And little details are something Akira is not lacking. As …
Has it really been one whole year since we last compiled our annual top games lists and not the two decades it’s actually felt like? Weird. Many of the games on my 2021 list feel like they came out ages ago. Technically, two of them did, but it’s my list and I declare them fair …
Krohnen or Clone? Screenshot: SNK/YouTube SNK revealed a new KOF XV character named Krohnen. Longtime King of Fighters fans have pointed out that Krohnen doesn’t look new at all. He looks like a fighter that had vanished mysteriously years ago. This “newcomer” does resemble K9999, a character that SNK removed from the KOF rooster, allegedly …
A legal fight that needed to be fought. Screenshot: Arika Back in September 2019, threats insinuating murder were sent to Tokyo-based game developer Arika. The threats were made against the company as well as a corporate execute and sent through the Arika website’s contact form. That same day, the company contacted the police and a …