Do you remember the golden age of Japanese RPGs? I do. But what happened to it? Where did it go? And why is America starting to get JRPGs later than other English speaking countries if at all? It doesn’t make any sense! Fortunately though, it looks like us Wii gamers will be getting some new [...]
Japanese inventions are known all over the world for their ingenuity, inventiveness, and downright insanity. Just look at Dr. Nakamats (if you’re into the awesome insanity part). Chindogu inventions, however, personify most of the strange aspects of Japanese inventiveness and less so their aspects of practicality. For those of you familiar with Rube Goldbergism, Chindogu [...]
I was doing research for another post a while back, and found something a bit…unusual. It was an old Japanese scroll about farting. No, you didn’t misread that last sentence. The whole scroll, which is called He-Gassen (“The Fart Battle”) is just about people farting. Farting at other people, farting at cats, farting off of [...]
Mmmm. Delicious bukkake. I’ve loved bukkake for as long as I can remember. What do I like the most about it? Probably the taste of it… and the feeling as it goes down my throat and into my stomach. Maybe on this fine Valentine’s day you and your loved one can share a bowl of [...]
Sakanaction (サカナクション) is a Japanese rock band hailing from Sapporo, Japan. Formed in 2005, their music is a mix of alt rock, electro pop, and sometimes – a little bit of everything. I actually just discovered these guys recently, and instantly fell in love. Their music is pretty unique and some of their music videos [...]
Syobon Action しょぼんのアクション (also known as Cat Mario, dongs.exe, and Neko Mario) is a free Japanese flash game notorious for its punishing and unfair gameplay. While it may resemble the NES game we all know and love, classic Mario this is not. Who would make such an awful awful thing!? Syobon Action hates you. You’ll [...]
The chilly, winter weather is finally hitting across many parts of the United States. For many, this is an invitation to dust off the winter sports equipment and go do some snowboarding, sledding, or even curling. These sports are entertaining and all (even curling!), but maybe I could try and sell you a new winter sport [...]
For the previous anime season (Fall 2011) I put out a post entitled Fall 2011 Anime Season Roundup. Since that went over so well with you guys we’ve decided to make it a regular thing. There are a lot of new shows this season and I’ve checked out the majority of them so you guys [...]
A while back I wrote a post detailing the Top 10 Strange Japanese Films You Need to Watch and one movie that came up in the comments a lot was Big Man Japan. Unfortunately at the time of writing that post I had not seen the film even though I was very interested in it [...]
I am a man of simpler tastes. For me, the top posts I’ve chosen weren’t necessarily filled with informative content or of culturally importance. Nope. No siree! The one’s I’ve chosen were the ones that made me laugh, the ones we had fun making, or the ones that set important milestones in Tofugu’s history. My [...]
