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The iDOLM@STER 765 MILLION LIVE: official Asia tour 2017

Support your favourite girls on their first ‘global tour’! THE iDOLM@STER 765 MILLION STARS are headed to Taiwan (and maybe […]

People talk about ‘weird Japan’. You know the stuff. Pachinko places, conveyor belt sushi restaurants, department stores that feel like

Every so often, a manga suddenly goes BOOM. It jumps straight into modern Japanese pop culture, so quick the ink’s hardly

Japan got the new Ghost in the Shell movie a week later than most countries did. Our side of the

Spring in Japan means sakura. And the arrival of sakura blossoms on the trees is a great excuse to get

Yo, iM@S fans. Admit it. You sometimes get tired of waving glowsticks and watching idols bounce around on stage. Sometimes.

The legendary, late Satoshi Kon created a bunch of cult Japanese anime movies: Millennium Actress Perfect Blue Paprika Tokyo Godfathers Should’ve

The phenomenon that is the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime premiered 22 years ago. We are otaku, we love this show.

Health and beauty in Japan can look… unattractive, sometimes. As anyone who’s ever freaked out in the ‘horse oil’ aisle

Ask a YoI fan what makes the show so great, and you get a bunch of different answers. Fanservice. A

In Tokyo, Akihabara is otaku central. A ‘must-see’ for anime fans visiting Japan – assuming you check out the east

Anime is sometimes… unbelievable. A character transformation is a chance for the animators to really go to town. Expect long