GIVEAWAY: Win a creepy zombie Osomatsu-san Santa for Halloween/Christmas!
We’ve got 2 zombie Santa Osomatsu plushies to give away! These Osomatsu-san toys were only available as SEGA arcade prizes
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Sugoi kawaii, kuso yabai: cool stuff to buy from Japan online
Japan can be weird. We should know, we live here. And we think that’s because this country’s got cool stuff
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No brand girls: Love Live! (& Sunshine!!) merch for every μ’s & Aqours member
Love Live! and Love Live! Sunshine!! are way more than just hit idol anime shows. They’re the most popular search
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Turning Yokohama yellow: Pikachu Outbreak in Japan, summer 2017
The summer ‘Pikachu Outbreak’ event’s been ‘a thing’ for a couple years now. ‘A thing’ as in the biggest, craziest
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Funk up your Japanese figure collection: join the Daruma Club
We’ve already explained a bunch of different types of figures. There’s one we didn’t cover yet: Daruma Club. What does
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Dressed to kill, kinda: anime & game battle outfits real people could never fight in
The great thing about manga, anime and video games is that they don’t always have to be realistic. Sometimes they
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Digimon lives on: digitalmonster ver.20th in 3 new colours
(Pre-orders for these items have ended.) August 1st is a real important day for Digimon fans. It’s the day when
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Trending: does buying the merch make you a ‘better’ fan?
Alright, so we’ve seen some arguments about this pop back up on Twitter recently. Disclaimer: you can buy merch for
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Osomatsu-san: proof that anime fans will buy literally anything
The runaway popularity of Osomatsu-san is obvious here in Japan. Those Matsuno brothers give everyone something (and somebody) to love. Each
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Fandom DIY: how to make and use an ita bag
Signal your fan status loud and proud with a customised ita bag! You’ve gotta know about the legendary ‘itasha’ cars
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