Sony Pictures is investing $100M in Cosm, the Sphere-like immersive dome where Dodgers fans watched the World Series as if standing on the field. Here's the deal, the tech, and why Japanese baseball fans already know the place.
Konami has sued in California over the leaked Metal Gear Solid 2 source code that surfaced on 4chan. The real target: the anonymous leaker. We break down what leaked (9/11-era cut scenes, a phantom Wii port), why Konami is suing, and how it stacks up against past game-industry leak responses.
A free Pokemon footbath opened in May to help quake-hit Noto recover. Less than two months later, three of its seven statues (Vaporeon, Psyduck and Gyarados) are damaged, and one has prompted a police report. A look at what happened and how Japan is reacting.
Ado has signed with WME, the agency behind Billie Eilish and Bruno Mars. From her 500,000-fan Hibana world tour to headlining Zipangu in LA and Lollapalooza in August, here's how Japan's faceless superstar is going global.
A new Higurashi: When They Cry TV anime was announced on the franchise's 20th anniversary. The full original cast returns, with Studio DEEN back after 20 years. We unpack the split Japanese reaction-joy and unease alike-plus where to stream overseas.
MAPPA's June 19 anniversary stream is over. A Chainsaw Man mobile game, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4, an October date for Ranma 1/2, and two new Netflix anime. We check last week's betting card to see how the predictions held up.
The most-used referee whistle at the World Cup comes from Molten in Hiroshima. The story of how the Valkeen was built to cut through 100,000 fans and vuvuzelas, and the surprising company behind it.
Sunrise (Gundam) and Shaft (Madoka Magica) are co-producing their first-ever anime together. With only a cryptic color script and a five-day countdown to a June 23 reveal, Japanese fans spent five days trading theories. The answer: an adaptation of Kasumi Yasuda's manga Fool Night.
A Tohoku University team grew rice to the heading stage in soil mimicking the Moon's surface, using fertilizer made from nothing but air and electricity via plasma. The unlikely inspiration? Gundam's beam saber. As NASA pushes toward a lunar base, it could become foundational tech for growing food in space.
BBS supplied wheels to every F1 car for four seasons, all forged in Takaoka, Japan. Inside the Meister system and a different answer to the craftsman-versus-robot question.
Kagurabachi, the meme-born manga that became a global hit, is going on its longest break yet, pausing from the June 29 issue until around August. Creator Takeru Hokazono's health is the reason, the third disruption this year. He wanted to keep drawing, but editors decided otherwise, and overseas fans are channeling their reaction into a wider argument about Weekly Shonen Jump's punishing schedule.