Saturday was hell. The Tokyo Game Show convention halls overflowed with 86,000 people. Not everyone was there to game. Many had something else in mind: Taking pictures of cosplayers. Tokyo Game Show’s ...

The word yokocho, or “alley” is often used in Japan to refer to a narrow side street lined with izakaya taverns and restaurants, all clustered together in a small space to create a lively atmosphere ...

Zelina taps into her nerdy side to combine two worlds that are often overlooked with the amount of crossovers there are between wrestling and other “nerdy” outlets like gaming, anime, comics, ...

TOKYO -- Ikebukuro is quickly becoming one of the hottest subculture spots in Tokyo. Stores specializing in anime and manga goods there are swamped with young fans, and regularly held cosplay events ...

If you’ve got an interest in Japanese animation and/or politics, you may recall that in the spring of 2015, Minoru Ogino was chosen as the head of the ward council for Tokyo’s Ota Ward. Not only is ...

Over the years, we've gotten a little tired of all the Halloween stories that show up around this time of the year, which is why we're bringing you less and less of this mwahaha-themed tales. However, ...