The rising popularity of anime and manga has given birth to a fervent devotion to the media formats: the otaku (オタク – Japanese slang for an obsessive person, more commonly known as a geek). Covered within are different aspects of the otaku culture, from figures and toys to odd promotional items and cosplay.
On Tuesday, February 10th, 2020, Bear Walker is set to release a series of skateboards as part of a collaboration with the Pokémon Center. There’s only a quantity of 150 of each board and online purchases are limited to US addresses. View this post on Instagram TOMORROW ⚡️ The #PokemonCenter…
Good Smile Company has announced yesterday they are working on a Nendoroid of Inuyasha from Rumiko Takahashi’s popular manga Inuyasha with an image shared to their Facebook. The figure was revealed as part of the company’s attendance at Wonder Festival 2020 Winter that was held at the Makuhari Messe International…
Good Smile Company revealed upcoming designs from My Hero Academia for their figma, Nendoroid and POP UP PARADE product lines at Wonder Festival 2020 Winter in Japan. Some of the new figures include painted prototypes or artwork for selected characters. The characters announced include: Tenya Iida (Nendoroid) Dabi (Nendoroid) Eijiro…
Three new cities were added to the Miku Expo 2020 tour of North America this spring. The virtual singer Hatsune Miku is making stops in Canada and the United States for the fifth anniversary of Miku Expo which have attracted thousands of fans to concerts around the world. Los Angeles,…
Following in the footsteps of Boston Celtics’ centre Tacko Fall, Royce O’Neale of the Utah Jazz was rocking a pair of anime-themed sneakers with Dragon Ball Z‘s Goku on the court this evening. The custom orange-and-blue Nike Kobe AD sneakers designed by Andrew Lewis has two images of Goku with…
This year is the 20th anniversary of the Naruto manga by Masashi Kishimoto and there has been no shortage of famous people bearing tribute. MMA fighter Michael “Venom” Page was in Japan last week and donned an Akatsuki cloak and headband with the Village Hidden in the Leaves emblem scratched…
The Good Smile Company announced that a new Nendoroid of Naruto Uzumaki in his Six Paths Sage Mode form from Naruto Shippuden is in the works. A photo posted to their English Twitter account shows a painted model shows Naruto in this mode, with Truthseeker Orbs behind him, kunai and…
Boston Celtics centre Tacko Fall is a fan of Naruto. In last night’s NBA game against the Detroit Pistons, Fall appeared on court wearing a pair of custom Nike Zoom Rize with characters from the anime. The left shoe is decorated with Naruto’s face in Sage Mode, while the right…
Today Funko shared photos of new figures of their Pop! Animation line-up that feature characters from the Naruto Shippuden series. Four new designs include Naruto Uzumaki running (with his arms stretched out back), Gaara summoning sand from his gourd, Orochimaru wielding a sword and snakes, and Tsunade in a battle…
Virtual singing sensation Hatsune Miku is touring Canada and the United States in 2020 for the fifth anniversary of Miku Expo. Miku is a Vocaloid (a computer-generated vocalist) easily recognisable by her long turqouise twin-ponytails, who performs on stage as a 3D hologram backed by live musicians playing guitars, drums…
