The rising popularity of anime and manga has given birth to a fervent devotion to these 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.
Late last year, Primitive Skateboarding released a collaboration with Naruto Shippuden as part of the series 20th anniversary. A promotional email went out Monday evening giving a sneak peak into this third drop which goes live on October 14th, 2020…
We know that Hello Kitty is a human, but we didn’t know is that she’s a ninja, too! A new partnership between Sanrio’s cute cat and her friends and the shinobi of Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto brings all sorts of clothing…
Uniqlo’s newest manga collaboration with its UT line features Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Eight new designs hits the Japanese fast fashion retailer online and in Canadian stores on Friday, September 25th, 2020. The announcement was shared to…
Japanese fashion brand SuperGroupies has announced a line-up of boots based on characters from the popular video game from Square Enix and Disney Kingdom Hearts III. Rather than go for the exaggerated styles used in the game, SuperGroupies has selected…
On the Lego web site, fans of the interlocking brick toy can submit ideas of building kits for consideration and to show off their design skills. Ichiraku Ramen, a small noodle shop in the Naruto world, is a miniaturized concept…
The aggressive, boar-raised demon hunter Inosuke Hashibira from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was recently announced as part of Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid line-up. Inosuke now joins Tanjiro Kamado, his sister Nezuko and fellow hunter Zenitsu Agatsuma from the popular…
Back in May 2019, San-ei Co. LTD., shared a photo on social media of five plush characters from Intelligent Systems’ Fire Emblem franchise: Marth, Roy, Ike, Lucina, and Corrin (female), which would become available for purchase in late July 2019.…
Primitive Skateboarding is working on a new collaboration within the Dragon Ball universe, this time with Dragon Ball Super. An image shared to Primitive Skateboarding’s Instagram account showed an image of a planet with the phrase “Coming soon” and the…
To celebrate the upcoming anime film Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, Uniqlo releasing eight new t-shirts with designs from the fourth and final film in the Evangelion movie series. Uniqlo is no stranger when it comes to collaborating with…
Uniqlo has revealed new designs for their UT t-shirt line-up with artwork from Kingdom, Tokyo Ghoul and Golden Kamuy as a collaboration for Weekly Young Jump’s 40th anniversary. A video announcing this new collection was shared to Uniqlo Canada’s Facebook…
