Yes, friends, you read that headline correctly. Sixty million Yen. As of this writing, that's a shade under $586,000. What a way to celebrate Saint Seiya, right? In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of Saint Seiya's Sain...
| Josh Tolentino |
I have to say, Gundam Breaker's core conceit is pretty awesome, and just goes to show how much of a cultural institution Gundam is that its own owners don't bat an eye at acknowledging the fact that most of its hyper self-se...
| Josh Tolentino |
With Kickstarter being swamped primarily with projects by those in English-speaking countries, it's hard to find something on there that we would consider talking about on Japanator. Colour me surprised when Channel A appears...
| Chris Walden |
Promotion for the upcoming game, Macross 30: The Voice that Connects the Galaxy are in full swing. One awesome little tidbit is some footage of living god, and Macross co-creator, Shoji Kawamori showing off some sweet LEGO V...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Who's excited for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance? I sure as hell am. Ever since getting my hands dirty at Tokyo Game Show, I've been counting the days until the game's release. While the wait is at times unbearable, I fortuna...
| Elliot Gay |
While all my fellow Japanator writers are busy picking and choosing the best anime, music, and games of the year, I'll be bringing in a look at which anime inspired the most merchandise based on what I've seen in the way of f...
| Kristina Pino |
There's a slight chance that Power Rangers Megaforce's Gosei Morpher (Known as the Tensouder in Goseiger) is going to use new cards that will allow the Megaforce Rangers to access the powers of the previous Rangers. Does thi...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Yes! My theory about the early images of the Kyoryugers were right on the mark. After seeing a better image of them, they don't look as bad as I thought they did. While I am a bit sad that they are going back to spandex suits...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
The time is now, dear readers, as we come closer and closer to the time of gift-giving, and also to the end of Japanator's shopping guide season! We brought you our gift suggestions for videogames, anime and film, and printed...
| Josh Tolentino |
Oh, wow. Usually when we talk about cool papercraft things, we think of characters with the general shape of Danbo, but this. This papercraft version of Black Rock Shooter, the Hatsune Miku spinoff that apparently and pseudo-...
| Josh Tolentino |
Now that NYCC is pretty much covered, I'll be dropping in with some anime-related toy stuff that we wrote about at Tomopop! Check out these links: Gallery: Vash the Stampede Kotobukiya booth overview Namco Bandai and ShiftyL...
| Kristina Pino |
I was once out buying a humidifier for my grandmother's room, and saw one that looked a bit like a volcano. This one, shaped like NERV headquarters with Unit 01 standing on top, is way better. Sadly, dear grandma doesn't know...
| Josh Tolentino |
Every now and then, I feel like I've got to remind you folks that being an anime fan doesn't stop at enjoying the manga and animated adaptations thereof, but continues on to the realm of expensive plastic merch that you can i...
| Kristina Pino |
In commemoration of the upcoming 20th anniversary of Power Rangers, Tamashii Nations has decided to do a series of polls as way to find out which characters fans would be interested in seeing an S.H. ...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
You lovely readers are Persona fans, right? It's about time I did a quick little round-up of the kind of figures and plush available if you're into that kind of thing. Starting off, the most recent big thing (literally)...
| Kristina Pino |
During Otakon this past weekend, FUNimation announced a whole bunch of license-related things, but of course for me the highlight was that 24 additional episodes of Fairy Tail are coming state-side along with the upcoming mov...
| Kristina Pino |
Tired of LEGO getting all the fun licenses? Toy block maker, Nanoblock is set to release some new kits for the upcoming, Evangelion 3.0 movie this October. The reasonably priced sets come in a variety of your favori...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Blue Fin ceases to amaze me with the maneuvers that they are pulling off when it comes to bringing over collectible figures from Japan to North America. Following up on another unexpected attack, it turns out that they a...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Of course, I'm reasonably sure the King of Heroes doesn't call his Fate/Zero-themed set a "Fate/Zero-themed chess set. He probably just calls it "My chess set". Just like he'd call everything else "mine", as per his "I own ev...
| Josh Tolentino |
I am fully aware that he is called the Daizyujin from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, but most people recognize him as the original Megazord from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Powered by the nostalgia of many collectors that grew up...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Have your communicators ready because Time Life's special offer where you can own Power Rangers: Seasons One through Seven is up for pre-order. Besides getting to own the first seven seasons of ...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Sure, the Akibarangers may be protecting Akihabara each week from urban-renewal horrors, but what about your favorite nerd neighborhood? What about your favorite mall, secret hideout, gated community, basement, attic, or what...
| Josh Tolentino |
Indeed, it will be over, as done as if you had fallen off a mysterious pile of blocks into an infinite nightmare void full of crazy monsters representing the worst of male anxieties. So gawp, gawp, I say! Catherine and Kather...
| Josh Tolentino |
Now this is what I call convenient! Apparently, there is such thing as a crane game that you can play on a web browser. This game goes by the name of Toreba, which was created by a game developing company ...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Bandai, the creators of the infamous Tamagotchi virtual pet, recently released a new gadget called SmartPet - an accessory that allows users to transform their smartphones into little robotic pets. SmartPet is sold along...
| Michelle Rodanes |
Have you ever dreamed of owning a Tachikoma? I have. In fact I love Tachikomas so much that I would go as far as to call them as one of my favorite mechs of all time. Recently, an amazingly crafty guy, working under the usern...
| Michelle Rodanes |
Persona 4. What are you doing to my wallet? I can remember distinctly hoping for all sorts of merchandise to come out for the title when I was joyfully playing through it on the PS2. Well, they to watch out what you...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Our friends over at Tomopop posted up some jaw droppingly beautiful pictures of new figmas based on two of our favorite main ladies of Persona 4. Wonfes is always full of amazing goodness, but these two figures take the cake....
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Well, technically, it's the "figma INSANE BLACK ROCK SHOOTER" figma, but I have to say it does look pretty cool. With the spiky gauntlets, random metal bits and a disdainful expression (rather than just impassive), the figma ...
| Josh Tolentino |
Why have I never checked out the Ultra series before? Because the images shown in the trailer for their new project looks absolutely amazing. I can't believe that I was missing out on something this spectacular. If ...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Having problems with the Deviljo because of not having the proper items due to low inventory space? Well now you are in luck my fellow hunter, these new Monster Hunter messenger bags will allow you to carry more items compare...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Happy Friday, everyone! Just as Friday brings the end to the week, so does it bring the end of a week's worth of amazing recommendations from our experienced editors. Yes, friends, 'tis sad but true: This is the last installm...
| Josh Tolentino |
It's cool that Sega is just as excited as cross-promoting its franchises as Namco Bandai, perhaps moreso. Why? Because if it wasn't, we wouldn't get this awesome crossover figure between Hatsune Miku and Sega's classic Vitual...
| Josh Tolentino |
Yeah, you read that right. Balloons, those rubbery things filled with air that sometimes float around. People bend them and twist them and sometimes shape them into crude animals, but no animal as complex as Wild Tiger, the C...
| Josh Tolentino |
I think I let out a bit of a squeal when I saw this adorable Kyubey doll by Groove. I've never been a fan off dolls, but this Kyubey is off the charts cute. The dolls will hit stores in January, unfortuantely not in...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Do you remember that sweet Izanagi figure I was drooling over a while back? Some new images have popped up, helpfully they might help you decide wether old Izzy is going to show up as a late Christmas gift this year. You can ...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
It's no secret we adore Persona 4 here at Japanator. Want to guess what I love even more? Persona 4 action figures! Some images surfaced of an upcoming Bandai D-Arts figure based on Izanagi! Yes, he looks to have full articul...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
I had to read that headline a couple of times, thinking that I was about to see the theme song for Nendoroid Generations. It turns out the song "Anata n FIT" is just for Nendoroids themselves! It brings me back to the days of...
| Tyler Jones |
I love chocolate cake. I love Neon Genesis Evangelion. Put them both together and you have an insanely happy Hiroko. What's that? It comes with a figure and a Progressive Knife to cut the cake with? Be still my hear...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Combining the Japanese love of bathing and of novelty devices is an something I can get behind. Banpresto is taking a break from churning out anime goods so they can sell this sweet looking custom bath bomb maker. For those n...
| Tyler Jones |
So, unless you guys are huge jerks and enjoy missing out being kept up-to-date on awesome things, Tomopop is still the bees knees. Aside from making me want to commit crimes to afford expensive pieces of plastic, they also ha...
| Marcus Speer |
In case you've been living in a desert terrorist hovel with your animal-person hostages for the last month or so and haven't seen Cat Shit One yet, here's a good reason to buy in. Anima and iDA are entering anyone who buys a ...
| Josh Tolentino |
Ever since the very first videos about the Persona team game Catherine from Atlus, I have been trembling, frothing at the mouth, and unable to shut up about it. The demo was recently released on Japanese PS...
| Colette Bennett |
Yes, it's made from paper, and it's life-size, but it's also anatomically correct. In an "Ero Week" kind of way.Yeah, so see the video below. It's safe for work, but you can see the less-safe videos over at his channel.I think it's saying something that our intrepid tipster, upon sending this information to our tips line, asked to remain anonymous. Thanks, anonymous tipster!
| Josh Tolentino |
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then China's been sucking up to a lot of folks lately, this time in the form of a life-size knock-off of the famous 1/1-scale Gundam statue, located in Odaiba and Shizuoka.The M...
| Josh Tolentino |
Good news, everyone who wants to buy things from Glorious Nippon! The land of the rising sun has decided to scupper its previous plans to ban all personal packages weighing over one pound from being air-mailed to the United S...
| Josh Tolentino |
Yeah, you read the header right. Bukkake rulers. If you don't know what "bukkake" is, you're better off not watching the somewhat work-unsafe video below. I can't go and describe them in too much detail for being ar...
| Josh Tolentino |
Hey! Love Linkin Park? Yes? Great! This Gundam is for you, then!Seriously, it's an officially endorsed HG-grade Gundam model themed after everyone's favorite skin-crawling punk band, whose level of celebrity profile has appar...
| Josh Tolentino |
It's probably common knowledge by now that Star Wars was heavily influenced by Japanese themes and culture, from concepts like the Force, the mere presence of the Jedi, and especially the costuming of such characters. Th...
| Crystal White |
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