Proof that Mario and Luigi live painful lives. Released in 1985 Super Mario Bros. is one of the most influential and important games in the history of video games. As such it should come as no surprise that even more than 35 years after its release the game continues to inspire people to create all sorts of content based on …

This is easily the wettest Kamehameha you’ll ever see. The Dragon Ball franchise has no shortage of iconic techniques that have managed to burn themselves into the hearts and minds of fans around the world. There’s the Genki-dama (Spirit Bomb), Vegeta’s Final Flash, Piccolo’s Makankōsappō (Special Beam Cannon), Captain Ginyu’s Body Change, the Solar Flare (Taiyōken), the Kaioken, and so …

Who knew so many anime characters were so good at playing the piano? In the more than two decades since Neon Genesis Evangelion hit the airwaves, its iconic opening theme “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis” (Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze), has been covered countless times. In fact, there’s so many of these covers that at least a couple of them have …

Further proof of how passionate cosplayers can be. Just like in the U.S. and other financially prosperous countries, there are people in Japan who get married just for the sake of getting a visa. Often these individuals do so because they think staying in Japan will result in a better future for them and their families. However, it has come …

Here’s some advice. Don’t do this to your cat, or it will hate you for life. A company in Japan has created what may be one of the most redundant ways to make your cat cuter: cat ear hoods for cats. Created by Necos, a company specializing in costume apparel for cats, this line of feline headwear is guaranteed to …

It’s like the car is driving itself! Getting stuck in a taxi with an overly chatty driver when all you want to do is relax for a few minutes can be a pretty painful experience. However, the Yokohama-based taxi company Sanwa Kotsu has come up with a new and very unique way to put an end to this pesky problem. …

Erina Kamiya sure loves pleasing her fans. Last October, the gravure idol and member of the pop idol group Kamen Joshi, Erina Kamiya started a YouTube channel and almost immediately she was met with the kind of success most YouTubers dream of. Her success wasn’t simply due to her status as a public figure either. Although yes, that certainly helped, …

You know spring is almost here when you see a man in an animal costume being chased down by zookeepers. Last week st Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo one of the facility’s employees dressed in what was supposed to be a Malayan sun bear costume got chased down by emergency responders as part of one of the most amusing earthquake drills in …

A rel life ape escape. On Tuesday, a Japanese zoo conducted an interesting earthquake drill, which involved police and firefighters chasing after a man in a chimpanzee costume. This unique training exercise was held at the Tama Zoological Park in the city of Hino in Tokyo and was meant to simulate a situation in which a chimpanzee had escaped from …