convention

We joined the 10,000 otaku who recently congregated in Madrid for Japan Weekend

Our visiting Japanese reporter shares her thoughts on the Spanish capital’s tribute to Japanese culture in its various forms.

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784 San Diego Comi-Con attendees perform the world’s largest synchronized Kamehameha【Video】

Watch these Gokus dish out the biggest energy attack in history, entering the Guinness World Records in the process.

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Station and Lawson convenience store near Tokyo Big Sight gear up for a blazing Summer Comiket

With hundreds of banners and posters already set up, everyone’s pitching in to help with the biggest anime convention in the world.

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It’s 2015, and the DeLorean has already been spotted in Tokyo!

It’s the year 2015, and you all know what that means: self-tying shoes, flying cars, hoverboards… and a visit from Marty, Doc, and Jennifer! While they weren’t supposed to arrive until October, sightings of the DeLorean in Akihabara lead us to believe that Marty McFly and the gang have changed their travel plans to make their appearance a couple of months early!

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Anime con aboard aircraft carrier attracts moe warships of all kinds, from the cute to the manly

This month Kantai Con, ‘the anime convention on an aircraft carrier’, was held aboard the USS Yorktown in South Carolina, and attracted some fabulous cosplayers dressed up as the hottest warships in town.

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