Well, it is actually Doug Bowser, but this is the most amazing coincidence that we could have dreamed of. As most folks know by now, Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s President and COO for the last 16 years, has decided to retire on April 15, 2019. The Nintendo community is sad to see him leave,…

If you are walking in Japan’s Metro Promenade at the at the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line of Shinjuku Station, then you might notice that some very powerful anime fighters have left their mark on the wall. And it is awesome! From February 18 through February 24, 2019, as part of PlayStation’s launch of the new…

This is a chart of annual income in Japan, and though the drawings may be a bit funny, the story it tells is a sad one. You don’t have to know Japanese to understand that the chart indicates that many people in Japan are not making very much money. In fact, the numbers show that…

It looks like folks in Texas are going to be eating really good on February 9, 2019, as the Second Annual Far East Fest-Asian Food Festival will be coming back to Austin. And we will be there covering all of the food and fun! The Asian Food Festival seeks to celebrate Austin’s growing Asian communities…

Toei Corporation Toei Video and Toei Animation have announced an apology for editing certain scenes from the Dragon Ball Z movies that were released on December 5, 2018, which they did without telling the people buying them. Toei stated that they had modified the videos to remove offensive conduct, so that the movies could avoid…

Fans of the “Kirby Cafe” in the Tokyo Solomachi area will be excited to hear that the second phase of the cafe will open beginning on February 27th with a new menu! The current “Kirby Cafe” will run through February 17th, and then the store will close until February 27th. Here is a short video…