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There's no shortage of Japanese fighting games, or anime based on them. Or powerful fighting girls. Who's the most attractive, ...

By now, much has been said of the legendarily infamous live-action Street Fighter: The Movie (1994). What if you were ...

By now, you might have seen the headlines about MAPPA founder and Tezuka prodigy Masao Maruyama's comments about how Chinese ...

Lovey-dovey tales about otaku and nerds aren’t unheard of nowadays. The upcoming Loving Yamada at Lv999 (Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo ...

Given how popular Dr. Stone has been, both in manga and anime form, it seems unsurprising that it's gotten a ...

For anime, you’ve got no shortage of plots about dying and reincarnation. What if you instead wind up being reborn ...

In a February 28 Gematsu roundtable, Square Enix producer Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida made comments about the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI’s much ...

When it comes to Western homages to Japanese gaming, they can be hit-or-miss affairs more often than not. However, Symphony of ...

It can be a daunting task to chronicle the story behind-the-scenes of the Gundam franchise. Then, try making that tale ...

What if you were told that long before shows like the original Transformers series (1984-87) and Saber Rider and the ...

Any self-respecting anime fan would tell you that Phantom Blood, the first arc in Hirohiko Araki's seminal JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, ...

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure needs no introduction but demands one. Created by the talented and seemingly ageless Hirohiko Araki, the long-running ...

Following the tumultuous production of Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993-94), series creator Yoshiyuki Tomino took a prolonged hiatus from the ...

New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (1995-96) successfully solidified both the Gundam franchise's staying power among new fans and the viability ...

For better or worse, social media is as ubiquitous as your favorite works. Though as J-List's own Peter Payne has ...

After the release of Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991), the next logical step in bringing new life to the then-flagging ...

Japan is no stranger to post-apocalyptic works, many of which vary wildly in how the end of the world is ...

You may have heard of myriad blunders made over the years in attempting to make CGI a mainstay in the ...

When it comes to works inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's work the last thing that would come to mind is "slice ...

The history of Western companies taking inspiration from Japanese media, if not collaborating with the original producers, has seen more ...

The recently mentioned Super Real Mahjong was a holdover from Japanese arcades' seedier days that proved to have an enduring ...

You might have heard the name Gihren's Greed from one of my earlier "Only in Japan" pieces on the Gundam ...

Here at J-List, there's something for everyone when it comes to finding the right present for the holidays. We've already ...

As ubiquitous as isekai works are nowadays, it's easy to forget how they're not a new phenomenon. One example from ...