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In Real Life

Fashion Model In Trouble After Claiming Samurai Heritage

You ever see Kagemusha? It’s that terrific 1980 samurai flick Akira Kurosawa made. The movie centres around Shingen Takeda, an iconic feudal lord in Japanese history, and according to fashion model Anri Takeda, a relative.

6 August 2012

In Real Life

This Olympic Medal Winner Has A Dream. She Wants To Voice Video Games.

Twenty-one year-old Satomi Suzuki won two medals at the London Olympics: a silver for the 200m breaststroke and a bronze for the 100m breaststroke. Winning two medals is the stuff of dreams. But Suzuki, has another dream entirely. She wants to voice video game and anime characters.

5 July 2012

In Real Life

Sometimes, Video Game Outfits Just Look Goofy

Popular Capcom video game Sengoku Basara is being turned into a Japanese TV drama called Sengoku Basara Moonlight Party. The show stars Gackt and hunky dudes like Kento Hayashi, Hide Tokuyama and Kouhei Takeda — all wearing silly costumes.

4 July 2012

PlayStation

Hands-On With Sengoku BASARA HD

Back in 2005, to combat the success of Koei’s Dynasty Warriors series, Capcom released Sengoku BASARA on the PlayStation 2. Where Dynasty Warriors had always been focused on Chinese history, BASARA set out to do the same thing but with Japanese history.

26 April 2012

Mobile

Capcom Making Two New Sengoku Basara Games. Both Are… Eh…

Hey, you like Sengoku Basara? You know, those samurai games Capcom makes that are wildly popular in Japan and aren’t exactly historically accurate? Well, good news. And bad news.

22 July 2011

News

One Of Capcom’s Biggest Games Gets… Glasses

Japan loves glasses. Japan also loves Sengoku Basara. Enter officially licensed Sengoku Basara prescription specs.

20 July 2011

In Real Life

It’s Like Silent Hill You Can Actually Experience

It’s summer. In Japan, that means beaches and snow cones. It also means having the shit scared out of you.

13 January 2011

In Real Life

Masked Avengers Doing Good In Japan

A 40-year-old manga starring a mask-wearing wrestler is inspiring Japan to do good. Only, they are dishing out presents instead of punches. Rwar.

30 November 2010

In Real Life

Bloody Bar Punch-Up Isn’t Kabuki Theatre

One does not become a kabuki actor, it’s a male-only birthright. There are kabuki dynasties, and only the oldest son can star in kabuki theatre. One of Japan’s most popular Kabuki actors just got his face smashed in. It might cost him his career.

27 September 2010

News

Capcom’s Samurai Franchise Headed To Big Screen

Sengoku Basara is a huge smash in Japan. It has spawned a stage play, a televised anime, a manga and even a licensed theme park attraction. That’s not all.

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