While trying out Mario Kart VR et cetera at Bandai Namco's VR Zone Shinjuku yesterday, I visited the cafe inside the virtual reality arcade. I was about to make a mistake.

Yesterday at Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference, Square Enix revealed a brand new game titled Left Alive.

The latest Final Fantasy heading to the PlayStation 4 is fan favourite Final Fantasy 9. It's out now, and mildly enhanced.

This Saturday, pre-orders for the Classic Mini Super Famicom kicked off in Japan. At stores in Tokyo and Osaka, fans showed up in droves.

The Akihabara branch of Japanese games retailer Super Potato is one of the best game stores on the planet. If you've never been, you can do the next best thing and take a tour of it with our features editor Chris Kohler.

It's not just the characters who make Dragon Ball so great. It's not just the stories that they tell. It's also the way Akira Toriyama lays out the manga. It's truly wonderful. Here's why.

If you thought Gundam was about large mecha fighting each other, you are correct. But what if it was about mecha with boring, everyday lives? Artist Ika Ninja's art depicts just that.

Shinichiro Watanabe of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo fame is directing a short Blade Runner anime. Sony Pictures Japan has uploaded a sneak peek of the short.

Back in 2011, Kotaku introduced Mei Hata. Then eight years old, she was one of the best under-14 Gundam model makers in the world. She's now 14 and is still making incredible dioramas.

It looks like Dragon's Crown is headed to the PS4 as Dragon's Crown Pro. At least, if these reports of a pre-Tokyo Game Show leak are to be believed.

Nintendo announced a few new colours for the 2DS XL today. Some were given release dates in the West, but as is becoming custom, the best ones were not.

Previously, Kotaku showed off Gundam models painted to look like anime images. Now, check out these models painted to look like box art.

It's called Coca-Cola Coffee Plus, and it has fifty per cent more caffeine and fifty per cent fewer calories.

If you take figure photos, here's an easy way to make them into action shots: throw some sand or dirt.

There's a lot of fans of Japanese culture on Kotaku. So with that in mind, it makes sense to inform you all that there are some damn cheap flights to Japan right now.

Twitter user Ryo Inoue is now the proud owner of a custom Gundam scooter. Lucky him!

For a limited time only, a Japanese roofing company has started a new cosplayer service for customers.

Japan loves trains. It also loves cats. So, put the two of them together, and you have the world's first cat cafe on a train. All aboard!

If you've seen Crayon Shin-chan, then you'll have a good idea of what to expect. No, this toy doesn't have Shin-chan drawing an elephant around his weenie like he has on the anime, but you can ascertain it still features the character's cheeky humour.