Need to kick some kaiju ass? Lace up with these sneakers from the newly announced Converse x Ultraman collaboration. Celebrating 50 years of Ultraman, three sneakers will be...
25 May 2016
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16 May 2016
Premiering at Cannes Film Festival in just a few days, we finally have the trailer for The Red Turtle, directed by Dutch animator and filmmaker, Michaël Dudok de Wit. This movie... |
26 April 2016
Those colors, though! Shoko Nakazawa is brining a batch of pastel Byrons to the Thailand Toy Expo. These guys feature pastel and metallic sprays on the opaque sofubi and transparent sprays on the... |
22 April 2016
Bummed out you can't get that polka dot Uamou that was cast in blue glow-in-the-dark sofubi? Now you can -... |
15 April 2016
Panda Kopanda (also known as Panda! Go, Panda!) was an early 1970s movie and anime about an abandoned girl who finds a father and baby father, and decides to join their family.... |
07 April 2016
All cats have nine lives, but Calm Cat's got three eyes! This adorable sofubi is a collaboration between Art Junkie and One up. With some of the paint masks finished, we're getting close to a... |
28 March 2016
Ah, the Mothman: the most interesting of all the cryptids. One of the toys most accurate to eye-witness accounts of West Virginia's man-bird-thing is from Dream Rocket. To celebrate Japanese... |
14 March 2016
We're nowhere near Halloween, but that hasn't stopped Ayako Takagi from creating some cute Mini Dracula Uamous. These tiny versions of the previously full-sized Dracula Uamous are each hand-... |
19 May 2016
Bad news: Cats don't love you. The furry jerks just like that you give them food. That's why sofubi cats are better than real cats. And these ones are pretty cute. Baketan have teamed up with... |
04 May 2016
The annual My Famicase exhibition is underway at the METEOR shop in Tokyo and is on display until the end of the month. Artists from around the world create new stickers for Famicom (the Japanese... |
25 April 2016
Due to licensing restrictions, Studio Uamou's tribute to tokusatsu legend Ultraman has never been available outside of Japan. However, a press release makes it sound like that may change. "We have... |
20 April 2016
The same artist worked on both series, but for me, Dragon Quest gets a "yay!" and Dragon Ball gets a "nay!" I've always wanted a comprehensive book of ... |
12 April 2016
It's like someone melted down an Extreme Green Nintendo 64 controller and cast the plastic into Konatu's molds. While she hasn't announced which store will be selling these limited edition... |
04 April 2016
Babababa by Kuril Konosuke is an adorable sofubi toy, but it usually comes in solid colors. This golden beer colorway makes things way more interesting. Titled "Toast Version",... |
22 March 2016
Taste the rainbow with this super limited collection of Fortune Uamous! Blue Bolt, Italian Green, Bright Green, Bright Orange, Bright Yellow and Candy Apple Red Fortune Uamou are now up in... |
14 March 2016
Koraters (AKA Shoko Nakakawa) has been cranking out sofubi versions of his super cute kaiju, Byron. This newly revealed colorway is an eyecatcher, featuring neon orange sofubi and a dog-like white... |
17 May 2016
Did you know that arcade cabinets in Japan are totally different from those in the West? Over here, they're big ugly wooden contraptions with joysticks and buttons meant for controlling... |
26 April 2016
Three-toed sloths are nearly extinct thanks to habitat destruction, but Amuse is keeping the dream alive with these plushies. Standing 4.5 inches tall, these fluffy guys come in four colorways,... |
22 April 2016
Who doesn't like Junko Mizuno? Her super saturated color pallet, kawaii style, and dark and mildly erotic imagery are the epitome of pop surrealism. You can get a peek behind the scenes of the... |
18 April 2016
When you ask a Japanophile to think of a few artists off the top of his head, you might hear the names of Katsushio Otomo, Masamune Shirow, and Akira Toriyama, but you'll definitely... |
11 April 2016
Let me take you to school for a second. Before the mouse, there was the rabbit. Most people think of Mickey's appearance in Steamboat Willie as Walt Disney's first foray into... |
29 March 2016
It's been 23 years since A Bathing Ape launched their brand. Feeling old yet? To celebrate / console your aging heart, Medicom have teamed up with the Japanese clothing and lifestyle company to... |
15 March 2016
A new Japanese brand Kenelephant will soon be launching their pop-up shop called Engimono Department Store. Their backstory is that Engimono is a fictional store that promotes good luck and... |
07 March 2016
If you've been holding off for an awesome colorway of T9G's and Shoko Nakazawa's Rangeron and Byron toys, you might want to set your clocks to Hong Kong time.... |