The Start of AI-Generated Doujinshi?
AI-generated hentai being sold on DLSite?
On October 6, 2022, a certain Japanese tweet became viral and has accumulated over 28,000 likes (and counting).
https://twitter.com/sarasiru/status/1577966988206301184
In this...
Starbucks Japan Slapping Dicks and Laying Eggs
TW: Trypophobia
The new Starbucks menu is causing a stir in Japan. Even with an enticing name like “Blueberry and Cocoa Cream Pie”, its peculiar...
Manga-Panel Cafe!?
Immerse yourself in the manga world in Kanazawa
Have you ever wanted to immerse yourself in a world of black-and-white manga?
Your wish can come true...
Gaming Penis!?
Japanese Bluesky users are having a field day, putting chaotic prompts into AI image generators.
On October 24, 2022, a new Bluesky trend broke out...
MasterCard banned on FANZA (DMM)
No More MasterCard
【Sept 4th, 2022 Update Added】
On July 20, DMM abruptly announced that they are ending their contract with MasterCard in Japan. Users can...
What Makes Comiket Great?
Celebrating Comiket 100
The summer Comic Market (aka Comiket) is happening this weekend on August 13 and 14th at Tokyo Big Sight. This is just...
GANTZ Creator Oku Hiroya buys a model gun. Cops show up.
Oku Hiroya, the manga artist who is known for his iconic manga series such as GANTZ and Inuyashiki, tweeted on September 2, that the...
Drawing manga using Midjourney!?
What is Midjourney?
Midjourney is an artificial intelligence program that creates images based on the text prompt you give to it. It's similar to OpenAI’s...
Voice Actor Pay in the US and in Japan
Crunchyroll has been in hot water over voice actor pay, but how does the US Voice Acting (VA) industry compare to the Japanese VA...
Pixiv Anti-Piracy Tactics: Japanese Artists Adding Tiananmen Square Into Their Images and Profiles to...
When Japanese artists who use Pixiv found out that their art galleries were extracted and stolen on a website called vpixiv, certain anti-piracy tactics...