Japan & Korea Fan Articles

Nami doesn't just chart the world's oceans – she masters them. As the navigator of the Straw Hat crew, she wields her climate staff with a precisio...

Collect seven spheres, summon a dragon, make a wish. That's the plan in Dragon Ball Z – the legendary manga and anime series where hero Son Goku an...

The Pokémon Pokéball Toaster is the kind of kitchen gadget that makes even morning grouches look like they've just stepped out of the Pokécenter. I...

"Believe in yourself" – the life motto of Naruto Uzumaki, the loudest, most stubborn ninja from Konoha-Gakure. Anyone who knows the manga and anime...

A thousand years of adventure, and in the end stands an elf with silver twin tails and a staff that doesn't just hint at magic – it practically glo...

A god of death doesn't carry keys – but you do. Ryuk, the immortal Shinigami from Death Note, who threw the fateful notebook to Light Yagami and ha...

Four elements, one world, one Avatar. In the animated series Avatar – The Last Airbender, the young Aang bears the burden of reconciling the Fire, ...

Monkey D. Luffy had a simple dream: to become the King of the Pirates. His first ship on this journey was the Going Merry – a small caravel ship wi...

Anyone who has ever strolled through a narrow Japanese alley knows this special atmosphere: red paper lanterns overhead, small izakaya eateries sid...