Small Gifts with a Nerd Factor

A reporter ducks into a phone booth, steps back out in blue tights and a red cape and takes off into the sky: since 1938 that has been one of the m...

When Final Fantasy IX arrived, it felt like a small rebellion: away from motorbikes and skyscrapers, back to clanking suits of armour, a black mage...

The lid of a laptop is the coat of arms of our age: whatever is stuck on it says more about the owner than any profile picture ever could. Spot a s...

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...

Choosing Charmander in Pokémon means picking heart and flame at once. The little Fire-type lizard Pokémon always carries its blazing fire on the ti...

The world of Kaiju No. 8 is plagued by monstrous creatures, and stopping them takes nerves of steel. Mina Ashiro has those in spades: as Captain of...

In Kaiju No. 8, the Defense Force stands between humanity and towering monsters, and hardly anyone goes about it as coolly as Soshiro Hoshina. As V...

In the world of Kaiju No. 8, everyday life is anything but relaxed: giant monsters, the Kaiju, are overrunning Japan, and only the Defense Force st...

In the Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbor Totoro, a round, furry forest spirit lives in the woods and has taken children's hearts by storm. Alongsid...