The 7 cruellest, meanest reality TV shows you won't believe got made

Edit Digital Spy 03 Mar 2016
Reality TV often gets a bad rap… and sometimes, that is totally deserved ... 7 ... 6 ... Yes, even without zero gravity. When they discovered the truth, one sighed ... 4 ... Ugh, right?) 3 ... Gross. 2 ... Japanese show Susunu! Denpa Shōnen popped a comedian called Tomoaki Hamatsu (nicknamed Nasubi for his aubergine-shaped face) into a bare room and forced him to strip nude - his bits, obviously, were covered by an on-screen graphic in the shape of an aubergine....

How 20-Year Old Game Boy Cartridges Shaped a Generation

Edit Huffington Post 27 Feb 2016
The franchise's 20th anniversary logo ... Saudi Arabia even issued a fatwā against Pokémon ... It actually happened ... As such, Pokémon clearly portrays the values prized in shōnen manga, or Japanese comics appealing mainly to young males ... Perhaps his role in Pokémon Origins encapsulates the franchise's Japanese shōnen values most effectively ... Juliet Powell, a young American, commented on this shōnen theme in her hard-hitting Reddit comment ... ....

Attack on Titan: a reclusive artist and his man-eating giants

Edit BBC News 19 Oct 2015
Media captionJapanese artist Hajime Isayama. ''I had a dream of no limits''. Man-eating giants called Titans are stalking the Earth, and what remains of humankind is cowering behind vast walls in a dystopian future. The dark vision of the Attack on Titan series has made its reclusive Japanese manga artist Hajime Isayama a global best-seller and cult figure ... "'Attack on Titan' is no typical Shōnen manga where good guys rarely die... ....

Goku, Luffy, and Kenshin in J-Stars Victory VS Gameplay

Edit IGN Insider 16 Apr 2015
Goku, Luffy, and Kenshin battle other Weekly Shōnen Jump characters in J-Stars Victory VS. ....

10 books every gamer should read

Edit The Guardian 11 Dec 2013
From Lord of the Rings to Akira, these are the books that have influenced the world's greatest game designers. What are the most influential books in the gaming industry? Photograph. Linda Nylind for the Guardian ... Akira – Katsuhiro Otomo ... Originally serialised in the weekly Japanese comic, Shōnen Jump, Dragon Ball is widely considered to be one of the greatest mangas of all-time, its volumes selling over 230m copies worldwide ... Heinlein ... ....
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