Japanator and Siliconera are merging!

We are about to head into a new era… a Siliconera, if you will. Siliconera and Japanator are teaming up. All of the news and features you’d expect from Japanator are going to find a new home at Siliconera, where we’ll all work together to talk about our passion for Japanese games and culture. Now that we’re both part of the same network, we feel like...

Feb 2020

Review: JunkFood Custom Arcades Hitbox/Stickless

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to review the Razer Panthera EVO, which I liked a lot. The buttons where mechanical, it’s very light, and it’s easy to customize. An all-around improvement from the previous iteration. While I have always used Arcade sticks for the past 10 years, or even longer if we count actual arcade cabinets, I never had the...

Feb 2020

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid Receives 2.0 Update; Adds PS4 Cross-play & Cross-progression

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, the fighting game based on the popular Power Rangers franchise have received a 2.0 update. The fighting game based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise Super Sentai now features  crossplay and cross-progression across PS4, Switch, Xbox, and PC.  Read more...

Feb 2020

Review: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

If you have been following me for the longest, you know Dragon Ball games aren’t new to me, with my Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 review being available at Destructoid, our sister site. However, that was over three years ago, and we got Dragon Ball Fusions and Dragon Ball FighterZ right in between, which I didn’t really review on the site. While the focus...

Feb 2020

“Lovelive! Sunshine!!”Aqours' Aina "Ainya" Suzuki debuts as a solo artist

Aina Suzuki, also known as Ainya, who has voiced various characters in different anime with her most prominent role being Mari Ohara from “Love Live! Sunshine!!”, has finally debuted as a solo artist from Lantis. Additionally, her song “Hikariiro no Uta” is the ending theme of the TV anime “HATENAâILLUSION” and will voice the heroine Kana Hoshisato...

Feb 2020

Japanator Exclusive: An Interview with TRUE

TRUE, also known as Miho Karasawa, is a singer and songwriter from Tokyo known for her work on Violet Evergarden, Buddy Complex, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Maria the Virgin Witch, and Sound! Euphonium. After witnessing her performance alongside her Lantis colleagues at the concert on Friday, November 15th at Anime NYC, I had the honor to interview...

Feb 2020

Feast your eyes on Soba from farm to table in this video

Soba noodles are one of those simple but tasty staple dishes one can find in many Japanese restaurants around the world. Primarily made from buckwheat, soba noodles are usually the other noodle dish opposite of the now more popular ramen noodles in Japanese restaurants. Life Where I'm From, a YouTube channel I've featured before, is featuring the humble...

Jan 2020

Feast your eyes on Soba from farm to table in this video

Soba noodles are one of those simple but tasty staple dishes one can find in many Japanese restaurants around the world. Primarily made from buckwheat, soba noodles are usually the other noodle dish opposite of the now more popular ramen noodles in Japanese restaurants. Life Where I'm From, a YouTube channel I've featured before, is featuring the humble...

Dec 2019

Follow a day in the life of a Japanese video game developer!

PAOLOfromTOKYO is back on here once again with his Day in the life series of videos featuring Japanese people going doing their daily thing with their jobs and other life activities. This time around it's a Japanese game programmer and his name is Masa. They don't mention the game development company by name but the games featured by the company makes...

Dec 2019

Review: Razer Panthera Evo

As you can imagine from my profile description, I’ve been a fan of fighting games for a while now. While I was never too good at it then and even now, many years later, I still say I’m pretty terrible at them. But for me, it’s always going to be a highly enjoyable genre, one that brings me joy, especially when facing an opponent face to face—right next...

Nov 2019