Japan & Korea Fan Articles

In Totoro's forest, there's always something happening – you just have to look closely. A gray belly peeks out from behind leaves, curious eyes bli...

There is this brief moment in spring in Japan when cherry blossoms drift through the air like pink snow. Entire streets transform into a sea of blo...

In the world of One Piece, there are fruits that change everything — the so-called Devil Fruits. The most famous of them all is the Gomu Gomu no Mi...

With the Pokémon Pokéball sandwich maker, your snack ends up where it belongs: neatly caught between two slices of toast. Shiny black on the outsid...

If your breakfast deserves a special treat that doesn't sound like "standard toast", this gadget is practically a little kitchen companion from Kan...

In the world of One Piece, the Gum-Gum Fruit (Gomu-Gomu no Mi) is arguably the most famous Devil Fruit of all – it transformed the pirate Monkey D....

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...

It all started with a barrel. When Monkey D. Luffy was fished out of a wooden barrel in the East Blue, no one knew that this straw hat wearer would...

To catch them all, you first need to know them all. From the classic Poké Ball to the gold-gleaming Luxury Ball to the camouflaged Safari Ball – in...

Red or Blue? Since the first Pokémon games on the Game Boy, the choice of starter Pokémon has divided friendships and schoolyards. Bulbasaur fans, ...

In the world of One Piece, Devil Fruits are coveted treasures – those who eat them gain supernatural powers, but lose the ability to swim forever. ...

If you flinch at the sound of lightning rather than going on the offensive yourself - then you understand Zenitsu Agatsuma only too well. But behin...

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...

In Spirited Away there is that one quiet figure nobody can quite place: No-Face, a silent spirit with a white mask who longs for company in the spi...

No ship on the Grand Line has sailed as deep into the hearts of Straw Hat fans as the Going Merry. She carried Luffy and his crew through their fir...

In One Piece a single fruit changes Monkey D. Luffy's life forever: the Gum-Gum Fruit, one of the infamous Devil Fruits, makes his body stretch lik...

Tony Chopper is the ship's doctor of the Straw Hat Pirates and probably the fluffiest crew member ever to set sail. The little reindeer, who can ta...

Few duos have stuck with the fanbase as long as Goku and Vegeta. Over the years, bitter rivals have become battle companions who push the limits of...

In the realm of the Chimera Ants, Neferpitou is one of the three Royal Guards and ranks among the most dangerous foes Gon has ever faced. Behind th...

At the legendary Hunter Exam, most people claim they're in it for fame or adventure. Leorio openly says he's after the money. Anyone who knows the ...

In the world of Kaiju No. 8, Kafka Hibino dreams of joining the Defense Force, but at first he only ends up on the clean-up crew that clears away t...

When the rain pours down on the countryside in the Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbor Totoro, he appears: the big grey forest spirit who sleeps on a...

No ship on the seven seas carries as much heart and soul as the Thousand Sunny. Built by shipwright Franky from the legendary Adam wood, the vessel...

In the Ghibli classic there isn't just one Totoro but three: the giant grey O-Totoro, the little white Chibi and, in between, the blue Chu-Totoro, ...

In the world of Kaiju No. 8, humanity is on permanent duty against monstrous beasts, and anyone who knows the Defense Force knows that Vice-Captain...

In the world of One Piece there are pirates who strive for honor, and then there's Buggy. The boastful clown with the red nose would rather cast hi...

Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle: for many, choosing that first starter was the first big decision of their lives, hotly debated on the ...

Few objects stand for adventure and freedom quite like the battered straw hat that Monkey D. Luffy wears across the world's oceans. To him it's not...

Anyone who knows the very first episode of One Piece remembers it: a harmless-looking barrel is rolled on board, and suddenly a hungry boy in a str...

On Egghead, the island of the future, the Straw Hat crew meets the brilliant scientist Vegapunk. Instead of his vest and sandals, Luffy slips into ...

Sasuke Uchiha carries an entire tragedy with him: the survivor of a wiped-out clan, driven by revenge and an ambition that leads him ever deeper in...

Naruto Uzumaki has fought his way up from the class clown everyone laughed at to the hero of his village, powered by sheer stubbornness, a wide gri...

There's this quiet moment in Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away where Chihiro rides the train to the end of the line. Night has long since fallen and t...

Anyone who's followed a young witch's move to the big city knows the secret star of Kiki's Delivery Service: Jiji, the black cat with the sharp ton...

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