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Eiichiro Oda's pirate epic is the best-selling manga in history and a Guinness record-holder — the print-media backbone of an anime-industrial complex now spanning Bandai merch, games and a hit Netflix live-action series.
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· Riley Schatzle
A Billionaire Wall Street CEO Has One Piece of Important Advice for Pro-Athletes
Billionaire Marc Lasry, who co-owns the Milwaukee Bucks, wants all newly minted NBA millionaires to ruthlessly save their money by telling everyone who hits them up for funds that they simply don’t have any. The Moroccan-born Lasry, who made his fortune by focusing on distressed…
· Jacob Wagner
Someone Just Bought This ‘Masterpiece’ Painting For $46.5 Million
No, “The Onion” did not take over our staff for the day. Someone seriously just bought the above painting for $46.5 million this week at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. The artist behind the painting is Mark Rothko, who rose to prominence in the 60s before he committed suicide…
· Ryan General
Quincy Jones Thinks Asian Music Came from Africa, So We Checked
While Vulture’s recent interview with Quincy Jones published on Wednesday may indeed be a mix of all sorts of crazy for many, it was undeniably fascinating. In his incredibly candid conversation with David Marchese, the 84-year-old legendary jazz musician and industry icon did…
· Bryan Ke
Man in Indonesia Kills Neighbor After She Kept Asking ‘When Are You Getting Married?’
A 28-year-old Indonesian man may face life in prison if a court finds him guilty of killing his pregnant neighbor on Jan. 19 in Kampung Pasir Jonge, Indonesia after she repeatedly asked him, “when are you getting married?” The gruesome incident began when the woman, identified…
· Bryan Ke
Woman Stopped From Boarding Plane When No One Can Recognize Her After Plastic Surgery
A 28-year-old Chinese woman was reportedly barred from boarding a plane after failing to pass security check because her face and her ID didn’t look alike following a plastic surgery procedure. The passenger, only identified by her surname Zhang, booked a flight from Chengdu to…
· Bryan Ke
She Became One of the Youngest Entrepreneurs in Malaysia By Selling Headscarves
Most students in secondary school are still figuring out what they want to do in life, but not Nur Iman Safiyah Mohammed Shahree, who is believed to be the youngest entrepreneur in all of Malaysia. Nur Iman, a Form 2 student at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Subang Bestari school…
· Bryan Ke
Japan’s Most Famous AV Star Sora Aoi Gets Engaged, Breaks Fan’s Hearts to Pieces
Former Japanese adult video (AV) star, Sola Aoi — or Sora Aoi — officially announced in her recent Instagram update that she recently married Japanese musician DJ Non. She made the announcement on Jan. 1 on her Instagram where she posted a photo of herself with a ring on her…
· Bryan Ke
Hilarious Japanese Ice Skating Fail is Pretty Much Everyone’s 2017
These two Japanese teenagers, Madoka Takayama, and her friend, Kyoka Tanaka, just created the best viral video to sum up everyone’s life so far in 2017. The clip, posted on Twitter on December 9, shows 37 seconds of pure hilarity as Madoka tries really hard to stand up on an ice…
· Bryan Ke
Razer CEO Gives Fan Free Phone After Getting Permanent Tattoo of His Face
One fan of Singapore-based tech manufacturer Razer stood by his promise last month when he messaged the company’s founder Min-Liang Tan about getting a permanent tattoo of his face on his leg in exchange for a free Razer Phone. On Nov. 25, Tan received a comment on his Facebook…
· Bryan Ke
Japan’s Most Popular Professor is a Piece of Poop That Teaches Children Using ‘Toilet Humor’
A popular children’s book in Japan is making the rounds online for teaching children kanji, logographic Chinese characters adopted for Japanese writing, with the help of poop and toilet humor. “Unko Kanji Doriru”, the book series roughly translated to “Poop Kanji Drills”, is…
· Bryan Ke
Someone Paid $5,000 For Two Persimmons at a Vegetable Market in Japan
Two high-end persimmons that were harvested from central Japan were recently sold during the season’s first auction for the whopping price of 540,000 yen (roughly U.S. $4,735). These persimmons, which had been cultivated by the Gifu prefectural government for over 10 years…
· Kyle Encina
There’s a Sequel to ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ and No One Knew About It
The Studio Ghibli classic “My Neighbor Totoro” by legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki was undoubtedly a massive success, but what most fans didn’t know is that it also had a sequel. The sequel to the theatrical 1988 masterpiece came 15 years later in the form of a short film…
· Bryan Ke
Malaysian Cosplayer Creatively Includes a Hijab in Anime Costumes, Gives Everyone Kawaii Overload
A cosplayer from Malaysia who goes by the handle Miisa_MHC is slowly winning the hearts of many anime fans for using her own take on anime cosplay. Some cosplayers may prefer to use wigs — or even go the extra mile to dye their hair — to bring out and make the characters they…
· Ryan General
Hong Kong Company Turns Breast Milk Into ‘Gorgeous’ Pieces of Jewelry
A Hong Kong firm is helping new mothers cherish moments with their children by turning their breast milk into pendants, bangles, and beads. Two mothers are behind Love Made Me, the company which specializes in creating breast milk jewelry as keepsakes for mothers.
· Sam Huang
Man Flies $7,000 Flight Class On Garuda Indonesia To Japan For Just $76
In the past, Garuda Indonesia had mostly been known as a regional carrier focused mainly on short haul flights within Indonesia. However, the Indonesian government recently completed a brand makeover of Garuda: expanding service routes, upgrading planes, and launching a proper…
· Ryan General
Meet the American Professor Trying to Save Cantonese From Dying in Hong Kong
As the use of Cantonese begins to decline in Hong Kong due to the growing widespread use of Putonghua (mainland China’s unifying language), an unlikely crusader has stepped up to fight for its preservation. Hong Kong-based Robert Bauer, an American honorary linguistics professor…
· Ryan General
Details Emerge on Australian Chef Who Brutally Murdered Indonesian Transgender Wife
When police officers discovered dismembered body parts being cooked on a stove inside the home of an Australian chef, they initially thought they were being pranked. Unfortunately, the gruesome scene would allegedly reveal that the husband murdered and cooked his transgender…
· Ryan General
Poor Parents in China Forced to Do the Unthinkable to Save Just One of Their Sick Twins
A poor couple from Inner Mongolia was forced to make one of the worst decisions any parent could possibly face: choose who to save between their seriously ill, seven-month-old twin sons. Without enough money to bring both of their suffering children to the hospital, husband Wang…
· Khier Casino
Beloved Actress Reads ‘Ni’ihau’ Script, Confirms It’s a Historically False ‘Piece of Sh*t’
The Pacific Islander and Asian-American communities are up in arms over the historical inaccuracies the upcoming film “Ni’ihau” will tell about the Japanese and Japanese-Americans. Many people, including writer and stand-up comedian Jenny Yang, took to social media to let their…
· Ryan General
Desperate Chinese Father Dresses as Pikachu to Raise Money For Daughter With Leukemia
Liu Yuehu is a former construction worker who now spends his days wearing a Pikachu costume at the subway station in Chengdu. The young father is currently offering photographs for a small fee in a desperate attempt to raise enough money to pay for his daughter’s medical…
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