Blue Eye Samurai Season 2: Netflix confirms January release
Netflix has officially confirmed the release date for *Blue Eye Samurai* Season 2: the critically acclaimed adult animated series will return next January.
Aug 21, 2026 2 1
Japanese Gaming Week: Onimusha returns, Blood of Dawnwalker arrives
Onimusha: Way of the Sword marks the return of a Capcom franchise dormant since 2006. Alongside the highly anticipated The Blood of Dawnwalker, it's a top-tier gaming week for fans of made-in-Japan titles.
Aug 31, 2026 12 3
Aizu-Wakamatsu and Tsurugajo Castle: Where the Samurai Era Ended
The Tsurugajo Castle in Aizu-Wakamatsu (Fukushima) was the site of one of the last major conflicts of the Edo period—the 1868 Battle of Aizu—which sealed the end of the shogunate regime in Japan.
Aug 20, 2026 4 1
The first samurai film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa faces the Odyssey of Asterix – two philosophies of travel
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, master of Japanese genre cinema, delivers his first chambara. Kotaku pits him against Astérix and the Odyssey: two travel narratives, two radically opposed visions of destiny and heroism.
Aug 9, 2026 4 1