All posts by Brian Ashcraft

Live from Japan

It is pure nerd heroin. THE iDOLM@STER doesn't star rocket-launching giant mecha or sword-slashing metrosexual heroes. No, it features something far more addictive: J-pop singing, Para Para dancing, and 10 teenage girls. From Tokyo's Akihabara to Osaka's Den-Den Town, THE iDOLM@STER has been nothing short …Read more  »

Console Launch Confidential

Illustration by Daniel Krall [Excerpted from the August 2007 issue of Otaku USA Magazine] Set the Way-Back Machine for December 10, 2005... Hours from now, the Xbox 360 will launch in Japan. Almost a full year later, the PlayStation 3 hits Japan, followed closely by …Read more  »