Author & Illustrator: Aimee Major Steinberger Publisher: Go!Comi You'd think Japan already had enough nerds, but in fact, American otaku are all the rage over there now. Aware that Japan is cool in foreign eyes, private businesses and even government folks like Taro Aso are …Read more »
I'll be honest: at first glance, this doesn't seem like the kind of place one would come to pimp their robot ride. I'm being led through what could be any office in the center of downtown Tokyo. There is nothing here to distinguish it from …Read more »
Shinjuku Saturday night and the long crawl from West exit through Kabuki-cho. A wide trail of pleasure lovers and profit seekers gets in the way to NATURAL BORN ROCKERS night at the live house known as Shinjuku Red Cloth. Suddenly, a line of vintage scooters …Read more »
When this DVD first arrived, I glanced only at the spine and immediately erupted with excitement. Finally, FUNimation was answering my pleas to dip into the Blaxploitation DVD market, and I was the lucky lad destined to review their efforts. Upon closer inspection, however, the …Read more »
Did you check out Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou in the latest issue? We caught up with a hardcore fan of the original Japanese TV show to chat about the show, the game, and his excellent English language episode guide . Name: Ray Barnholt …Read more »
The modern system of manga categorization was developed by Osamu Tezuka over a few cases of Franzia in 1963. Each day in America, thousands of manga are read, and hundreds of manga reviews go up on the Internet. Half of these reviews are deleted by …Read more »
It's hard to believe I just got done reading the 22nd volume of Bleach . Sure, I can believe that it's gone on for this long, but it's hard to swallow the fact that I'm still reading it, and it's still a good read. Tite …Read more »
In 1979, Japanese author Kaoru Kurimoto wrote the first volume of The Guin Saga series of novels, a heroic fantasy epic originally planned for 100 volumes. So far, the series is up to 116 volumes and still going. The story of an amnesiac warrior with …Read more »
I was introduced to the music of The Captains by Hajime Kusano, the manager of a Japanese rock band called The Emeralds. Hajime sent me a gift box of CDs in the fall of 2006 and I was immediately attracted to the cover art for …Read more »
The shadow of Xbox Live Arcade has been a dark and dreary place for the struggling Playstation Network to roam. It's tough to get a leg up against a competitor that has years and years of doing the same thing, but better, under their belt. …Read more »
Jumping back into the world of Hell Girl can be a pretty taxing affair. The first episode of volume two alone is depressing enough to fill your quota for a while, though seeing the bastards of the week falling to the flames below can be …Read more »
FREEDOM was a "special project•bCrLf to the people who made it, so here is a special review, written in real time, minimally edited, with the aid of a six-pack of Anchor Steam Liberty Ale. Heads up! Here comes an opening sequence: cell shaded screen tone …Read more »
The Tenchi series has the sort of reputation which causes people to feel sorry for you when they hear you're watching it. It was a sizeable hit in Japan during the 90s, it had a good run on Cartoon Network in recent years, and the …Read more »
Overworked and underappreciated, the Nightmare Detective has one hell of a dirty job. With the ability to enter people's dreams, he can analyze them and discover the root of their issues, an ability that tends to leave him unstable and suicidal himself. When detective Keiko …Read more »
2007 was a massive year for Nintendo, at least going by NPD sales figures and the system's scarcity in the wild. Nevertheless, under all the King of All Consoles talk, a bit of unrest began to grow amongst the gaming crowd. This was thankfully subsided …Read more »
Jason Bradley Thompson
Matt Alt
Patrick Macias
Joseph Luster
Emily Balistrieri
Jason Thompson, with Jake Forbes and Ryan Sands
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Julian Gnam
