Anime can take you to all sorts of different places — from alternate dimensions to the distant past. Sometimes, though, the best settings are the least presumptuous. Take these small-town anime, set in rural spots you won’t find on any map. These low-key settings let …Read more »
Pixiv Zingaro, a anime and manga-centric gallery in Nakano, Tokyo, is this month the host of an exhibition of works by Yoshitoshi ABe, character designer and doujinshi artist responsible for anime like Serial Experiments Lain and Haibane Renmei . The exhibition marks 20 years since …Read more »
Last month saw the opening of a webpage called Murakami-san no Tokoro (Mr. Murakami’s Place), a kind of question and answer/advice column by none other than Haruki Murakami, probably the most famous Japanese author in America and the writer of such books as Hard-Boiled Wonderland …Read more »
Kara Dennison
Matt Schley