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Month: March 2006

  • Pink in the Air

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    The sakura are finally in bloom in Tokyo, and so the annual pink landscape is now in full effect. Shot taken at a small park in Ikebukuro (a bit of trivial for TRICK fans: that park was used in a scene in the second’s season’s third combination episode).

  • PXR-5 Love, the Conclusion

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    It was about a year ago that I first proclaimed my love for Michael Young‘s PXR-5 watch, and finally, I have one! It’s as nice as I thought it would be, and I’m quite happy about being “with watch” again (I’ve been patiently waiting to replace my previous watch for over a year now, waiting…

  • Down for the Count, the Neverending Story

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    Seems like I just can’t shake off this damn cold. After getting back to work last week, and feeling better, this weekend was another in-house kleenex-a-thon mixed with a sore throat. Joy. Feeling a bit better today, but this time I’m cautious about saying I’m done with this damn virus. I’m just hoping I can…

  • Make Mine Madhouse

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    Everyone, we must all get on our knees and bow to the fine folks at Madhouse. First this: AniPaged Daily reports that Masaaki Yuasa, director of the brilliant anime film Mind Game will be producing a TV series for Madhouse (Ninja Scroll, the various CLAMP adaptations). Kemonozume (Claw of the Beast or Canned Beast), is…

  • Akira Kobayashi

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    PingMag interviews type designer Akira Kobayashi.

  • TAB Events

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    With the latest redesign of my site I had to get rid of my Tokyo Art Beat listings in the sidebar, which is a bit unfortunate. You all know how much I live and die by TAB listings, and so I think that at the very least I should post my list of recommended events…

  • This Week in Magazines

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    The latest CASA BRUTUS (73) is their annual “Tokyo Best 100” issue, and as you can imagine, is well worth picking up since it acts as a great guide to the things you should be checking out while in town. They do use up a bit too many of their selections on Omotesando Hills though.…

  • Akihabara

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    I was out in Akihabara yesterday — full “out of the closet” disclosure: I wanted to go to the Yellow Submarine RPG shop to check out the board and card games (picked up a pack of this cool new “constructible strategy game” called PIRATES) — and it’s just insane to see how much the district…

  • Professional Photographers

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    When I’ve written stories for various publications, I’ve sometimes been asked if I knew of any Tokyo-based professional photographers that they could use for the pieces. I’m afraid that up to know I usually don’t have any good suggestions to make, and so I figured I’d make a call-out. I’m not promising any jobs or…

  • Tatsuo Miyajima

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    JDN has a bunch of pics up from Tatsuo Miyajima’s “Fragile” exhibition (until April 8) at SCAI THE BATHHOUSE. I really need to go see this show. Link via Dezain.net.