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Month: July 2006

  • JT at Fuji

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    THE JAPAN TIMES has just launched its first blog, and it’s to cover this weekend’s Fuji Rock festival. If anyone catches Marxy out there, point to him and laugh — he’ll love you for it!

  • Paper Sky 18

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    The new issue of PAPER SKY (18), featuring a bilingual cover story and guide to Akihabara, is now out. I love that Lego cover!

  • Paprika

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    A trailer for Satoshi Kon’s upcoming film, PAPRIKA, is online for your viewing pleasure — don’t you just love YouTube — here. The film is set to come out in January of next year.

  • Waseda Tankakai

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    She’s probably going to bully me because I re-sized her image, but here’s the latest from Yuki, a piece she was commissioned to do. Update (16/10/09): The image is no longer available.

  • Groovisions 2313T

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    A nice new tee from the Groovisions online store, GRV1788.

  • Johan Prag Update

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    Tokyo-based art director Johan Prag has just updated his site, and if you go see this month’s ADC exhibition at the Ginza Graphic Gallery and Creation Gallery G8 (ends July 29 — I saw the GGG part earlier in the month and quite enjoyed it) you’ll see his award-winning TV commercial for Kewpie Defe.

  • Cyclone Cleaner

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    I featured METAPHYS‘ Cyclone Cleaner a few months ago in my “On Design” column, and I’ve just been informed that it’s finally made it out to retail stores and you can now find it at, among other places, Idea Frames in Omotesando, VICEVERSA SHIBUYA, VICEVERSA SATELLITE in Daikanyama, and ACTUS in Funabashi.

  • Gedo Senki Getting Panned

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    Some bad news for the upcoming GEDO SENKI (TALES OF EARTHSEA) from Studio Ghibli: Studio Ghibli’s Gedo Senki, which is to be released in theaters this week, has received a 2.3 rating (out of 5) on Yahoo Movies Japan by people who have seen advanced screenings. Comparatively, recent anime Tokikake received a 4.7 grade, Pokemon…