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Month: October 2007

  • TABlog: The Rise of Japanamerica

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    TABlog has posted a long interview with writer Roland Kelts, covering his book, JAPANAMERICAN, and the rise of anime in the US market.

  • Tokyo Eye: Sanya

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    The latest segment I did for the TOKYO EYE program is currently airing in this week’s episode (#48, you can see the broadcast schedule on NHK World here). It covers the Sanya area, which has long been known as an area with cheap hotels (frequented by day-laborers mostly), but in recent years has turned its…

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post is up at MoCo Loco, this time covering the Good Design Award 2007 winners, Takao Tsunekawa‘s *hana lamp, and the “Yamagata Excellent Design 2006-2007” exhibition.

  • KOG + Earthbound/MOTHER

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    THE KING OF GAMES have just released a new collection of t-shirts, this time for the classic EARTHBOUND game (or MOTHER, as it’s called in Japan). Pre-orders start October 6, and the tees will ship mid-November.

  • Points 01

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    The second episode of Jason DeGroot‘s POINTS series (following #0) is up on its own, after being first shown as part of the latest episode of the 1UP SHOW. It covers two great game-related shops, Meteor and Suteki (more details here).

  • SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers

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    Fans of Katsuhiro Otomo will definitely want to pick up this upcoming release: Bandai Visual USA, Inc. has announced that they will be releasing SOS! TOKYO METRO EXPLORERS: THE NEXT on both Blu-ray Disc and standard DVD in the US on December 11, 2007. Director Shinji Takagi, who served animation director on Steamboy and Blood:…

  • Good Design Award Winners 2007

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    The Good Design Award winners for 2007 have been announced.

  • Juliana Vol. 7

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    Tokyo Fun Party‘s “Juliana” is back this Sunday (October 7) at Soft, this time offering an all-nighter (from midnight) since the following day is a holiday. Accompanying the TFP crew will be special guest DJs Jean Nipon from Paris and FUTON from Bangkok.