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Month: July 2017

  • Okja

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    I was very tempted not to watch Okja — I was interested in watching the movie because of the director and the actors involved, but I’m extremely sensitive when it comes to the portrayal of animals in movies (and their bad treatment), and I knew this was probably going to tug at my heartstrings. Having…

  • Castlevania

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    I often complain about the lack of animation produced in North American aimed at adults that’s not comedy, and so not only was I extremely excited to watch Castlevania because of that, but also because it’s based on a game series I love, and more importantly, it’s written by Warren Ellis — who I still…

  • Six Japanese Arcade Games

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    Time Out Tokyo has a post up with a round-up of six Japanese arcade games that you should try playing. I especially like the post for the illustrations by Kento Iida.

  • Muji Hotel

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    When I saw this mentioned on Muji’s Instagram account the other day, my jaw dropped: Muji is producing a hotel — along with a new flagship store — in Ginza, set to open in 2019. As this Spoon & Tamago post reveals (and that’s also where you’ll find more details on the Ginza project), it’s…

  • Going Beyond Scanlations

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    Kotaku has a great piece about how people working at producing “scanlations” (the unauthorized scanning and translation of manga) who are now trying to get publishers to actually hire them. Interesting to see the struggle happening — as well as the view by some Japanese publishers that when something gets scanlated, that it may no…

  • Designart

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    I’m very happy to see the arrival of the new Designart (“Design & Art”) festival in Tokyo, set to take place for the first time in October of this year. I’m especially happy because among the founders are Astrid Klein & Mark Dytham, who I of course worked with during my last 6 years in…

  • What We Do in the Shadows

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    This is something I’d been meaning to watch for a while, and boy, am I glad I finally did. I’m a big, big fan of Jemaine Clement and pretty much anything he’s involved in, and this is just such a great movie (he co-wrote and directed it with Taika Waititi). The cast is fantastic, and I…