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  • Taichi

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    Me and Yuko stopped at Pause on our way home, and I was so enjoying whatever was playing that I had to ask about it, and they showed me the CD cover. It was an artist called Taichi, and the album’s name was AM I. Sounded like something from the Karaoke Kalk label, a nice…

  • Minimix 17

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    I also picked up the latest issue of MINIMIX (17), although it looks like I’m quite late as it’s the Winter 2003 issue. Seems like their website is hopelessly out of date, listing issue 14 as the latest. I think I’ve missed the ones in between. I wonder if they’re having trouble with distribution, because…

  • West East Magazine

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    After work I stopped in at Shibuya’s Tower Records and picked up the new issue of WEST EAST, a beautiful giant-sized magazine from Hong Kong. I don’t pick up every issue as it’s a bit expensive (I did love the “New China” issue from last year), but how could I say no to the “Street”…

  • Vice Japan

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    VICE magazine is about to launch a Japanese edition (in July), and Robert, no stranger to this site, will be writing for them. Seems like he’s setting up quite a few writing gigs, with the Amercian edition of SHONEN JUMP and electronic music magazine EI all knockin’ on his door. Great to see.

  • From Ringo to Tokyo Jihen

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    Seems like Shiina Ringo is giving the solo career a break, and joining a band.

  • Yokohama French Film Festival 2004

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    It’s that time of the year again, when the Yokohama French Film Festival comes into town. If you are a fan of French movies, the Yokohama French Film Festival, an annual event to be held June 16-20 this year, is a must-see. A delegation of as many as 50 French actors and filmmakers, headed by…

  • Trouble in the Japanese Animation Industry

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    Seems like times are getting tough in the Japanese animation industry. Disheartened by a monthly salary that tops out at 50,000 yen, a 26-year-old animator who joined the production team a year ago said, ‘Sometimes I want to give up-I never imagined it would be like this.’ Only with parental financial support can the animator…

  • GQ Japan

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    I love the cover image of this month’s issue of GQ Japan (the magazine’s official site has a much larger version). It features Murakami Takashi, and the lovely Sato Eriko (star of the new CUTIE HONEY film) dressed has one of his creations. The inside features a stunning pictorial of her appearing as quite a…

  • Sonido Uzumaki

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    Trevor’s Music Related label (now sporting a new site) is doing it again with an interesting new release. This time it’s a compilation CD going by the title SONIDO UZUMAKI, and it features a mix of Japanese and non-Japanese artists alike. Again, you can download an MP3 preview track, and that’s what got me hooked.…

  • Smart Max

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    Yesterday I picked up this month’s issue of SMART MAX (not the issue pictured above, with Sakomoto Ryuichi and Oyamada Keigo on the cover, but rather the June issue with Kiriya Kazuaki on the cover), and adult men’s street magazine, as it features a special Bonjour Essentials CD. Compiled by Bonjour Records (the great Daikanyama…