Casey Baseel

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.

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Oh, it turns out manga creator Rumiko Takahashi’s schedule is EVEN CRAZIER than we thought!

Takahashi apparently has more boundless energy than any of her hot-blooded shonen manga stars.

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Huge life-size Slowpoke Pokémon plushie wants to hang out in your home, but you have to act fast

Lovably laid-back Pocket Monster is only available for a limited time.

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A few quick wipes might save you from a ton of itchy bites.

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Traditional Japanese noodle dish now has a codeword-style moniker.

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Manga legend Rumiko Takahashi reveals her insane working schedule

You don’t become one of the most prolific manga creators of all time without putting in some very long hours.

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Student in Japan leaves flat-tire bike in park for few hours, finds surprising letter when he returns

“Old dude with lots of free time” has a heartwarming request.

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J-pop megastar Utada Hikaru’s haunting new music video for “Pink Blood” is here!【Video】

Anime theme song deals with the solitude that can come with learning to care for yourself.

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Drunk customers throw money at Tokyo bento shop workers’ heads, owners need help tracking them down【Video】

”We want them arrested” says Kitchen Dive after assailants throw money at employees and threaten to attack them after work.

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Ramen rice fills our stomach with guilty pleasure, and our heart with hope for the future.

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Inuyasha creator Rumiko Takahashi joins Twitter, wants fans to ask her questions

One of the all-time anime/manga greats sets up website form for questions, will answer them through Twitter.

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Basically, more than 150,000 condoms will be given to athletes as souvenirs of their time in Japan.

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A visit to “the most blessed kappa statues in all of Japan”【Photos】

The fabled yokai water imps at this shrine want to make you happy for your whole life.

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Cops in Japan use police box as shag shack, one goes on to have second affair with other officer

“I was unable to control myself” says sergeant who was involved with lower-ranking man.

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You can now buy text messages from “your mom” from Japanese capsule toy machines

Step aside, school girl love letter machines. It’s Mom’s turn.

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Tokyo bar offers “babysitting” service for annoying husbands and boyfriends

Promises to keep them out of wives’ and girlfriends’ hair for up to three hours.

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Sanma-men, the best ramen type that everyone in Japan forgets about

Yokohama’s original hometown noodles often get lost in the ramen shuffle, but not today!

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Talking Attack on Titan anime character robot vacuum promises to clean your “shitty” room

Levi has never been one to mince words or tolerate dirt.

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Final Fantasy gets new vinyl music collection with Final Fantasy IV-Song of Heroes

Selected soundtrack from first 16-bit cartridge game in the series includes two arrangements of each piece of music.

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Japanese cook shaves head in apology after gross customer complaint, then things get weird

Turns out takoyaki vendor deserves an apology too.

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Smash Bros. director Sakurai says he’s not retiring from video games…”probably”

Well, that’s a relief…maybe.

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