There are going to be tons of Pokémon in the film but it’s still a little weird hearing Pikachu cuss.
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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”What’s the purpose of your visit?” is a common question to get asked at immigration. “Who do you main?” is not.
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Graduating from Japan’s biggest idol group means liberation from its no-romance clause, and this former member has now found the love of her life.
Startled kitty’s natural athleticism abandons it when it realizes it’s being followed by its owner.
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