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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Carnivorous kaiju-lookalike doesn’t yawn because it’s sleepy, though.
Paramount Pictures thinks “blue mammal with one giant eyeball who runs really fast” is a fine foundation for a live-action movie.
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Farewells can be sad, but in a Japanese business saying good-bye can be a pain because of the country’s elevator etiquette.
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Getting ready to add a new member to your family doesn’t mean you have to ditch the fashionable frills.
Comely cosplayer steals the show in quirky showcase of Japan’s capital.
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