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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From nearly 20 meters above the ground, the Unicorn Gundam looks out over Tokyo.
Coffeehouse chalkboard encourages customers to think about situations in coffee-growing regions of the world.
Kodo drummers help modern technology blend with one of Japan’s most traditional instruments.
Pair perfectly recreates look of the human stars of the beloved Studio Ghibli anime.
Picking parameters and having a brand-new anime-style character made takes only a few seconds.
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