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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40 percent of Japanese women in survey say they’d be OK with a “Christmas Eve-only” boyfriend

’Tis the season for potentially very short romantic relationships.

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Japan’s most handsome delivery driver seems to be this cool canine

”Working like a dog” has never looked so adorable as it does with this Shiba Inu.

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Hit anime Your Name becomes highest-grossing Japanese film ever at Chinese theaters

The anime event of the year is selling tickets in China even more quickly than it did in Japan.

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Digimon’s Gabumon is the latest anime icon to be turned into an awesome huggable PC cushion

Soft-hearted Digital Monster is now a soft ergonomic helper.

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Japan’s top train station bento boxed lunches for 2016, as picked by travelers

If you’re riding the rails in Japan, here’s how you should be stuffing your face.

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Don’t let the machines do all the work! Learn how to take control of your butthole’s destiny with these demonstrations.

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Japanese Star Wars fan builds amazing levitating Millennium Falcon model【Video】

No strings or CG here; it’s all science and craftsmanship.

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Twitter user finds incredibly clever way to reuse Japanese capsule toy containers

Sure, the toys are cool, but it turns out their cases can be pretty useful too.

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New anime from director of When Marnie Was There is a Ghibli movie in everything but name【Video】

The fate of Studio Ghibli may be in limbo, but Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s future is starting next summer.

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All-you-can-eat ice cream unleashed on Japan by Cold Stone

Cold Stone is offering a heartwarmingly sweet holiday deal.

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Japanese publisher touts the “practical” purpose of its new book.

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New Pokémon anime movie looks like it’s going to reboot the franchise【Video】

Title and costume choices for the new anime point all the way back to the series’ beginning.

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Clam chowder ramen appears in Japan thanks to popular noodle chain’s overseas branch

Two of the biggest names in ramen team up for this American-inspired instant noodle flavor.

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More than half of young anime workers live with their parents or receive money from them【Survey】

Going to work for an anime company continues to be a terrible plan if your goal is to get rich.

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Free condoms to be distributed at Comiket anime fan event in Tokyo

Attendees at this month’s otaku gathering can get their hands on not just art books and posters, but limited-edition prophylactics too.

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Japanese cat owner stuns Internet with photo of seemingly square kitty

Having grown bored of square fruit, has Japan now progressed to creating square pets?

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Unlimited kushiage skewers, stewed oden, and booze at this Tokyo restaurant for under 20 bucks

Come for the fried food and alcohol, stay for the traditional Japanese winter comfort cuisine.

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Japanese Twitter drawing of perfect girlfriend prompts illustrated rebuttal featuring ideal man

”Perfect cooking” and “awesome cock” listed among the dueling criteria.

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All-you-can-eat tacos arrive in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood for under nine bucks

And yes, you can have them on Tuesday.

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Anime Your Name passes original Harry Potter in Japanese earnings, now trails Frozen

The Makoto Shinkai film now trails the monumental Disney hit, and is actually picking up momentum at the box office.

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