Going to work for an anime company continues to be a terrible plan if your goal is to get rich.
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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Attendees at this month’s otaku gathering can get their hands on not just art books and posters, but limited-edition prophylactics too.
Having grown bored of square fruit, has Japan now progressed to creating square pets?
Come for the fried food and alcohol, stay for the traditional Japanese winter comfort cuisine.
”Perfect cooking” and “awesome cock” listed among the dueling criteria.
The Makoto Shinkai film now trails the monumental Disney hit, and is actually picking up momentum at the box office.
There’s a fine line between having enough Japanese touches to feel authentic, and having so many it starts to feel fake.
Who needs a bouquet of roses when you can get a nod to this season’s biggest sports anime hit?
Being able to keep one hand free while playing Nintendo’s first smartphone game might turn out to be a pretty sweet deal.
We’re back in the RocketKitchen for a super-easy dessert recipe to impress family and friends with this holiday season.
The wait is almost over.
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Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day
Kyoto’s 100 Demons yokai monster parade returns!
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New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
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Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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