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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Tokyo restaurant ready to feed you and friends yakiniku all day long for under 10 bucks

Full day of Korean barbeque could work out to just 69 yen (US$0.66) per person per meal.

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We try “The Pope’s Rice,” one of the rarest types of Japan’s favorite grain

Hard to find, but heavenly delicious.

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“Helpful” Japanese parent gives Nintendo’s Meta Knight a seriously weird makeover

This plushie of Kirby’s video game co-star wasn’t broken, but it got fixed anyway.

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Hit anime Bleach to be turned into a live-action film from Warner Bros.

Producers have already cast an actor to play heroic teen swordsman Ichigo.

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Japanese dad proves you don’t need an alarm clock as long as you’ve got a pet rooster【Video】

And to think, for all these years we’ve been using timed electronics like a bunch of chumps!

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Japanese-produced CG Godzilla movie coming soon from anime’s hottest scriptwriter

Gen Urobuchi is penning script for the King of the Monsters’ first-ever animated theatrical feature.

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Survey asks Japanese women if they could marry a man who’s rich but ugly

Poll finds a huge gap in attitudes of women in different age groups.

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Clip-on oni horns from Japan will have your next cosplay looking devilishly cute 【Pics】

Hair accessories add a dash of cute yet fierce culture to your outfit.

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Trailer for Metal Gear Survive looks like the death of the video game franchise as we know it

Game’s first preview has fans scratching their heads and rolling their eyes as the innovative series seemingly resorts to a zombie apocalypse scenario.

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This downtown Tokyo park just might be the city’s best-kept secret for Pokémon GO players

Rare Pokémon and everything you need to catch them are waiting at Hamacho Park.

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Gotta drown ‘em all? Japanese Pokémon GO Gym location is awesomely dramatic, incredibly dangerous

If you’re planning to visit this Shinto shrine’s Gym, you might want to say some prayers first.

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Fushigi Yugi creator redesigns anime characters in modern art style for hypothetical remake【Pics】

If the early ‘90s anime and manga gets remade, Yu Watase thinks it should look like this.

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Sailor Moon’s bedsheets, now on sale, are the most chaste anime bedding we’ve seen in a long time

Two-piece set is an exact match to the ones in the magical girl’s anime bedroom.

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Death Eaters set to attack Osaka in invasion of Universal Studios Japan’s Harry Potter area

Dark times are coming this autumn.

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Japan’s Pikachu Outbreak 2016! Pokémon get wet and wild in Yokohama【Photos & Four Videos】

Well, wet and adorable, anyway.

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10 ways in which Japanese men want to outperform their girlfriends【Survey】

Sex, money, and cars all make the list.

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Man falls asleep in Japanese store’s massage chair, wakes up to find himself locked in【Photos】

Sounds like this electronics shop’s products work a little too well.

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Flying out of Narita Airport? Don’t miss its awesome departure area mattress-soft sofas

Tokyo’s international air hub has one last bit of hospitality for you before you go.

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Japanese teen idol group disbands following “indecent behavior” by producer as members slept

“We won’t stand for this,” assert vocalists.

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The swimsuit, idol, and swimsuit idol cosplayers of Summer Comiket 2016【Photos】

Cosplayers covered all bases at the massive anime art event.

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