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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Because they can’t all be good-looking and funny.
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Osaka theme park doubles down (48-times down?) on its Japanese appeal with daily performances by members of four Japanese idol supergroups.
The news just keeps getting better and better for fans of manga creative team Clamp’s beloved magical girl.
Actually, he sort of found them.
Something to wear, something to eat, and something to wear that looks like something to eat, all for fans of anime’s most famous team of magical girls.
Depending on how cynical a gamer you are, this is either the last thing you expected, or the first.
Starbucks Japan takes a break from fruit and goes for the cheese in its newest dessert drink.
With still no sign of the seven-year-old, some are doubting the accuracy of his parents’ account of where he was last seen.
Turns out cats aren’t always such perfect models of graceful poise.
Apparently Pikachus aren’t such great swimmers, but that’s not going to stop these two from having some seaside fun.
With no sign yet of the seven-year-old, new details have emerged about the chain of events that led to the ongoing crisis.
An aversion to gluten doesn’t have to interfere with your gluttony for ramen at the collection of prestigious restaurants specializing in the delicious noodles.
Animators with ties to Studio Ghibli and Walt Disney Japan team up for mouth-watering anime ad.
It must be really frustrating when you almost pee yourself while trying to get clean.
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