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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Anime fan Halloween costume planning is now done thanks to cardboard Dragon Ball Z battle armor

Whether you’re a kid experiencing the martial arts classic for the first time, or a Vegeta-loving veteran fan with a receding hairline, you’ll look great in these.

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Adorable Japanese kitty is hungry, and he’s not going to take things sitting down【Photos/Videos】

This ploy for attention is working just fine.

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Teaser trailers released for Hollywood’s live-action Ghost in the Shell movie【Videos】

Here’s our first real preview of the Scarlett Johansson film based on the critically acclaimed anime and manga franchise.

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Bathe with Japan’s famous hot spring monkeys in the comfort of your home with these tub stickers

Because it’s always nice to have such cute company, right?

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Tired of booth babes, developer says the Tokyo Game Show has become the Hostess Club Game Show

Have organizers crossed the line where they expect more people will buy tickets to look at beautiful women than try cool games?

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Kyoto accidentally calls all old people “terrible drivers”【Why Does Engrish Happen in Japan?】

Japan’s most polite city inadvertently throws shade on elderly motorists.

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Tokyo restaurant’s milkshakes are so huge they have donuts, churros in them

And yes, that is a milkshake with pretzels and potato chips.

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The morning news staple is event television for these cute kitties.

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Japanese futon for your wallet lets it rest, claims to impart Shinto blessings

Luxury and divine assistance, all in one tiny, traditional package.

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Square Enix Cafe opening in Tokyo next month with revolving themes, delicious-looking sandwiches

The video game developer always makes aesthetics a priority in its software, and it looks like it’s doing the same for its new restaurant in Akihabara.

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Anime girls will keep you company as you eat your instant ramen with new AR promotion

So cute you could slurp them right up?

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Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name is about to do something no non-Ghibli anime has ever done

Makoto Shinkai and Hayao Miyazaki have vastly different directorial styles, but soon they’ll have a connection that’s unique among anime creators.

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Online image collection’s views of Japan are beautiful to look at, free to use

Whether you need to find breathtaking visuals for a website or pamphlet, or just want to lose yourself in the natural beauty of Japan, this is the place to do it.

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The handsome booth samurai of Tokyo Game Show 2016【Photos】

We get romanced by a team of smooth-skinned samurai at Tokyo Game Show, and also an insane stalker.

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Abandoned Japanese shopping mall’s onions are now so popular that they’re selling out【Photos】

Customers now outnumbering salespeople by an infinitely large ratio.

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Pokémon GO Plus may be hiding an awesome secret bonus for users, our field test discovers

We were on the fence about buying the Pokémon GO add-on, but suddenly we’re very happy we did.

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Tokyo’s most popular park partially bans Pokémon GO in response to inconsiderate gamers

Move comes after discovery of rare Pokémon near temple grounds.

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Feel like having pizza for your boys’ night out? Better find somewhere else to eat it.

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Evangelion Shinkansen service extended for another year as Kaworu starts announcing stations

Like the anime it’s promoting, the Evangelion bullet train’s end has been pushed back.

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Mouth-watering green tea-covered strawberries about to go on sale at Japan’s Mujirushi Ryohin

Things to pick up at Japan’s most popular discount interior shop: curtains, bedsheets, matcha strawberries.

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