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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At least from one angle, anyway.
The clothing was the easy part of this amazing anime costume.
Planet-hopping platformer’s infinite levels likely to disappear from the Internet very soon.
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Clever codger shows he still has a strong memory and a sharp mind.
Meg shows us further proof that no matter where you go in Japan, you’re never very far away from something that tastes really good.
Journey from Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro recreated in the style of Nintendo’s classic games
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Their time together is limited, but for now, these two make an adorable pair.
Since she didn’t get up with the chickens, her hair got turned into a crab.
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