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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Perhaps we’ve overestimated humanity’s naked anime enemies.
Finally, fans of the boob-centric video game franchise will get the wrist support they need.
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Simple craft project lets you tell your cat, in no uncertain terms, that he exists on a higher plane than you do.
Drop your books and grab the mic, because it’s time for a lesson in how to up your karaoke game.
If your home truly is your castle, you’ll want this at the entrance to your realm.
Explanation of what kind of person would love the job subtly tells readers that a lot of people would absolutely hate it.
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