Adorably awesome but timid prankster stalks cosplayers, with musical accompaniment, at Indiana’s Indy PopCon.
Richard Simmonds
Originally from Sussex in the UK, Richard came to Japan for the first time in 2011 to teach English. Deciding that only one stint as a student wasn’t enough he returned to go to university in Osaka where he still lives, working slowly towards his inevitable destiny of being killed in an avalanche of manga and textbooks, surrounded by the discarded wrappers of assorted matcha-flavour sweets and biscuits. Whilst continuing his love-hate- hate relationship with the Japanese language he works as a translator, writer and sometime bar pet gaijin.
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Ready-to-eat curry isn’t just for the spice-craving survivalist anymore, not when it looks and tastes good, and when there’s also curry for dessert!
Hot and spicy enough to distract you from the off-putting blackness of the bun and cure bland food Malay-se?
Art and Pokémon stand the test of time; or, how to do a Pokémon remake properly without ditching characters.
Japanese train stations get the self-proclaimed “vigilante” heroes they neither need, nor want.
The classic sing-along-songs of a million childhoods seamlessly blended and performed for your listening pleasure by a samurai in a dapper suit.
Courageously protecting Japan with the aid of garrison-exclusive convenience store meals and socks.
A shed-load of plastic surgery and cosmetic products later, the model looks (a bit) like his Final Fantasy VIII video game mercenary inspiration.
A shadowy organisation wreathed in mystery and the basis of a thousand and one conspiracy theories, now with collectibles!
Despite its healthy holier-than-thou image, Japanese food has more than a few calorific goodies/evil temptations.
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