Seiji Nakazawa
Are laziness, forgetfulness, and Japan’s record-breaking heat the ingredients to a great meal?
Briquette-free barbecuing as the sun turns the hood of Japan’s cheapest car into a hot plate.
Our writer dreams of playing video games with his newfound love in his apartment, but first he has to find it under all the garbage.
Once again, our pseudo-interviewer Seiji harnesses the rising force of a guitar god to confront the premier party-rocker.
This is it. Two years after the start of the project, SoraNews24’s most consistent bachelor takes one last shot at romance as he meets Mimi.
There’s black comedy gold waiting in the titles of AKB48 idol hits, and our one tiny trick reveals it.
In order to confront the intimidating and multi-talented Rena “Non” Nonen, our interviewer summons a god of rock.
SoraNews24’s Seiji compiles a list of five things you’ll need to do if you want to be a heroine in the grand tradition of Sailor Moon and her ilk.
The biggest otaku in the SoraNews24 office runs down his picks for the five series you need to see to feel like you “watched anime” in 2017.
Our reporter Meg turns her lens on 12 months’ worth of steamy male skin, including borderline-illegal cosplay.
Seiji’s already-disarming looks get an SD manga makeover in this bittersweet episode from his less-than-active love life.
Witness history in the making as the first ever musical album composed by a news-oriented website (we assume) hits iTunes and Amazon this July!
Our anime-loving correspondent Seiji says these anime series will give you a case of Japan’s dreaded, productivity-killing “May disease.”
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