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Jujutsu Kaisen celebrates 25th Volume, 90 million copies

Dear readers, my wife and son are huge Jujutsu Kaisen fans. My son buys all the collected volumes of the manga saga and they both watch the TV series …

Jan 28 •

August 2023

Present and future of the manga industry #2

Sean Michael Wilson's opinion

Aug 22, 2023

Present and future of the manga industry

Manga Industry Publishing Roundtable

Aug 12, 2023

July 2023

[COPY] AI's threat to manga and anime creators

Dear readers, as you know (I hope), I write a lot about otaku culture and have even published a couple of books about the subject. The big thing…

Jul 19, 2023

December 2022

[COPY] [OTAKU] Ghibli Park: the complete guide

Ultimate guide to Ghibli Park: attractions, restaurants, shops, tickets, free areas and more Everything you need to know, including tips and hacks, to…

Dec 29, 2022

November 2022

An old/new work by Ito Junji, master of horror manga

Nov 21, 2022 •

March 2022

Anime between fantasy and reality

Anime (and manga, of course) can be so heavily stylized that a lot of fans end up forming a fantasy version of Japan in their heads that doesn’t square…

Mar 28, 2022 •

February 2022

Composer Iwasaki Taisei on "Belle"

Iwasaki Taisei is the lead composer and arranger on the soundtracks for BELLE, a visually stunning new film with beautiful music from Hosoda Mamoru…

Feb 6, 2022 •

July 2021

The joy of collecting retro games

Japan, and Tokyo in particular, are veritable meccas for retro game lovers. One of these dedicated game collectors has managed to buy every single…

Jul 24, 2021 •

Stay away from these arcade games

I've always said you should stay away from crane games. In my first book, Tokyo Geek's Guide, I wrote the following regarding game centers (i.e. game…

Jul 22, 2021 •

Hosoda Mamoru doesn't like the way women are portrayed in anime

A very interesting piece about anime director Hosoda Mamoru whose latest film, Belle, has just screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Mamoru Hosoda has…

Jul 19, 2021 •

June 2021

This is a very interesting article that recently appeared in Publishers Weekly…

Jun 5, 2021 •

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