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Pocket Money:
A Look Into Japan’s Retro Arcade Games Maritza De La Peña (Nara) After school, allowance in hand, children run to the nearby shop to indulge in an array of cheap candies and snacks, all lined ...
Wasuremono: Lost and Found in Japan
A photolog of forgotten items and the deeper meaning within them Jackie Husted (Shizuoka) Consideration for others is woven deeply into the fabric of Japan’s society. It’s everywhere—in the language, on quiet trains, in queues ...
Borderlands 4 Review
Mike Taylor (Ishikawa) So, you want to play a game, eh? Borderlands 4 exploded into the forefront of the gaming world back in September in ways both good and bad. The 16-year-spanning series was in ...
My Cyberpunk Summer | Part 11 | These Are the… Wait, We’re Still Doing This?
This article is part of a web-original series Marco Cian (Hyogo) Is it really a Bubblegum Crisis spinoff if it doesn't have weird sex stuff in it? I guess not. Parasite Dolls In the future… ...
My Cyberpunk Summer | Part 10 | Running on Empty
This article is part of a web-original series Marco Cian (Hyogo) Yes, finally the one you’ve all been waiting for. I’m sure, as soon as you all saw that I’d be covering cyberpunk anime over ...
My Cyberpunk Summer | Part 9 | These Are the Bullshits
This article is part of a web-original series Marco Cian (Hyogo) But… but why? “Sigh”, I should probably go into more detail. A.D. Police: To Protect and Serve Kenji Sasaki is an AD Police officer ...
My Cyberpunk Summer | Part 8 | No, Not the Yu-Gi-Oh! Character…
This article is part of a web-original series Marco Cian (Hyogo) Trixie the Golden Witch is a youtuber who first introduced me to proper media analysis. I don’t know how her Asterisk War video series ...
My Cyberpunk Summer | Part 7 | Neon Genesis Bubblegum
This article is part of a web-original series Marco Cian (Hyogo) The 14 episodes of varying length that make up Bubblegum Crisis, AD Police Files, and Bubblegum Crash all make a piecemeal, but surprisingly cohesive, ...
My Cyberpunk Summer | Part 6 | The More Things Change…
This article is part of a web-original series Marco Cian (Hyogo) Oh oh. I can't even take it in... Heheh. Anyways. Metropolis Metropolis. City of the future, where mechanical marvels of all shapes and sizes ...
My Cyberpunk Summer | Part 5 | Crash Into Me
This article is part of a web-original series Marco Cian (Hyogo) And we’re back! And so are the girls. Yes, while the original Bubblegum Crisis DVD box set still sits lovingly on my shelf, I ...