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Month: November 2016

  • When the Night Comes

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    One of the things I love about Tokyo is how you come across these interesting juxtapositions of old and modern. It’s usually why sci-fi settings that take inspiration from Tokyo (like Blade Runner) feel so interesting and alive. Photo by Sean Brecht, found on Canvas.

  • Salaryman Buddha

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    The “Salaryman Buddha,” as drawn by Andrew Browne. Found via Canvas.

  • Kawa

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    Kawa is a beautiful zine produced as part of the Neko Box subscription service, and comes included in packages you receive from them. It acts as a curated guide of spots to check out in Tokyo. This Canvas post shows it off nicely.

  • Kinfolk Takes a Look at Yanaka

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    Part of its regular neighborhood series, Kinfolk magazine takes a look at Tokyo’s Yanaka area, which has been growing in popularity in recent years. Found via Tokyo Soup.

  • Man vs. Snake

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    I love watching documentaries about gaming (well, I love watching documentaries, period) and was happy to find this one on Netflix. It focuses on an old arcade game called Nibbler that I had never heard about. Like the King of Kong documentary, it’s all about high-scores (although the feat here is closer to a marathon,…

  • Matt Alt on Macross

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    As I continue to go through my site archives to fix posts, I’ve now hit 2008, and came across this post that pointed to a big feature by Matt Alt on Macross, that he had written for Neojaponisme. Since I’m currently in the process of watching The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, I thought I’d share…

  • The Notenki Memoirs

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    After my post about re-watching the Daicon III & IV shorts, my buddy Jason DeGroot pointed me to something I absolutely can’t wait to devour. This page hosts a digital version of the now out-of-print English edition of The Notenki Memoirs, an autobiography by Gainax founder Yasuhiro Takedo, who was also very active in the…

  • Ready for Zelda Year

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    I’d had my eye on that Zelda calendar you see in the photo, and while at HMV yesterday I saw that they had it at 25% off, and so that was that, I had to grab it. I’m of course super excited for the release of Breath of the Wild next year, and so this helps…

  • The Castle of Cagliostro

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    Continuing with my 80s anime run, last night I watched the Lupin the Third movie The Castle of Calgiostro. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, I’ve seen this movie countless times (and my wife even more), but it had been a while since the last time I watched it, and so it made for a fun revisit…

  • Dallos

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    Next up in my 80s anime stroll — I’m not necessarily following the exact order given in the primer, and instead watching stuff when I’m in the mood for it — is Dallos, which has the distinction of being the very first OVA (“original video animation,” or direct-to-video, if you will) ever released. It’s also…