Halloween week is here! What better way to get you in the spirit than with a creepy Japanese ghost story? Well, Kashima Reiko is the Japanese urban legend of a ghost woman with no legs. Most often she haunts public … [Read more...]
Starting in the 1950s, Tezuka created and wrote more than 700 manga series containing over 170,000 pages and he also penned over 200,000 pages of anime storyboards and scripts. His impact on anime and manga is impossible … [Read more...]
Let's be honest. Summer 2013's anime season was pretty terrible. But luckily the anime gods have smiled upon us this fall season, because it looks to be one of the best seasons in the history of these roundups. I'm super … [Read more...]
This past week I started playing a new game. That new game is called Ni No Kuni, a JRPG for the PS3. It's made by Level-5 and Studio Ghibli and published by Namco Bandai. It's basically like playing through a Studio Ghibli … [Read more...]
We’ve written about some elusive Japanese creatures before, but the tsuchinoko is probably one of the more popular ones. While not quite as visually impressive as some of the others, the tsuchinoko definitely has its place … [Read more...]
For a while now, I’ve felt like I have a lot more free time than my friends and acquaintances. And yet, I still feel like I am incredibly productive. How is this possible? Mad skills? Superhuman intelligence? Maybe. But … [Read more...]