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Tokyo Citizens Protest That the Rent Is Too Damn High
Tokyo is becoming hard to afford for more people, with the cost of a one-bedroom home reaching record levels.
By Dawn's Early Light
"Well, I'll be tougher than the toughies, and sharper than the sharpies -- And I'll make my money square!""The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" Visited Sapporo recently actually.…
Diagnosis: Filler: One Piece's G-8 Arc
Debuting in Issue #34 of Weekly Shonen Jump in 1997, One Piece by Eiichiro Oda took almost no time whatsoever in becoming Jump's next smas...
THE GREAT FREE KICK WATCH 47 – I Forgive You
ASHITA E FREE KICK (Free Kick Toward Tomorrow)EPISODE 47: I Forgive You WRITTEN BY: Akira Okeya BROADCAST DATE: March 20, 1993 And this episode aired exactly thirty-three years…
June 2026 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases
Crunchyroll returns with only two releases, AnimEigo have two (due to one being delayed) and Sentai offers more re-releases to the mix.
Showing No Mercy for 35 Years! Monthly Shonen Gangan's Original [United] Era Part 2 (1997-2001)
Upon the very creation & launch of Monthly Shonen Gangan the direction & image of the magazine itself wasn't exactly what people seemed to a...
Libido / 性の起原 / Sei no kigen (‘The Origin of Sex’, 1967)
Obscure Japanese Film #253Taiji Tonoyama An unnamed 51-year-old man (Taiji Tonoyama) suffering from some kind of nervous breakdown is recuperating in a mental hospital when he learns about the death of an…
[Insider] Why Japan Opposes Trump’s Iran War
As Japan struggles with rising prices at home, the public reigsters its displeasure with what's happening in the Middle East.
Bluegrass Gaming Con 2026 Review: An Incredible Event For The Local Board Game Community
Convention season is here, and I’ve attended my first event of 2026. Wanting to change things up a bit, I ended up going to the first year of…
Is Yamaguchi cursed to have"ugly" girls? (Places in Japan Known for "Beautiful" & "Ugly" Women) | Japan Station 200/Ichimon Japan 50
This is a re-broadcast of an episode originally released on 8/21/21. On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Is Yamaguchi cursed to have "ugly" girls? We also…
Japan Station: A Podcast About Japanese Culture & the Japanese Language
Iyahaya Atami-kun / My Oh My Atami-kun by Tanuma Asa
I will be sporadically updating this review site because I had another recent trip to my library and came home with fifteen volumes of new-to-me stuff. After sort…
Summer Wars comes to 4K home video this April
As we continue to spin things back up, we’re not quite at the point of returning to full-blown monthly Newswire duty (but sooooon, we hear lots of you…
Forever, My Love / 佳人 / Kajin (‘Beautiful Woman’/ ‘Good Person’, 1958)
Obscure Japanese Film #252Ryoji Hayama 1943. Shigeru (Ryoji Hayama) is a student returning from Tokyo to his hometown of Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture on western Honshu (then part of the San’in…
Hoedown Showdown
"And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?""The Merchant of Venice" I'll be seeing the new Detective Conan film of course, but I guess I also have to see that…
Anime home video sales plummet in streaming shift
Plus: Osaka broadcaster plans US$50m anime investment; Kadokawa recruits light novel writers abroad; Digital restoration revitalizes popular folklore anime; and more
Asa no hamon / 朝の波紋 (‘Morning Ripples’, 1952)
Obscure Japanese Film #251Hideko Takamine Atsuko (Hideko Takamine) is a young woman living at home with her mother (Hisako Takihana) and nephew Kenichi (Katsumasa Okamoto), whose father was killed in the war…
AI on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Trust)
Inka-Subs and Orphan Fansubs finish their work on Anime no Tane 2025 with Trust. The other three shows were:Dive-In!, no dialogGalaxy Apartment Cosmo Hills, subtitled by Inka and…
Apocalypse Hotel, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Nora, Undead Murder Farce, Dead Leaves
Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era
I finally, finally, got to watch it in theaters. On the way home, my playlist rotated to GIRLS’ LEGEND U by chance. This is how it feels, again,…
Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
The Liella! idol group return with their third season! Anime Limited went ahead to bring this season onto home video before the US once again for the Love…
Blue Mondays Episode 26: Come Home Young Man, the War is Over
We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings…
John Neal – Manga and Game Translator – Interviews With Localizers
– Discussions with people in the Japanese media localization industry – John Neal Can you tell us about yourself? I’m John! I’m a freelance translator for both…
Android wa Keiken Ninzuu ni Hairimasu ka?? – Episode 8 – Akane and Connecting with Her Childhood Through a Cold
After Akane had an intimate moment with Nadeshiko at a “love hotel,” she came home exhausted and acting several years younger. Nadeshiko uses this to her advantage. When…
The 46th Locked Room / ４６番目の密室
The 46th Locked Room is a murder mystery by Alice Arisugawa told from the point of view of a character also named Alice Arisugawa, but not that Alice Arisugawa.…
Growing Up
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
Oh! My Goddess, Captain Tsubasa, Captain Tsubasa, Bite me!, Gon
While the Clock Ticked
Are you death or paradise? Now you'll never see me cryThere's just no time to die"No Time to Die" (Billie Eilish) Disclosure: I translated Ayatsuji Yukito's The Decagon House Murders, The…
Aoife Ferry - The Best Is Yet To Come
Rating: 76/100So...this show just randomly came out of nowhere. Love Through a Prism is a historical shoujo anime by Wit Studio, directed by Kazuto Nakazawa and with scripts…
Requiem for a Falling Star
What if that star is not to come?Will their dreams fade to nothing?"Wind's Nocturne" (Lunar: Silver Story)The more I think about it, the more I think this series…
Aki is the only reason I'm still watching Yuusha no Kuzu (Scum of the Brave)
I suppose I should mention I also mostly watch watched Bye Bye, Earth because of Belle's character design. Hopefully, my overall Yuusha no Kuzu experience will outperform my…
May 2026 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases
In May's slate, Crunchyroll skips a month, and Sentai offers a recent isekai villainess series.
The Maddest of All
From the lightning in the skyAs it pass’d me flying by— From the thunder, and the storm— And the cloud that took the form "Alone" Looking up the etymology of words…
The Stolen Show
「へええええ」『トリビアの泉』 "Wo-----w""The Fountain of Trivia" I do love quiz programs on Japan, though I am not really a fan of the QuizKnock-type of quizzes often seen on television now... Trivia…
REVIEW: Shiawase Gohan (Happiness Meal)
An aging salaryman with a thinning combover sweats on the packed train ride home. Rather than returning home to a messy kitchen, laundry and divorce papers- as shown in a collaborative panel of his…
My Five Do’s and Don’ts of Game Translation
I attend a small coffee group of local translators and this month’s topic of conversation was “your five do’s and don’ts of localization.” Of course I had too…
Tongari Boushi no Memole - Episode 17
Memole loses her hat one day when trying to fly back home with Bobo—her grandpa requests that Memole go & retrieve it due to it being a keepsake…
Sazae-san / サザエさん (1956)
Obscure Japanese Film #245Chiemi EriKamatari Fujiwara and Nijiko Kiyokawa Sazae (Chiemi Eri) is a young woman still living at home with her father (Kamatari Fujiwara), mother (Nijiko Kiyokawa) and two younger siblings.…
Vintage Report 45: April/May 1983
Predictably, Final Yamato created a big wake after its release, which was filled by one last blitz of book and music publishing along with the game-changing arrival of…
This month on the podcast
A new Samurai Troopers anime started last month! So what better time to look back on the original, as well as it's English incarnation, Ronin Warriors! Joining me…
The Curse of the Golden Cross
Wake Up! The Hero燃え上れ！「仮面ライダーBlack RX」(宮内タカユキ) Wake Up! The HeroTurn into a blaze!"Kamen Rider Black RX" (Miyauchi Takayuki) As I usually have quite a lot posts written and waiting to be…
Carrick Lomas – Video Game Translator – Interviews With Localizers
– Discussions with people in the Japanese media localization industry – Carrick Lomas Can you tell us about yourself? I can indeed! My name’s Carrick, and I’ve…
Their Legacy / 家庭の事情 / Katei no jijo (‘Family Circumstances’, 1962)
Obscure Japanese Film #243So YamamuraJunko Kano and Ayako WakaoUtako Shibusawa and Mako Sanjo Upon retiring, widower Misawa (So Yamamura) decides to give each of his four unmarried daughters 500,000 yen to…
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White comes to UK home video this March
We’ve been promising, teasing and tantalising you with this one for a while now, but after a long wait, it’s finally on its way… yes, that’s right, today…
New to Sunday: Sakane Toyobashi's "Futari Bus."
January certainly has felt like traveling down a highway at top speed. What do you mean we're already almost done with the first month of 2026?! With that…
Episode 398 - Chi's Sweet Home
This week, Shaun's taking things easy in the lead-up to our 400th episode, and what's a better way to get some stress out than by looking at cute…