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Pure TokyoScope Podcast 102: Tokyo Summer Heat! The Best of WonderFest!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan!
Heat Guy J
“A man should try hard and always do his best at work and never be concerned with what the outcome may be.” – J Plot Summary: After his…
Cure Has No Heat
Anya shares a significant dance with Damien, Deku wonders the mindscape, and all Five Elders make their long awaited appearance... 6:18 - My Hero Academia 417 16:47 - Undead Unluck…
Chainsaw Man, Green Green, My Hero Academia, One Piece, Undead Unluck
Popcorn Pulse 206: Outlaw Heat
There was a time when the buddy comedy could be found in many theaters. You couldn’t throw a cheap quarter pounder without hitting a movie poster where some…
Brief Thoughts On: Dead Heat
If you just want to relax and watch some phenomenal animated racing though, then Dead Heat has you covered.
VG pulse 335: Retro Heat
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Classic Naruto was heat #naruto #anime
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Pick of the Week: Beating the Heat
SEAN: Lots of BL and beloved authors to choose from this week, but I'm going to go with the latest of one of my favorite light novel series,…
#DirtyPairCember Episode 5: The Heat of Criados
A lot of revealing things in this episode of Dirty Pair. In a lot of ways really. Before that, let’s discuss the plot first. In this episode, we…
Wonderful Precure Episode 26 Review – Beat The Heat
How to beat the heat ft Precures and Satoru
How Japan Is Beating The Heat This Summer
It's HOT! As heat advisories sweep Japan, people are finding new and unique ways to keep cool - and stay safe.
Samurai Champloo’s OST was heat #nujabes #samuraichamploo #anime
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Do These Summer Heat-Beating Japanese Products Actually Work?
Japan has a slew of products on shelves aimed at dealing with the intense summer heat. Are they worth it - and do they work?
As Summers Heat Up, Smelly Customers Challenge Japan’s “Omotenashi”
A user at one game center in Japan reeked so badly that customers complained, and employees said they "wanted to vomit."
Love After World Domination – 08 – The Heat Is On
Fudou and Desumi have a problem: someone not named Haru knows about them and, unlike Haru, is not rooting for them. I thought that someone might be Misaki,…
Beat Toyko’s Heat With These Hidden Underground Train Passages
Get around in Tokyo without leaving the cool confines of the train station - use these (sometimes hidden) underground passages.
Translation Fight! Heat Sink the Mecha Song of Woe!
.<clears throat>........."Soldiers of warlords from deep space."Okay, survey time! Does the above cause you to:A) Start humming and nodding and getting all kinds of glassy-eyed,B) Quietly curse a certain name…
Pokemon Horizons Episode 64 Review – Explorers Bring In The Heat
Will Ceruledge ever get a win?
Refreshing Leaves: 5 Summertime Teas to Help Beat the Heat
Unlike sweetened American ice tea or the deep and dark black teas that keep us toasty in the winter, the Japanese teas that reign supreme in the summer…
Cosplay Beat…the Summer Heat at the Pool with Nezuko!
This was such a fun set!!! I needed a swimsuit for a work function and figured I’d get something cosplay-able to knock out two birds with one stone.…
Bringing the Heat to Prime Time—Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange
Cop-themed media is ubiquitous, but firefighter stories are far less common—maybe it’s the lack of “bad guys.” But here comes Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange, an anime that’s…
The Heat Is On: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for March 2022
I’d be lying if I claimed I wasn’t full of fear of where the world is going. While violence is nothing new, there’s something about these particularly brazen…
Dispelling the Heat Haze: Ashita no Nadja and A Prince’s Shadow
Once upon a time there was a chivalrous knight, of lithe limb and dazzling smile, virtue incarnate. Cutting a remarkably gallant figure, Francis Harcourt emerges from the well-thumbed…
Moscow to Tokyo, Tokyo to Moscow
How two animation scenes influenced each other.
Mystery Box of Misery Volume 6: Texhnolyze, Viewtiful Joe, Heat Guy J
They're the Part 2 of 3 you receive when both bookends are out of print. They’re the discs marked down to $1 during clearance and holiday sales. They're fodder for…
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The Big Heat (城巿特警, Andrew Kam & Johnnie To, 1988)
A Hong Kong cop struggles with his sense of responsibility when faced with the fatalistic existential threat of the imminent Handover in Johnnie To’s first foray into action…
Tokyo Nipper
東京の子、藤井 太洋 、Kadokawa 2019 Tokyo Nipper, by Taiyo Fujii Novels set in the future and other science fiction are often used to express our deepest fears about human…
Tokyo Kaido
Umm yes I remember saying that Jigoku no Alice would be my next review but I enjoy that manga too much to just review it willy-nilly. Instead, I’ve…
Emergent Tokyo
Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City is a fascinating study of urban space augmented by a wealth of photographs and illustrations. Jorge Almazán convincingly argues that, instead of…
Tokyo Juushouden
Long time ago, the evil Demon Lord once terrorized the land. Oh sorry, make that only Japan. Brave powerful warriors banded together to defeat him. Oh sorry, make…
Tokyo Compression
The discomfort and despair of Japan's subways laid bare.
Tokyo Revengers
A much-needed change of pace. Read more
Tokyo Express
Seichō Matsumoto’s Tokyo Express is a slim mystery novel from 1958 whose crime is largely dependent on train schedules. Although two apparent victims of suicide appear to have…
Trolling Tokyo
Making sense of the wildest Governor's race in city history
Cupid Parasite Sweet & Spicy Darling Review – Turning Up the Heat and the Insanity
Take a trip back to Los York and catch up with the now reformed Parasite 5 as they settle into wedded bliss with former Cupid, Lynette in Cupid…
Cupid Parasite Sweet & Spicy Darling Review – Turning Up the Heat and the Insanity
Take a trip back to Los York and catch up with the now reformed Parasite 5 as they settle into wedded bliss with former Cupid, Lynette in Cupid…
Tokyo Higoro / Tokyo These Days by Matsumoto Taiyo
Whoever is buying manga for my library has been on a weird kick lately. Maybe they’re trying to legitimize the artistry and gravitas of manga to their colleagues…
Tokyo Revengers – 11
On balance, I'd say that was the most cohesive episode of Tokyo Revengers for a good while. Read more
Tokyo Revengers – 05
Making a living is going to be pretty problematical when you disappear for days or weeks at a time. Read more
Tokyo Revengers – 04
Tokyo Revengers may have a pretty big flaw, but it's not pecked to death by a thousand smaller ones. Read more
Tokyo Shinobi Squad
A manga about an elite shinobi squad that tackles jobs in the crime-ridden city of Tokyo in the year 2049. Continue reading →
Tokyo Revengers – 03
The ledger with Tokyo Revengers is definitely balanced to the positive on the whole, but I still worry about a few things. Read more
Tokyo Revengers DROPPED
Killing off Hina again and undoing all of Takemichi’s hard work proved to be a dealbreaker, as I simply have not been able to muster any motivation to…
Re-visiting Tokyo
While I first came to Tokyo, Japan on March 13th, 2020, I didn’t leave Tokyo until the end of the month. So this year, during the spring break,…
Tokyo Revengers – 22
It's all fun and games till someone loses an eye. Read more
Tokyo Revengers – 12
So what's the deal here? Read more
Tokyo Revengers – 16
This episode actually raises as many questions as it answers. Read more
Tokyo Revengers – 10
Well - never mind, I guess. Read more