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You've likely already heard the rumours — forget what you think you know about The Hunger Games franchise since it's pretty darne...

Last week, after twelve years in this country, I did something for the first time that's apparently quite the lure for English teach...

Just did an interview with the very cool people @ Madman Entertainment in my hometown Melbourne—with their opinions on all things Japanese ...

Recently, I've been doing my best to mimic a literary ostrich since I've had my head buried deep inside assembly of the next nove...

He's a fox, he wears a Zorro mask, has 'Zoro' as part of his name (we'll forgive the missing 'r'),...

When I was a wee tacker growing up in Melbourne, my dad picked up this second hand tome called Myths and Legends , published by Paul Hamly...

Last weekend — after nearly driving myself to madness — I finished off my second novel (as I crowed about in undignified fashion below!) and...

Well, by the time you read these words, the silly season is well and truly over (two months is fair enough time to lay it to rest), and over...

As I mentioned in the first part of this article back in December , Japanese food isn’t just about the sushi. Or the fugu. There’s a whole l...

As outlined here a couple of entries back, I recently slunk back to Tokyo after three of the most über-intensive days’ traveling in my life,...

Licca-chan (リカちゃん) was born on May 3, 1967 to Orie Kayama, a Japanese fashion designer, and Pierre Miramonde, a French musician. Her papa Pi...

I think it’s high time that I talked up kanji in this wayward blog. While I’d like to assume that most people know precisely what I’m on ab...

I’ve also had a great relationship with Production I.G over the past six years or so thanks, chiefly, to Francesco Prandoni at the Internat...

This past week something special ended for me, and while I wouldn’t quite put it in the same league as the final episodes of Buffy the Vampi...

If the image (left) doesn't grab you straight away, take my word for it - as cheap as it sometimes is. This was was an interesting serie...

What music do you like to make love to? A simple question, really. “Sometimes I sing ‘Danger Zone’ in the bathroom. I like the music from To...

Two weeks back for my hack Flash in Japan column over at Forces of Geek I did a feature story on a bunch of cool, talented and rather dive...

To be honest it’s quite probable that, if you live outside Japan, you haven’t yet heard of Ryoji Arai or of the animated TV series Sukima n...

“For me, namazake is the best kind to drink, and I’m so into Kikusui.” So declares apprentice manga artist Eiko Magami as she refers to Fun...