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Well, it's been one week to the day since I popped in to this year's Tokyo International Anime Fair (東京国際アニメフェア), held as always at ...

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...

I usually try to keep this blog at an arm's length from my ulterior activities with writing and muzak - usually , but occasionally I fai...

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...

Is this old? ...yes, it is bloody archaic ! This is the oldest abode I've yet discovered in Tokyo, a tumbling down hovel I accidentally ...

The other day I dropped my daughter off at her kindergarten and had a couple of hours to kill, so I wandered around the local area. It's...

I know a lot of people decry these things, and most of us are worn out by the concept by the time the clock hits 11:59pm on December 31st, w...

If you grew up in the 1960s or ‘70s you’d probably remember a kids’ book by Dr. Seuss titled One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish . Alter...

Well, it was bound to happen - Toei does it around February every year, and this will be the ninth time in succession. I'm talking up th...

Just got a GREAT review from Marcus Baumgart @ The Flawed Mind . Here's a taste: "Andrez offers us one imagined future for Melbourn...