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Brian Ashcraft
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Originally from Texas, Ashcraft has called Osaka home since 2001. He has authored six books, including most recently, The Japanese Sake Bible.

I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of a capsule hotel allowing more than one person per capsule. Men and women are separated by areas/floors, typically. Read more

It’s for a kiddy arcade game for girls called Oshare Majo: Love and Berry. You’d dress up the characters in the outfits on the cards by scanning them in. Read more

Yes, City Hunter, but..... There’s a stronger connection!! Read more

This band has a strong connection to video games. Can you guess why....??? Read more

Eh. That’s beside the point. Their job was to make a good movie. They did not do that. Maybe the sequel (volume 2) will be better. Read more

Maybe. But I’ve seen some amazing dramas and crime movies, though, come out of Japan recently... Read more

The problem with this movie, though, was the inability to do basic things like create a in-movie world, feature good acting, and tell a good yarn. Read more

I know. But this isn’t for the resort. This is Disney Japan’s official Twitter account, which it clearly states: ディズニー・ジャパンの公式Twitterアカウント Read more

The assumption by the conspiracy theorists online is that, yes, these were done by people fluent in Japanese, but maybe by people within the country who don’t like Japan... *shrugs* Read more

It’s something we all do. No need to pretend we don’t or shrug it off as something we shouldn’t learn about! Read more

I hope the knights drive cars dressed as knights. Like, there are police cars for knights. And there is a knight-driving-cars chase sequence with the police knights shooting out the windows as they’re in hot pursuit. There should be walkie-talkies, too that the knights hold up to their helmets. Read more

Anno has done some interesting live-action movie stuff, so if he handles the actors and the camera and Higuchi does the effects, it could be good! Read more