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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.

This is what got me into shoegaze. I still need to check out the new album they put out Read more

I assure you, Lord Vader, my man is working as fast as he can Read more

Artwork considerations aside, this is a manga (and anime, which is in its second season!) that will absolutely melt your heart. Read more

As someone who reads manga, I hate it when mangaka do this. Read more

I can’t even imagine being in that Totoro costume in the summer heat. If you ever gone up to the attic during the summer in Texas, you’ll never want to do it again. Read more

SNK brought back KOF and Samsho, they need to create a new Metal Slug ASAP. Read more

I hate scummy sellers that try to pass of repros as the genuine article. I’ve come across more and more instances of this online and in brick and mortar retro game stores in the last couple of years. Always ask to see the PCB and compare it to images on NesCartDB. Once, I almost spent $100 on a copy of Panic Read more

Not gonna lie, I lost it at “becoming a rapper”. Live the dream Granny Q. Read more

Your Highness Qiaobiluo ended up getting an outpouring of support after the incident, racking up well over half a million followers and becoming the most-searched streamer on DouYu. Read more

The death of anybody is obviously a tragedy, but the fact that Kyoto Animation was the rare studio that aggressively hires women, pays well, and promotes them to leadership positions means the deaths of 34 members of it’s elite Studio One team is losing some of the top up and coming future female anime directors, lead Read more

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I also remember when I was living in Osaka around 2005, working for Nova’s Ginga-net branch by OCAT. I remember sitting around with a bunch of other ex-pats and showing them an episode of Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu. It’s a rare anime that can make even non-anime fans rolling on the floor laughing. In the following

My first true exposure to Kyoto Animation was when they took over from GONZO for Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid. I was already an FMP fan having the first season on DVD, but TSR was so great and is still to this day one of my top 5 Anime shows of all time. Read more

Worked in customer for service for years , in person and in call centres and i really feel they should get rid of the customer is always right and change it to the customer is only right....when they are right. If a customer is in the wrong then i am getting fed up with the way people who serve them have to do this Read more

Why didn’t they go with the tried and true design of every toy manufacturer and make his tail touch the floor for balance? Read more

I could bunker down there with an electric cooker and food processor, pretty much just to live down there. Wait no, no I don’t. Read more

So not this ?