The Convenience Store

I am building a computer. I never thought I’d write those words, as my crafting ability is typically limited to LEGO…

On a Sunday morning in September, Typhoon Talim was flooding the western part of Japan with a torrential downpour,…

Japanese conveniences are already great, but they’re getting greater. Family Mart is opening a string of fitness…

In the middle of talking to me about his upcoming documentary on The Simpsons, comic Hari Kondabolu described…

According to Mychal “Trihex” Jefferson, there really isn’t much of a difference between speedrunning video games and…

It was 2am in early September. Yuichiro Takahashi was in his room eating a Crunky chocolate bar, listening to the RWB…

I was not expecting my favorite anime so far this season to be about an unemployed, 30-year-old MMORPG addict with…

Making anime isn’t easy! Not only is it a highly skilled profession, but loads of talented people are trying to…

Recently, Shibuya has become Halloween central in Japan, with mobs of costume-wearing partiers descending on the…

In Japanese superhero and monster movies, massive battles lay waste to cities. We rarely get to see what it’s like…