NewsAnime/manga
Maison Ghibli returns to London, and No-Face is moving to Oxford Street (news).
Studio Ghibli’s official travelling gift shop, Maison Ghibli, is coming back to London next weekend. Last winter it set up camp at 237…
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J-life
Life in Japan and all things Japanese.
October 2026
NewsComics
7,350 days and counting: the Osaka office worker whose daily webcomic has just outrun Schlock Mercenary (comics news).
Fumiya Yomigishi's daily Japanese webcomic Baneusagi to Kamepan has reached 7,350 consecutive days, passing Schlock Mercenary's completed run.
NewsFilms
Godzilla Minus Zero: Ginza gets a red carpet instead of a stomping, and Takashi Yamazaki wears King Ghidorah on his heels (monster movie news).
Godzilla Minus Zero held its Japan premiere on a red carpet above Ginza, with Takashi Yamazaki in King Ghidorah shoes and a cast…
August 2026
NewsAnime/manga
Ghibli Park is growing a Toxic Jungle, and we demand a full-size Pirate Airship (news).
Studio Ghibli has apparently looked at its enormous park in Aichi, looked at the millions of people already wandering around it pretending not…
January 2024
NewsJ-life
How Japanese toys changed the world (video).
In the grand tapestry of global pop culture, Japanese toys and models hold a thread that’s as vibrant and intricate as a well-stitched…
November 2022
NewsCons
Tokyo Comic Con 2022: a visit by V.J. (convention news: video format).
V.J. is here to take us for a very nice walk around Tokyo Comic Con 2022. The marketing wasn’t so good this year,…
August 2022
NewsJ-life
The final farewell to Akihabara’s tiniest shop in Tokyo (J-life video).
Self-employed Koichi San has been selling little electrical items to thousands of Akihabara clients from the same modest place for 43 years. He…
February 2022
NewsAnime/manga
Wonder Festival 2022: Japan’s best anime and manga con.
The greatest anime and manga convention in Japan each year is almost certainly Wonder Festival. We give you an hour-long walk around the…
October 2021
NewsGames
Japan’s massive computer game arcades are dying (video).
It’s sad but true, Japan’s massive computer game arcades are dying. Arcades in Japan are known as ‘Game Centers,’ and they are rapidly…
June 2021
NewsAnime/manga
Inside the Tokyo Akihabara’s anime stores (video).
Let’s take a visit through the anime stores of that most geekiest of areas, Tokyo’s Akihabara district. Hey, it’s like we’re really there!
NewsAnime/manga
What’s it like to work as an anime and manga figure sculptor? (video)
There’s a whole universe of manga/anime figures available on the shelves of model and toy stores in Japan. And you know what, some…
March 2021
NewsAnime/manga
Gundam Factory Tokyo – a full tour (video).
Paolo is on hand to bring us a 10-minute-long video tour of Gundam Factory Yokohama, just outside of Tokyo in Japan. The Gundam…