Author: James

OSAKA – Japan’s booming “oshi-katsu” culture, in which fans devote themselves to supporting favorite celebrities, athletes, characters and other interests, has grown into an estimated 3.8 trillion yen market, but some enthusiasts are taking multiple jobs, restricting meals and falling deeply into debt to sustain their spending.

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An evil child, a former shinigami, and cybernetics are what you can expect this summer anime season. There’s a new season full of anime to check out this Summer like the return of The Ghost in the Shell, the beautiful The World Is Dancing, and the highly anticipated finale of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. Across…

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There are a number of TV shows that correctly predicted the future, but more often than not, it amounted to a lucky guess. That, or it was something that was more or less bound to happen eventually, like a certain team winning a championship or the climax of an event that was already somewhat in…

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The Nintendo Wii, released at the tail end of 2006, was the company’s casual-friendly video game console follow-up to the GameCube. While flush with plenty of games that only used the packed-in Wii Remote and nunchuck attachment, some required a completely different style of controller or encouraged some plastic trash wrapped around it. When Nintendo…

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