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Music
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Travel & Food
A New Dawn sparks a technicolor firework of animation
Alicia HaddickApr 23rd
Anime
Introducing INTERSECT at Anime Central, where Japanese electronic music meets the US convention scene
Eddie LeheckaApr 23rd
Music
Konbini close-up: Kitakita no Konokono Yamasato
Patrick St. MichelApr 22nd
Travel & Food
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Flying Colors - Anyone can achieve academic success… or can they?
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Film & TV
scrmbl selection 20 April, 2026 - Age Factory, THE LUV BUGS, STUTS & Taeko Onuki, and more
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Music
Review
New focus, new problems in Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway
Alicia HaddickApr 20th
Anime
The Museum of Narratives doesn’t know what story it wants to tell
Caleb Wyckoff SmithApr 17th
Travel & Food
Before Pokopia, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon showed us how fun being a Pokémon could be
Adam WescottApr 17th
Games
Sakurazaka46 turn MUFG Stadium into a glowing pop spectacle for their 5th Anniversary Live
Patrick St. MichelApr 16th
Music
Konbini close-up: Suntory NOPE guilty carbonated beverage
Patrick St. MichelApr 15th
Travel & Food
Needy Girl Overdose gamified the online generation's troubled relationship with the internet. Does it work as an anime?
Alicia HaddickApr 15th
Anime
A grand re-opening for the Edo-Tokyo Museum
Caleb Wyckoff SmithApr 14th
Travel & Food
scrmbl selection 13 April, 2026 - LAUSBUB, Otoboke Beaver, TORIENA, and more
R. Miyauchi & P. St. MichelApr 13th
Music
Takeshi Kitano's near-silent A Scene at the Sea is his most beautiful, mundane, human story
Alicia HaddickApr 13th
Film & TV
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Chimney Town: Frozen in Time is a fresh, exciting, and somewhat frustrating exploration of grief through child eyes
Alicia HaddickApr 10th
Anime
Coast to coast: A look into Tatsuro Yamashita's solo debut, Circus Town, at 50
Patrick St. MichelApr 10th
Music
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Nobuyuki Fukumoto paints a portrait of failure in Nikaido Hell Golf
Jacob Parker-DaltonApr 9th
Manga
Konbini Close-up: Seven-Eleven chocolate sprinkles and whipped cream sandwich
Patrick St. MichelApr 8th
Travel & Food
Review
This is I: A trans-positive Japanese musical biopic worth celebrating
Alicia HaddickApr 8th
Film & TV
The oshikatsu economy goes global
maru mgmtApr 7th
Other
Gekidan Shinkansen are democratizing Japanese musical theater using demons, comedy and rock'n'roll
Alicia HaddickApr 7th
Other
scrmbl selection 6 April, 2026 - 7th Jet Balloon, Яu-a, Vaundy, and more
R. Miyauchi & P. St. MichelApr 6th
Music
JR East open Oimachi Tracks, a new Mall overlooking the Yamanote Line’s historic depot
Caleb Wyckoff SmithApr 6th
Travel & Food
