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In a one-point perspective drawing, imaginary vanishing lines along an object recede to one vanishing point on an imaginary horizon line (in this case, think “eye-level line”) in the distan…
On 24 December, a 26-year old woman was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a 16-year old high school boy in Hyogo Prefecture, but has claimed that she merely invited him to her apartment.…
He wasn’t arrested for theft, but he stole her heart, and she gave him even more in return. In November of last year, officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Shinjuku Precinct arrested a m…
Patlabor began way back in 1988 as a comic set in the near-future where the police battle crime using giant robots. Like their animated predecessors, the protagonists of the live-actio…
One man’s pleasure is another’s pricey poison, as otaku says going to a hostess bar is just paying for stress. While the outfits may be revealing and the conversations sprinkled with innuendo, t…
However, the setting of My Neighbor Totoro does have a specific real-life inspiration. A local resident, a man in his 40s, had been feeding stray cats in the forest when he found a skeleton…
The following video is an example of a speed run, which is an open competition to complete a game as fast as possible. In the case, the game is classic speed run fodder Super Mario 64, but Gorou…
Final set of free backgrounds feature four films from the acclaimed Japanese animation studio. During this time of staying indoors, they’ve come through with free anime, manga and backgrounds fo…
Now you can spirit yourself away to the world of Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbour Totoro. Thankfully, more and more wallpapers are being made available every day, giving people a wider r…
Beautiful selections from Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda, and more stir the heart and the nostalgia too. In particular, there’s a distinct quality to how the system’s sound chip could re…
