Sébastien Raineri

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Sébastien is a French writer and videographer. Born and raised in Marseille in the south of France, he has been living in Japan since 2022. He has written for several international media outlets, mainly about Japan, art, and cinema.

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In the Mist of Twin Peaks Mania in Japan
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In the Mist of Twin Peaks Mania in Japan
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Cherry pie, eerie silence, and Japan couldn’t look away again.

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Breaking Boundaries - Masaaki Yuasa and the Wild Grammar of Animation
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Breaking Boundaries - Masaaki Yuasa and the Wild Grammar of Animation
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Where most follow rules, Yuasa finds freedom in distortion.

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Hallucinatory Japan - The Psychedelic World of Keiichi Tanaami
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Hallucinatory Japan - The Psychedelic World of Keiichi Tanaami
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Postwar trauma and pop culture collide in Tanaami’s vivid dreamscape.

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Disappearing to Start a New Life - The Phenomenon of Jōhatsu
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Disappearing to Start a New Life - The Phenomenon of Jōhatsu
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Some vanish from shame, others from life, all chasing silence somewhere.

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Love and Pop - Hideaki Anno’s Experimental Portrait of 90s Japanese Youth
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Love and Pop - Hideaki Anno’s Experimental Portrait of 90s Japanese Youth
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Anno’s DV masterpiece exposes raw 90s youth angst and desire.

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