The future Japan once sold returned as archived fantasy.

Revisiting a handmade animation era with 1991’s ‘PAPERS’.

Explaining the glue between anime, fine art, toys, and fashion.

Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s cult classic gets a second life.

How Hara Kazuaki documents the daily lives of her kids in Nagano.

Shin Hanga preserved traditional aesthetics while negotiating Western influence and change.

The insanely detailed cardboard creations of Aidakko Sishou.

Ihei Kimura captured life’s raw beauty through unfiltered moments.

These quirky little creatures say more than words ever could.

From Ukiyo-e’s decline rose the Sōsaku Hanga movement.

Danielle Sinai explores what it means to get lost in Tokyo.

Kyoto-based artist nouseskou merges digital distorted patterns with nature and body.

A conversation on Kureha’s surreal mirror world.

The teenage photographer who rewrote Japan’s youth visually.

Underwater worlds and robotic fantasies.

Paul Tulett photographs concrete forms hiding in plain sight.

Japanese prints quietly reshaped how Europe saw light and space.

Messy rooms scanned in 3D become love letters to chaos.

Ore sketches loose lines balanced between punk mood and manga.

EZ blurs body and machine until fashion becomes emotional armor.

Postwar trauma and pop culture collide in Tanaami’s vivid dreamscape.

A sacred gate turned into an interactive sound installation.

Through glass and stillness, Wolf frames the cost of movement.

Hasui painted the kind of calm most people miss.

Chris Pyrate paints Tokyo with pastel chaos and sakura dreams.

A ping pong table, a window, and four years waiting.

Emi Kusano crafts a world where AI dreams in neon.

Everyday objects whisper stories as Ulala Imai captures their glow.

How Tampopo redefined food cinema, spotlighting ramen as Japan’s cultural symbol.

Billboards reimagined as Shibuya’s streets become Tokyo’s art gallery.

The anarchic tribute that brings tokusatsu back from cultural oblivion.

Wenders wanders a city racing forward, searching for Ozu’s stillness.

Nujabes' Impact on Anime’s most Iconic Soundtrack.

A quarter century later, Fukasaku’s dystopian pulp classic still provokes.

This post office welcomes letters never meant to be delivered.

How Ike Reiko redefined Japan’s pink film underground.

Must-see documentaries to understand Japan’s biker gang culture.

The brutal retaliation for a film that mocked the Yakuza’s power.

Grunge meets elegance as the Osaka trio reshapes Japan’s rock scene.

Noise becomes resistance in Japan’s loudest and least understood scene.

A legacy that still ripples through generations of lonely hearts.

How Masahiro Shinoda turned war into theatre.

Cherry pie, eerie silence, and Japan couldn’t look away again.

Shamanic rhythms and sci-fi visions collide in Kuunatic’s universe.

A messy, melodic history of Japan’s loudest, least polished genre.

Hideaki Anno’s reboot turns a childhood icon into existential drama.

Peterparker69 turns digital static into something strangely beautiful and sad.

A Kyoto-born whisper drifts through Paris, elegant and eerily unresolved.

A journey through Mifune’s remarkable film contributions.

Vinyl crackle warmth meets soft rap flow in Mamiko’s world.

Inside the Godzilla suit, Haruo Nakajima became a legend.

Anno’s DV masterpiece exposes raw 90s youth angst and desire.

A Miike film is chaos, carnage, and comedy in equal measure.

Every day, Hiroshi wakes up to a life already forgotten.

From Shibuya’s crates to universal souls, Nujabes redefined emotion.

When the French robots found their way to Tokyo.

From the Bronx to Tokyo - hip-hop’s unexpected, groundbreaking cultural exchange.

tamanaramen blends techno, ambient, and art into a mesmerizing universe.

How Tampopo redefined food cinema, spotlighting ramen as Japan’s cultural symbol.

A year of discovering Osaka’s indie artists and live houses.

Inside the legacy of one of anime’s most iconic studios.

The culmination of Kon’s experiments in psychological animation.

How Yukinaga continues traditional techniques by working entirely in analog.

OZ became the prototype for our online selves.

A chaotic genius who bent postwar Japan’s manga into delirium.

Nujabes' Impact on Anime’s most Iconic Soundtrack.

The medicine seller interrogates guilt, exposing sins behind restless spirits.

The underground manga that showed women’s MMA fighting for recognition in Japan.

The manga and anime that remember Japan’s biggest tragedy.

The robot girl anime that rewrote sci-fi storytelling rules.

The animator that finds freedom in distortion.

How Vagabond’s detailed facial expressions shape its emotional value.

A city that builds itself while everything else falls apart.

Ghibli’s first movie shows us Miyazaki’s dreams for a simpler time.

From the streets to the ring, Joe punched through history.

Baroque armors, cyberpunk muses—CLAMP’s art redefines manga storytelling.

Survival of the fittest, among chaos, and humanity at its breaking point.

Childhood, chaos, and urban decay collide in a visual masterpiece.

From Gundam to Evangelion, the must-watch classics of mecha anime.

From doujinshi roots to global icons, the revolutionary impact of CLAMP on the world of manga.

Inoue’s masterpiece transforms strength into compassion, revealing life’s quiet truths.

Tokyo Godfathers redefines Christmas with heart, hope, and humanity.

Dive into the anime Christmas specias that capture holiday magic.

Shinsei Galverse blends NFTs, gyaru culture, and futuristic anime storytelling.

Runways meet soul-reaping battles in Tite Kubo’s stylish universe.

The shadowy anime worlds where dark beauty and intrigue collide.

Murakami and Kon blur reality and dreams in surreal storytelling.

Your guide through Junji Ito’s stories and psychological unease.

A brutal game of survival challenges characters’ morals and beliefs.