Forms in Light Billboard Architecture By Justin Reeve • August 13th, 2020 What Sega has to say about kanbankenchiku, literally translated as “billboard architecture,” in Yakuza 0 is that all of the bright lights and flashy colors might be more meaningful than first meets the eye.
Forms in Light Japan Style Architecture By Justin Reeve • May 13th, 2020 The structures in Sekiro were clearly created by people with a passion for traditional architecture
Spilled Ink Akira or, “The Powers That Be” By Austin Price • November 30th, 2016 In Akira, politics only yield destruction.
Spilled Ink Unhinging the Familiar By Austin Price • November 16th, 2016 Shin Godzilla finally puts the horror back into the iconic kaiju.
The Japan Issue – Theme Recap By Team Unwinnable • February 22nd, 2016 7 stories centered on Japan, its culture, its effect on the world and its effect on the writers themselves.
Women Abroad – Theme Recap By Harry Rabinowitz, Cara Ellison, Dina Abou Karam, Hazel Monforton, Vikka Perez-Puelles, Krista Grothoff and Elaine Reynolds • February 2nd, 2016 Six women share their experiences of living and working far from home.
Culinary Cost By Jordan Mammo • August 13th, 2012 Jordan Mammo takes a critical look at the high price of Jiro Ono’s sushi obsession.
Milocrorze: A Love Story at NYAFF By Kurt Christenson • July 14th, 2011 This year’s NYAFF opened with Milocrorze – a worthy effort, but Kurt thinks director Takayuki Yamada could have done more with less.
Summer 2011 Anime Picks By Brian Miller • July 6th, 2011 Supplement your beach reading with Brian Miller’s top picks for this summer’s anime season.
Sex! Violence! Cannibalistic Hookers?! By Peter Lang • July 4th, 2011 Peter went to see Horny House of Horror at the New York Asian Film Festival. Of course he loved it.
Gender Inequality in the Final Fantasy Series By Olivia Noel Davis • June 21st, 2011 Olivia Davis makes her Unwinnable debut by examining the dynamics of gender in the Final Fantasy series.
