Tag Archives: japan

Red Bacteria Vacuum’s Kassan on women and punk

By Feature Writer | Published: April 19, 2010
"I feel like women have become much stronger compared to ten years ago."
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Girl power aboard the International Space Station

By Feature Writer | Published: April 12, 2010
April 9, 2010 was a historic day for humankind.
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Polysics want to take you to a crazy, happy space

By Feature Writer | Published: February 9, 2010
"Budokan will be by far the biggest venue that Polysics have ever played, so it will be a challenge."
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Toshiya uncensored: mosh pits, skirts and Dir en grey’s fans and non-fans

By Feature Writer | Published: December 7, 2009
"If you continue a band for a long time, it's like a married couple..."
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London Film Festival: “Astro Boy” and enjoyable environmentalism

By Mark Farnsworth | Published: October 26, 2009
For a kids' movie, "Astro Boy" does not pull its punches.
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Catching up with Noodles on the Japan Nite tour

By Feature Writer | Published: August 24, 2009
"There is a sort of border between girl bands and guy bands, and there are fewer girl-only bands on the scene."
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Miyazaki’s “Ponyo”: gorgeous and subtly progressive

By Feature Writer | Published: August 22, 2009
Lisa is drawn as pretty, but her prettiness is allowed to simply be incidental, not her defining feature.
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How close are we to building Cylons?

By Feature Writer | Published: August 19, 2009
If we eventually create Cylon-like robots, they'll probably speak Japanese and have a "made in Japan" label.
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Gothic Lolita idol Kanon Wakeshima on music, Mana and Vampire Knight

By Feature Writer | Published: July 31, 2009
"I just think that it is so wonderful that Japanese culture is spotlighted in the world because of anime and the Gothic Lolita fashion movement."
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