Casey Baseel
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.
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Creator Yoshihiro Togashi unceremoniously joins Twitter, instantly blows the network’s mind.
Mr. Sato proves it’s never too late to be living your best life.
The Viridian Forest that fans saw in their imaginations, but never got to see in the games.
There’s a whole lot to love in this sneak-peak at the remake of the Rumiko Takahashi classic.
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What it’s like to attend an idol concert where they’re singing lyrics that you wrote【Pt. II】
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