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People in Japan Are Buying Air Fresheners That Smell Like ‘High School Girls’
The air freshener claims that this is “the smell when you give a ride to a high school girl in the passenger seat.”
Japanese Artist Mr. Celebrated Anime Before It Went Mainstream
The artist, who got his start as an assistant to Takashi Murakami, takes his inspiration from the streets of Tokyo.
Takashi Murakami on Fukushima, Instagram, and his Custom Wardrobe
Takashi Murakami, master of the post-anime "superflat" aesthetic, has brought his older work into dialogue with some ambitious new projects, transforming the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow—and several other museums—into wild visual playpens.
Takashi Murakami on Fukushima, Instagram, and his Custom Wardrobe
Takashi Murakami, master of the post-anime "superflat" aesthetic, has brought his older work into dialogue with some ambitious new projects, transforming the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow—and several other museums—into wild visual playpens.
A Man Just Married an Anime Hologram in Japan. Now Here's the Rest of the Story
There's more going on here than a super strange wedding reception.
Japan Just Executed the Leaders of an LSD-Fueled Doomsday Science Cult
The wild story of Aum Shinrikyo, a religious cult steeped in science and high technology that carried out a deadly sarin attack in Tokyo in 1995.
Takashi Murakami on Fukushima, Instagram, and his Custom Wardrobe
Takashi Murakami, master of the post-anime "superflat" aesthetic, has brought his older work into dialogue with some ambitious new projects, transforming the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow—and several other museums—into wild visual playpens.
Taking Futuristic Selfies With Julie Watai
We sat down to talk about the photographer's book of technicolor, otaku-obsessed selfies.
This Holographic Anime Character Could Be Your Next Girlfriend
The Gatebox offers Japanese otaku their own fawning holographic girlfriend.
What's Your Country's Favorite Anime? Find Out on This Map
Apparently Indonesia, Japan, and the United States have very different taste. Who knew?
Beyond LinkinBall Z: The History of the Anime Music Video
They tried so hard and got so far, but in the end, what do AMVs really matter?