No Music, No Message, No Meaning: Japanoise
“I wanted to compose real surrealistic music in a non-musical way....
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Blood-Spattered Innocents: The Cachet of the ‘Grotesque Cute’
by Gregory Ranzini Introduction: Attack of the Cake-Demon At 11:56, on...
The Cultural Cache of Kanji: Characters, Cultures, and Communication
by Gibson Haynes Ninja =/= Samurai Kanji, the logographic form of...
The Japanese Bestiary of “Cool”
by Arthi Aravind Japan’s mythological creatures are a source of rich...
Of Divine and Digital Origin: Mythology in Japanese Video Games
by Katherine Stevens The Japanese video game industry is one of...
J-Pop: It’s Not About the Music
by Claire Dranginis Japan has the second largest music market in...
Triumph of the School Girl
by Keenan Thompson History The shojo genre was originally aimed at...
The Virtual Idol: The Vocaloid
By Chris An Hatsune Miku Live @ Zepp Tokyo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deC2uxu0XA4 “We...