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What can karaoke teach us about AI?
Karaoke's disruption of the music world presaged AI's disruption of creative fields today.
Mar 26
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Matt Alt
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February 2024
Anime's Woodstock
Forty-three years ago today, cartoons morphed from entertainment into lifestyle.
Feb 22
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Matt Alt
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AI and Japan as a Safe Space
OpenAI is American. Why is their latest product announcement so Japanese?
Feb 16
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Matt Alt
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Days of Future Past
A BBC4 Radio appearance
Feb 13
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Matt Alt
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Boys vs Girls
There’s an emerging gender divide everywhere but Japan. Why?
Feb 7
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Matt Alt
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January 2024
To boldly go where no toy has gone before
Japan's landing of a Transformer on the moon signals a new frontier for soft power: space.
Jan 27
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Matt Alt
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If Algorithms are the Enemy, is Anime the Antidote?
How an auteur-driven artform illustrates a way out of digital dystopia
Jan 19
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Matt Alt
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December 2023
2023: The Year Japan's Sun Rose Again
Read to the end for a holiday bonus!
Dec 30, 2023
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Matt Alt
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“Hoarder Hygge” is the Anti-Zen
Sorry, KonMari fans: Japan’s most charming spaces are its least tidy
Dec 3, 2023
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Matt Alt
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November 2023
Umami is MSG
The long and winding road of a fantasy-delivery device for our palates
Nov 24, 2023
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Matt Alt
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“Godzilla Minus One” Doesn't Quite Add Up
Takashi Yamazaki delivers an exquisitely rendered postwar Japan. But does his re-envisioning of history go too far?
Nov 9, 2023
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Matt Alt
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October 2023
Halloween Special: the Yokai Guy
Manga master Shigeru Mizuki breathed new life into the undead
Oct 27, 2023
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Matt Alt
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