Story: Patrick Macias, Art: MITSUME Mary stood on the corner of Omotesando and Meiji Dori, just across the street from the shop display window she was going to destroy. The V.M. was on the giant LED screen just behind the store glass: a pretty face at least 12 feet high…

Is There Anybody Out There? Forty Years Trapped Inside Pink Floyd — The Wall By Patrick Macias I was 7 years old at the end of 1979. I was obsessed with Godzilla, watched Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica religiously on TV, and ran around the playground singing “WE DON’T NEED…

The Harajuku Line: Forgotten Fashion Monsters of Japanese V-Cinema 3 Imaginary Films by Patrick Macias Introduction… 20 years ago, Japan was overflowing with movies: some good, some bad, many now totally forgotten in the present day. …

An interview with Terumi Nishii Part 2 By Patrick Macias Terumi Nishii is an animation director and character designer who has had a long career in Japan working on such hits as One Piece, Pokémon, and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable In April 2019, Terumi made headlines when she…

An Interview with Terumi Nishii, Part 1 By Patrick Macias Terumi Nishii is an animation director and character designer who has had a long career in Japan working on such hits as One Piece, Pokémon, and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable In April 2019, Terumi made headlines when she…

It was after midnight and Reina was running late. She was moving through the city trying to catch up to the others before time ran out. In a taxi, at a stoplight that seemed to be taking forever to change, she sent the following text to Bk: SORRY! I’LL BE…

The clinic was in Aoyama, between a Starbucks and a Tesla Motor dealer. The office was small, modern, and smelled like industrial cleaner mixed with sandalwood incense. Reina and I sat together holding hands in the waiting room. Animal Planet was playing on a TV framed by fake flowers. …