This month, Chicago filmgoers are lucky enough to experience not one but four genre-defining anime classics on the silver screen as part of Anime Auteurs, a series put on by Facets.
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Nito Café seeks to create community for local anime lovers
In Japan, manga cafes are innumerous. They are places where manga or anime fans can enjoy snacks and refreshments while reading or spending time together. Somehow, despite the culture’s popularity in the United States, there are none of these types of cafes around—until now. Chicagoan Tayler Tillman wants to bring these Japanese mainstays stateside with […]
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Van Paugam, City Pop evangelist and DJ
Van Paugam, 36, is a DJ who specializes in the 70s and 80s Japanese jazz, disco, funk, and fusion records collectively known as City Pop. In 2015, he started a YouTube channel that helped renew popular interest in the genre, which in turn allowed him to move his musical activities into the offline world when […]
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The Japanese animated feature Your Name is far prettier—and weirder—than any American blockbuster
Makato Shinkai’s movie is the body-swapping romance-cum-disaster film you didn’t realize you were waiting for.
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Ghost in the Shell is all shell, no ghost
The live-action adaptation of Shirow Masamune’s celebrated manga is the year’s biggest moviegoing disappointment so far.
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ICYMI: Best cosplay from this weekend’s Anime Central
A look at cosplay from this weekend’s ACEN convention, the midwest’s largest expo of anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture.
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A Chicago DJ becomes her own avatar
Street View featuring artist and DJ Ashley Barton sporting ultrabright colors.
