Empire of Sounds: Reconstructing the Japanese Pop of the 1980s

The anime Megazone 23, directed and written by Ishiguro Noboru and produced in 1985, can be cited as an example Continue reading →

Cyberpunk 2.0: Re-imagining the Future

Asia was the future, and this is what it would look like. For a while, perhaps even still, it held Continue reading →

Cyberpunk 1.0: Visions of the Future

Growing up in the 1990s, the cyberpunk aesthetic was the commonly accepted vision of the future. Every form of media, Continue reading →

Borges and Murakami: Philosophy in Fiction

Borges and Murakami Philosophy in fiction has had a long and storied history, from the mythology of Ancient Greece to Continue reading →