What Sadako Taught Me About Love: A Cross-Culture Comparison of Ringu and The...
Great. Another gasbag movie-nerd is gonna talk about the American version of The Ring and how it pales in comparison next to its seminal Japanese horror inspiration Ringu (or vice-versa). Maybe he’ll...
View ArticleThe Seven Best Kanji Of 2013
One year ago (that’s 2012), Japan chose their “Kanji Of The Year” and it was 金, aka “gold,” (for the second time since this award has existed). They chose gold for the respectable number of gold medals...
View ArticleThe Skeletal Structure of Japanese Horror Fiction
Mankind has been telling scary stories ever since we decided to start telling stories at all. It only makes sense—a lot of scary crap happens in life. The horror genre was born from folklore and oral...
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