We’re taking another look back at Tokyo’s otaku past, this time we’re visiting B-Club’s long-gone shop in Shibuya.

We’re taking another look back at Tokyo’s otaku past, this time we’re visiting B-Club’s long-gone shop in Shibuya.
A trip back to the year 1987 and a peak inside the studio that brought us MOSPEADA, MADOX-01, and… Gall Force.
Advice and recommendations for those prepared to head to Tokyo in search of old otaku shopping.
The design and legacy of Kunio Okawara’s Zaku II.
The excitement of the Cold War turned hot, animated on the silver screen! What could go wrong?
A largely forgotten example of doujin anime, circa 1984.
A brief look inside one of the most important design studios in the history of Japanese animation.
The World War II manga by one of Japan’s greatest directors.
If you were a fan in the ’90s, you probably remember that people wouldn’t shut up about Shirow. Here’s one series most diehards never got to read.
Farewell to Weapons includes many of the hallmarks that would define Otomo’s success: intricate artwork, a post-apocalyptic setting, obsessively-detailed rubble, and man fighting against his own creation.