Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. So a full orchestral concert was held in Tokyo last week to ...

Gundam has always used its ongoing mecha premise to communicate its themes about the military hierarchy, government corruption, and empathy. In contrast, Macross‘ military conflict feels more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. While Minmay tends to come up a lot in Iijima’s work, she is ...

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Sheryl Nome, the acclaimed Galactic Fairy, views herself first and foremost as a singer—existing solely to be an instrument of her melody and rhythm. Ranka Lee, on the other hand, finds herself ...