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Black Jack, the Greatest Gory-Cute Scifi Manga Ever [Mangobot]io9 - Nov 7, 2008 Mad scientists. Beautiful women who specialize in amputations. Supercomputers that threaten to starve an entire hospital full of patients. Tumors that take on human form. Sounds like a freakish B-list horror movie … Also tagged: books, feature, comics, top, anime, black jack, tezuka |
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Five Japanese Monsters I Encountered Before I Turned 20 [Mangobot]io9 - Oct 24, 2008 Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. In Tokyo, teenage girls don't worry about date rape and theft nearly as much as they fret over monsters (and train … Also tagged: japan, feature, top, monsters, yokai attack, yokai, gegege no kitaro |
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My Virtual Journey On A Ribosome Spaceship And To The Far Ends of the Galaxy [Mangobot]io9 - Oct 10, 2008 Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. The International Space Station is flying straight at me. "This is a glimpse into the future," a voice says from … Also tagged: japan, feature, top, planetarium, synra dome |
io9 - Sep 26, 2008
Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. Earlier this week, I joined a team of experts from Gizmodo Japan on an expedition to the world's most famous geek …
Also tagged: japan, travel, feature, top, manga, akihabara, anime, cosplay, akiba, figurines
io9 - Aug 29, 2008
Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. Back in the 1920s and 30s, when Asian immigration to the US and Europe was picking up steam, prominent science …
Also tagged: japan, feature, china, top, race, asian american, joss whedon, william gibson, hp lovecraft, fu manchu, jack london, william f wu, yellow peril, philip nowlan
io9 - Aug 15, 2008
Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. I'm a total sports nut. Olympic season makes my bones shiver with excitement. But this year, I took my mind off …
Also tagged: politics, human rights, architecture, feature, china, top, olympics, valleywag, steve jobs, green tech
io9 - Aug 1, 2008
Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. Mac Funamizu is a tech geek, designer, and futurist who has created quite a lot of buzz among design circles for his …
Also tagged: design, apple, google, feature, top, starbucks, mac funamizu
io9 - Jul 18, 2008
Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. There's a lot of buzz about Japanese contemporary artists these days. Takashi Murakami's super-cute, superflat …
Also tagged: art, japan, feature, top, yayoi kusama, takashi murakami, mariko mori
io9 - Jul 5, 2008
Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. My childhood hero was a purple-haired robot who spends all her free time poking poop with a stick. Like all good …
Also tagged: robots, feature, anime, gundam, astro boy, doraemon, tezuka, dr slump
io9 - Jun 20, 2008
Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. While Dr. Wong was putting dental dam in my mouth, I was watching three hot women singing the penis song in a …
Also tagged: feature, top, gizmodo, dentist, alternate reality, cinemizer