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Growing Up at the Kokusai Theater

In mid-May, I reconnected with Elaine Kitamura and her younger brother, Darrell Kitamura, through a friend of a friend. The Kitamuras are the siblings that ...

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San Fransokyo

Last week was a big week for Big Hero 6. Not only did the film take home an Oscar, but its DVD and Blu-Ray releases ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #C. Perrault, 1697: "Disney-fied Tales..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, when the shoe doesn’t fit… Check back every ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #5 Killer Fingers: "Hi-Yaaaah!..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Guilty Pleasures, Part II”… Check back every weekend for ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #5 Venoms: "Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fightin'..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Guilty Pleasures (Kung-Fu Movies Edition) Part I"… Check back ...

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Guilty Pleasures

As with most people who subscribe to cable television, I suffer through an endless number of inconveniences, indignities, and monetary insults. When the signal becomes ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #4/12/55: The Father of Biophilosophy...""

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Heroism in the Film/Real World”… Check back every ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Coined By Capek in 1920: "Bad 'Bot Behavior..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Some Truly Malicious Mechanical Monsters”… Check back every weekend ...

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Godzilla, the world’s most famous Japanese American

Although Hollywood has been making monster movies since the original 1933 King Kong, the monster with the most staying power and screen incarnations didn’t ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Released in 1964: "Kwaidan..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Why American Ghosts are Preferable to Japanese Ghosts...” Check ...