Flying Lotus is best known as a musical genius, but also as a Japanese anime freak. This article unveils his sentiments toward anime and the anecdotes behind creating the story of Netflix original YASUKE and producing its soundtrack. In part 2, we learn about his ideal of new anime music.

In this series, Tsuya-chan writes about contemporary music with a focus on Japanese hip-hop. She breaks down the relationship between music and fashion, as well as fashion trends and youth culture. In the eleventh installment, she examines the true nature of Louis Vuitton through a detailed analysis of an Anarchy & Badsaikush music video that features a Louis Vuitton bag.

black midi is the most exciting band in the UK indie rock scene right now. Gustaf Holtenäs, the Swedish director behind their AI-incorporated music video, takes us behind the scenes and talks about anime as well.

Why did DJ KAWASAKI record an album using acoustic instruments of a band, as opposed to drum machines, which has been his style until now?

Incorporating zigzag stitching embroidery, a technique with a decreased number of inheritors, into the expressions of two-dimensional world, SHISHUMANIA opened up a new possibility of traditional technology. The interview uncovers the world of Takuma Fukumori a.k.a SHISHUMANIA.

Flying Lotus is best known as a musical genius, but also as a Japanese anime freak. This article unveils his sentiments toward anime and the anecdotes behind creating the story of Netflix original YASUKE and producing its soundtrack. In part 1, he speaks about his intention and aim he wanted to convey in the anime and his ardent love for Japanese anime.

Fumito Ganryu’s punk mind calls out the challenges of the society and pivots to focus on the future. In this installment, you will be vicariously experiencing his foundation—the punk state of mind.

A serial column in which a variety of creators speak about their own favorite items. The first installment introduces art director Kazunari Hattori’s “film cameras”which became sources for his design works.

Breakdancer Issei, who has earned numerous world-famous titles in his teenage years, says he wants to spread breakdancing even more in Japan. We delve into his roots and process of creating his own blueprint.

Miyazaki’s first feature-length film Good-bye was shot while she was in college and was released in April. We talked to Miyazaki about her career and the film.

San Jose’s skate culture and community are just as distinct as those in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Jai Tanju is well-known in the streets of this city. Instead of focusing on his photography alone, I’d like to highlight him as a person; it makes me smile just thinking about it.

The director behind the music video for Kaytranada’s Look Easy ft. Lucky Daye is Xavier Tera, friend of the artist and self-proclaimed fan of Takeshi Kitano. What is Tokyo-based Tera’s vision of Japanese culture?

Fumito Ganryu’s stance of designing fashion from the society elucidated from understanding the collection’s background. Tracing back to his origins.

Novelist Ryo Asai reflects on his career as a writer and elucidates his outlook and process of writing a story.

The Feuerle Collection is a museum in Berlin, where art pieces from China’s dynastic period and Nobuyoshi Araki’s photography coexist. Désiré Feuerle, the founder, talks about the aesthetic beauty of his work and so forth.

In this series, we unravel the words of different intellectuals in regards to post-covid art. For the fifth volume, we invited Shinji Nanzuka, the owner of Nanzuka Underground, which launched on June 5th.

USUGROW’s solo exhibition is currently on view at Shintora Press, a new gallery in Toranomon, until July 10th. The exhibition mainly displays works with a “dance” theme. What was USUGROW feeling and thinking as he made these works?

Now, the world has changed dramatically due to the havoc. Fumito Ganryu, who is the designer of his eponymous brand, gives a sharp glance at the society and looks for answers for the future.

Yuma Abe, the frontman of Never Young Beach, has released his first solo album. Yusuke Monma, whose book Haruomi Hosono to Karera no Jidai was published last December, digs deeper into the creation and sonic universe of Abe’s new album, which features guitar by Devendra Banhart and mixing by Haruomi Hosono.

In preparation for the release of her new album—deemed as an album with “standout songs only”—this fall, Maika Loubté has been dropping a string of singles. The following is about her latest single, System, and the shift in her awareness during the pandemic.

Tomo Kosuga, an art producer living in Amsterdam, explores photography around the world today in this series of columns. In the sixth installment of this series, he writes about a recent solo exhibition he saw at Photography Museum Foam Amsterdam that unravels “herstory.”

Takahiro Komuro is a prominent artist whose sculptures look like soft vinyl figures at first glance. We present an interview about the catalyst for his work, his process, and the art industry.

It’s not a well-known fact that Japanese people lived in Australia before the war. When we trace back the friendly relations between Australia and Japan today, we realize that it is thanks to the achievements of Japanese immigrants in the past.

In this series, Tsuya-chan writes about contemporary music with a focus on Japanese hip-hop. She breaks down the relationship between music and fashion, as well as fashion trends and youth culture. In her tenth installment, she analyzes both Louis Vuitton’s trajectory and hip-hop lyrics to unravel the relationship between the two.

The series by the writer Ryoichi Niimoto living in Brooklyn, who digs deep into the thoughts that musicians put into the songs. A new society we aim to read from the lyrics of “Hard Drive” by SSW Cassandra Jenkins based in Brooklyn.

Lawrence released his fourth album, Birds On The Playground, through mule musiq. Here, he talks about the influence of Japanese thought and culture on him.

In France, a beauty powerhouse, pay attention to “KOBIDO” : a traditional Japanese beauty facial. Ask the founder of France’s first academy of facialists about beauty in France and Japan.