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Recently, my wife has been getting more and more into cars. She’s been attending meets organized by KINOD, a Miata community here in Southern California. As an overly supportive husband, I started tagging along because I enjoyed seeing her enjoy the hobby. What I wasn’t expecting was for those meets to remind me of something
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8888 ViewsI’ve always wanted to build a sim racing rig. For years, I kept telling myself I would eventually get around to it, but like most car projects, it always came down to time and money. Between work, life, responsibilities, and everything else that comes with adulthood, building a proper setup always felt like something I
Read More7171 ViewsNote: Images and Videos are of their respective owners to the Team: “Found in Translation”, not mine. All credit goes to them. I am here to share their amazing work. There was a time when watching Anime in North America wasn’t easy. Before streaming platforms, simulcasts, and Anime becoming a global billion-dollar industry, fans had
Read More8383 ViewsI’ve been spending a lot of time playing the new Forza Horizon 6, and honestly… I’ve been ridiculously happy. As someone who grew up loving Japanese car culture, anime, games, and eventually traveling across Japan itself, this game hits differently. Driving through roads inspired by Japan while listening to music, seeing the atmosphere, the lights,
Read More5959 ViewsLooking back, one of the biggest shifts in my life didn’t come from school, work, or a specific opportunity. It came from having the right mentor. His name is Eric Collins, or some call him – @chicknfeet. Seeing Something I Didn’t At the time, I didn’t have things figured out. I was young. Emotional. Sometimes
Read More230230 ViewsYear: 2010 Day Two: Akihabara Otaku Time Day two was my first real test of Japan.It was also my first time riding the Japanese train system. I could not read most of the signs. I had no Google Maps. Smartphones were not reliable yet, and data was expensive. All I had was a paper train
Read More8585 ViewsYear: 2010 My first trip to Japan was in the spring of 2010. I planned it as a 12-day trip, arriving on April 25 and leaving on May 8. It took me much longer than I expected to finally make that journey, but once I did, it changed everything. At the time, smartphones were not
Read More9292 ViewsThere was a time when Crunchyroll didn’t look like the giant media company people know today. Long before acquisitions, corporate offices, and global strategy decks, it felt like a scrappy startup run by people who genuinely loved anime. I still have some old photos from those early days. Small office. Folding tables. Random cables everywhere.
Read More137137 ViewsWhen people look at my career today, they usually see what’s on the surface. Media and Entertainment. Gaming. Cloud Architecture. Creative technology. A long list of projects over the years. The question I get most often is simple: How did you get started? The honest answer is not what most people expect. It started with
Read More314314 ViewsAnime is bigger today than it has ever been. It’s global now. Streaming platforms, collaborations with major brands, conventions around the world, and panels at events like SXSW talking about how anime became a worldwide cultural force. Seeing those conversations happening on stages like that is interesting. It shows how far the medium has come.
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