In celebration of the anime classic's 30th anniversary, we look at Akira tribute projects from around the globe, and how the film still inspires creators to this day.

How West Germany brought club culture to Seoul with the Kunst Disco Seoul

In honour of 2017 being the 25th anniversary of the long-running Sonic The Hedgehog series, game legends Sega decided to commemorate the blue speedster’s quarter-century lap with the fanfare you’d expect from a multinational game producer.

Patlabor 2 and other classic-era sci-fi show the past, present and future of Japan’s capital.

Giacomo Lee takes a look at the return of Japan’s 1980s scene, and the sought-after vinyl releases from the decade which are winning new fans around the world today

South Korea is increasingly known as an arts hub of the east, producing music and art that gets attention from the world over - here's a look at recent and interesting culture articles related to the country.

Some of Britain's best print creatives explore AR with Adobe’s Project Aero.

It’s hard to believe, but some of the most defining sounds of the 90s started with a beat-up old Atari computer and a tower of floppy disks. This was how You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby was pieced together, the 1998 sophomore effort from one-man dance act Fatboy Slim.

Top illustrators on designing vinyl cover art and bringing a new look to old classics from the likes of Joe Hisaishi and Elliott Smith.

The MCU director talks besting the Russos and bringing crazy ideas to life through VFX, with a look behind key scenes from the superhero sequel.

There's a lot of Springfield-related creativity happening – it’s just that none of it is coming from the show’s creators. Rather, there are artists and publishers bringing their own imitable...

Giacomo Lee chats to a very special fanzine about some of the Doctor’s lesser known adventures.

Metempsychosis is an art book of original pieces by Japanese and international artists inspired by the manga tradition, with Japanese art represented by such artists as 3D visualist Onoda Takuma...

Today we bring you Dance Volunteer, the second and final full-length from Japanese new-wavers Portable Rock. It’s from 1987, but this isn’t the sleek “city pop” sound which contemporary acts...

With the recent resurgence in the J-pop scene of old genres like city pop, along with a growing interest abroad in ‘80s new age albums and classic anime soundtracks, it...

Vaporwave is the musical equivalent of surrealism for our century. Like surrealism, this relatively new genre is an art form obsessed with the foggy world of dreams, where lo-fi sounds...