Eric Margolis, Author at Unseen Japan

We talked with philosopher and queer fiction author Masaya Chiba on Gilles Deleuze and the challenges of being queer in the modern…

The entertainment industry’s unwillingness to pay skilled language professionals to produce high-quality localizations is a matter of choice.

Trees, parks, clean air. Just how green are Japan’s cities? We used data to find the cities that best exemplify nature in…

Perhaps it's surprising, or perhaps not—but when you weigh all of these factors, Tokyo is not the winner.

This virtual space allows a visitor to freely explore the museum, strolling from striking paintings to gorgeous prints.

Samurai Champloo isn't just stylish: it's a Ryukyuan minority story disguised as a samurai anime. The radical message most fans miss, decoded.

Some anime are more than political. In fact, our author argues, two of the most well-known anime in history are downright revolutionary.

Anime may be entertainment, first and foremost. But art is almost always political. Anime is no exception.

Eric Margolis