The call was irresistible. With REBEL 3199 about to debut, Tim Eldred jumped a plane to visit Japan for the first time in almost five years to see it with his own eyes. How would post-pandemic Tokyo be different? What surprises were lurking around the corner? Which treasures would Japan yield up to a visiting scavenger? [2 pages]
If you were trying to avoid hearing about the classic Yamato saga in 2023, you had to work at it. The passing of Leiji Matsumoto brought increased attention, and the historic return of the original 1977 movie to theaters put Yamato on everyone’s radar again. Here’s our overview of a very eventful year.
