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Huke, creator of indie character Black Rock Shooter

FILM
Director of The Cove, Louie Psyhoyos

MUSIC
Aska on The Moonrats, The Sads, LA Ladies Choir, and solo work
Art rock from Beijing’s Carsick Cars

INTERVIEW
Daniel Wu vs. HK star/SFX makeup artist Andrew Lin

ART
Contemporary Chinese Art mutant Hung Liu

FEATURES
Black Asians
White women who dig Asian dudes
Jason Wakuzawa, Mikendo, Markisa, and...

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Cover artist Megan Whitmarsh

FILM
Hong Kong film god John Woo
Hong Kong art filmmaker Yonfan interviewed by Daniel Wu
Indie filmmaker from the Philippines Ana Agabin

MUSIC
Musician Mia Doi Todd meets the Golden Half
Taiwanese pop band Wonfu in America

INTERVIEW
Indie crime writer Leonard Chang

ENTERTAINMENT
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi
Hong Kong’s best actor Nick Cheung

FEATURES
An...

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Cover art and interview with artist Rob Sato

FILM
Korean filmmaker Kim Ji-won ain’t nothing but a gorehound

MUSIC
Hong Kong’s God of Vinyl Michael Lau
DMC champ/sound system master DJ Kentaro
The post garage rock fury of The Dirtbombs
The Invisible Cities sighting

INTERVIEW
Oakland A’s catcher/MVP/Hawai’i local Kurt Suzuki

ART
Masakatsu Sashie + T.Rex = ?

ENTERTAINMENT
Actor Hiroshi Watanabe on...

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Philip Lumbang – Meet the painter behind the “polite bear” vandalism around Los Angeles

FILM
Wizards of Gore – Gore movie god Yoshihiro Nishimura spills his guts on Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, and Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Bill Kong – Producer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Fearless, House of Flying Daggers, Lust, Caution, and… Blood: The Last Vampire?
Indie Cinema from India –...

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Cover art by/interview with Deth P. Sun

FILM
Quick Gun Murugan’s Shashanka Ghosh
Asian American Movement documentarian Tad Nakamura
Instant Karma by Sarba Das

MUSIC
Goh Nakamura has guitar, will travel
Daniel Wu vs. MC Jin
Epic Japanese rock band MONO

INTERVIEW
Factory Records co-founder and graphic designer Peter Saville
Chocolate/Nike/Stüssy skater Richard Mulder

ENTERTAINMENT
Paper Hearts...

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