Giant Robot 59

The new issue arrived at GRNY and GRSF today. It should be on Sawtelle at any moment. What's in it?

- Cover art and interview by Masakatsu Sashie
- Actor Masahiro Motoki and director Yojiro Takita from the Academy Award-winning Departures
- Actress and ass kicker from Chocolate Jija Yanin
- Daniel Wu moving bricks in Sichuan
- Tokyo Sonata director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Tokyo! actress Ayako Fujitani
- Master of cute bento, Makiko Ogawa
- Ex-mafia badass relocated, Kenji Gallo
- Seventies smut deconstructed by Anna Biller
- Art photographer Gina Osterloh
- Anti-war photographer Paul Park
- Thao Nguyen interviews The Get Down Stay Down
- Abe Vigoda--the band, not the actor
- Suki Ewers--from Opal, Mazzy Star, Anemone, and, um, Suki Ewers

Plus: favorite pieces of art, hard-to-find books, new tunes, a mixed bag of movies, anime that doesn't suck, and a visit to the White House. (What, no toys?)

Hitting stands, shelves, and mailboxes soon. Please support your local newsstands, bookstores, and the GR shops!