Interviews

The Neon Museum Offers a Virtual Tour of „Lost Vegas: Tim Burton”

By Monica Tarca „Lost Vegas” is one awesome exhibition that all Tim Burton fans want to admire and The Neon Museum in Las Vegas will make this possible (at least in the virtual world) on Friday. Since traveling to Vegas is impossible anytime soon for most of us, and it would be useless anyway because […]

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Netflix Announced The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf Animation

By Monica Tarca Happy news for all Witcher fans out there waiting for season 2 of their beloved series: Netflix prepared another big surprise – The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf animation. The new story will depict „a new threat facing the Continent”. The production will be brought by The Witcher Series team (Beau DeMayo […]

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21 Studio Ghibli Movies Are Coming to Netflix Starting February 1st

By Monica Tarca Netflix recently announced the start of what could be the greatest cinematic marathon of 2020: „From February 2020, 21 films from the legendary animation house Studio Ghibli are coming exclusively to Netflix. We’re proud to bring beloved, influential stories like Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and My Neighbour Totoro to first-time viewers […]

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When Cosplay Becomes a Fulltime Job

Andreea is a living proof that you can make a living out of cosplay commissions if you have enough experience and skill. She started cosplaying 10 years ago, in high school, and cosplay made her decide to go to a Fashion Design Faculty to perfect her sewing techniques and skills.

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Gentle Giants and Their Silent Call: Hope, the Whale

I find it quite hard to make an introduction about blue whales and whale conservation for this short article without getting too emotional. Writing about Hope, the gigantic blue whale skeleton from the Natural History Museum in London felt like a mandatory mission after my visit.

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Charles Dickens Museum: Time Travel in the Heart of Bloomsbury By Ruxandra Tarca

If you are in London and need a break from the big museums packed with tourists, Charles Dickens’ house is an interesting and rewarding choice to make.

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Ancient History Reenactment: Terra Dacica Aeterna Interview with historian and reenactor Andrei Pogacias

Andrei Pogacias is a historian and a member of the reenactment group Terra Dacica Aeterna, focused on Romania’s ancient history, when the Dacians were fighting the Romans.

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Mortal Engines: from Book to Movie By Ruxandra Tarca

In most cases, turning a well-established book into a movie is not an easy task. Especially when the book belongs to a fandom whose members usually examine such endeavors with a very critical eye.

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Tips and Tricks to Study Korean by Yourself By Ruxandra Tarca

With all the recent buzz for dramas and k-pop, the wish to study Korean has almost become a natural impulse.

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Goryeo Costumes, the Visual Bonus of Korean Historical Dramas By Ruxandra Tarca

Of all Korean historical dramas, maybe the most spectacular ones are those set in Goryeo.

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The King Loves – Drama Review By Ruxandra Tarca

I have many dramas that I like, but The King Loves was the first one to creep into my soul like this.

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Ikedaya Hana no Mai: the Restaurant that Re-creates the Time of the Shinsengumi By Ruxandra Tarca

Are you a Shinsengumi fan? Are you dreaming of having a unique Shinsengumi experience? Then Ikedaya Hana no Mai could be exactly what you are looking for.

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Taku Inoue’s Tom Defying the Laws of Physics By Monica Tarca

This isn’t just a toy story, but an upcoming invitation to sit back, relax and enjoy once more some of the funniest scenes between two iconic adversaries of a childhood classic cartoon.

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Juuni-Hitoe: Refinement in Twelve Layers By Ruxandra Tarca

Nowadays, when thinking about Japan and fashion, we are immediately thinking of Harajuku.

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Tenryu-ji, the Temple of the Heavenly Dragon By Ruxandra Tarca

Tenryu-ji was the place where I finally understood why the Japanese people love contemplating nature since very ancient times.

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K-Star Road, or K-Pop on a Pedestal By Ruxandra Tarca

In July 2012, Psy launched its iconic song Gangnam Style, bringing K-pop into an unprecedented spotlight worldwide.

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Storytelling in Cosplay Photography Interview with photographer Bunny Tuan

Bunny Tuan’s cosplay photography is an excellent example of what we may call cinematic photo art. 

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Plop! The Magazine That Once Laughed at “the Most Gruesome Stories Ever Told in Mystery Comics” By Monica Tarca

Once upon a mystery comics dreary,/In between Creeps and Eerie,/Came a quaint and curious brand/Of comics flare. (Carl Gafford)

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Gio-ji Temple, the Green Haven of Kyoto By Ruxandra Tarca

If I were to describe Gio-ji temple in just two words, those words would be calm and tranquility.

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Anatomical Sculptures of Moist Production Interview with toy designer Jason Freeny

In the world of toy designers, Jason Freeny is the paradigm of a cutaway artist.

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