Field notes
Japan news, weekly finds, one deep dive at a time.
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All Over: The 1986 Wild Oats Frazetta Death Dealer Tee
A full-bleed Frazetta Death Dealer on a Wild Oats blank: the 1973 painting and its afterlife, what Wild Oats was, how to read an all over print at the seams,...
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Dealer's Choice
A 1986 Frazetta Death Dealer all over print leads a comic shop back room of 80s and 90s tees, two Jokers, Elfquest, Alien Legion, Grim Jack, a Dry Bones sake...
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One Piece Takes the Rest of the Year Off
One Piece pauses after episode 1180 until 2027, Ufotable dates the Witch on the Holy Night film with the original supercell pairing on the theme, the fall season opens with...
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Item Spotlight: A Midnight Constitutional
Two Bernie Wrightson horror tees from 2000 and 2003, and the man behind the ink: Swamp Thing, the seven year Frankenstein, the Stephen King books, and the Steve Niles line...
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Function, Not Motorcycles: The Neighborhood Daylight C-JKT
A charcoal Neighborhood cotton jacket from the women's line: who Takizawa is, what Technical Apparel means, how to read a Neighborhood product name and code, and an honest Yahoo Auctions...
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God's in His Heaven
Twenty-six Evangelion telephone cards landed at once, plus Demon City Shinjuku, Real Bout High School, a Magna Carta store premium, and four held-overs that outprice the lot.
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Steel Ball Run, One Friday at a Time
Netflix goes weekly for Steel Ball Run, the Sekiro movie turns out to be a preview of an eight episode series, hololive gets a 29-lead anime, the fall poll, and...
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Pak Required: The 2000 Perfect Dark N64 Cartridge
A loose Rare Perfect Dark cart: how to read the NUS-NPDE-USA code, why the Expansion Pak is not optional, what happened to the series after Microsoft, and an honest comp.
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Second Call
Twenty-five new listings, mostly gravure phone cards, and the eleven apparel pieces held over from last week finally get their turn: Erosty Pop, Erostika, Neighborhood, HUF, Cootie, G-Star.
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Look Back, Shot on Film
Kore-eda shot Look Back on 35mm in Fujimoto's hometown and it opened at five. Konami has a Takahashi art show and a Suikoden anime coming. Bleach slips two episodes. The...
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Item Spotlight: Executed With Pride
A pair of Cootie Productions slub cotton five pockets, and the Tokyo brand behind them: founded 2000, palette of black and gray, tags that do all the talking, and honest...
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The Full Sequence
Twenty-one apparel listings, ten in the post: both Human Centipede tees, the Eva 2.0 Rei raglan, a 1998 Erosty Pop hoodie, two Sorayama pieces, three from Cootie Productions, and a...
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