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Brian Ashcraft
Brian Ashcraft is a writer based in Japan. He is the Senior Contributing Editor for video game site Kotaku. Ashcraft was previously a Contributing Editor at Wired Magazine, where he has covered topics ranging from digital filmmaking to liquor chemistry and from Japanese politics to robotics. His... show more



Brian Ashcraft is a writer based in Japan. He is the Senior Contributing Editor for video game site Kotaku. Ashcraft was previously a Contributing Editor at Wired Magazine, where he has covered topics ranging from digital filmmaking to liquor chemistry and from Japanese politics to robotics. His work has also appeared in Popular Science, The Guardian, The Japan Times, and design journal Metropolis Magazine as well as publications in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Italy and South Africa. He has been interviewed about technology and gaming on television in both the United States and Japan.In 2008, Ashcraft authored his first book Arcade Mania!, which writer Warren Ellis called "a fascinating, funny and sharp-eyed look" at Japanese arcades. A French-language version was published in 2009. In 2010, Ashcraft published his second book, Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential, which examined the impact of schoolgirls on Japanese pop culture and society. Ashcraft is originally from Texas and now lives in Osaka with his wife and three sons.

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Libromancer's Apprentice
Libromancer's Apprentice rated it 8 years ago
really interesting and fascinating book, but the layout formatting of images and asides makes it difficult to read
KizunaYueMichaelis
KizunaYueMichaelis rated it 9 years ago
Schoolgirls are taken for granted in Japanese Culture (to us Western I mean), but they are really something. They are everywhere: music (AKB48, Morning Musume), movies (Battle Royale, Kill Bill), manga (Sailor Moon), games... And Japanese girls even COSPLAY. Like, there are "fake" uniforms that girl...
Breaking It All Down
Breaking It All Down rated it 11 years ago
This is a good primer on Japanese arcade gaming culture in most of its forms. At $20 it's a little steep on the price side for its length though.
simmo
simmo rated it 13 years ago
OK, so I’ve read a book about Japanese Schoolgirls; It really isn’t what you think.Here’s the thing. If you watch a Japanese film, anime, read manga or Japanese literature, the hero, the villain, the principle characters always seem to either be, or have connections to Japanese School Girls, and I ...
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