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Journal Entry #69-66 Million Years Ago: "A Terror of T-Rexes..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • July 6, 2024

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Since '54: "Gojira Ascendant..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • June 29, 2024

cartoonists cartoons Godzilla (fictitious character) humor kaiju monsters movies

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #6 Great Barbies: "You Can Be Anything..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 5, 2023

Barbie dolls cartoonists cartoons dolls figurines humor movies toys

A Partial and Personal Timeline of Asian American Men on Stage and Screen

Teahouse of the August Moon (1979) I’m dressed in a long dyed-purple tunic that comes down to my k…

Tamiko Nimura • May 9, 2023

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #First Coined in '56: "We Need Asimov's 3 Laws..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 8, 2023

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Commonalities between the films "Gaijin" and "Familia"

"Gaijin" depicts Brazilian society through the eyes of Japanese immigrants "It's like a story that…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 11, 2023

1990s Brazil coffee coffee plantations dekasegi Família (film) foreigners foreign workers gaijin immigrants immigration Izuru Narushima Japanese Brazilians Japanese Brazilians in Japan migration movies Nikkei in Japan noncitizens plantations Tizuka Yamasaki

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Evil is Under 13: "Baby Bedlamites..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 13, 2021

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #$20 a Ticket: "In 16:9 Aspect Ratio..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 14, 2019

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Yoko Tani: the Mysterious Life of a Nikkei Actor

Yoko Tani, an Asian actor working primarily in the 1950s and 1960s, was born Itani Yoko. Though b…

Terry Watada • June 21, 2019

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David Toguri: An Appreciation

Not much is known about David Toguri’s early life. He’s also not well-known in the Asian North Amer…

Terry Watada • May 30, 2019

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