Zine Archives

Zines and game anthologies we worked on that showcase some amazing Japanese indie devs and their cool games!

Monthly Issues

Monthly downloadable zine files compiling the articles that go up on the Blog, plus occasional bonus content! You can follow us on itch to get notified of the latest issues.

2023 February

Get the 2023 February issue of the インディー通信 Indie Tsushin zine! Read it in your browser, or download it for PDF, ePub, or MOBI. The interviews are available in both English and Japanese.

This issue includes:

2023 January

Get the 2023 January issue of the インディー通信 Indie Tsushin zine! Read it in your browser, or download it for PDF, ePub, or MOBI. The interviews are available in both English and Japanese.

This issue includes:

2022 December

Get the 2022 December issue of the インディー通信 Indie Tsushin zine! Read it in your browser, or download it for PDF, ePub, or MOBI. The interviews are available in both English and Japanese.

This issue includes:

Game Bundle-Zines

These are projects where we collaborated with multiple indie developers to release game bundles with accompanying zines!

(2022) Indiepocalypse Presents: インディー通信 Indie Tsushin

We collaborated with Andrew from Indiepocalypse to create Indiepocalypse Presents: インディー通信 Indie Tsushin, a game bundle and zine featuring ten indie/doujin games from Japan!

Featured games:

Tonets by Abcden
あけロータス (Akelotus) by Haipai Warumi
運命の二人【恋愛シミュレーター（？）】 (Duo of Destiny: A Love Simulator) by hidev
ロケット門松マン (Rocket Kadomatsu Man) by Hoppoco
Nihonmatsu no Massan by HyperMamu
kiss-fish by Negi
キツネとタヌキ ~探しもの見つけて、また探すの巻~ (Fox and Tanuki: Find and Seek) by nyacchu and 美智 (michi)
High Five Mania by sewo hayami
コロコロ森の赤ずきん (Red Riding Hood in the Rolling Forest) by シュー (Shu)
Everything is your enemy by yumehiko