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 May

Title card for the インディー通信 Indie Tsushin 2023 May Issue

Get the 2023 May 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 April

Title card for the インディー通信 Indie Tsushin 2023 April Issue

Get the 2023 April 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 March

Title card for the インディー通信 Indie Tsushin 2023 March Issue

Get the 2023 March 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 February

Title card for the インディー通信 Indie Tsushin 2023 February Issue

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

Title card for the インディー通信 Indie Tsushin 2023 January Issue

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

Title card for the インディー通信 Indie Tsushin 2022 December Issue

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.

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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

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