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
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:
- 👑 Pickup! Indie Games Connect 2023
- 🎮 G Braver Burst
- 🎮 バーチャル恐竜官 (Virtual Dinosaur Museum)
- 🎮 Neko Can Dream
- 🌟 翻訳者スポットライト：テイラー・マッキュー作、鳥の王国訳 「彼は私の中の少女を犯し尽くした」について
- 🌟 Translator Spotlight: Taylor McCue and Fuglekongerige on He F-cked The Girl Out Of Me
- 🎤 Interview with Yuusuke Takeuchi
- 🎤 Interview with Kakeru Fujimiya
2023 April
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.
2023 March
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.
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.
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:
- 👑 Unity Room and Unity1Week
- 👑 Pickup! Unity1Week: Re
- 🎮 密密(ひそひそ)-ステルスタイピングゲーム- (Whisper Whisper: Stealth Typing Game)
- 🎮 もしも シナリオ (What If Scenario)
- 🎮 日常を届ける藤原くんの手紙～２通目 (Fujiwara’s Letters Deliver Everyday Life ~ 2nd Letter)
- 🎮 百獣エスケープ (100animalease)
- 🎤 Interview with tnk
- 🎤 Interview with Studio Rough Sketch
- 🎤 Interview with sewohayami
- 🎤 Interview with Shiina Akutaro
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.
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