Zine Archives
Zines, e-books, 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! Read them in your browser, or download them in PDF, ePub, and MOBI formats. These also include the インタビュー特集 (Japanese interview editions) as well as the monthly digital postcard. Follow us on itch to get notified of the latest issues.
2024 February Issue
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2023 December-January Issue
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2023 November Issue
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2023 October Issue
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2023 September Issue
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- 👑 Pickup! Yokohama Game Dungeon
- 🎮 Madorica Real Estate 2: The Mystery of the New Property
- 🎮 北海道4,500km (Hokkaido 4,500km)
- 🎮 INFINOS Series
- 🎮 脳みそジャーニー (Brain Journey)
- 🎮 BELLUMAROT (written by GSK!)
- 🎤 Interview with Takashi Hamada
- 🎤 Interview with RYO of Picorinne Soft
- 🎤 Interview with megamittz
- 🎤 Interview with Yanaboh
2023 August Issue
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2023 June-July Issue
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2023 May Issue
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- 👑 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 Issue
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2023 March Issue
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2023 February Issue
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2023 January Issue
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- 👑 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 Issue
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Digital Books and Collections
Digital books and collections of our work!
インディー通信 Indie Tsushin: Year 1
This is a digital book covering the first year of インディー通信 Indie Tsushin from 2022 December to 2023 December, available in ePub and MOBI formats. The cover art for Year 1 was done by Ruby May Valentine. Available on itch and Ko-Fi.
2023 Autumn Collection
Collects the 2023 October, November, and December-January issues.
2023 Summer Collection
Collects the 2023 June-July, August, and September issues.
2023 Spring Collection
Collects the 2023 March, April, and May issues.
2023 Winter Collection
Collects the 2022 December, 2023 January, and 2023 February issues.
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