Weebmatic: Tokyo

Fancy yourself a bit of a weeb? Fair enough. Half the people romanticising Tokyo got here through some form of anime-induced brain damage anyway. On April 10, LA-based artist and DJ Redeadica brings Weebmatic to Forestlimit, with a stacked line-up running from Texas Baby and Ranz Jigoku to Suleiman.jp, Setsuna, Tellur, Palimach and Shion, plus pop-ups from Moeken and Nerdist. The night runs from 5pm to 11pm, and entry is ¥2,000 with one drink included.

Redeadica built his name through anime-girl drawings, terminally online humour and a style that sits somewhere between meme detritus and actual draftsmanship. The dream, of course, is that the offline meetup doesn’t end with your internet crush turning out to be some basement-dwelling catfish, but someone hot, stylish and strangely well-adjusted. Weebmatic feels like that fantasy given physical form. And with Forestlimit hosting it, the whole thing lands in exactly the right room: a Hatagaya venue that regularly pulls in the kind of leftfield DJs, live acts and scene people truly shaping Tokyo’s underground.
If you’re after a night of hyperpop, hardcore internet energy and the possibility of leaving with your dignity slightly compromised, this is probably your move.