About
One Million Power is a site and video channel dedicated to Japanese game history, music history, and the places where the two overlap.
Created by Brian Clark, One Million Power features translations, interviews, research-based articles, documentary-style videos, and historical analysis focused on Japanese video games, arcade culture, game music, recording artists, magazines, developer interviews, and other source material that often goes untranslated or under-discussed in English.
The website primarily houses written translations and articles, while longer documentary-style explorations can be found on the official One Million Power YouTube channel.
Business Inquiries
I am available for Japanese-to-English translation, Japanese-language source research, source checks, interview preparation, subtitle and script support, and project consultation related to Japanese games, music, magazines, interviews, and other historical materials.
For business inquiries, please contact:
When reaching out, please include a brief description of your project, any relevant files or links, your preferred deadline, and whether the work is for private research, online publication, print, video, commercial use, or archival purposes.
For more details, please see the Services page.
What I Do
One Million Power focuses on the history and culture surrounding Japanese games and music, especially subjects that are difficult to fully explore without Japanese-language sources.
This includes translations of interviews with developers, musicians, and other creators; analysis of Japanese game and music history; documentary-style videos; research into magazines and archival materials; and commentary on the ways games, music, arcades, and popular culture influence one another.
My goal is to make Japanese-language sources more accessible to English-speaking audiences while preserving the context, nuance, and history behind them.
Gameplay Harmonies
I am also the author of Gameplay Harmonies: Japanese Recording Artists and the Video Games About Them, published by Limited Run Games.
The book explores video games starring Japanese recording artists and musicians, from the Famicom through the PlayStation 2. It covers the games, the artists, and the cultural context surrounding them, with subjects ranging from pop idols to heavy metal bands and genres from platformers to edutainment. It also features exclusive interviews with creators and others connected to these unusual intersections of Japanese music and game history.
Support One Million Power
If you enjoy my videos, translations, interviews, and historical research, you can support One Million Power through Patreon.
Patreon support helps fund future videos, translations, interviews, research, and independent historical projects.
You can also follow One Million Power on YouTube, Twitch, Bluesky, and other platforms.
Links
YouTube – https://youtube.com/@OneMillionPower
Twitch – https://twitch.tv/onemillionpower
Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/onemillionpower.com
Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/onemillionpower
About Brian Clark
Brian Clark is the writer, translator, researcher, and producer behind One Million Power. His work focuses on Japanese game history, music history, translation, and archival research, with a particular interest in interviews, magazines, developer comments, and other primary-source material.
He is also the author of Gameplay Harmonies: Japanese Recording Artists and the Video Games About Them from Limited Run Games, and the former translator for Mognet.
