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Brian Ashcraft
brianashcraft
Originally from Texas, Ashcraft has called Osaka home since 2001. He has authored six books, including most recently, The Japanese Sake Bible.

I removed the YT video to avoid confusion--hopefully that helps. The Twitch stream was in the story when it was originally published—not added!
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Yes. I have kids who have gone thru the educational system here. In junior high, they learn about the Holocaust. In high school, if they study world history, they study it further.
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I met him! A couple times. But the first big event I covered for Kotaku was his keynote speech at TGS in which he unveiled the Wiimote. Later, I spotted him in a hotel lobby, and he pulled the Wiimote out of his pocket and handed it to me. I guess I was one of the first members of the press to get hands on with it? It Read more

The Japanese Promised Neverland movie is mentioned in the article Read more

Oh yeah, the Yakuza games are packed with major (middle aged) Japanese celebs!  Read more

As I said, I haven’t heard the English language voice acting, so I really cannot comment Read more

I have not heard the English language voice track, but the Japanese language one is good. The voice actors do a good job. Yuna and Kenji, in particular, are quite enjoyable in Japanese. Read more

Honestly, I think this is one reason why he’s really be into the game — Nagoshi’s games are filled with (famous) people with interesting faces so when he sees a game filled with non-famous interesting faces, he’s probably intrigued. Read more

Wow, I didn’t know that! My favorite Kurosawa film is High and Low, which is based on an Ed McBain novel. Read more

His love of John Ford movies surprised even Western movie critics!  Read more