Richard Eisenbeis's discussions

richard-eisenbeis
Richard Eisenbeis
richard-eisenbeis
Japanese Correspondent. Player of Japan-first and Japan-only games. Watcher of way too much anime. Occasional streamer.

Yeah, some streamlining was needed. Basically, now he runs into Hiromi downtown as, at the same time, they find a cabby asleep and pile into his cab with the politician. Soon they are on the interstate... that’s when things go bad.

When I say ultra violence, do know that the film puts the manga to shame in that department. Read more

It’s in theaters in Japan now and doing the independent film circuit in the rest of the world (though with English subs). Read more

This movie covers from the beginning of the story to the end of the mall arc. Read more

The Taxi scene is very different in the movie but it still there. Now it’s Hideo, Hiromi, and a local politician in the Taxi. It gets crazy (in a good way). Read more

Yeah, I don’t think season 2 can live up to this, but I hope to be proven wrong. Read more

Originally, I was going to post it this week. However, as I was watching I discovered something. Due to the earthquake here, several anime skipped a week. This means that several were on episode four while others were on episode six—1/3 done vs 1/2 done. To be fair to the ones that were only 1/3 done, I decided to Read more

Actually, I had always wanted to play 4. However, when it came out, it was only on xbox 360(which I didn’t own at the time). When it came out on PS3 in Japan with the English voices/text included, I was somewhat hurting for money, so I resolved to buy it when the price dropped. Fun fact: the price never dropped. So I Read more

Yeah, I was actually having a fair amount of fun till about the half way point of the game where the protect the target missions starting happening. Read more

In all fairness, I killed the mother while he caught the baby. He then gave it to me when it started crying as a sick form of revenge. Read more

The male character is the opposite of Nadeshiko and isher enforcer. He’s a guy that wears his emotions on his sleeve. Read more

My advice? Give Re:Zero exactly 30 minutes (i.e., the first half of episode one and an additional five min. You’ll be glad you did.) Read more

Now playing

This one is a good place to start. It’ll give you a great feel for what the franchise is all about. That said, if you want a much shorter Lupin III introduction, you can’t go wrong with The Castle of Cagliostro—written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Yes, THAT Hayao Miyazaki. It’s the great Ghibli director’s first