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

Kizumonogatari is the first translated novel released. It came out last month and can be found on Amazon. Maybe other book stores?
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For a second opinion on the show, check out the Ani-TAY review, done by yours truly: Read more

This show was great. Anna really was the star. Without her reaction to what’s going on the whole thing wouldn’t have flowed anywhere near as well as it did. Read more

The game states that is specifically Saber from Fate/Zero so they are just copying what the game states. I am going to guess because the Urobutcher worked on the Fate/Zero script and he works for Nitro+.
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You have to take this dangerous gif down... Bamboozled by the rapid snake like movements I have fallen off my chair, broken both legs and I am choking to death on my headphone cord. Read more

Figure tip here: you know collectible mini figures that are usually sold in boxes with no way of knowing which one you got? It’s not exactly gashapon, but smaller than Nendoroids. Collectible sets. Read more

Just one thing on the Miyazaki boxset: all the features from the individual discs were removed, and present the movie barebones. The extras standalone disc includes completely new / different features. It just doesn’t make sense, why Disney removed all of the current features the discs already had? Anyway, you might Read more

This is more specifically if they like SAO but Lost Song and Hollow Fragment aren’t bad games either. Of course there is a lot of great anime inspired games like Tales of... and Neptunia. Read more

I have a much higher interest in playing these retro-versions of these games. Oh god, if they made like a compilation of these mini-games and released them as their own release, I’d eat it up. Read more

I’ve found the Vita game Openings and Endings to all be very good. Somebody has a good ear for them as they go especially well with the tone and style as the franchise. Read more

Oh, damn, Empire of Corpses and Harmony are still on the cinemas?! They’ve been on my radar for a while, but since they’re not being shown on the cinemas I usually go, I almost missed them!

they pretty much nailed Takeo. the other characters are not as close to what I pictured based on the anime, but I can get over it. I liked this show a lot so I really want to see this.
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“They’re not solving it, then, but rather repeating a series of motions which have been practised so much they can do it incredibly quickly.”

No, they are solving it. The computer scrambles are randomized and are lengthy enough for the cube to be considered officially scrambled. There are something like 63 quintillion Read more

Segata Sanshiro and Ryo Hazuki together in one game!? this is like a match made in heaven.