From the creators of the visual novels Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate comes the anime adaptation of their latest game, Ro…
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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.
When I heard about Moero Downhill Night Blaze (and its recent Western release), it was described as a Japanese-made…
Nearly two decades ago, Japan redefined the cyberpunk genre with the groundbreaking anime Ghost in the Shell. A…
Over the weekend, Hideki Kamiya—director of Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry, Okami, Viewtiful Joe, and Bayonetta—was…
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Moero Downhill Night Blaze is the latest adult visual novel in the Moero Downhill Night series of street…
This year, anime that focus on games and game-related culture have been quite numerous. One of these, Btooom! (the…
Tell me if you've heard this one before: A teenager from our world is magically transported to a fantasy world where…
Earlier this year when Sword Art Online hit its halfway point, I called it the smartest anime I had seen in years…
Jump Festa, Shonen Jump's own convention, is a mix of manga, anime, video games, and card games. There are various…
After the success of Tales of Innocence R in Japan, Bandai-Namco is moving another of last generation's portable…
Announced back during this year's Tokyo Game Show, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMIX is a PS3 HD remaster of Kingdom…
Back in June, Bandai-Namco announced that Tales of Xillia, the first Tales game designed specifically for the PS3,…
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Japan: The birthplace of Mario, Sonic, Final Fantasy, and Street Fighter—just to name a few. Each year scores of…
I love JRPGs. Since discovering them in the sixth grade, I have played dozens upon dozens of them. But my primary…
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While the first game in the series has yet to leave Japanese shores, Tales of Xillia 2 was recently released in…
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As the Macross 30th Anniversary year comes to a close, Bandai-Namco is preparing to release Macross 30: The Voice…
I've been playing video games for as long as I can remember. I started with an Atari 2600 before moving on to the…
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Back in May, we took a look at the first Phoenix Wright musical, Ace Attorney: Truth Resurrected. The musical…
The Professor Layton series follows an English gentleman solving brain teasers and occult mysteries with his…
Back in the days before the infamous Grand Theft Auto "Hot Coffee" scandal, it was common practice in game…