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Gunslinger Stratos is a four-versus-four third-person shooter for Japanese arcades made by Square-Enix. But it's not…
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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.
The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki is the newest film from Mamoru Hosoda, the acclaimed director of Summer Wars and The…
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Here at Kotaku East we have had a lot to say about Japan's most popular virtual idol, Hatsune Miku. But just because…
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Macross: Do You Remember Love? is one of the defining anime of the 1980s—which explains why this year's Blu-ray 30t…
While comparatively unknown in the West, Macross: Do You Remember Love? was one of the most important anime of the…
Games, movies—these days everything seems to have its own collector's edition. Filled with art books, statues and…
Recently, I sat down with School Days HQ, a Japanese-made visual novel famous for the juxtaposition of its high…
Rurouni Kenshin (sometimes known by the title Samurai X) is a manga and anime series that grew to great popularity…
Macross: My Boyfriend is a Pilot 2012 is the newest game included in one of Bandai-Namco's hybrid packs which attach…
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School Days HQ is a visual novel about a highschooler trapped in a love triangle with the girl of his dreams... and…
This last week I took my annual trip to the US to visit family. Like always, while I was there, I made sure to hit…
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Starting a bit over two years ago, Bandai Namco began an experiment of releasing small original PS3 games along…
Hatsune Miku, the virtual idol, is truly a star in Japan. From a lowly beginning as a piece of music composition…
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Hatsune Miku is more than a little big in Japan. She appears on billboards, in TV commercials, and gives sold-out…
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Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend is a music game starring virtual idol Hatsune Miku. It plays similar to most…
Dragon Quest X is a game perfectly tailored to bring Japanese players into the world of MMORPGs for the first time.…
In Japan, Dragon Quest is the unquestioned king of RPGs: Even the Final Fantasy series comes in a distant second.…
MMORPGs are far from popular in Japan, especially when compared to the West. There have been a few MMO…
Dragon Quest X is the newest game in the immensely popular Dragon Quest series. It is also the series' first MMORPG.…
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While doing our Kotaku East live stream of Dragon Quest X last week, the most common question I got was "What is…