Tag: Anime
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Aksys Showcase Event Will Air on February 17
Aksys Games announced a showcase event revealing some of their upcoming games on their official Twitch channel, AksysGames. The Aksys Showcase Event will air on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 9 AM PST/5 PM GMT/ 3 AM AEST (the next day). The confirmed games at the event include: Blazing Strike Blazing Strike is a 2D…
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The Kids We Were: A Heartfelt Ghibli-Esque Adventure – Switch Review
I am endlessly fascinated by the romanticisation of the Japanese countryside. The delightful magic-realism that portrays it as this boundless expanse of wind-washed fields, furry monsters and sleepy suburbs home to some of the best coming of age stories, is a great comfort to me. I love immersing myself in the forever sun-soaked worlds of…
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Blue Reflection: Second Light – PS4 Review
When the original Blue Reflection launched back in 2017, my brothers joked it was the perfect game for me. It was a JRPG featuring an all-female magical girl cast that was about feeling your feelings. It felt like it was made for me. The gameplay was a culmination of perfected JRPG conventions that created a…
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Fantasy Visual Novel, Arcadia Fallen, Launches On Steam Today
Developer Galdra Studios have released their fantasy roleplaying visual novel, Arcadia Fallen, onto Steam today with a Switch version coming soon. Arcadia Fallen, the debut visual novel of indie developer Galdra Studios, started out as a Master’s Thesis project before heading to Kickstarter and receiving more than 240% of its original funding goal. Blending anime-inspired…
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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Debuts on Netflix Next Month
This Tuesday, Netflix revealed the next instalment of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure during the Netflix Festival Japan 2021. The 12 episode series features the Stone Ocean arc from Hirohiko Araki’s popular manga and begins airing on December 1st. This marks the fifth season of the anime adaptation and the sixth part of the manga’s story. Warner…
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Christopher Sabat: “I Don’t Like Goku”
My Hero Academia, an anime-inspired by American superhero comics, took the world by storm in 2016, with unique characters, great worldbuilding and enthralling arcs. After five seasons and three movies, the quality of the show and its popularity seemed to only increase with each iteration. After voicing Vegeta from Dragon Ball and Kuwabara from YuYu…
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Are Video Games Getting Too Long?
Once upon a time, video games were much shorter; they were like a quick kiss with a stranger before moving on. These days, it seems more and more games are taking hundreds of hours to complete. However, this isn’t a kiss; this is becoming a marriage. When I was younger this wouldn’t have bothered me.…
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Genshin Impact will receive a Global Online Concert for 1st Anniversary
Earlier today at Gamescom 2021, the global interactive entertainment developer and publisher, miHoYo, announced that Genshin Impact will host its first online concert: Melodies of an Endless Journey. The original Genshin Impact soundtracks are produced by HOYO-MiX, miHoYo’s in-house music team, and are written by the accomplished composer, Yu-Peng Chen. However, the concert will not…
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It’s Official: Sony Has Bought Crunchyroll
Sony has officially announced that they have completed the acquisition of the anime streaming service Crunchyroll after almost a year of speculation. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc announced today in a press release that it has finally acquired the anime streaming giant Crunchyroll. It was rumoured back in August 2020 that Sony would purchase Crunchyroll from…
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Dodgeball Academia: A Marvellous Masterpiece – PC Review
The endeavour one must go through in order to encapsulate the captivating appeal of a Saturday morning cartoon is likely arduous. Successfully balancing the overtly cliché tropes of an overly enthusiastic children’s show with the heartfelt and grounding genuineness of a brilliantly charming drama has rarely been achieved. There are so few shows that spring…
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Anson Yeh Interview: How a Piano Prodigy Changed Music on Youtube
Some people are anime enthusiasts, while others are hopeless K-pop fans. Few are both. However, one man stands on top of them all. Anson Yeh, the founder of Yeh Piano Covers, is a piano prodigy who changed the indie music landscape of YouTube. Education “I started learning piano when I was four, so back in…
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Censorship in Tokyo Revengers Logo: Relax, It’s Not A Nazi Hate Symbol
Several Crunchyroll forum members noticed that the English release of Tokyo Revengers would censor the manji symbol from the anime because of its hateful connotations, but is it even a hate symbol, to begin with? What is Manji? If you ever visited a Buddhist temple or been to Japan as a tourist, seeing the manji…