Toshi Nakamura
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These Avengers 2 Figures Are Amazing as Usual
While the world is raving about the new Captain America: Civil War trailer, on my shelf, it’s still The Age of Ultron. → Read More
The Willfully Unemployed of Japan Have Their Own Mecha Manga
He fights so he doesn’t have to work. → Read More
In The New Disaster Report, You Can Go to The Bathroom
The fourth installment of the Disaster Report series, Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, is back from the dead, and it looks like the developers are aiming to show another side of natural disasters. → Read More
Yomawari Sure Makes Japanese Horror Emotional
From the moment I saw the first trailer, I knew I wanted to try Yomawari out. It looked both adorable and horrifying, but I had no idea just how powerful the experience would be. → Read More
Prison School is Ridiculous and Fun
Five boys enroll in a former all-girls school only to be incarcerated in the school’s prison? Just go with it. → Read More
Your Memory is The Key To Solving a 15-Year-Old Murder Case
How do you solve a mystery that took place 15 years ago? Through 15-year-old letters with a long lost pen pal of course. → Read More
Think Okami Meets Tactical JRPG
Announced on Tuesday at Kadokawa Games’ press conference, Kadokawa Games Media Briefing 2015 Autumn, comes an all new tactical RPGthat uses Japan’s mythology and folklore as its motif. → Read More
Ranpo Kitan Bites Off More Than It Can Chew
A psycho-suspense murder mystery anime series that talks about the weakness of the justice system against the insanity plea? The premise sounds pretty interesting and engrossing at first, but Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace has more in store—for better or worse. → Read More
I Am a Hero Is a Manga That Does Zombies Right
Zombies—if you’ll pardon the pun—is a genre that just won’t die. But that doesn’t mean there are still good stories to dig up if you look for them. I Am a Hero is one such gem. → Read More
A Three-Month Break Didn't Help This Anime
Blood Blockade Battlefront was one of our favorites from the Spring anime lineup this year. But the final episode was delayed for three months due to apparently there being too much content. So, finally, after the three month wait, was the ending worth it? Well... Kind of... → Read More
Tokyo Xanadu is... Okay
Japanese high school kids fighting evil in secret. I’ve never heard of that premise before. No, wait. I have. → Read More
Phantasy Star Online 2 Says Not to Build Nukes
Do you read the end user license agreements for software? No? You should. Sometimes they say important things. Like not to build nukes. → Read More
Fate/Grand Order is Fun, But Not for Beginners
Fate/Grand Order is an RPG for Android and iOS platforms which lets players take on the role of a fledgling master on a quest to save time and space. It’s great fun, but with a few prerequisites. → Read More
Here's How You Make Anime Bonkers
How can an anime of yesteryears survive in the fast-paced, highly competitive modern age? That’s the issue that six brothers face in the first episode of Mr. Osomatsu, and their solution is hilariously insane. → Read More
A Wonderful Movie About the Hardships of Making Manga
Bakuman the movie is based on the manga of the same name by the creators of the popular Death Note manga series. The story is about two high school classmates who set off to become manga creators for Weekly Shonen Jump, the biggest name in the manga world. The movie is fantastic. → Read More
Vita Game Gives Honest Criticism of the Japanese Game Market
Games can often offer social commentary on things from politics to opinion to simple observation on the state of the world. Sometimes they’ll even go meta, using a video game to talk about video games. Falcom’s latest action RPG, Tokyo Xanadu does just that. → Read More
Shin Megami Tensei IV Final Isn't an Update, But an Entirely New Game
Slated for release in Japan next year, Shin Megami Tensei IV Final isn’t a “definitive edition” of the previously released Shin Megami Tensei IV. It’s an entirely new game set in the same world, featuring a completely different era and setting, all new characters, a branching storyline and multiple endings. → Read More
My Love Story! Is Truly a Delightful Anime
I’d say my heart grew three times, but then I’d be in the hospital with an exploded rib cage. → Read More
The Anime Studio That Made Samurai Champloo and Gangsta. is No More
Well, that’s disappointing. → Read More
Nintendo's New Text Bot is Kooky
You know that red mushroom guy that hangs around with Mario? Apparently he’s got a little friend. His little friend is nuts. → Read More