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Ani-Gamers Podcast #193 – UFO 50
Evan and Inaki dig into ALL FIFTY games from last year’s retro-styled indie darling UFO 50, from Barbuta to Cyber Owls. Strap in, it’s a long one. Topics…
503rd G-View: Mahou Tsukai PreCure!! -Mirai Days-
In late 2023 and early 2024, two surprising Pretty Cure announcements were made. Sequels to two entries in their franchise that continued their stories into adulthood. From my…
I Wrote Mini-Reviews of Every Game in UFO 50
UFO 50 is a bizarre and ambitious game design experiment that I got completed obsessed with late last year. Contained inside this $25 Steam game are 50 (that’s…
Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 24 – March 2, 2025
The overall hardware sales charts for consoles tracked and listed by Famitsu via their latest posting showed a significant increase in total units sold with PlayStation 5 leading…
Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: October 7 – October 13, 2024
Overall hardware sales for the week experienced a decline with Switch, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 all retreating by 13.67%, 5.95% and 38.30% respectively over previous week’s performances.…
Brief Thoughts On: Wizardry
It's a fascinating origin story for an anime adaptation. Fortunately, Wizardry is more than just a piece of history.
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01: How It Changed Anime History | KYOTO VIDEO
Subscribe to KaiserBeamz for the latest episodes of KYOTO VIDEO and more: https://www.youtube.com/kaiserbeamz Donate to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kaiserbeamz WORKS CITED: The Secret History of Animeigo: https://web.archive.org/web/20190630013113/https://www.animeigo.com/about/secret-history-animeigo/ Kabukicho Wars: The Metal Skin Panic…
BLADE & BASTARD: Return of the Hrathnir
By Kumo Kagyu and so-bin. Released in Japan as “Blade & Bastard” by Dre Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. One of…
Patlabor is On Lock
12 Days of Aniblogging 2023, Day 3 While Gundam is the most recognizable mecha anime I got into this year, most of my time was really spent working my…
Ghost in the Shell, Macross, Mobile Suit Gundam, Porco Rosso, Wizardry
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid Season 2 Episodes 11 & 12 (Final Impression)
Okay well I definitely wasn't expecting the wizardry school to look like a traditional Japanese building, complete with a hot spring and everything. Especially since the story is…
The Duke of Death and His Maid, The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 2
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid Season 2 – 11
As a manga reader I'd say the wizardry school arc is a good one, well worth waiting for. Read more
Original Character, Do Not Steal – Passive Roleplaying in Video Games
In Etrian Odyssey, a series of dungeon RPGs (DRPGs) modeled after old-school DRPGs like Wizardry, the party members are created by selecting portraits and job classes (later games…
Mashle is When One Punch Man Goes to Hogwarts (Magic and Muscles)
Mashle is Essentially When One Punch Man Goes to Hogwarts Have you ever daydreamed about Harry Potter trading in his wands for dumbbells? Or how the One Punch Man,…
First Impression: Mashle: Magic and Muscles
There do be dragons in these hills! And plenteous magic among the folk too. The setting is Ye Olde Fantasye Land, and ’tis a world so steeped in…
This Week in Games - One More Before The Clock Strikes Twelve
Microsoft points the finger at the FTC, Robert Woodhead's Wizardry legacy continues, and Build-A-Bear expands its Pokémon line-up in This Week in Games!
Kanojo, Okarishimasu: Utter Rubbish
Kanojo, Okarishimasu is a late 2020 anime from TMS. We know them from such series as Sengoku Otome, Glass no Kamen & Wizardry. So, not the best record.…
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MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 45, AVALON PRE-PRODUCTION BOOK
----- There're some Mamoru Oshii book lists on the Internet, but they don't have detailed explanations about the contents. My Mamoru Oshii book collection is far from complete,…
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MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 43, AVALON MAKING BOOK
----- There're some Mamoru Oshii book lists on the Internet, but they don't have detailed explanations about the contents. My Mamoru Oshii book collection is far from complete,…
The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms
“Whimsical tales of anthropomorphic beasts in love”–or so the dust jacket of The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms promises. The eight stories in this collection do feature…
Fear of “Flying”
Another popular genre is the witch show. Sometimes, they come off as ‘magical girl’, but they still are putting out some degree of wizardry and prestidigitation. And we…
Kenshiro Loses the Eye of the Cat! Fans Turn Grey Hair to Fame!
...In the "day late and dollar short" department...Geez, you step out the door for fifteen years and when you come back home, you hardly recognize the place. Luckily, some…
