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The Winning History Of Pachinko Machines

Dirkoin

Apr 2, 2023 • Subscribe

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The God of Pachinko

Why do all the pachinko layouts look alike? Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dirkoin

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The 3 Store System of pachinko

How do pachinko parlors stay in business? Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dirkoin

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Apr 3, 2023 • Subscribe

The Winning Formula

Continuing with a pattern of themed updates, this one focuses entirely on Gundam‘s Formula era. Here’s what’s new: F90 A to Z Project: new secondary lineart and new profiles.…

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the Winning One-Shot of the manga competition

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Zetsubō Free Zone

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The 82 Winning Moves of Sumo, the Kimarite List

When a sumo wrestler wins a match, how he wins is recorded with the victory. This move is called a kimarite. Think of kimarite as fatalities from Mortal…

Japan Powered

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Blue Box: The Winning Girl

#anime #bluebox #romanceanime #ontherise Chinatsu teaches us that it's okay to have more than one passion Music used: Blue Box Main Theme Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-US_Kj0rbA

On The Rise A&V

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Blue Box

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Modern Pachinko: The Game That Definitely Isn’t Gambling!

How the modern game of pachinko, become one of Japan's primary forms of legalized...well, let's not call it gambling, shall we?

Unseen Japan

Jun 14, 2022 • Subscribe

Winning and Losing

Year 1: Boobs, The Wind, Baseball, Lederhosen, Eels, Monkeys, and Doves Year 2: Hotel Lobby Oysters, Condoms, Spinning Around and Around, 街・町, The Town and Its Uncertain Wall, A Short Piece on the Elephant that Crushes Heineken Cans Year…

How to Japanese

Sep 29, 2022 • Subscribe

Oscar-Winning Storyboards

Case studies from across the years.

Animation Obsessive

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The History of the Seifuku

Seifuku are a staple design of anime. The instantly recognizable sailor school uniform is synonymous with anime girls in otaku's minds, but do you know the history?

I drink and watch anime

Jul 14, 2021 • Subscribe

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LiA Bespoke Project – Pachinko: Balls Out

You may think you know pachinko, but you probably don't know the full story. I sure don't.

Lost in Anime

Sep 27, 2024 • Subscribe

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The Number of Vending Machines in Japan is Dwindling

It's been known as the "kingdom of vending machines" for years. So why is the number of vending machines in Japan falling rapidly?

Unseen Japan

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86 – 05 – Ghosts In the Machines

This week we learn the details of how Shin’s brother saved Lena’s life when the helicopter she and her father were on crashed. Despite having everything taken from…

RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

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The Early History of Falcom

This is a video where I talk about the early history of Nihon Falcom, covering about the first 30 years of their output. I've been a fan of…

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The History of Solo Leveling

With the Solo Leveling Ragnarok webcomic debuting in English this week, it's time to take a look the story of this groundbreaking series

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Ragnarok the Animation, Solo Leveling

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The History of Anime & Japan

Anime or Japanese Animation (アニメ) is perhaps one of the most influential forms of media in the modern world. It has a history spaning over a century and…

WooKong

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Books: The History of Sushi

By Jonathan Clements. Eric C. Rath observes that in the anime series Sushi Police, fish are portrayed weeping at the injustices done to them by culinary criminals. Luckily,…

All the Anime

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Sushi Police

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The History of Hentai Manga

Kimi Rito digs deep into the tropes of anime's salacious sister medium, from tracking down the hentai's early manga creators to going back even further to the shunga…

Anime News Network - Views

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The Untold History of Ramen

  Solt, George The Untold History of Ramen: How Political Crisis in Japan Spawned a Global Food Craze Berkeley: University of California Pre...

Koyagidō Kanwa子山羊堂閑話

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Togenashi Togeari’s Winning Formula

In the 21st century, there are few bigger “modern visual culture” developments on the Japanese side of the thing than 2.5D. What more can we ask for to…

Omonomono

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Girls Band Cry

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Episode 161: Midnight Machines

CC kicks off the show by going nocturnal and reviewing the new vampire youtuber comedy Mayonaka Punch. After that, John once more braves the treacherous seas of the…

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History Of Ecchi

The history of Ecchi Media and how it evolved over time Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dirkoin 00:00 Introduction 00:51 physical Media 02:54 Digital Media 04:44 OVA 06:13 Modern Media

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IRRELEVANT Winning or losing – Sk8 The Infinity

My heart was captured so! When we love something so much, important to us, we get caught up in things that shouldn’t even matter but only the element…

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Getting To Know The Hosts Of The Award-Winning Shoujo Sundae Podcast

Shoujo Sundae hosts Giana Luna and Chika Supreme share what keeps them motivated, the secret to creating a successful podcast, and their mangaka interview wishlists.

Anime News Network - Views

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The Real History of ℝ𝕦𝕝𝕖 𝟛𝟜

A viral tweet made me curious about looking into the history of fanmade adult content, and I ended up deep diving a rabbit hole that goes further than…

Lextorias

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The long history of Digimon Navigators

The NaviCharacter are characters created to help the user to better understand a product. There’s a very old tradition in the Digimon series to have them that was…

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The History of Tatsunoko – 6 – Repetitions

Without any aim to be comprehensive, this article will follow these developments and focus on two shows: 1974’s Hurricane Polymar and 1976’s Gowapper 5 Godam. Although very different,…

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Gamba's Adventure, Hurricane Polymar, Space Knight Tekkaman

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The Cute History of Maid Cafe's

Maid Cafe and the Japanese history of it メイド喫茶, メイドカフェ 日本 歴史 #maid #japan #japanculture Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dirkoin

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The History Of Notice Me Senpai

Notice me senpai! Or not... its not that i care or anything Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dirkoin

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The Disgusting History Of Ugly Bastards

Want to learn the disgusting history of ugly bastards? #anime #animememes #sus Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dirkoin

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Godzilla at the End of History

In a recent article in Forbes, titled The Critics Are Wrong About Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, Senior Contributor Paul Tassi repackages the faux-populism of YouTube gutter pundits…

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Episode 9- The History of Shoujo

Azayan, Summosa and Nikki breakdown the past 100 years of shoujo content, citing significant authors, their works, and other events that shaped shoujo into what it is today.…

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The History of Tatsunoko – 5 – Maturities

If one single work were to sum up Tatsunoko’s entire production, it would probably be Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. By far the studio’s most iconic series, it was…

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Gatchaman, Shigeru, Tomorrow's Joe

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The Unusual Production History of Genocyber

A cult classic in the schlock n’ gore OVA genre, Genocyber took an unlikely road from pitch to production.

ZIMMERIT – Anime | Manga | Garage Kits | Doujin

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The Comic Book History of Comics

It's a comic book, about comic books! That's right, The Comic Book History of Comics tells the story of how comic books became what they...

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The History of Chunsoft's Sound Novels

In this video I talk about Chunsoft’s Sound Novel franchise, a hugely important series in the history of Japanese video games that served as the progenitor to the…

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The Surprising History of the Term "Anime"

Anime is a word that is definitely part of the Zeitgeist, and seems so self-evident as to what it is. But the actual history and usage of the…

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Medalist #01 — Winning is Everything

  Weird message to try to promote your sport. Impressions: There's a largely unspoken assumption through this entire episode that really undermines the entire thing; that a hobby isn't…

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The History of TMS – 1 : The Birth of Anime

While today we speak of “the anime industry” like it’s something obvious, that wasn’t always the case. When animation started in Japan around the 1910’s, it was still…

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The history of THE BEGINNING AFTER THE END

The Beginning After the End is one of the most popular series on Tapas, but how did this story about Arthur Leywin come to be?

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So What’s Winning In The 2024 Crunchyroll Awards?

Or the fifth edition of the Attack on Titan/Demon Slayer/Jujutsu Kaisen awards.

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The GLORIO Chat Episode 142: Adult Vending Machines

We talk about more new shows, go in-depth on Shin Kamen Rider, and Iro resists a possible career as an isekai light novel writer.

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A History of Murder

detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,

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“Bloody History” — The Truth of the False Minoshiro

Are we . . . the “bad guys?” The short answer is yes, obviously. The lengthier one involves a surprising amount of nuance and one, specific moment in…

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The history of Lupin III #anime #lupinthe3rd

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Lupin III

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The History (& Post-Mortem) of Madman Anime

In 1996, a startup company made by one man created one of the biggest waves of anime distribution in Australia, a company of which in recent years has…

Chloe Sunflora

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The History of Tatsunoko – Conclusion: Tatsunoko diasporas

suo Yoshida’s death from liver cancer on September 5, 1977, is generally understood as a turning point in the history of studio Tatsunoko. Although his sickness was known…

Animétudes

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Gatchaman, Mobile Suit Gundam, Space Runaway Ideon, The Ultraman, Urusei Yatsura

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The History of Tatsunoko – 2 – Experimental anime

The “realist” aesthetic and approach of the show was possible thanks to its director, who in fact debuted as chief director: the second of the three Yoshida brothers,…

Animétudes

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Tiger Mask, Kurenai, Judo Boy

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The History of Tatsunoko – 3 – Mecha animations

mixture of expressionist motion and anatomical realism was born. It was also the moment when another one of anime’s key stylistic features developed: mechanical animation. Early TV anime…

Animétudes

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Ketsudan

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82: The Tragical History of Modesty City

The Anime Sickos present: The Tragical History of Modesty City, a Play in Five Acts Directed by Tom Harrison and Joe AndersonWritten by Tom Harrison from a story…

Anime Sickos

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