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  • Crimson Shroud

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    This is part of Level-5’s Guild series of downloadable games that have been coming out on 3DS, 6 or 7 of them so far (the first 4 were originally released together). The eShop currently has all of them on sale for $3, so I immediately jumped on Crimson Shroud, which I’d had my eye on…

  • Favorite Media of 2013

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    That is what I digged the most this year. Can you dig it? For the past few years (see 2010, 2011, and 2012) I’ve been ending the year with a big ol’ post where I go through my favorite media of the year in a few key categories. For me, it acts as an exercise…

  • Fringe

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    It’s taken me a long time to really get into this show, but man, it certainly has me now. I watched the first season after it first aired, and although by the end of it I was enjoying the overarching storyline, I stopped watching when season 2 started as it was back to monster-of-the-week episodes.…

  • SCROLL

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    I don’t usually write about magazines here – I do that over at The Magaziner – but I did really want to recommend the latest issue (10) of the self-published video game magazine SCROLL. It’s a fantastic look back at the Boku no Natsuyasumi (My Summer Vacation) series. As I wrote the other day, I…

  • Billy Bat

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    Naoki Urasawa never fails to entertain me, and Billy Bat is no exception. The series, which he co-writes with Takashi Nagasaki (the art is by Urasawa), tells a story that starts off following a cartoonist, Kevin Yamagata, who finds out that there’s more to the creation of his Billy Bat character than he first thought.…

  • Radio OK Fred 12

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    A new episode of Radio OK Fred is up (12), this time featuring special guest Alex of the band Chicks on Speed. All selections are by Alex — themed on “Girl Monster” — and you’ll even get a few sneak peeks at the upcoming Chicks on Speed album, due out May 28. Huge thanks to…

  • The New King of Combini in Tokyo

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    According to Japan Probe, Japanese convenience store chain Lawson is about to purchase rival chain AM/PM. 7-11 remains the monster chain in Japan, but in Tokyo at least, the new deal would give Lawson 1,795 stores versus 7-11’s 1,602. I love my Japanese convenience stores, oh yes I do.

  • Murakami Will Open Animation Studio in LA

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    The LA Times reports that Takashi Murakami will open an animation studio in LA. He’s already produced a few shorts starring his mascot characters Kaikai and Kiki, as well as a video for Kanye West. The first project will be a full-length feature based on the “Planting the Seeds” shorts that were created for an…

  • Naoki Urasawa’s Billy Bat

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    Next up for Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys), a new manga series called Billy Bat in which he supposedly brings back a “lost American Hero” from the forties. The new series will appear in Kodansha’s Morning comics magazine, starting this week. Via Anime News Network.

  • Neojaponisme: Yokai Attack!

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    What, you still haven’t bought Matt Alt’s Yokai Attack? Maybe this Neojaponisme piece will help convince you.