I appreciate that Seraphna. I hope my bulletpoints help some readers understand this and other stories out of Japan.

Thanks for the response Helios. I like that Kotaku has writers like Brian and Richard that share news stories from Japan, but I think they oftentimes miss a chance to explain to Kotaku readers more about the situations they are sharing.

I should also say that this is often the case when Americans evaluate elements of…

I'd like to add two important notes to Brian's explanation that I hope may help readers understand just how easy it is to misinterpret things like this:

1: Japan is a high context culture. In an instance like this, a literal translation of the words alone are not enough to understand exactly what the speaker means. To…

And here I was wondering if there was any way that World of Warcraft content could get any more linear...

Well played Blizzard.

Great review Richard.*

Black Bullet is a lot of things: an action show, a comedy, a teen romance, a fighting anime, a social commentary, and a post-apocalyptic adventure among other things. However, by trying to be so many different things at once, it rarely gives enough time to any one aspect for it to be truly…

The second one is fun though.

Russians are pretty protective of their intellectual property.

The Book and Movie are so hard to enjoy IMO, but Russians LOVE THEM.

This video isn't from 2008 though. It mentions WoD.

I use nearly the same, but cyber slick. Pretty great combo.

There are only 4 items I get in first place, and although the horn is probably the rarest, it isn't much more rare than a green shell.

That said, this could simply by because when I get the horn, I hold onto it., but I'd say I get it while in first place ever 2-4 races.

1: Space Hamster leads to
2: Spelljammer, which means
3: Space-time issues.

I too thought that this interview was one of the more interesting parts of Galbraith's Moe Manifesto.

I enjoyed reading the book, but overall it failed to convey anything substantial on moe culture to English-speaking (mostly American) audiences. Galbraith did not give his audience enough tools to connect their…

This is well put rkieru. The fact is that American's speaking in a polysyllabic dialect out of nowhere would sound odd.

For example?

Pft, kendo has nothing to do with fighting. It's mostly just keigo.

Really, it's fine buddy! I understand reviews are subjective. I'm just trying to add to the conversation!

I know what you are trying to say, now at least, but I think it is poorly worded. Reasonable people can disagree:

I used the word "popular" (in quotations) because that is how it is listed on the site. Not because you used it. Sorry for the confusion.

I'm still not with you on this though. I understand your thesis completely. I'm just arguing that it contains logical fallacies that have frustrated other commentors as well.

Thanks for the share. This was funny.

Did you actually go to this place Brian?

If so, またいきましょうか？

Good – Free of Modern Anime Clichés

I, like others reading this review, thought this was a strange comment. If you just mean "anime clichés/tropes in general, well this genre always tends to lack the qualities listed here.

1: "There is no high school setting, no teenage heroes, no endless will-they-won't-they romance."

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