In their defence, FF 7 is a pretty linear game. It starts in Midgar, when you get out and if you dont follow the story and start wondering, you only have access to Kalm and the Chocobo Ranch, you can go further and have an encounter with Midgar Zolom that normal players would not survive, and probably, in the original…
I agree with you, I see anime regularly and I have to say that I feel that in general everything has been dumbed down. Very hard nowadays to find a nice and interesting (and adult?) show like the ones you mentioned. Japan is obsessed with the “kawaii” bullsh*t, if its not kawaii its not good. Everywhere fanservice…
As manga goes I would recommend for romance & drama - I’’s
Also Love Hina as a starter of comedy and ecchi.
In Anime I think Ergo Proxy or Cowboy Bebop are good ones to start with since they’re mature and can show the potential that anime can provide.
I think what many people need to face is that japanese animation is…
my everyday here in japan, not only in video games, all artists in general, I work from 10am to 2-3am everyday (saturday and sunday too), in front of my office there is a clothes design studio, they have basically same schedule. I heard manga artists have the most rough routine though sometimes not sleeping for…