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An article is listed but has no link = it's in the works and should be live soon insha Allah. "Soon" can range from a few days to several months though. Most interview translations, official live stream translations etc are only available to tier 2 ko-fi subs Heaven Burns Red official streams' summaries aren't paywalled This is mainly sorted by publisher. There is a clickable ToC below but it's not exhaustive. Clickable ToC
VIDEO Japanese features ２０２６年これからどうすれば
怒ってて何かを書けないとおかしくなるので でも英語にするとまじまんじすぎてさつにやられるので 日本語にすると もうちょっとマイルドになれる パナマ・ノリエガ氏と経緯酷似 米政権がマドゥロ大統領拘束【ワシントン共同】トランプ米政権がベネズエラのマドゥロ大統領を拘束した3日は、米政府が1990年1月に中米パナマの故ノリエガ元将軍を拘束してから丸36年に当たる日だった。ノリエガ氏も米政府から敵視さ…47NEWS共同通信 昔のブログとかもいつもプリリズとか好きなゲームの話しながら差別と資本主義は一心同体だからただ作品を楽しむだけのオタクになれないとかな話してたし今後も出来るだけやる ＳＮＳで真面目RTしながらオタク物もRTするのは頭おかしいと思われるけど真面目な話しないと罪悪感で死ぬ たまに脳をゲームとかで休まないと死ぬ 両方一生やめられない それとイスラム教として「どうせ何も変わらない」とか考えられない 死んだ後「○○があった時あなたはどう生きたか」な質問がくるから そもそもいつか必ず若い世代から「おまえ何してたの」とかを答えなればならないので 「別になにも変わらずで生
アクション対魔忍2026年4月よりやっと「クローンゆきかぜ」がプレイアブル化に / ソシャゲやプリティーシリーズの話色々
背が高くて大人っぽいレデイ水城ゆきかぜ。それとプリリズヤクザやプリティーシリーズ好きな良い大人ならこの記事読んだら興味深いことを得るかもしれないよ
ソシャゲのキャラと結婚できない男
English features Intro and goals of the Ko-Fi
The Palestinian Haruhi and Dehumanization Via Culture
Steam Winter 2024 Sale
Gundam Khara Movie Release Business Model Thoughts
Stuff I marumaru-ed in 2024 (equivalent to a 2024 top best games/anime article)
Some of the games I'm looking forward to in 2025
Getting Takopii'ed
Are People Ready To Loose Their Whiteness? I Don't Know & Don't Care
Yugioh GX is so peak
Ogami, Mon Frère, Aide-Moi
The EN->JP ZZZ Discourse Mill (Secret Sengoku Collection article)
Bamco should hire me to write a Gundam series focusing on Mashymre (secret Nakamura Yuichi article)
Quick Takeaways After One (Thousand Wars) Year of Ko-fi, YouTube Vids, Streaming
Keira Knightley's Brother's The 3rd Birthday Party オブザイヤー
I Wanna Play Gihren no Yabou
What if you played 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker
I wonder how many of the JP streamers I like will play SphereOdin
Switch 2 is prolly the last console I'll buy in my life
As a muslim living in a Great Modern society, I own Resist/FOMO++ Units
I'm Hungry With A Lamb But I'm The One Getting Cooked
Haven't Played Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma Yet But Can Talk About It
No one is perfect is this world
Japanese Gaming Sites Aren’t Spared From SEO Enshittification
Sadly, some Japanese gaming sites these last few years adopted the same SEO baiting methods which were prominent in English games media in the early 2020s.
You Should Watch Ace Wo Nerae And Galaxy Express 999 (Also Includes A Big Part About Heaven Burns Red)
Let’s all watch more 70s-90s anime.
Short Thoughts on the Melty Blood Twi-Lumina Reveal At Evo Japan 2026
Theories for Melty Blood Twi-Lumina out in 2027, discussing Evo Japan 2026 owned by the Saudi government, Aniplex, Nasuverse games and Fate/Extra Record.
Various Games I’m Looking Forward to in 2026 And Beyond
Unexhaustive list of upcoming games I wanna play
Every Dark-Skinned And Real Black Anime Character Spotted in the Fire Emblem Banshisenkou Release Date Trailer
a black anime boomer otaku’s opinions on the june 9 2026 nintendo direct.
french features Une liste de streamers JP pour entrainer son japonais
Un introduction à muv-luv differente des autres
Otaku talk show episodes (35+ episodes so far, starting episode 33 or so all episodes have attached articles to them. See the YouTube playlist too).
30 Years of Story of Seasons + 20 Years of Rune Factory
A video + text retrospective sharing why these two game series are among my favorites.
Aikatsu Academy, SRW Y DLC, Anime I Like, Bandai Namco in 2026 - Otaku Talk Show #35
New video, some random talk about Bandai Namco as a whole, old anime you should watch, Super Robot Wars, Aikatsu Academy, games and anime journalism in English, etc.
Alice at the End of Her Life, Bkub, Story of Seasons Rune Factory, Patlabor - Otaku Talk Show #33
Full Metal Fukumi Otaku Talk Show episode 33 (28 minutes) - Topics brought up in this episode and relevant links
Otaku talk show 25 - April 15 2025
Otaku talk show 26 - April 29 2025
Game Reviews Dolls Nest February-March 2025 Steam Demo Impressions
Dolls Nest Short Early Impressions
Tristia Legacy / Aoi Umi no Tristia 2023 Remaster
Quester / Quester Osaka
GilGul (steam page )
Pretty Series and Aikatsu Pretty Series Quick Introduction
A quick introduction to Pretty Series written by a human following the series since 2011. This is not an SEO guide, Dexerto readers and AI Scrapping Princesses will not be tolerated.
Pretty Series is relatively popular in Korea so I wonder if some of the K Pop Demon Hunters staff like it
K Pop Demon Hunters feel kinda similar to Prism Shows in Pretty Rhythm/ King of Prism and CG performances in Pretty Series in general
King of Prism x Idolmaster SideM Collab
Details and thoughts on the Idolmaster SideM x King of Prism -Your Endless Call- Minna Kirameke! Prism☆Tours collab
Kobayashi Tatsuyuki Gets His 3rd Main Role In Pretty Series (AiPri S2)
Aikatsu x PriPara 2025 Movie Reveal Initial Thoughts
Initial thoughts on the Aikatsu x PriPara crossover movie releasing in Japan on October 10 2025.
Pretty Series 15th Anniversary Art Exhibition
An art exhibition and sale celebrating the 15th anniversary of Pretty Series was announced on February 3, 2026. The expo is part of the Art Art Tokyo festival, held in the Daimaru shopping mall in Tokyo, from February 15 to March 10 2026. The key visual for the expo features
Heaven Burns Red impressions, summaries for the official biweekly streams Heaven Burns Red live stream summaries - readme
Heaven Burns Red Live Stream Oct 24 2024 Vol 82 TL & Fun Moments
Heaven Burns Red Special Live Stream Dec 22 2024 TL & Fun Moments (Angel Beats 3rd collab reveal)
Heaven Burns Red Live Stream Dec 26 2024 Vol 86 TL & Fun Moments (Angel Beats 3rd collab reveal 2)
Heaven Burns Red Live Stream Apr 3 2025 Vol 94 TL & Fun Moments
Heaven Burns Red Live Stream Apr 17 2025 Golden Week TL & Fun Moments
i was about to make one of these “did you know?” anecdotes tweets that I really hate but are necessary for self PR, about how the sharo nightmare minigame in heaven burns red JP steam version was bugged and you couldn’t clear it at first so it was funny
but then it occurred to me that since sadly the en hebuban yostar team is probably understaffed and pressed for time, with how there are bugs in the en pc client that weren’t in jp. or bugs that are in the game for months and didn’t get fixed,
Heaven Burns Red Live Stream Aug 21 2025 Vol 103 TL & Fun Moments
New SS Styles/Memorias for Aina and Mari, Stage Play adaptation talk with its producer, Hebuban seiyuu visiting Summer Land, etc (no story spoilers)
Heaven Burns Red PawaPuro Collab Live Stream Oct 2 2025 TL & Fun Moments
Konami’s PawaPuro kun, Hayakawa Aoi, Tachibana Mizuki, Rokudo Hijiri join Heaven Burns Red in a crossover event written by Kai & Sorami Kohaku. Collab Styles/Memorias for Ruka, Ichigo, Hisame.
The Event And Styles/Memorias Release Order in EN Heaven Burns Red is Puzzling
I’m sure the EN Yostar team is doing their best. Decisions are out of their hands and taken by highers up. It really sucks. The EN version has been released one year ago now, and I don’t follow its news closely, but I know the banner release pace
What If We Get An Anime For The Heaven Burns Red 4th Anniversary
Really curious regarding what kind of announcements the Hebuban 4th anniversary event will have. Last year, on one of the live streams before the anniversary event, i think it was like 2 weeks before, they released a short teaser video. It had three short clips each with a dialogue quote
You Should Watch Ace Wo Nerae And Galaxy Express 999 (Also Includes A Big Part About Heaven Burns Red)
Let’s all watch more 70s-90s anime.
Predictions For The Heaven Burns Red x Persona 5 The Royal Collab
Persona 5 and Heaven Burns Red are both among my favorite games ever together with things like Napple Tale, Tenerezza, Wing Commander IV, Hundred Swords, or Mugen no Frontier.
I covered these streams live on twitter in the past. nowadays I do it on bluesky. I need to import these threads and turn them into articles here.
Type Moon Fate/Extra 10th anniversary stream 2020 (Fate/Extra Record reveal. Published elsewhere, need to re-edit and port here)
Type Moon Times Fate/stay night 20th anniversary stream 30 January 2024 (where the remasters were announced)
Fate Project 2024 TV Special - Seiyuu Parts Summary (31 December 2024)
Fate/Extra Record Trailer Reveals 2025 Release, Bandai Namco Publishing
Directed by Nino Kazuya (Etrian Odyssey, Trauma Center, Dragon Quest Builders) the remake of Fate/Extra is coming to PlayStation, Switch, and Steam.
Short Thoughts on the Melty Blood Twi-Lumina Reveal At Evo Japan 2026
Theories for Melty Blood Twi-Lumina out in 2027, discussing Evo Japan 2026 owned by the Saudi government, Aniplex, Nasuverse games and Fate/Extra Record.
Koei Tecmo DOAXVV Fiona True Colors stream (need to port from defunct Substack)
Atelier Yumia 1st stream (need to port from defunct Substack)
Atelier Yumia 2nd Stream / Resleri console game reveal stream TGS 2024 (need to port from Twitter/Bsky thread)
Atelier Yumia Nov 16 2024 Live Stream TL Summary & Fun Moments
VVPDOAX release commemoration stream TL
Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja's homages to Ayane's seiyuu Yamazaki Wakana in May 2026
Atelier Karia June 12 2026 live stream TL Summary & Fun Moments
Bandai Namco Hoping Bamco Paid Enako, Kajita, Yasumoto And Tsuna Nekota Big Gundam Bucks For Appearing On The Echoes of Aincrad SAO Reveal
A black anime boomer otaku’s ramblings on the reveal of Echoes of Aincrad, new Sword Art Online game coming July 10, 2026.
Tales of Tales of Series 30th Anniversary Creators Talk Translation & Commentary (Sample)
Sample of our translation + analysis of the Tales of 30th Anniversary Creators Talk video released on December 15 2025, with Anabuki Kenji, Iwamoto Minoru, Tanaka Yoshimasa, Uematsu Hiroki, Kagawa Hirokazu, Tomizawa Yusuke. Available for tier 2 Ko-fi subs.
Gakuen Idolmaster Gakuen Idolmaster Reveal Live Stream Summary March 5 2024 (this article is public on ko-fi but can't be accessed due to some bug on ko-fi. please wait till I republish it here. Maybe the auto screening falsefully flags some word and makes it unpublished .The problem is that Ko‑fi guidelines say that when this happens you get an email. I didn't get anything. Also I already tried copypasting everything in another new article but still got the same issue. It's a lot of work too because you can't copypaste images in the Ko‑fi editor and need to reupload them one by one. Copypasting on ko-fi doesn't save text formatting either.)
Gakuen Idolmaster pre-release characters reveal streams n]& to n°6 (I covered three of these in a defunct substack blog. I need to import the articles here and cover the remaining streams.)
Super Robot Wars impressions, summaries for the official streams Super Robot Wars Y Reveal First Thoughts 27 March 2025
Super Robot Wars Y April 20 2025 live stream summary (video)
Super Robot Wars Y May 20 2025 live stream summary (video)
Super Robot Wars Y Producer Confirms It’s A Standalone Game
Ever since Bandai Namco revealed the full series list for Super Robot Wars Y, many fans are expecting a SRW Y 2 to be announced with follow-up series like Gundam The Witch From Mercury Season 2 and Gundam Seed Freedom. However, SRW Y producer Toma Kota already denied these
Super Robot Wars August 19 2025 Live Stream Summary
Gundam Seed Freedom, Daimos and Yuusha Seisen (The Saint of Braves) Baan Gaan in Super Robot Wars DD, SRW Y DLC, and various comments from producers Matsumoto and Toma Kota.
Thank God They Aren’t Making A Super Robot Wars Cards Roguelite (Yet?)
Short talk about the Battle Rush puzzle mode in Super Robot Wars Y.
Current State of The SRW OG Series - Low Expectations For The Super Robot Wars 35th Anniversary
A Super Robot Wars live stream will be held on April 20, 2026, coinciding with the series’ 35th anniversary. Here’s what you (shouldn’t) expect and why I’m still hoping for a new OG game.
Super Robot Wars April 21 2026 Live Stream Summary (Sample)
Sample of our translation + analysis of the Super Robot Wars April 21 2026 live stream with SRW Y producer Toma Kota and SRW DD producer Matsumoto. Available for tier 2 Ko-fi subs.
Square Enix Final Fantasy VII Rebirth PC Release JP Interviews TL (need to finish editing)
Fantasian Neo Dimension December 3 2024 Stream Summary & Thoughts (Sample)
Ad for the translated summary + analysis of the Fantasian Dec 2024 stream with Sakaguchi Hironobu, Yoshida Naoki, KENN, Uchida Yuuma, available to tier 2 subscribers of the Full Metal Fukumi Ko-fi
Marvelous primarily rune factoryRune Factory Guardians of Azuma January 22 2025 Live Stream Summary (need to port from Twitter/Bsky thread)
30 Years of Story of Seasons + 20 Years of Rune Factory
A video + text retrospective sharing why these two game series are among my favorites.
Aquaplus
Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered April 25 2026 live stream fun moments (watched the stream, need to proofread my notes and publish) (link )
Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered spoilers disucssion stream June 28 2026 (link) (this will possibly take months as I need to reach this game in the series and finish it before watching this stream)
Kogado Studio Tristia Legacy pre release live stream December 1 2022 (Need to convert the twitter thread into an actual post)
Furyu Reynatis pre release March 2 2024 Live Stream Summary
Varlet announcement commemoration stream 25 April 2025
Anomalith announcement commemoration stream May 26 2026 (link )
Falcom thank God the sora no kiseki the 1st fr translation isn’t trash
(i use localization and translation interchangeably it’s the same thing) i wonder how the spanish and german translations are. afaik it’s the first time gungho is localizing a falcom game. huuuuge script, and there was the case of the grandia remaster german’s script translating “miss” to galaxy
Nippon Ichi Software
Shift Up primarily Nikke Every Nikke anniversary stream summaries
Nikke main story impressions part 0
Arcana event impressions
K event impressions
Stuff I marumaru-ed in 2024 (includes a big part on Nikke)
Not A Fan of Sociage OPs; (I Could Just Say I’m Not A Fan of Sociage Period.)
They’re like some bio anime weapons engineered to give you ADHD. Or maybe the S(ociage) Virus???? Capsule Corp should hire me to write Resident Evil from now on. Rewrite Resident Evil 5 and set its setting to the USA where we kill some KKK goons. Keep the KuriWesu
Mihoyo primarily Genshin Genshin 5.6 Trailer & Beginning of the End of Teyvat Chapter Thoughts
Still Can't Believe How Zzzzzz Skirk Looks Like
Genshin Teyvat Expo in Paris Quick Report
When Japanese games release in Japan, they always have a limited edition that includes an OST CD and artbook. But the CD never includes the full OST, and the artbook is incomplete. Complete versions get released a few months/years later separately. This expo was basically a limited edition artbook.
Oh is that the “this was supposed to be based on Tokyo but not anymore due to japan electing RIDGE RACIST NUMBAH WAN and messing up diplomatic relations” Galaxy Express Three Nine update I kept hearing about
You can still easily tell this is inspired by (pop-culture’s typical representations of) Tokyo so it’s not like they changed it that much in my opinion. I guess all the stuff and places had japanese names and they changed them. This still looks like a fake Shibuya
Still Can’t Believe How ZZZzzzz Nefer Looks やっぱネフェルもキャラデザ的には。。。
Anyone wanna paypal me 1k€ to write about the game/anime/soshage/seiyuu industries, character design history, and why things are so racist
Sega primarily Sakura Taisen Metaphor ReFantazio Stalker Club April 23 2024 Live Stream Translation
Should Play The Sakura Taisen 1 PS2 Remake Soon
It’s crazy how fast video games changed in the past compared to now and how remakes released even a few years after the original could be completely different.
If Games Media Was Better There Would be Tons of Articles Discussing The Influences of Sakura, Taimanin, Gunpare And The Like For Their Milestone Anniversaries
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Nintendo primarily Zelda Fire Emblem Every Dark-Skinned And Real Black Anime Character Spotted in the Fire Emblem Banshisenkou Release Date Trailer
a black anime boomer otaku’s opinions on the june 9 2026 nintendo direct.
what was the anime-styled commercial mainstream game with the most black main characters released in 2025?
I assume Pokemon right? Tons of black NPCs and black side characters too. Pretty good chara designs too most notably the purple drills 戦闘狂 (battle maniac) black ojousama lady. Really good character. The ultra annoying otaku part of my brain who secretly doesn’t like it when people like characters
Entergram
07th Expansion
Anime manga novels reviews and impressions Gundam G-Qux short impressions Am I being Takopii'ed? 3 Times Slower Next Time Plz Still kinda eh Artificial Witchcraft for PTSD I Don't Like This Series So Far but I'm not having a bad time watching ???? (and a sociage chara loli) Lost all hope for a good story I never published my thoughts on episode 8 onwards, but I'll try to publish something one day explaing what I think was wrong from the get-go with the series and how having 50 episodes wouldn't have helped.
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