steins; gate
Retro

Steins;Gate Might Be The Best Anime I Have Ever Seen

This coming weekend, Japan will see the release of the new Steins;Gate movie, Steins;Gate: The Burden of Déjà Vu. So in preparation for this film — and because of the numerous recommendations I received when reviewing the pseudo-sequel Robotics;Notes — I sat down and watched the visual novel-based 2011 anime this last week.

13 May 2011

News

Nerd Gold For Your Shelves

At the recent Treasure Festa figure event in Japan, collectibles were on show and for sale. Some were one-off, while others are upcoming production models.

21 April 2011

News

Folks Behind Crummy Ports And Crappy Concerts Gulped Up

Japan’s 5pb, known for Xbox 360 games like Steins; Gate and crappy Miku Hatsune concerts, is being absorbed into its affiliate company. Oh, 5pb also has crappy shmup ports. No word if the 5pb. brand will survive. [via ソーシャルゲーム情報]

12 April 2011

In Real Life

Is Japan Ready To Stop Ignoring Dr Pepper?

For years, Dr Pepper was never popular in Japan. If Japanese people wanted to drink cola, they’d have a Coke or maybe even a Pepsi. The Texas-born soft drink never caught on. But decades after going on sale in Japan, that’s starting to change.

5 April 2011

Xbox

Limited Edition, Customised Xbox 360 Just For Japan

Japan’s DEZAEGG is like a car painting and body works shop for game consoles. They take consoles, handhelds and computers and make them look at purdy. Its latest effort is a limited edition Xbox 360 to mark the anime broadcast of visual novel Steins;Gate.

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