TGS 2014: Hands-on with Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

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Impressions by Matt S. I’m a big, big fan of Dead or Alive 5. I started relatively ambivalent with the original release, but it seems I just needed to spend a few hundred hours with the new vision for the series to fall fully in love with it, because with…

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First Impressions: Chaika – The Coffin Princess (Anime)

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Anime report by Clark A. It’s always fascinating how much a show can differ from the basic description designed to convert a reader into a watcher. More often than not, I find these miniature paragraphs lead to false impressions. Case in point; I nearly ignored Chaika – The Coffin Princess…

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First Impressions: Mekakucity Actors (Anime)

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Anime report by Clark A. The Kagerou Project is a series of Vocaloid songs that conveys narratives musically, be it through very literal lyrics or abstract, metaphorical means. It was accompanied by several light novels before their popularity allowed enabled a transition into a manga series and, now, an anime…

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First Impressions: The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behaviour (Anime)

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Anime report by Clark A.  The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behaviour (Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou) is one of those shows I’m glad I stumbled upon when more than the pilot episode was available. Based solely on the first episode it looked to be a bland romantic comedy…

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First Impressions: Selector Infected WIXOSS (Anime)

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Anime report by Clark A. There’s no shortage of anime based around card games, but most of them tend to be straightforward shounen affairs more interested in marketing than being a great show in its own right. Selector Infected WIXOSS promises a more psychological approach, with plot elements that emphasise…

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