Tag: Hokkaido
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The Hokkaido Serial Murder Case: The Okhotsk Disappearance
The Okhotsk Disappearance was graphic adventure visual novel game for the Famicom/NES created by Yuji Horii, the father of Dragon Quest, where you play as a police detective. One morning, a man’s body is found floating in the Tokyo bay. He’s estimated to be in his forties. But the incident doesn’t stop here. It moves…
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Ekiben Hitoritabi
A married train otaku and Ekiben enthusiast, Daisuke takes a break from managing his business to experience a grand tour of Japan by rail. Along the ride, he comes to meet a series of travel partners who accompany him for portions of his journey. A fusion of every middle-aged railfan’s dream, a fictionalized travelogue, and…
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Sword Art Online
In 2022, a MMORPG called Sword Art Online was released for the NerveGear, a VR headset that controls game worlds via capturing brain waves. On November 6, 10000 players log into SAO’s launch build for the first time, only to discover that the only way to log out is to beat all 100 floors of…
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Lupin III
Arsène Lupin III is the grandson of world-famous thief Arsène Lupin, and he’s living up to his grandfather’s memory as a high-profile thief himself, alongside samurai Ishikawa Goemon, sharpshooter Daisuke Jigen, and femme fetale Fujiko Mine. Due to his infamy, Lupin III attracts the attention of the persistent Inspector Zenigata of Interpol, as well as…
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Masaki no Pan
Having lost his confidence as a breadsmith, Hoshino Masaki works for a bakery and boarding house in Otaru, Hokkaido. A story full of heart unfolds. As Masaki sees the smiles on the people eating his bread, he grows to maturity one step at a time as a baker and a person. Masaki no Pan picks…
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Fate Series
Shirou Emiya is forced into a tournament to the death called the Holy Grail War. Combatants fight with summoned “servants”, heroes from all of human history, in order to have their desires granted by the Holy Grail of Arthurian legend and Christian tradition. Each servant fits a certain class, such as archer, saber, berserker, rider,…
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World Masterpiece Theater
World Masterpiece Theater (世界名作劇場, Sekai Meisaku Gekijou) is a Japanese TV anime time block that showcased an animated version of a different classical book or story each year on Sunday nights on Fuji TV. This post covers World Masterpiece Theater’s adaptations of Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, Tom Sawyer, and A Dog of Flanders. If…
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Erased | Bokudachi ga Inai Michi
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo. On July 27, 2018, the BokuMachi…
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Hokkaido Gals are Super Adorable!
Teenager Tsubasa Shiki moves from Tokyo to the city of Kitami in Hokkaido. On arrival he meets his classmate and gal [gyaru] Minami Fuyuki, who takes a liking to the city boy and takes him under her wing. The two grow closer and explore their town and greater Hokkaido together. The anime was announced for…