Shin Masked Rider (2023) Back from the ether and here on the nostalgia streets with another bundle of retro content to think back on. Currently streaming on Amazon Prime is the recent film by Hideaki Anno (Evangelion, Shin Ultraman, Shin Godzilla) and the newest live-action interpretation of
The flashy Future Funk juggernaut is back! Legendary producer Macross 82-99 is marking a grand return with a new installment in the Sailorwave album series. Five years separate Sailorwave III to its predecessor and yet the magic has yet to lose a sparkle from its
Kate (2021) Seems like the people that brought us Atomic Blonde (2017) teamed up with some other folks and dipped their hands into buckets of Netflix cash to give us – KATE. A one word title for a simple story that could be wrapped up in just
20th CENTURY BOYS I’m back bitches. And here we are – together again. Forever. Here this December 2020 the movie pick is the live action adaptation 20TH CENTURY BOYS directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi and based on the classic manga written & illustrated by Naoki Urasawa(Monster, Pluto). This
City Pop fans are being treated to an early Christmas this year. Mariya Takeuchi’s viral hit ‘Plastic Love’ is finally available for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music. Listed amongst 41 other tracks on a compilation album titled Expression (originally released in 2008), this new addition
One of Japan's best-kept old secrets, dusted off and exposed to the unforgiving scrutiny of NRW's resident gaming madman. Stark horror, MSPaint-style nudity, FM synthesis, and those old 5.25" floppies, remember those?
Another Japan-only game from Namco, and in fact its first 16-bit arcade platformer. Bryan takes a look at the good, the bad, and the very ugly of Yokai Dochuki.
Since the Internet and emulation have become prevalent in gamers' lives (especially mine), I've had plenty of moments when I've been exposed to something that never left Japan and thought, “you know, this would have really done well in the West. It's a
When we were kids, and we first beheld the wonder of console video games, the entire thing would sometimes seem like one huge river – no, an ocean is more appropriate. One deluge of games would be released, then another, and we'd still
Straight to the answer – we are a duo. The band consists of me - Pasha Star, and my friend Pavel Saushkin.