Tag: Japan
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Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
Since childhood, whenever office worker Kazuhiro Kitase slept, he would dream of a fantasy world. One day, he and his elf friend, Marie, lose an encounter with a dragon. Suddenly they wake up together in his apartment in Japan. Whenever Kazuhiro falls asleep or dies in the fantasy world, he and anyone he is touching…
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Densha Otoko
Densha Otoko (literally “Train Man”) is a multi-media narrative which started as a novel before becoming a TV drama, film, and manga series. Yamada Tsuyoshi, a shy otaku who regulars Akihabara, whose life changes after he rescues Saori, a sophisticated woman, from a drunk on a train. The high-class Saori gifts Yamada a set of…
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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Childhood friends Arumi and Sasshi are residents of the failing Abenobashi commercial district in the Abeno Ward of Osaka. After an accident, they find themselves transported to an alternate sword and sorcery world. Their attempt to get back to reality finds them traversing a series of nonsensical worlds as they chase a variety of “goblins”.…
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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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Too Many Losing Heroines
Self-proclaimed “background character” Kazuhiko Nukumizu accidentally witnesses Anna Yanami, a popular girl in his class, being rejected by her childhood friend. Nukumizu later continues getting roped in to helping “losing heroines” – mostly characters embodying archetypes of the childhood friend romance trope – into resolving their romantic conflicts. Nukumizu, Anna, Lemon, and friends are students…
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Himouto! Umaru-chan
People are not always who they appear to be, as is the case with Umaru Doma, the perfect high school girl—that is, until she gets home! Once the front door closes, the real fun begins. When she dons her hamster hoodie, she transforms from a refined, over-achieving student into a lazy, junk food-eating otaku, leaving…
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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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Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Sakura and Tomoyo have won a trip to Hong Kong – a place full of magic and mystery! But little do they know that winning the trip was the result of an evil power beckoning the Cardcaptor into its grasp! Joining the duo in Hong Kong are Syaoran and Meiling, as well as Syaoran’s mother,…
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From Up On Poppy Hill
Umi Matsuzaki lives in her grandmother’s boarding house at the top of a hill in Yokohama. As a part of her morning routine, she raises some signal flags in honor her naval veteran father. When Umi meets Shun Kazama, a rabble-rousing member of the school’s newspaper club, they decide to clean up the school’s clubhouse,…