Tag: Tokyo
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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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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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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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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,…
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Shuumatsu Train
The introduction of 7G Network technology plunged Japan into chaos and rapidly altered its physical landscape. In a seemingly ordinary rural town of Agano, all residents over 21 have seemingly turned into animals. But Shizuru Chikura is more concerned for her missing friend. Determined to find her, Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned…
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The Ancient Magus Bride
Chise Hatori was a child nobody wanted. At age fifteen she sells herself into slavery, desperate for a home where somebody actually wants her to be there, and is purchased by a mysterious mage with a skull for a head. He whisks Chise off to his home in rural Britain and introduces her to a…
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Monkey Turn
Student athlete Tadano Kenji is crushed by the reality of being too short to chase professional baseball, but his aging coach recommends an alternate path: Japan’s professional hydroplane speedboat racing league called Kyotei, or BOAT RACE. Soon he enrolls in the BOAT RACE training school, where he starts to develop his general racing skills and…
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ReLife
27-year-old Arata Kaizaki, struggling with his stagnant life, is offered a chance to rejuvenate his youth through a mysterious experiment. Under the guise of a high school student, he must navigate the complexities of teenage life and forge new relationships while concealing his true identity. As he interacts with his classmates and confronts his own…