Anime

Akira

It’s the year 2019 in Neo Tokyo, 31 years after a catastrophic explosion destroys the city of Tokyo. During a scuffle between a gang led by Kaneda and a rival gang, Kaneda’s friend, Tetsuo, decides to set out and tag along only to get himself taken in by the government and become the test subject of an experiment meant to obtain control of the powers of Akira…

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Phate

Kagome, Kagome by Phate

Takeuchi Masami’s father has recently passed away, and as a result, his grandfather is forcing him to move out of his house. With only 80,000 yen a month given to him as living expenses by his grandfather, he needs to find a relatively cheap place to live. Enter his friend Nishino Kagome, who promises to help Masami find a place, under one condition: he needs to allow Kagome’s “Extremely Normal Phenomena Observation Society” to use it as a meeting hall until they get their own. While not a believer in things of that nature, Masami nonetheless agrees. Strange things are now happening in his new place, and he just may soon change his skeptical view on the supernatural…

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Phate

Kagome, Kagome

Takeuchi Masami’s father has recently passed away, and as a result, his grandfather is forcing him to move out of his house. With only 80,000 yen a month given to him as living expenses by his grandfather, he needs to find a relatively cheap place to live. Enter his friend Nishino Kagome, who promises to help Masami find a place, under one condition: he needs to allow Kagome’s “Extremely Normal Phenomena Observation Society” to use it as a meeting hall until they get their own. While not a believer in things of that nature, Masami nonetheless agrees. Strange things are now happening in his new place, and he just may soon change his skeptical view on the supernatural…

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Family Zoo

The Family Zoo by Phate

Suzuki Zoo isn’t your everyday zoo. Sure, it has animals and tourists, but the animals that live there are different. In fact, they all have the appearance of humans for faces, except for Grandpa, who has the luck of being a toilet. To add to this, all the animals, whether they are a snake, giraffe or elephant, are part of one big happy family.

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Video Game Reviews

Soul Calibur

Enter a world of souls and swords, where everyone is trying to get their hands on the infamous Soul Edge. Some call it the Ultimate Weapon; others call it a new hope, while others just want to destroy it. Choose from a cast of characters with their own intentions of what they want to do with the evil sword. Will you choose to bring peace, or bring about a new era of darkness?

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Phate

Conker’s Bad Fur Day

After Conker phones his girlfriend about staying out late because of something about a war, he guzzles down his much loved beer. However, the next morning, Conker wakes to find that he has no idea where he is, and is suffering one mighty hangover. Now he just wants to get back home…

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Djudge

Fanime 2004

Anyway, Djudge, taking a moment from my hiatus here to give all you readers here at AS a small peek of what happened, through my perspective, at FanimeCon 2004, one of the largest conventions right here on the West Coast and in the U.S. for that matter. This year’s event was spread out over four days and spanned a good part of the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, the adjacent San Jose Hilton….

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