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  1. ): Knack is offensive. i want to like the art style, but it's like Beyond Good and Evil with all the heart sucked out of it. Knack itself looks like an uglier version of Polygon Man
  2. Unfortunately,

    These are the types of games Becker loves. These are the kind of games he wants the Japan Studio to make. "These games are close to my heart," said Becker. "I love these art house type games. So, I think these kinds of titles, we'd love to continue to make, and they are indeed representative of J-Studio." Becker went on to add that the goal is to provide more than simply action, but rather, something special. "It's a deeper experience."
    These are the kind of games he wants the Japan Studio to make. Ugh. Listen, fella. You're saying one thing is your goal, then doing another that doesn't work towards it. Puppeteer sold like shit. How you gonna be "relevant worldwide" and step in for the other japanese third parties with stuff like Puppeteer, Rain and Knack? Those are neither 1. appealing to a mass worldwide audience or 2. stereotypical japanese style games. Knack is a pretty PS1 game like Croc or Crash Bandicoot or something. Eww. Rain is Ico-ish, which is nice but not what you really need. Puppeteer wasn't colorful enough to appeal to kids and not challenging enough for gamers. The first thing you need is a franchise game. Period. Every studio needs one to build awareness of your name. Unless you have an Ape Escape game in production, you're gonna need to figure a new one out. And you know what's great about Ape Escape? It's bright and colorful. I feel like you might be trying too hard to avoid a Nintendo-esque look sometimes. But the kids and their parents see a bright and colorful game, and they know it's for them. Or maybe you don't feel like Ape Escape is a "deeper experience"? Needs a bit more art house? Hopefully not.

    I'm a little concerned this guy's personal taste might interfere with the goals they've set and I hope that the stuff that fits their needs hasn't been shown yet.
  3. http://kotaku.com/how-sonys-most-cre...hes-1458030068

    Interesting article.

    Becker now runs Japan Studio and it was in the studio's Tokyo offices that he told me about his goal: "For Japan Studio to be relevant globally in two and a half years."
    "We launched the PS Vita and saw few AAA titles to suit the Japanese market," Yoshida said. "Everyone got a wake up call." The solution was obvious and it was going to involve Sony's Japan Studio. "We really have to support our first party," Yoshida remembered thinking. That was 2011. And by the next year, Sony brought in Allan Becker to make sure that the studio could deliver.
    Japan Studio growing and stepping up while the other japanese third parties chase smartphone microtransaction money sounds great. Provided, of course, they make the kind of games we used to get from japan that we don't get anymore.


  4. Crash 'n the Boys shoulda had a pole tear-down competition.



    There's more of those lion series subbed on youtube, by the way.
  5. the 70s and 80s were the most magical times, all because of 70s and 80s japan
  6. Wow, after about giving up, I found it. Bomber Bikers of Shonan.


    Unfortunately, it seems like all trace of the english fansubs has disappeared. I am livid.

    Anywhoo, I remembered this after finishing Kenka Bancho for PSP. Man, those japanese high schoolers in mid to late 70s and early 80s sure seemed to have fun.

    And, yeah, you really have to appreciate the anime like Reporter Blues/Cooking Papa/Ashita No Joe, etc. I feel like the anime for adults is always dark nowadays. Stuff like Darker than Black or Psycho-Pass. Well, at least the Hajime no Ippo anime is off and on.

    Also, that Reporter Blues opening vaguely reminds me of Yoko Kanno music from Uncharted Waters 2, and it's driving me batty trying to remember.
  7. You were right! I really like that weird Green Cat one! Tezuka had the best manga, but his anime is always awful but somehow good. I guess that Lion Book series is for Tezuka (or whomever they paid a hundred yen to write an episode for that week) throwing crap at a wall to see what sticks.
    "So there's a cat... but, get this. IT'S GREEN. ACTUALLY IS ALIEN. BAD ALIEN MAKE CHILDS DO BAD THINGS?"
    "Sounds great, let's put it into production. No need to write a script, just tell the animators to make it."

    That Tony show looks like it might actually be good despite the lyrics being non-sequitur rambling.

    "Tony is a giiiiirrrrrrl, now i tell you birrrrllllll, Tony is a nut, wanna touch her butt, Paris is amazing"


  8. Trying to find the name of a super generic high school delinquent anime that I've forgotten. Just stumbling upon some other stuff I thought you might enjoy.



  9. "Moomin need not have worried, for the Little Mys of this world are practically indestructible."

    A body could probably write a pretty freakin' good dissertation comparing Peanuts and Moomins. Little My and Lucy is so obvious it hurts, plus their brother/half-brothers (Linus/Snufkin) are the wise-beyond-their-years characters.
  10. my friend from Ukraine has Moomin magnets. She was surprised i knew what they were.
  11. Maybe the tumblr kids are from Europe. Moomin is big there. Moomin theme park 'n everything. Next time you see a hot svedish chick, tell her how awesome moomin is.
  12. it's weird how all the tumblr kids know and love Moomin so much. I don't think i'd even heard of it until a few years ago, but every twee tumblr has a moomin post on it somewhere
  13. Yeah, the series is part of World Masterpiece Theater. Speaking of which..
  14. wait, there was a series too... i thought it was just a film
  15. That kid sure liked his Rubens paintings.
  16. Yeah, Memories was GREAT.
  17. Did you watch Memories? That was a good big budget compilation. That's the last one I remember, too.
  18. My guts... -_-;

    I'm going away...forever.



  19. That's your guts and i'm eating them.
  20. um, i think you know but i'm being mostly facetious and not really mad, though it does give me a chance to explain what i like about it despite it being easy. i'm so tired right now...
  21. But at least my reply to your post made it so GTA wasn't at the top
  22. Whoa, racist. I bet you drink pop or coke or some other heathen abomination instead of soda.
  23. You should eat your bread with the butter side down, dirty Yook!
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