Japanese television

Television

What We’re Watching Right Now: Death Note (デスノート)

The best way to describe Death Note (デスノート) would be to think of a mash-up of Showtime’s Dexter with the over-the-top exposition yet cutting social commentary of Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent (妄想代理人). Originally a manga by Tsugumi Ohba, Death Note is about a high school male named Yagami Light who happens to find a relic […]

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Video Games

Retro Game Master CX

  I really enjoy streaming this show on Kotaku. It is a Japanese show centered around the Kacho and his attempted conquest of some of the most difficult games of the 8bit and 16bit console eras. The first streaming episode available on Kotaku has the Kacho taking on Ninja Gaiden for the NES, which if […]

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