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Latest Posts

  • FFXVI Ultimania - Something Only I Know
    FFXVI Ultimania – Something Only I Know
    Each of the chapters in Ultimania contains a section of interviews with the key devs and each interview includes a little aside titled “A Secret About FFXVI Only I Know.” We’ve collected them here in a single post.
  • ファミ通 2024.10.03 - Character Blurbs
    ファミ通 2024.10.03 – Character Blurbs
    The character blurbs and accompanying comments from Creative Director Maehiro Kazutoyo published in the 2024.10.03 issue of Famitsuu.
  • Letters of the Realme
    Letters of the Realme
    The chart of letters and numbers, as well as the contents of the 3 letter billets that appear on Shirleigh’s board in the new hideaway, rendered in English.


Episode Breakdowns

  • Snowdrop EP01 - Lost in Translation
    Snowdrop EP01 – Lost in Translation
    We’re back with another deep-dive into a new series: Snowdrop. As dramas go, it’s about as different as you can get from TotNT in terms of genre, setting, premise, etc. but requires just as much cultural contextualisation, if for entirely different reasons. Consider this your guide to all the easter eggs, historical context, and cultural/linguistic ...
  • Tale of the Nine Tailed EP03 - Lost in Translation
    Tale of the Nine Tailed EP03 – Lost in Translation
    The saga continues: part three in a series in which we pick our way through all the (mis)translations, humour, and cultural subtext that dropped from the fan-subbed version of TotNT. Thank you so much to everyone who bought us coffee – this one’s for you. Contains spoilers.
  • Tale of the Nine Tailed EP02 - Lost in Translation
    Tale of the Nine Tailed EP02 – Lost in Translation
    Back by, possibly not popular, but certainly very enthusiastic demand: our continued adventures in (mis)translation and cultural subtext. Buckle up and settle in for another monster post because, wow, a lot happened in this episode. Contains spoilers.

FFXVI

  • FFXVI Ultimania - Something Only I Know
    FFXVI Ultimania – Something Only I Know
    Each of the chapters in Ultimania contains a section of interviews with the key devs and each interview includes a little aside titled “A Secret About FFXVI Only I Know.” We’ve collected them here in a single post.
  • ファミ通 2024.10.03 - Character Blurbs
    ファミ通 2024.10.03 – Character Blurbs
    The character blurbs and accompanying comments from Creative Director Maehiro Kazutoyo published in the 2024.10.03 issue of Famitsuu.
  • Letters of the Realme
    Letters of the Realme
    The chart of letters and numbers, as well as the contents of the 3 letter billets that appear on Shirleigh’s board in the new hideaway, rendered in English.

Psycho-Pass

  • PSYCHO-PASS: PROVIDENCE According to Japanese Twitter (Updated)
    PSYCHO-PASS: PROVIDENCE According to Japanese Twitter (Updated)
    Everything we know about PSYCHO-PASS: Providence without actually having seen it. Information is pulled from tweets by Japanese viewers, official promotional materials, interviews with the director and writers, etc. Enjoy. *UPDATED*
  • Great Aso (大阿蘇)
    Great Aso (大阿蘇)
    The poem ‘Great Aso’ (Ō-Aso) was written by Miyoshi Tatsuji in 1937 but reads as though it were older. Like much of Miyoshi’s poetry, it’s a long form, free verse poem written in a highly literary style that recalls classical Japanese.
  • Touzisya (当事者)
    Touzisya (当事者)
    Touzisya by EGOIST is one of the theme songs to the newly released Psycho-Pass: PROVIDENCE, which hit Japanese theatres 12 May 2023.

Snowdrop

  • Snowdrop - DS : EP16 Scene 87
    Snowdrop – DS : EP16 Scene 87
    Obviously, this scene wasn’t deleted — but it was pared down (and oft-mentioned in the Blu-ray bonus content) ㅠ ㅠ
  • Snowdrop - DS : EP14 Scene 61-63
    Snowdrop – DS : EP14 Scene 61-63
    Here it is, the Guitar Scene that D+ posted a thumbnail for, disappointing viewers everywhere when the scene never appeared in the episode. How I wish..
  • Snowdrop - DS : EP14 Scene 3-8
    Snowdrop – DS : EP14 Scene 3-8
    Originally, the scene at the top of EP14 in which Soo-ho confronts Gang-mu about trying to pull a double-cross was longer and included an expanded version of the EP14 bonus scene (the FB to Warsaw). And there’s a twist..

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