Tag: Japanese
Japanese Politician and New Song Highlight Unease Over Assassin’s Creed Shadows
The people of Japan are really pissed about Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and I don’t just mean the gamers. We’ve seen backlash since the trailer was released, with plenty of Japanese comments online criticizing the game for its portrayal of Yasuke, a historical black man who was a vassal for Nobu...
Read MoreJapanese Gamers Start Petition to Cancel Assassin’s Creed Shadows
It’s been a rocky road for Assassin’s Creed Shadows since the first trailer was released. The reveal that one of the game’s two leads – and the only male lead in a game series that, let’s not kid ourselves, is geared towards guys – was a black man, as opposed to Japanese, rubbed many th...
Read MoreJapanese Reenactment Group Says Assassin’s Creed Shadows Stole Their Flag
The hits just keep on coming for Ubisoft and Assassin’s Creed Shadows, although it’s hard to feel bad for them because they keep doing it to themselves. A Japanese group called the Sekigahara Teppo Corps, or Sekigahara Rifle Corps, a group that reenacts the Battle of Sekigahara and other histori...
Read MoreEiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes Gets Localized
Do you want to see localization in action? There’s been a lot of talk lately about the practice, which should be simply translating a game from a foreign language into English but actually involves making it more in line with American culture – or what the localizers want American culture to be....
Read MoreNew Scenes From International Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Trailer
BlabberingCollector | Mar 6, 2022 | 1
Apparently, Warner Bros. believes that the English do not care about “missing in action” Tina Goldstein or various other scenes that are completely new in this recently released international trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Surprisingly, some of my theories were ...
Read MoreYou Should be Watching: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Welcome back to You Should be Watching, where we seek out underseen and underloved films and series. This week, we’re off on the adventure of a lifetime with Lupin III in The Castle of Cagliostro. Lupin III, also known in Japan as Arsène Lupin, began as a manga series in 1967, the popularity of w...
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