Like myself, Majima Makoto is the age where he missed out on the big YouTube content creation boom, and marvels how people can make so much money off of doing what is essentially stupid shit. We…
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park
The ingredients for a simple but effective crime thriller are here, which may make wonder why you have heard so little about it. The reasoning becomes apparent: despite…
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「北口スモークタワー」 (Kitaguchi sumoukutawaa) "North Exit Smoke Tower" I’d like to think there was something to this franchise that made it such a hit.
First Impression: Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Ikebukuro is a thriving commercial and entertainment district northwest of downtown Tokyo. But beneath the rich veneer lies a seedy underbelly of gangs and drugs. Makoto Majima, despite…
First Impression: Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Ikebukuro is a thriving commercial and entertainment district northwest of downtown Tokyo. But beneath the rich veneer lies a seedy underbelly of gangs and drugs. Makoto Majima, despite…
Ikebukuro West Gate Park – Episode 1
It’s not a terrible premiere, but it felt like the series was more interested in throwing us into the chaotic world of Ikebukuro without establishing why we should…
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First Look: Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Ikebukuro: where you will apparently never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. In this violent and crime-ridden district, where yazkuza and youth street gangs rule…
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Getting by in Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Gangs, drugs, underground life, immigration issues, shady deals, single mothers trying to stay afloat, and many more. For a title like Ikebukuro West Gate Park (shortened as IWGP),…
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 08 – Soft Landings
The stinger for this week is only a few moments long: a toddler playing with a toy plane falls off a balcony and lands in a bush. He’s…
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park – Sweet Summer Child
Ikebukuro West Gate Park looks like it might be fun to visit but I don't think I would want to live there.
Ikebukuro West Gate Park #01 — Restaurant Tour
Betting it all on the boy band. Impressions: It's so culturally weird for a show to be totally embracing of organized crime, vigilante justice, literal public execution…
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Anime Series Like IWGP: Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Ikebukuro is a haven for violent gangs, and also the home to Makoto Majima. In order to protect his friends, Makoto mediates different disputes. However, when things go…
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 09 – Trouble in Paradise
There is a lot to sift through this week, but I’ll give IWGP this: there’s no other current show that makes people sitting at tables and talking quite so…
Why You Should Watch Ikebukuro West Gate Park
We have been blessed with many great anime series this Fall 2020 season. With new thrillers such as Talentless Nana, fresh Shounen series like Studio Mappa’s beautifully animated…
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 06 – Knights and Shadows
Ikebukuro is a town of balance, and that balance ensures peace. But one otherwise ordinary night, a group from the G-Boys Hiroto Faction are pulled from their van…
Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 07 – Mars (Enterprises) Attacks!
“Everyone’s so worried about me…What am I, a little boy?” I doubt the people warning Makoto are doing so because they think he’s a kid, but because there is…
Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 05 – The Golden Land
IWGP has done a great job mixing up Majima Makoto’s cases-of-the-week thus far, underlining how valuable someone with his skills and relationships can be to a diverse array…
Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 11 – Nightmare on Sunshine Street
If I haven’t already, I’ll go on record now: Thus far I’ve always enjoyed the IWGP stories that aren’t directly related to the G-Boy/Red Angel dispute, like when…
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park: The Tokyo Revengers I Wanted?
Greetings, fabulous people of the Internet! Hanime on Anime here, and welcome to another brand new review. And, believe it or not, today’s show has been on my…
Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 04 – Knowing the Whole Story
Last week was a half-baked and tedious exploration of the online content culture featuring an unlikable YouTuber. But that was just one episode of a show that is…
Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 12 (Fin) – The Troublesome Troubleshooter
With Takashi out of commssion the G-Boys are rudderless and eager for revenge, and Kyouichi isn’t above acquiring guns from the yakuza in order to gain the advantage…
Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 10 – Moving Past the Hate
You have heard that it was said, “Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.” But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you…
Weekly Digest 10/22/20 – Noblesse, Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Apart from fans of the source material ripping it, it seems as if almost no one is talking about Noblesse. Read more
Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 02 – New Kids on the ‘Bukuro
It was just the G-Boys in Ikebukuro, until one night at the Global Ring a young lad with fiery red hair and angel wing tattoos captivated a crowd…
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park – 01 (First Impressions) – Just a Simple Fruit Vendor
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Golden Kamuy S3 Short Synopsis: Golden Kamuy resumes as Sugimoto sets out for Sakhalin in search of Asripa. Along the way they will hunt criminals, fight large mammals…
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