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Learning to play the Piano

In a fit of ADHD spontaneity I went out and bought a keyboard. I’ve been wanting to play an instrument again for awhile. I played cello when I…

INJIGO

Oct 2, 2022 • Subscribe

The Current State of Games for Learning: Engaging Education Through Play

In recent years, the intersection of gaming and education has sparked a fascinating conversation around how play can enhance learning outcomes. Games for learning, or “serious games,” are…

Nicholas Andriani

Sep 27, 2024 • Subscribe

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Learn How to Leverage Japan’s Approach to AI Technology in 2023

Japan has always been at the center of state-of-the-art technology, and it isn’t different with artificial intelligence.

Savvy Tokyo

Aug 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Learning Japanese through Manga

Is reading manga good for learning Japanese?

In Asian Spaces

Mar 13, 2021 • Subscribe

Review: Welcome to the Game (2024)

Welcome to the Game 绑架游戏 China, 2024, colour/b&w, 2.35:1, 89 mins. Director: Zhang Zhe 张哲. Rating: 7/10. Twisty-turny drama of a fake kidnapping and multiple game-playing has strong…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Feb 13, 2025 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 15/16 [Welcome to the Fantasy!/Welcome to the Game Over!] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back to another week of Welcome to the NHK! This is another fantastic pair of episodes as, for the 3rd time, NHK leaves me absolutely floored. What…

Star Crossed Anime

Jul 15, 2022 • Subscribe

How To Learn About Japanese Culture Through Anime

I was looking through my twitter feed when I suddenly remembered how a lot of people kept telling me that I know so much about Japanese culture and…

Tabibito's AniStory and Beyond

Mar 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Hate Plus: Looking at Game Design and its Limitations through Hyun-ae’s Cake

Back in 2012, Christine Love, a Toronto-based game developer released her first commercial game in the form of Analogue: A Hate Story.1 She had made some games before…

Pixels and Panels [ A Game x Manga Blog]

Sep 10, 2015 • Subscribe

Momo and Okarun Play the Deadliest Game of Tag

Dan Da Dan Ep 4 Review Remember playing tag with your friends on the playground? With all the running, jumping, and dodging involved, it must have seemed like…

D&A Anime Blog

Nov 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Navigating the Blog

Although only the most recent three weeks of posts are visible on this blog’s front page, you can navigate through the previous nine years of articles using the…

All the Anime

Apr 30, 2024 • Subscribe

[Concept Review] Learning Japanese Through Anime?

Source: https://try.lingopie.com/japanese By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting I don’t know about everyone else, but I’ve been pretty consistently on TikTok for the last few months. I enjoy consuming the...

The Anime View

Sep 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Learning Japanese Through Subculture: A History

Whenever I go to classes, pubs, or restaurants, friends and classmates often asked me what kind of books I read. I would take out some bunko I’ve been…

みみドしま

Dec 17, 2018 • Subscribe

[Concept Review] Learning Japanese Through Anime?

Source: By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting I don’t know about everyone else, but I’ve been pretty consistently on TikTok for the last few months. I enjoy consuming…

The Anime View

Sep 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Summer of SoL: Optimism and Learning to Hope

Are you an optimist or a pessimist?  Personally, I’d say that I’m a pessimist, if only because of my penchant for overthinking every single situation and action to…

Beneath the Tangles

Aug 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Tonikaku Kawaii 2nd Season | Learning through embarrassment.

What I've enjoyed these past few episodes (ones pertaining to the hot springs), is that we see Tsukasa and Nasa learn more about each other and their own…

Otaku Central

May 23, 2023 • Subscribe

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Do You Want to Play a “Game”?

We are heaved back into the seething cauldron of uncertainty and panic, better known as high school, where the slightest misstep or errant statement can doom you to…

AniRecs Anime Blog

Nov 26, 2020 • Subscribe

The Convergence Miracle of Blade Runner Blackout 2022

Well over twenty four hours since it landed, and I remain in that rare place. A place where something one remembers in fragments, but is...

Anime Diet

Sep 28, 2017 • Subscribe

Technology Continues to March On

In previous posts, I've written about advances in technology that have enabled Orphan, and other fansub teams, to get more out of analog sources. These included:The Domesday Duplicator,…

Collectr's Blog

Feb 13, 2021 • Subscribe

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Together, Alone: How Laid-Back Camp Shows Companionship Through Technology

Alex Henderson explores Laid-Back Camp's use of tech like smartphones as a means of connecting one another, even across the greatest expanses

Anime Herald

Mar 17, 2021 • Subscribe

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Let’s Play: 5 More Games for Learning Japanese

When it comes to learning Japanese, there are various approaches you can take. Some rely solely on textbooks, while others...

GaijinPot

Aug 2, 2023 • Subscribe

Learning Without a Goal: The Joy of Learning

In the United States, learning is seen as a means to an end, not as an end of itself. You go to college to get a degree that…

Japan Powered

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Learning To Love The Stereotype

Reasons to anime

Oct 14, 2021 • Subscribe

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Learning To Love The Stereotypes

After all, these stereotypes and tropes came to be because so many people realized they were super fun.

Reasons to anime

Oct 14, 2021 • Subscribe

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I Literally Waded Through a River to Play Chrono Cross

With Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition releasing later this week, I thought I’d share the story of how I forded a river to get my own copy…

Biggest In Japan

Apr 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Anime NYC 2024 - A Convergence of Communities and Personal Thoughts

I think this picture sums how I feel about this year's Anime NYC. It was a mix of everything (anime, manga, music, gaming, and education) all in one…

Drop-In to Manga - Manga, Mental Health & Community

Aug 28, 2024 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 1/2 [Welcome to the Project!/Welcome to the Creator!] – Throwback Thursday

Hello everyone! Welcome back to another season of Throwback Thursday. This time we are watching the otaku-fueled think piece Welcome to the NHK. There’s a lot going on…

Star Crossed Anime

May 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 7/8 [Welcome to the Moratorium!/Welcome to Chinatown!] – Throwback Thursday

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another 2 episodes of Welcome to the NHK! This week Sato manages to surprise me, Hitomi makes a small return and Misaki…

Star Crossed Anime

Jun 16, 2022 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 21/22 [Welcome To Reset!/Welcome to The God!] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome, one and all, to the penultimate week of Welcome to the NHK! From Sato to Misaki, Yamazaki to Hitomi, NHK is lining up all the dominoes for…

Star Crossed Anime

Aug 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 23/24 [Welcome To Misaki!Welcome to The NHK!] – Throwback Thursday

Hello and welcome everyone, to the finale of Welcome to the NHK! We have a lot to talk about this week, some of it bad, most of it…

Star Crossed Anime

Aug 11, 2022 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 5/6 [Welcome to Counselling!/Welcome to the Classroom!] – Throwback Thursday

Hello and welcome back everyone, to another week of Welcome to the NHK! This is another really interesting week, we have a lot to talk about. From Sato…

Star Crossed Anime

Jun 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Panzer Dragoon: Just play the game

Panzer Dragoon is a classic game. It was released in ’95 for the Saturn and stands alongside titles like Nights and Shining Force III as a worthwhile game…

Anime Reviews

Mar 21, 2021 • Subscribe

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Sanshiro Sugata and Welcome to the Ballroom

We’re back on the sports anime / manga bandwagon, and this time we’re talking about Kodansha USA’s...

Taiiku Podcast

Mar 19, 2017 • Subscribe

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Sanshiro Sugata and Welcome to the Ballroom

We’re back on the sports anime / manga bandwagon, and this time we’re talking about Kodansha USA’s Welcome to the Ballroom by Tomo Takeuchi! We’re also starting a…

Taiiku Podcast

Mar 19, 2017 • Subscribe

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The Intrusive Storytelling of Isekai

Intrusion is a central element of isekai stories. They are fundamentally about characters being injected into a world that is not their own.

Reasons to Anime

Jul 13, 2023 • Subscribe

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Welcome to the NHK – 13/14 [Welcome to Heaven!/Welcome to Reality!] – Throwback Thursday

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the 2nd cour of Welcome to the NHK. This week we finish up this whole “suicide cult” think, learn a bit more…

Star Crossed Anime

Jul 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Confessions of an Otome Gamer: It’s Okay NOT to Play the Latest Game

It’s been a while since my last Confession and that’s because I didn’t have anything I needed to get off my chest. But, it’s a new year and…

Blerdy Otome

Jan 20, 2022 • Subscribe

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak Game Review

Trails Through Daybreak is a phenomenal RPG that provides a strong opener for the next era in the series while also serving as an excellent starting point for…

Anime News Network - Views

Jul 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 11/12 [Welcome to the Conspiracy!/Welcome to the Offline Gathering!] – Throwback Thursday

Normally this is where I welcome everyone to this weeks episodes of Welcome to the NHK. I have this whole spiel about what happened this week, maybe try…

Star Crossed Anime

Jun 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Anime, the Love of Learning, and the Love of Spectacle

In Confessions, Saint Augustine contrasts the love of learning with the love of spectacle. His friend Alypius disliked the gladiatorial games of Rome. One day Alypius’s friends convinced…

Japan Powered

Mar 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK!

Title: Welcome to the NHK!Genre: Dark comedy, RomanceRating: 8.7/10 Summary: Satou Tatsuhiro, 22 years old, thinks that everything that happens around him is a conspiracy. He even figured out who is behind…

Anime Anthology

Nov 8, 2021 • Subscribe

Review: Rebuild of Welcome to the NHK

Tatsuhiko Takimoto’s Welcome the NHK is an important piece of 21st century fiction that provides a vivid fictional account of social problems in turn-of-the-century Japan. Based on the…

Ani-Gamers

Jul 16, 2021 • Subscribe

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Summer of SoL: Aria and Learning When to Let Go

As human beings, from the moment we are born and say “hello” to the world, we are destined to say “goodbye.” We say “hello” to our new parents…

Beneath the Tangles

Aug 11, 2022 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 17/18 [Welcome to Happiness!/Welcome to No Future!] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone, to yet another good week of Welcome to the NHK. It feels like NHK has hit its stride recently. It was always somewhere between good…

Star Crossed Anime

Jul 21, 2022 • Subscribe

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Welcome to The Dumpster-fire of The Elite

Recently, I started watching several anime series from 2022. I noticed one incredibly popular show: Classroom of The Elite season 2. It caught my attention because I had…

Anime Rants

Jul 5, 2023 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 3/4 [Welcome to the Beautiful Girls!/Welcome to the New World!] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone, to another week of Welcome to the NHK! We are covering 2 more episodes this week as we watch Sato be pulled further and further…

Star Crossed Anime

Jun 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 9/10 [Welcome to Summer Days!/Welcome to the Dark Side!] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to what will no doubt be a late week of Welcome to the NHK! I apologize for that, I’ve been playing a bit to much Path…

Star Crossed Anime

Jun 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Welcome to the NHK – 19/20 [Welcome To The Blue Bird!/Welcome to Winter Days!] – Throwback Thursday

Hello everyone, and welcome to another week of Welcome to the NHK! We are nearing the end, and the arcs are starting to reflect that. Big character moments,…

Star Crossed Anime

Jul 28, 2022 • Subscribe

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