Category: Japan
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A short post-Kemonomichi interview with Tokido
The Chigesoku blog (Japanese) took some notes from an interview with Tokido from 3 days after the Kemonomicni FT10. The video is from the Living The Game people – Living the Game is a documentary (in Japanese) that primarily follows Momochi, Chocoblanka, Daigo, Luffy, and GamerBee with brief appearances by many others in the FGC. […]
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Behind-the-scenes discussion with Daigo about Kemonomichi 2
Table of Contents 1. Otani was his training parter 2. The reason for holding the stick neutral 3. Why he did EX flash kick form the start 4. Daigo’s thoughts about Tokido 5. His thoughts on Tokido crying 6. Kemonomichi makes people stronger 7. Daigo prepared for this knowing it will tank his chances at […]
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My brief appearance on AbemaTV’s Agenai! Friday
Friday, March 9th, I was invited to appear on “Agenai! Friday” (Episode 7), a show on AbemaTV. What is AbemaTV? It is a live streaming service that adopts the model of TV, and streams content on various channels at a specific time. You can also access their backlog of shows for free. I like their […]
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Daigo’s Panel on Money and Games in Japan
Today, Daigo streamed a panel discussion about Money and Games. It was super interesting. I just wanted to watch for my own purposes, but I took a few notes, so I guess I’ll put them out there. Some disclaimers: I’m just a guy living in Japan, and Japanese is my second language. So I might […]
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Fighting game events in Tokyo, 2018 February and March
2018 January Fighting Game events, 2018 April and May Tokyo Fighting Game Events It seemed like it was useful to track the fighting game events going on around the 2018 EVO Japan tournament, so I’m going to also keep track of things that are going on in February in the Tokyo area, to the extent […]
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Japan Pro Gaming License quick translation
Translated from http://chigesoku3.doorblog.jp/archives/52891378.html It was announced 2018-02-01 that the “Japan ESports Union (herein-to JeSU)” was founded. This is the birth of a new union with cooperation of a variety of existing esports organizations and game maker organizations. JeSU is involved in running the 2018 Japan Game Party that will be held on Feb. 10th and […]
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Thoughts on EVO Japan 2018 from a volunteer
Table of Contents 1. The Good 2. The Bad 3. The Personal 3.1. Commentators * 3.2. Cosplayers * 3.3. Game players * 3.4. People I didn’t expect to meet * 3.5. I met Seth Killian * 3.6. Super Hype Games * 3.7. Sunday casuals at Esports Square * 3.8. Final words * I’ve been playing […]
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Alan’s 6th Birthday
Today, 2017-12-16, is Alan’s sixth birthday. This year, instead of getting lots of presents, Lisa’s planned a nice trip for him. Since Alan really loves trains (what six year old in Japan doesn’t?) this trip is a train-focused trip. His birthday conveniently fell on a Saturday, so we were able to take an overnight trip […]
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Tokyo’s Fighter’s Crossover -Akihabara- 100th Anniversary Team Ratio Tournament
-Fighter’s Crossover- Akihabara is a weekly gathering, usually on Wednesday, at Akihabara’s E-sports Square for Street Fighter V players. It is organized by Kagechhi, and this weekend he ran two tournaments celebrating having held 100 of these locals. The second event on October 29th was a “Ratio” Tournament. You build a team of 2-3 people, […]
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Tokyo’s Fighter’s Crossover -Akihabara- 100th Anniversary 2-2 Team Tournament
-Fighter’s Crossover- Akihabara is a weekly gathering, usually on Wednesday, at Akihabara’s E-sports Square for Street Fighter V players. It is organized by Kagechhi, and this weekend he ran two tournaments celebrating having held 100 of these locals. While most people are watching Canada Cup, I thought it would be fun to write up a […]