Japan Crate‘s theme for May 2023 is ‘Experience Japan Through Speed’, which seems to be based on a train journey. It has an amazing design showing a bullet train in a fictional version of Tokyo Station. These boxes usually come with a guide explaining each item inside. Instead, this month it had a ‘Candy Map […]
Author: Thomas Knight
Nook News – 6/5/23 | Albums and Onii-chans
Welcome to another week of Nook News. Unfortunately, our regular news writer is away and as such, we only have visual novel news this week. Visual Novel News: Shiravune has kept up the constant barrage of announcements. Recently revealing the upcoming English and Chinese release of the remake of ONE, and Nukitashi not long before, […]
DPVR E4 VR Headset – First Impressions and Unboxing
DPVR has kindly sent us a review unit of their DPVR E4 VR headset ahead of its UK launch. We will of course have a full review after thoroughly evaluating it (Update: Find it here!), but wanted to post some initial impressions first. As always, please keep in mind that this first article is only […]
Loop8: Summer of Gods – Gameplay Guide and Tips
Loop8: Summer of Gods gives you a basic overview of what you need to complete the game, but some parts are frustratingly vague or outright not mentioned. This guide and tips article is intended to give you enough information to complete the game, without giving you a step-by-step guide as each loop will vary. This […]
Loop8: Summer of Gods – Review
Set in 1980s rural Japan, Loop8: Summer of Gods follows Nini, a young man with the ability to loop time. With the end of the world never more than five days away, will you be able to avert disaster and survive the summer in this JRPG from Marvelous/XSeed Games? Divine Possession Loop8: Summer of Gods […]
Shiravune Announces Kara no Shoujo HD Remaster (The Shell)
Shiravune has announced the release of The Shell (Kara no Shoujo). This will consist of HD Remasters of the three core titles in the Kara no Shoujo series. The first title will be titled The Shell Part I: Inferno and is set to release on 28th July 2023 on Steam and Johren in English and Chinese. The first […]
Sailor Moon Lucky Bag | What’s Inside This Sugoi Mart Collection?
Did you grow up wanting to punish evil by moonlight? Maybe you joined the Sailor Moon wave recently with the remake? Either way, fans will be interested in the Sugoi Mart Sailor Moon Lucky Bag. As is the nature of lucky bags, what you receive will be somewhat random, but it looks like figures, gachapons, and […]
Sailor Moon Collectibles on Sugoi Mart
Sailor Moon was one of the earlier anime I watched. I grew up with it, watching the dub, sub, movies, and even playing the games. With the reboot finishing soon, it seems like a good time to revisit it. Sugoi Mart kindly sent us a variety of Sailor Moon goods as a way to do that. Sailor […]
Tamayura Mirai – Review | Sorcery and Spirits
Spiritual power flows from the very ground in Fukano. While most can’t see it, it’s a place where spirits are easily found for those with the ability. Tamayura Mirai by developer Azurite follows Mutsuki, a sorcerer and the one who keeps the peace between the spiritual residents of this rural town. The Sorcerer of Fukano […]
Tamayura Mirai – Walkthrough & Guide
Tamayura Mirai takes you through a common route with 5 choices if you have the full 18+ version. Only one choice is important, but others may affect your experience and one route is locked. This guide will tell you which choices to make to access the four routes, the recommended order, and explains the situation […]










