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Have you ever heard the words “Zero Requiem”? Anyone who has watched Code Geass will feel their eyes welling up at that phrase alone. The Code Geass series, which began in 2006, celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026 — the TV broadcast of “Rozé of the Recapture” begins in July, and a completely new title,…
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The first Rumiko Takahashi anime you should watch is the 2024 remake of “Ranma 1/2.” It’s the newest series, still running since the fall 2024 season, with visuals rebuilt to modern standards — the ultimate entry point you can enjoy with zero prior knowledge. “Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha… where do I even start?” —…
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“Which one should I start with?” “Which one is actually the best?” Those two questions come up every single time Armored Core enters the conversation. FromSoftware has been building this 3D mech-action lineage since 1997 — roughly 26 years of it — and each entry tastes so different from the last that a single tidy…
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You know the name Mamoru Oshii. You’ve just never actually watched one of his films — this article was written for exactly that person. From 1984’s Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer to 2008’s The Sky Crawlers, Mamoru Oshii has spent his entire career carving the same questions into film: What does it mean to exist?…
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If you’re wondering where to start with Macross, the answer is Macross Frontier. It wraps up in a tight 25 episodes, and it packs everything that makes this series great — the love triangle, the transforming Valkyrie fighters, and the songstresses — into one modern masterpiece. “Macross looks amazing, but which one do I actually…
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“Which SaGa should I start with?” Ask a room full of RPG fans that question and watch how few of them can answer on the spot. The line runs from 1989’s Game Boy original, The Final Fantasy Legend, through Romancing SaGa and SaGa Frontier, all the way to 2024’s Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the…
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The Like a Dragon series — known in the West as Yakuza for most of its life — has been carrying Japanese game history on its back since the original launched on PS2 in 2005. Over 20 years, Sega’s action RPG franchise gave us Kazuma Kiryu, a once-in-a-generation protagonist, and used the fictional red-light district…
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“Which Resident Evil should I start with?” — it’s the question that stops so many players dead in their tracks when facing this legendary 30-year series. Since the original launched in 1996, there have been more than 10 mainline entries alone, and once you count remakes and spin-offs, you’re looking at nearly 20 games. The…
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Say the word “Castlevania” out loud and there isn’t a gamer alive whose blood doesn’t stir a little. Konami’s legendary series started on the Famicom back in 1986, and across nearly 40 years it has produced classic after classic. Stage-based action with real muscle, sprawling castles you pick apart Metroidvania-style, and eventually a full 3D…
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Which Grand Theft Auto game is the best one ever made? Ask that about a crime-action franchise that has been running since the very first game landed in 1997, and you will get wildly different answers depending on who you ask. Plenty of players will tell you Grand Theft Auto V is untouchable, but there…
