Anime/Cartoons

High Score: Katawa Shoujo

December 20, 2013 Andy Kavanagh

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Today's High Score is devoted a game where the music doesn't play an integral role in the gameplay. It's not particularly impressive in terms of its instrumentation and it doesn't interact with the game on anything more than a narrative (and very basic click-and-cue) level. 'So why is it worth talking about?', I hear you ponder.

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z Demo Launches Tomorrow

December 17, 2013 Declan Doody

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z is coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PS Vita January 24th but for those of you who can’t wait that long then you’ll want to grab the demo that drops tomorrow. The game from Namco Bandai will feature up to eight player battles pitting two teams of four […]

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GHIBLICEMBER #4: LAPUTA CASTLE IN THE SKY

December 14, 2013 Céire Ní Dalaigh

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It’s the second week of Ghiblicember here on The Arcade and while last week we had a relatively modern film in Spirited Away ,this week we have an older Ghibli film, delving deep into the studio’s past works. So here we have number 4 in our list Laputa Castle in the Sky. Thomas Geraghty  “My […]

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HIGH SCORE: PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA

December 13, 2013 Andy Kavanagh

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This week we're going to take a look at a score that was on my list from the very beginning and what is undoubtedly one of the best - if not the best - anime scores of the last decade; Yuki Kajiura's incredible, eclectic work on Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

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NETFLIX EXCLUSIVE ANIME SERIES: ‘KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA’

December 12, 2013 Declan Doody

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If you’re a Netflix user like myself you might have noticed more and more Anime creeping into their roster of already impressive titles but to continue on their quest to grow and develop their own programming, we’ve already seen Hemlock Grove, House of Cards and Orange is the New Black win over not only new […]

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NETFLIX EXCLUSIVE ANIME SERIES: 'KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA'

December 12, 2013 Declan Doody

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If you’re a Netflix user like myself you might have noticed more and more Anime creeping into their roster of already impressive titles but to continue on their quest to grow and develop their own programming, we’ve already seen Hemlock Grove, House of Cards and Orange is the New Black win over not only new […]

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Ghiblicember #5 Spirited Away

December 7, 2013 Céire Ní Dalaigh

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With the festive season rolling in fast then there is a need for feel good films to feast our eyes upon. One thing Anime does not do is make an whole lot of festive Christmassy films or series but there is one thing Anime does do and does right and that is feel good, higher […]

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THE ARCADE AWARDS 2013 – WINNERS

December 2, 2013 Declan Doody

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Two weeks, over 20,000 votes, these have been the biggest Arcade Awards to date and before you scroll down to see all the winners, I personally just want to congratulate all those nominated and of course the winners but I also want to thank those who voted – from the start these have always been […]

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Review: Eirtakon

November 25, 2013 Céire Ní Dalaigh

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I for one was very excited to be hitting the Croke Park conference centre for the convention but that could just be the fact I am from Kerry and we have history there. I had never been to Croke Park before so it was like for most people a completely new experience, the Convention organisers […]

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High Score: K-On!

November 22, 2013 Andy Kavanagh

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Okay so this week for High Score I’m going to cheat a little bit. K-On!, for those poor folk among you who aren’t aware, is an anime about a high school rock band named Houkago Tea Time. It has a pretty typical anime score; there are some lovely melancholic numbers and some annoyingly chirpy background […]

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