What’s the greatest JRPG series of all time? Final Fantasy? Dragon Quest? For my money, it’s Mother, also known as Earthbound, the quirky, fourth wall-breaking, modern day-set RPGs by writer Shigesato Itoi. Aside from their incredible scripts and memorable characters, one of the best things …Read more »
Sachiko Fujinuma from ERASED , one of our favorite anime moms. Here’s a timely survey. On Mother’s Day, ranking site Goo asked its readers what anime women would make the best moms. Basically, goes the idea, if you could 2Dify yourself and jump into anime, …Read more »
There will be plenty of news over the next few days from the currently-running E3 about new, fancy-pants video games, but for this writer, the most exciting news might be about a video game from 1989. Mother , also known as Earthbound Zero , the …Read more »
Earthbound , the cult Super Nintendo game known as Mother 2 in Japan, celebrated its 20th year of existence this week, and its creator has released some new merchandise to celebrate. For those unfamiliar, Earthbound is the second (but the first to be released in …Read more »
Pioneering horror manga author Kazuo Umezu is taking a big step at age 77 and directing a horror movie, Mother , that’s set to come out in September. Shochiku, the film’s distributor, released a short teaser for the movie last week, and it looks… about …Read more »
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