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Solstar
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Re: Haze: Yukiwo
02/07/14 04:24 PM


> That "Yukiwo" title logo bears a striking resemblance to that of the movie "Akira",
> which came out in 1988. Even the katakana look similar (ユキヲ,
> アキラ
>
> When you consider the thematic similarity of the game to the movie, and the fact that
> the player ship was originally a bike... You can imagine why Taito's marketing (or
> more likely Legal) insisted on changing the title
>
> Also, the bit about the earth cracking and the sea boiling is a reference to Fist of
> the North Star.

i was saying exactly the same about Akira.also the whole post-apocalyptic story is a reminder to that of akira and of course of hokuto no ken,what's with the 199x year :P







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* Haze: Yukiwo anoid 02/04/14 03:30 PM
. * Re: Haze: Yukiwo AWJ  02/04/14 04:07 PM
. * Re: Haze: Yukiwo Solstar  02/07/14 04:24 PM
. * Re: Haze: Yukiwo R. Belmont  02/07/14 06:08 PM
. * Re: Haze: Yukiwo Embryoice  02/08/14 08:40 PM
. * Re: Haze: Yukiwo fortuna_chan  02/04/14 05:33 PM

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