Nicholas Friedman
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Director, Multimedia & Editorial at Crunchyroll, Publisher at Crunchyroll News & EP/Host of the 5x award-winning THE ANIME EFFECT podcast. Ask me about my DS games.
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Prepping this week's episode on autobiographical games, and it really is criminal that Despelote hasn't reached more people. Not just because it's important. But because it's ridiculously fun and moving.
DESPELOTE: FIFTH TRAILER (now on nintendo switch)
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January 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Prepping this week's episode on autobiographical games, and it really is criminal that Despelote hasn't reached more people. Not just because it's important. But because it's ridiculously fun and moving.
there are so many good romcoms this season 😭😭😭
January 12, 2026 at 3:36 AM
there are so many good romcoms this season 😭😭😭
guys… we had Yasuhiro Nightow on the podcast 😭😭😭 youtu.be/6EuzNtSLZ7E?...
Yasuhiro Nightow Has Us HYPED for TRIGUN STARGAZE | The Anime Effect
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January 10, 2026 at 2:34 AM
guys… we had Yasuhiro Nightow on the podcast 😭😭😭 youtu.be/6EuzNtSLZ7E?...
SHIBOYUGI ep 1 has a diabolical needle drop
January 9, 2026 at 4:01 AM
SHIBOYUGI ep 1 has a diabolical needle drop
I’ve been playing the Pixel Remaster of the first Final Fantasy and hey, what a great game
January 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I’ve been playing the Pixel Remaster of the first Final Fantasy and hey, what a great game
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I wrote about Sentenced to Be a Hero, which has one of those first episodes that makes you think "Yeah, this anime is probably gonna do pretty well.": www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I wrote about Sentenced to Be a Hero, which has one of those first episodes that makes you think "Yeah, this anime is probably gonna do pretty well.": www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...
Oh no, it’s time for me to get really into a Fate series again ooooopppssss
January 4, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Oh no, it’s time for me to get really into a Fate series again ooooopppssss
howdy, I’m falling six feet off of a halfpipe onto my face 😊
January 2, 2026 at 1:09 AM
howdy, I’m falling six feet off of a halfpipe onto my face 😊
yep, this would be mine
January 2, 2026 at 1:08 AM
yep, this would be mine
Found my Nintendo Power and Game Informer magazines from 2005-2011 (some even older!) maybe I should do a thread?? 🤔🤔🤔
January 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Found my Nintendo Power and Game Informer magazines from 2005-2011 (some even older!) maybe I should do a thread?? 🤔🤔🤔
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I’m still so very sad none of y’all saw Furiosa
December 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I’m still so very sad none of y’all saw Furiosa
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I've waited 3 years to make this post
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've waited 3 years to make this post
Katelyn and I are continuing our movie catchup and tonight was BUGONIA!
Jesse Plemons, man. MAN.
Jesse Plemons, man. MAN.
December 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Katelyn and I are continuing our movie catchup and tonight was BUGONIA!
Jesse Plemons, man. MAN.
Jesse Plemons, man. MAN.
Sharing for signal boost, but also I loved Anthem for what it was! I played it mostly solo queue and enjoyed it.
We're two weeks from the Anthem shutdown. If you're a fan playing until the end, one who dropped off, or a developer who worked on the game and want to talk (anonymously) about these final days, the shutdown, or the game broadly for a Kotaku story, hit me up here or at [email protected]! RTs plz.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Sharing for signal boost, but also I loved Anthem for what it was! I played it mostly solo queue and enjoyed it.
please play And Roger, y’all
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
please play And Roger, y’all
As a surprise to (probably) no one, my anime of the year is once again The Apothecary Diaries, but here are some others that I loved:
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
• Ranma 1/2
• SANDA
• My Dress-Up Darling
• DAN DA DAN
• Gachiakuta
• GNOSIA
• Dr. STONE
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
• Ranma 1/2
• SANDA
• My Dress-Up Darling
• DAN DA DAN
• Gachiakuta
• GNOSIA
• Dr. STONE
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December 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As a surprise to (probably) no one, my anime of the year is once again The Apothecary Diaries, but here are some others that I loved:
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
• Ranma 1/2
• SANDA
• My Dress-Up Darling
• DAN DA DAN
• Gachiakuta
• GNOSIA
• Dr. STONE
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
• Ranma 1/2
• SANDA
• My Dress-Up Darling
• DAN DA DAN
• Gachiakuta
• GNOSIA
• Dr. STONE
oops dropped my letterboxd: boxd.it/1kol
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Nicholas uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 1,053 films watched. Favorites: TRON: Legacy (2010), Your Name. (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Cloverfield (2008). Bio: Trying to convince ...
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December 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
oops dropped my letterboxd: boxd.it/1kol
We wrapped The Gachiakuta After Show today! To recap we:
- Covered all 24 episodes
- Had special eps w/ Mori Calliope and Zeno Robinson
- Interviewed series creators Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andou
I’m so proud of our team and this show. You can listen to all of it now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
- Covered all 24 episodes
- Had special eps w/ Mori Calliope and Zeno Robinson
- Interviewed series creators Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andou
I’m so proud of our team and this show. You can listen to all of it now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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December 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We wrapped The Gachiakuta After Show today! To recap we:
- Covered all 24 episodes
- Had special eps w/ Mori Calliope and Zeno Robinson
- Interviewed series creators Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andou
I’m so proud of our team and this show. You can listen to all of it now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
- Covered all 24 episodes
- Had special eps w/ Mori Calliope and Zeno Robinson
- Interviewed series creators Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andou
I’m so proud of our team and this show. You can listen to all of it now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I think Wake Up Dead Man is my favorite of the Knives Out movies.
December 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I think Wake Up Dead Man is my favorite of the Knives Out movies.
holiday retro pickups including a long awaited DS GRAIL 😭😭😭
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
holiday retro pickups including a long awaited DS GRAIL 😭😭😭
I’m 12 eps into Black Clover and I’m honestly loving it so far
December 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I’m 12 eps into Black Clover and I’m honestly loving it so far
As a society, I fear we moved on from the Game Boy Advance too quickly
December 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
As a society, I fear we moved on from the Game Boy Advance too quickly
this is my favorite supergiant game
please play it
please play it
December 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
this is my favorite supergiant game
please play it
please play it
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