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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Shenmue Characters Based on Actual People: Susumu Aketagawa, Takeshi Hirai, Akira Nagai, Yoshihito Nishii, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Manabu Takimoto, Hiroshi Tamura, Yoshihiko Tashiro, Hidekaze Yukawa, Kenta Shimizu, Jin Xin Nan, Takashi Matsuda

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Several characters that appear in the Shenmue games have in-game models based on real-life people.  This is not surprising in the case of Sh...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

The Real Yokosuka That Shenmue Chose Not To Simulate | IGN Japan Article Translation

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This is a translation of an article published by IGN Japan on 24 December 2018. A City with an Inseparable Relationship with the U.S. Naval ...
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Saturday, May 8, 2021

Poll Result: Patrons' Choice Topic for May 2021

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Every month Phantom River Stone holds a poll among our patrons to choose a topic for the blog in the coming month. After tallying the votes ...
Sunday, May 2, 2021

Master Wu Lianzhi: Chinese TV Documentary | Guest Post by Chao Yu

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With today's post we welcome back  Chao Yu , who presents a Chinese television documentary about the life of Wu Lianzhi, with translated...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Yu Meets (and is Knocked Down by) Master Wu: Yu Suzuki's 1994 China Research Trip, Part 8 | Translation

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A continuation of our series on Yu Suzuki's 1994 Research Trip to China. This topic was selected by the Phantom River Stone blog patrons...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Poll Result: Patrons' Choice Topic for April 2021

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Every month Phantom River Stone holds a poll among our patrons to choose a topic for the blog in the coming month. After tallying the votes ...
Friday, April 16, 2021

3D Bat Model & Odd Unused Objects in Shenmue Game Files | Dragon & Phoenix Project Discoveries

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Today we have some small but unusual items of unused content to share, courtesy once more of  LemonHaze , who ran across them during his wor...
Monday, April 12, 2021

Shenmue Theory: Sakuragaoka's Best-Kept Secret | Guest Post by James Brown

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Back in 2019, I discovered in Shenmue something truly special and mind-blowing to myself that again proved that Shenmue is more than just a ...
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