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The Battle of Shiroyama (城山の戦い, Shiroyama no tatakai) took place on 24 September 1877, in Kagoshima, Japan. [3] It was the final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion, where the heavily outnumbered samurai under Saigō Takamori made their last stand against Imperial Japanese Army troops under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo and Admiral Kawamura Sumiyoshi.
Sword of the Samurai is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, illustrated by Alan Langford and originally published in 1986 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2006. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 20th in the series in the ...
Peter Tieryas is an American writer. He is the author of Bald New World (2014) [1] and the Mecha Samurai Empire series which consists of United States of Japan (2016), [2] [3] Mecha Samurai Empire (2018), [4] and Cyber Shogun Revolution (2020).
Originally written by Shogo Imamura based on his Ikusagami novel and illustrated by Katsumi Tatsuzawa , Last Samurai Standing started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning on December 8, 2022. [2] [3] [4] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 21, 2023. [5]
Mark Ravina, the author of The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori, argued that "Satsuma Rebellion" is not the best name for the war because the English name does not well represent the war and its Japanese name. Ravina said that the war's scope was much farther than Satsuma, and he characterizes the event as being closer to a ...
The Video Games Guide (ISBN 0-7522-2625-8) is a book by Matt Fox first published in October 2006 by Boxtree Pan Macmillan. It is similar in format to a traditional film guide with A to Z reviews of over 1000 video games. Accompanying each review are: the year of release, the system first released on, the developer and publisher, information on ...
In the United States, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 66% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 221 reviews, with an average score of 6.4/10. The site's consensus states: "With high production values and thrilling battle scenes, The Last Samurai is a satisfying epic."
The game received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator GameRankings. [5] According to a positive review in GamePro, Soul of the Samurai delivered "lively action melded to a compelling story line." On the other hand, GameSpot's review stated that "those looking for a ninja game of Tenchu 's will unfortunately have to keep on ...