About Rekka Alexiel

Production manager, coordinator, writer/translator, motion/voice actor. Anime Expo 2022 Exhibitor. Since 2005, she has covered all things related to Japanese subculture with an added focus on Yoko Taro and his works, including the Drakengard and NieR series among many others. As the head of Fire Sanctuary, she has published a multitude of official reports on various topics such as Tokyo Game Show, gaming news, and multiple stage plays by Yoko Taro. She has also participated in many volunteer orchestras in Japan as a soprano vocalist.

YoRHa Ver.1.3aa – Key Visual

We’re exactly a month away from the premier of the YoRHa Ver.1.3aᵃ stage play, which depicts the classic Pearl Harbor Descent Mission in December 11941, several years before the setting of NieR:Automata. We should start to see the boys talking about starting rehearsals on Twitter soon!

In this new poster, likely designed by Koda Kazuma as usual, we see the four YoRHa as they are about to jump into their flight units and descend from the Bunker.


TOKYO: Shibuya Cultural Center Owada, Sakura Hall – 4th Floor
March 12-15, 7 performances

New Year’s Countdown 2019 with CyberConnect2

Unfortunately, this event was cancelled because Piroshi was ill! So sad! I was looking forward to this event!


CyberConnect2 is hosting another New Year’s Countdown event this year with some pretty cool & rare giveaways! There are still tickets available, so if anyone is in the Tokyo area, free on New Year’s Eve, and also interested in such an event, be sure to get your tickets via peatix!

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Santa Saito’s Christmas 2019

Saito Yosuke is hosting his annual Christmas special on NicoNico again today. It will start at 7pm (JST) at the following link:

“Yosupi Santa” –Spending Christmas Eve with Game Creators Born in 1970–

Known guests include:

  • Saito Yosuke (MC/Director)
  • Anzai Takashi (SQEX)
  • Kamiya Hideki (Platinum Games)
  • Sakurai Masahiro (SORA)
  • Fujisawa Jin (Story Note)
  • Yoko Taro (Bukkoro)

For a little bit of insight on what may be discussed during this program, here is my recap from last year’s event.

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The Next “Idobata Kaigi” Scheduled For the End of the Year

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The next “Idobata Kaigi” has been scheduled for December 30th at 7pm!
Click the button below to go to the livestream page!

For anyone unfamiliar with this program, this is basically a sit-down drinking party with various game creators and those related to the video game industry. The last program was held back in August when Saito suggested he’d mention something about Yoko’s new title next time.

“…so on the next Gaming Neighborhood Idle Gossip, Yoko-san can talk about his new game…” −Saito

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Scheduled Staff

  • V Jump: Saito V
  • Famitsu Editor: World’s Top 3 Miyokawa
  • NicoNico: Nakano

Scheduled Guests

  • Koinuma Hisashi (Koei Tecmo Games)
  • Saito Yosuke (Square Enix)
  • Hazama Ichiro (Square Enix)
  • Hayashi Katsuhiko (Famitsu)
  • Harada Katsuhiro (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • Matsuyama Hiroshi (CyberConnect2)
  • Yoko Taro (Bukkoro)

Topics for Discussion

  • End of the Year Dice Talk – This is generally where there are a bunch of topics written on a large die that each member tosses and then has to answer a question or talk about whatever topic the die rolled on.
  • This Year’s Top Three Bits of News
  • Game Neighborhood “Draft” Meeting
  • Premium Members Only Segment: “Let’s talk about stuff we can only discuss here!”