Adventures into CHAOS; — An interview with SciADV producer Tatsuya Matsubara
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KKB History #19: Small February design update
Hi! Welcome to the nineteenth entry in the KKB History series. In today’s post, Martin will detail some site design changes that were made last week, as well as the…
Kiri Kiri Basara’s fourth anniversary and giveaway
Hello everyone! Today is a very special day—our birthday! Yes, today, we're celebrating Kiri Kiri Basara's 4th anniversary. As always, we want to thank you all sincerely for your support…
February Special Poll – Merging the “About” and “Contacts” pages
Hello again, Basariters, and welcome to February’s special poll. Things have been busy recently, huh? This is actually the third month in a row that we've had a poll. This…
Monthly Patreon Update – February 2022
Hello Basariters, and welcome to the February Patreon update! We have yet another poll in store for you this month—this time around, we'll be asking you guys to weigh in…
KKB History #18: Statistics and overview of 2021
Hello, everyone! Welcome to the first KKB History post of 2022. Today, we'll be going over some interesting site statistics and achievements from 2021. Let's get to it! KKB History…
January Special Poll – Which SciADV side story should be reviewed first?
Welcome back, Basariters! Here’s January’s special poll.As mentioned in our last Patreon update, one of our writers, Fasty, is planning to launch a new article series focused on analyzing and…
Monthly Patreon Update – January 2022
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KKB History #17: The future of Kiri Kiri Basara
Hello, everyone! Welcome to the last KKB History post of the year. As mentioned before, we’ll be setting the past aside this time around to focus on KKB’s future. Because…
December Special Poll – Site Statistics
Hello again, Basariters! Welcome to December’s special poll. As with last year, we’d like you to vote for additional site statistics that will appear in our eighteenth KKB History post,…
Monthly Patreon Update – November 2021
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KKB History #16: Opinion-focused vs. objectivity-focused writing
Hello, and welcome to the sixteenth KKB History entry. This month, we’ll be focusing on the difference between the two main writing styles on the site, and some of the…
Monthly Patreon Update – November 2021
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KKB History #15: How KKB was, and is funded
Hi, and welcome to the fifteenth KKB History entry. This month’s entry will be short, but interesting; we will focus on how KKB has been funded over time, and why…
Monthly Patreon Update – October 2021
Hello, and welcome to our October Patreon update. Time sure flies quickly, huh?Let’s talk about our coverage of the Steins;Gate manga adaptations. You may have already noticed that we published…
KKB History #14: How we create review articles
Hi, and welcome to the fourteenth KKB History entry. This month’s entry will focus on how we do our review articles, and how they have evolved over the years. We…
Monthly Patreon Update – September 2021
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KKB History #13: WordPress plugins
Hi, and welcome to the thirteenth KKB History entry. In this entry, we will discuss KKB’s backend—or, in other words, how KKB works behind the scenes in terms of the…
Monthly Patreon Update – August 2021
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Making of the Promo Video
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KKB History #12 – Making of the promo video
Hi, and welcome to the twelfth KKB History entry. Today’s entry will be in the form of a video, and it will focus on how we created the KKB promo…
July Poll…well, sort of
Hello! Welcome to July’s patron-exclusive poll... well, sort of. We’ve decided to host a survey instead of a poll this time around, as we would like to get some feedback…
Kiri Kiri Basara Promo
Kiri Kiri Basara is an information hub for the Science Adventure series. We provide news, reviews and other SciADV information. Thank you for watching our promo video and to all…
Monthly Patreon Update – July 2021
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KKB History #11 – Article Thumbnails
Hello, and welcome to the eleventh KKB History entry. Time sure flies quickly! We can't believe that it’s almost been a year since we started this series. This month’s entry…
June Poll – Special Patreon section on the website
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Monthly Patreon Update – June 2021
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May Poll – Future of KKB’s YouTube channel
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Monthly Patreon Update – May 2021
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KKB History #9 – Making the anime version of the homepage
Hello, and welcome to the ninth KKB History entry. As mentioned in our Patreon Update this month, this entry will be a special one; this time, Martin has created a…
April Poll – Design of title headers, part 2
Hello! Welcome to April’s patron-exclusive poll. This poll is a follow up to last month’s poll, which we feel ended rather inconclusively. This time, however, we have prepared actual design…
Monthly Patreon Update – April 2021
Hi, and welcome to the April 2021 Patreon update. First things first: it seems a certain yellow-coated blogger has been tampering with things that shouldn’t be tampered with—we’ve detected some…
March Poll – Design of title headers
Hello! Welcome to March’s patron-exclusive poll. This month’s poll will be quite interesting: we need your help in deciding if we should change the design of title pages’ title headers.…
Monthly Patreon Update – March 2021
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KKB History #7 – Kiri Kiri Basara’s logo
Hi, and welcome to the seventh entry in the KKB History series. A few weeks back, we asked you guys to vote for your favourite KKB History entry in the…
February Poll – Best KKB History entry
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Kiri Kiri Basara’s third anniversary and giveaway
Salutations! Today is a very special day for us… It’s Kiri Kiri Basara’s third anniversary! It’s absolutely unbelievable that three years have already passed since we started this site—really, it…
Monthly Patreon Update – February 2021
Hi, and welcome to our February 2020 Patreon update. This update will be short, but we’ve got some interesting stuff packed in it to share this month.First off, the previously-mentioned…
KKB History #6: Making the 8-BIT ADV Steins;Gate guide
Hello everyone, and welcome to the sixth entry in the KKB History series. This time around, we’ll walk you through our process of creating the recently-published 8-BIT ADV Steins;Gate guide,…
8-BIT ADV Steins;Gate Guide
The following is a spoiler-free guide for 8-BIT ADV Steins;Gate. Despite the game being a spinoff of Steins;Gate, it presents a story that is similar to the original game with…
January Poll – New visual novel guides
Hello and welcome to the January Patreon Poll. In this one, we ask you to vote for the visual novel you would be interested in seeing a guide for next…
Monthy Patreon Update – January 2021
Happy New Year! Welcome to our first monthly Patreon update of 2021.2020 was Kiri Kiri Basara’s most successful year so far in terms of views, growth, and article variety. We’ll…
KKB History #5 – Some mistakes we’ve made in the past
Hello, and welcome to the fifth and final KKB History entry of the year. In this entry, we will take a look at some of the mistakes that we’ve made…
December Poll – Special Patreon January Post
Hello, and welcome to the last Patreon poll of 2020!In this poll, we want you to choose which site metrics you would be interested in learning about in a special…
Monthly Patreon Update – December 2020
The last month of 2020 is here, and with it comes the last Kiri Kiri Basara Patreon update of the year. Firstly, we’re pleased to announce that we’re working on…
November Poll – Guides Page Design
Hello! For this month's poll, you will be voting on the final design for the new Guides page on Kiri Kiri Basara. Let's get right into it. Here are the…
Steins;Gate Elite 100% Guide
This guide serves as a spoiler-free walkthrough to getting through Steins;Gate Elite in the optimal order and achieving 100% achievement/trophy completion.Though we initially intended to release this guide last year…
Monthly Patreon Update – November 2020
Hello, and welcome to the November Patreon update. Last month was super busy and we received an incredible amount of positive feedback and support for our Robotics;Notes Elite and DaSH…
KKB History #3 – Unreleased Steins;Gate Elite Guide
Hi, and welcome to the third entry in the KKB History series, where we take a look at old or unreleased content from Kiri Kiri Basara. This month’s topic is…
Steins;Gate thematic sequel announced
A thematic sequel to Steins;Gate has been announced and is currently in the works. This news comes from an official MAGES. livestream wherein the company discussed their business strategies going…
Robotics;Notes Elite Review
Originally released in 2014 in Japan, Robotics;Notes Elite is the third game in the Science Adventure series, and together with its sequel, Robotics;Notes DaSH, it is the latest in the…
October Poll – Visual Novel Guides
Hi, in this month's poll, we need to help decide if we should have visual novel guides on our website in addition to Steam’s guide sections?Thank you for voting! Vote here:…
Monthly Patreon Update – October 2020
Hi, and welcome to the October Patreon update! This month will be a busy one for Kiri Kiri Basara, because both Robotics;Notes Elite and Robotics;Notes DaSH will be released in…
KKB History #2 – Chaos;Head page, the oldest page on KKB
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September Poll – Next KKB History Post
Hi, it is time for September's poll. In this poll, we need help to decide what you want to see in an upcoming KKB's History post. What topic you choose…
Monthly Patreon Update – September 2020
Hi, and welcome to this month's Patreon update! Firstly, we would like to thank you all for submitting your questions for the upcoming Spike Chunsoft Q&A. All of the Patreon…
KKB History #1 – Web design
Hi, and welcome to the first instalment in our Patreon-only series, "KKB History". This is the series in which we’ll go over some old or unused designs and articles, as…
August Poll – Redesigning KKB logo
Hi! First of all, thank you for submitting questions to our Q&A with Spike Chunsoft, Inc. and Tatsuya Matsubara. All Patreon questions are really good! Thank you! Now, we have…
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Submit your question for an upcoming Q&A with Spike Chunsoft, Inc. and SciADV producer Tatsuya Matsubara! [CLOSED]
[CLOSED] To celebrate, we are hosting a Q&A with SciADV producer Tatsuya Matsubara and Spike Chunsoft, Inc.! Submit one question in the comments section below, and it may be selected and answered…
Monthly Patreon Update – August 2020
Hi, and welcome to our August Patreon update. We have some interesting news prepared for you this month, so let's get going. Patreon rewards for this month In mid-August,…
Patreon update #3 – Patreon rewards starting next month
Hi! In this update, we will finally outline what Patreon rewards you can expect and when you can expect them. We decided on these rewards based on your votes in…
Patreon update #2
Hi there! We are very thankful for your continuing support and we have a few updates for you. We are still working on Patreon rewards. There will be a Q&A…
Patreon update #1
Hi! We come to you with a few updates about this Patreon. When we started Patreon, we weren't sure what to put here as a patron reward and we are…
We have launched a Patreon page
Hello everyone! As of today, we the staff at Kiri Kiri Basara have launched a Patreon page with the goal of raising funds to keep the site running for the…
Thanks!
We would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support. We don't offer any Patron benefits at the moment but we might in the future.…
Kiri Kiri Basara’s second anniversary
Today marks the second anniversary of the launch of Kiri Kiri Basara. It's unbelievable that two years have already passed since we started reporting on Science Adventure news and other…
Anonymous;Code “next winter” release date confirmed, new artwork and logo
Earlier today, we reported on a leak that Anonymous;Code release date might be moved to the winter next year. Just now, MAGES. released a new video about Anonymous;Code, confirming the…
Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace localization seemingly imminent
UPDATE (November 17, 2019): An eagle-eyed fan has noted that the game's page on the Australian Classification Board website has been made private. This does not mean that the page…
MAGES. went independent from Dwango and Kadokawa
MAGES. has announced in a press release that Chiyomaru Studio has bought all MAGES. stocks owned by Dwango, a Japanese media company which is also a direct subsidiary of Kadokawa…
Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram Steam Review
The following review contains heavy spoilers for the Steins;Gate visual novel. Please note that this review is based on the content of the first six in-game scenarios.Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram…
Kiri Kiri Basara’s first anniversary!
Today marks the first anniversary since Kiri Kiri Basara was started! In this article, I’m going to discuss the story behind this site’s creation, including the ideas behind it. I’ll…
Chaos;Child Steam Review
Chaos;Child is the fourth game in the Science Adventure Series, and the sequel to Chaos;Head. It was initially released in 2014 for Japanese audiences, and in 2017 on the PlayStation…
Chaos;Child is getting an English release on Steam
Spike Chunsoft has revealed that they will be releasing Chaos;Child on PC through Steam on January 23, 2019.UPDATE: Depending on your region, the game may be releasing for you on either…
SciADV pre-release concepts and tentative future release plan shown by Chiyomaru Shikura
In his latest TwitCasting stream, Chiyomaru Shikura showcased a slideshow presentation featuring a variety of new, never before seen content. Concept art for logos of various Science Adventure games were shown, along…
Robotics;Notes DaSH delay and value set confirmed, updated opening uploaded
Earlier today, 5pb. released a new version of the DaSH opening on their YouTube account. The video additionally confirms that the game will be delayed to January 31, 2019. This…
Robotics;Notes DaSH opening shown, with some other new information
Chiyomaru Shikura has tweeted out a video featuring the full version of Robotics;Notes DaSH opening song "Avant Story", along with footage from R;N DaSH opening. Footage from the Robotics;Notes Elite opening, gameplay…
Robotics;Notes DaSH OP song revealed on Twitter
Chiyomaru Shikura, the executive director of MAGES., has posted a video on his Twitter account featuring the Robotics;Notes DaSH opening song, titled "Avant Story". 科学ADV「シリーズCM」を個人編集して作ったのでせっかくだから公開！タイミングも合ってないような粗編ですが… ただ、一部未公開カットを勝手に使っているのと、何より楽曲自体が初公開なので、弊社内の広報という恐ろしい「機関」からの圧力が…ま勇気で(○´･д･)ﾉ#科学ADV #シュタゲエリート pic.twitter.com/Gw28CeeJf0 — 志倉千代丸／Chiyomaru…
S;G Elite OP, ED, and S;G 0 soundtrack released
The opening and ending songs for Steins;Gate Elite are now available for purchase on Amazon Japan, as well as the original soundtrack for the Steins;Gate 0 anime adaptation. The Steins;Gate…
Steins;Gate alarm clock app released
MAGES. and D-techno recently released their collaboration project, a Steins;Gate alarm clock app featuring Kurisu Makise (voiced by Asami Imai). The app allows the user to set alarms for themselves,…
S;G 0 anime OST tracklist and R;N DaSH OP title revealed
The Japanese Amazon page for the Steins;Gate 0 anime soundtrack has been updated to include a tracklist of all included songs and music, as well as the CD boxart. A…
Occultic;Nine – Volume 3 Review
This article includes spoilers for the previous volume! How do you prove that you are alive? By interacting with other people? By interacting with the environment around you? Or perhaps,…
Robotics;Notes DaSH release date revealed
The Japanese video game magazine Famitsu has just revealed the Robotics;Notes DaSH release date in an article on their website with some other interesting information about the upcoming game. The…
S;G 0 anime OST and S;G Elite ending song CDs now available for pre-order
Pre-orders for the Steins;Gate 0 anime original soundtrack and the new Steins;Gate Elite ending song are now up on Amazon Japan. Both CDs will be released on September 19, 2018.…
Chaos;Child PS4 review
Chaos;Child's premise has a spoiler for Chaos;Head's ending, which is mentioned in this article. Please keep this in mind. In 2009, a horrifying serial murder case and a devastating earthquake…
Steins;Gate Elite final OP and Japanese release date revealed, character routes previewed
5pb. Games has published the final opening for Steins;Gate Elite on their YouTube channel, and has revealed the Japanese release date for the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeU7nuJiyYc After the opening song plays,…
Occultic;Nine – Volume 2 Review
The second volume of the Occultic;Nine light novel series begins right where the first volume left off. The plot really begins to pick up in this volume, and I was…
Occultic;Nine – Volume 1 Review
The idea of scientifically proving the occult is somewhat intriguing, and in Occultic;Nine, it’s one of the main themes of the story. Occultic;Nine started out in 2014 as a light…
What does the future hold for the Occultic;Nine visual novel?
On November 9, 2017, Occultic;Nine was released in Japan for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita. Approximately one month after the game’s release, 5pb./MAGES. executive director Chiyomaru Shikura tweeted…
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Steins;Gate 0 PC version released on Steam
The English language version of the Steins;Gate 0 visual novel was recently released on Steam, for PC users. The game is currently available for $34.99 / 29,99 €. If you…
Anonymous;Code – what we know so far
Note: The following article contains early speculation for Anonymous;Code—which, as of 2022, has officially released. Some of the content discussed below may entail spoilers for the final product, as well…
Happy 10th anniversary to the Science Adventure series!
Today marks the tenth anniversary of Chaos;Head's release, the first title in the Science Adventure series. Happy birthday to both Chaos;Head and the series! Here’s to many more years of…
Martin Reviews: Steins;Gate 0 – Episode 1
After quite a long wait, the time has finally come: the first episode of Steins;Gate 0 aired on April 12 on Japanese television, and was soon made available on Crunchyroll…
Steins;Gate Elite trailer for the West
Spike Chunsoft released a trailer about two weeks ago for the Steins;Gate Elite visual novel. As mentioned in previous posts, Spike Chunsoft intends to release many more MAGES. games in…
Steins;Gate 0 opening song “Fatima” music video released
Kanako Itou has released the official music video for her song “Fatima” on her YouTube channel. This song will be featured in the Steins;Gate 0 anime adaptation as the opening…
Second PV for Steins;Gate 0 anime released
Kadokawa has released the second promotional video for Steins;Gate 0. This video shows a few more scenes from the show, and the entirety of the opening song is played. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVVihb4-cHo…
Robotics;Notes and other MAGES. games may come to the West
Edit: Siliconera’s article has been updated to state that they intend to bring more MAGES. games to West, which may include Robotics;Notes. The article is not definitive confirmation of a localization. The North…
New key visual revealed, and airing date confirmed for Steins;Gate 0
Earlier today, we reported about the possible airing date for Steins;Gate 0 being April 12, 2018. As of a few hours ago, the anime’s official website was updated to confirm this date.…
Steins;Gate 0 anime may start airing on April 12
Following yesterday’s episode count leak, new information was discovered today regarding the air date of Steins;Gate 0. According to Amazon’s product description of the first Blu-ray volume, the anime will begin…
Japanese website lists Steins;Gate 0 anime with 23 episodes and 1 OVA
The Steins;Gate community was in an uproar last week after a Japanese magazine interview stated that the Steins;Gate 0 anime would only have 13 episodes. Longtime SciADV/SVN fans will attest…
Kanako Itou will sing the opening song for Steins;Gate 0
It has been announced that Kanako Itou, vocalist of many songs for various 5pb./MAGES. works, will be singing the opening song for the Steins;Gate 0 anime adaptation.Kanako is well known…
Launch of Kiri Kiri Basara
Salutations! We’re pleased to announce the opening of Kiri Kiri Basara, a brand new SciADV/SVN-focused website. The purpose of this site is to provide accurate and insightful information about Science…