Behind the scenes of the Tokyo Project Part V: Rome
Salve! Welcome to the final behind-the-scenes article for the Tokyo Project. It might look like we filmed Rome after Tokyo. But the truth is that Rome came first and happened…
Behind the scenes of the Tokyo Project Part IV: Editing.hell
In the previous behind-the-scenes article, we covered the actual trip to Tokyo. Once I returned home, I still had a few days of paid leave from work, which gave me…
Behind the scenes of the Tokyo Project Part III: Tokyo
Last time in the behind-the-scenes series, I was at Prague Airport, ready to board my flight to Frankfurt. Honestly, that flight felt like it took forever, even though it was…
Unreleased version of the Chaos;Child locations video
This is an unreleased version of our Chaos;Child locations video. The main difference in this version is the narration. This version was voiced by Martin, whereas the final release features…
Behind the scenes of the Tokyo Project Part II: The trip that never was
In the last behind-the-scenes article, we left off at the point where everything was ready and I was eagerly waiting for September. I had made a spreadsheet with the full…
Behind the scenes of the Tokyo Project Part I: Pre-production
Before we ever picked up a camera and stepped onto the streets of Tokyo, there was a lot of planning involved. This first part of our Tokyo Project behind the…
Patreon Update: Free Membership, Collections, and More
Salutations! We’re bringing you this updated Patreon article to share some recent changes—both on Patreon’s side and ours—that we think are important for you to know about.The biggest change is…
2025 was an interesting year for Kiri Kiri Basara…
At a quick glance, it may seem like not much happened. There were no major Science Adventure releases, and both the Steins;Gate Re:Boot release and our Tokyo Project were postponed.…
A small KKB disaster you never noticed: When the schedule stopped
Most of the time, Kiri Kiri Basara just… works. Articles go up, pages load, background tasks do their thing, and nobody really has to think about how any of it…
Cut content from the Ago pasta video
This is a special behind the scenes look at how we made the ago pasta video. Enjoy!
Revisiting old articles #4: Bumpy road to Anonymous;Code
Hello, and welcome to the fourth entry in our series where we revisit some of our past articles and reflect on them. This time, we will be covering articles written…
Revisiting old articles #3: Our popular times are here
Hello again, and welcome to the third entry in our series where we revisit some of our past articles and reflect on how far we and the community have come.…
Revisiting old articles #2: From solo project to team effort
Hi, and welcome to the second article in our series where we look back at some of our old articles, reminiscing on how the times have changed for the SciADV…
Revisiting old articles #1 – First KKB Articles
Salutations! Welcome to this new Patreon series, where we’ll be going over some of our older articles—which are particularly interesting to look back on now that almost all SciADV titles…
How the release of Robotics;Notes changed KKB
I was replaying Robotics;Notes Elite recently, and it brought back memories from an interesting era of Kiri Kiri Basara, so I figured it could make for an interesting behind-the-scenes article.…
Making of the Steins;Gate guides and a little bit of nostalgia
The original Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/124841643 Hello, Basariters!With the Steins;Gate 0 guide released last week , we have finally published guides for all SciADV visual novels on the site. Well, at least…
Review: Are Steins;Gate 0 and Chaos;Child worth it on Nintendo Switch?
In late 2019 and 2022 respectively, Western SciADV fans were finally rewarded with English-language ports of Steins;Gate 0 and Chaos;Child for the Nintendo Switch. These were two integral series sequels—to…
November 2024 Design Update
Original Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/64527802 Hello, Basariters! You may have noticed there were some changes and improvements made to the website recently. Today, we want to share some concepts and experiences from…
KKB History #20: Translating, summarizing, and formatting interviews and streams
Hello everyone, and welcome to the twentieth KKB History entry! In today's post, Fasty will detail how he and the site's other writers put together English summaries of important Japanese…
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…
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
Hi, everyone! Happy New Year, and welcome to 2022. This will be a rather short update, as we only have a few things to go over. First of all, we…
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
Hello, and welcome to the final Patreon update of this year. Just as with December of last year, we’re preparing a special poll for you guys this month—we plan to…
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
Hello, and welcome to our November Patreon update. There’s not much going on this November, so this will be a rather short update. That being said, we’re planning some special…
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
Hello, and welcome to the September Patreon Update. This will be a short update, as we don't have any special projects planned for this month outside our regular news coverage.…
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
Hello, and welcome to the August Patreon Update. Once again, we have a lot to cover this month, so let’s get right into it! Just a short while ago, we…
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…
Monthly Patreon Update – July 2021
Hi, and welcome to our July 2021 Patreon update. We have a lot to cover this month, so let’s get right into it! We’ll start with the main new change…
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
Hello! Welcome to June’s patron-exclusive poll. This one will be interesting, so let's get to it! We would like to know if you all are interested in seeing a special…
Monthly Patreon Update – June 2021
Hi, and welcome to our June 2021 Patreon update. First, a big thank you to everyone that voted in our last Patreon poll, as well as the Twitter poll last…
KKB History #10: So, how the heck did I get here?
Hi all! Welcome to the tenth entry in the KKB History series. Wow, time sure does fly, huh? As mentioned in the last update post, this month’s KKB History post…
May Poll – Future of KKB’s YouTube channel
Hello! Welcome to May’s patron-exclusive poll. You may have already noticed that we started a YouTube channel last month, because we needed somewhere to upload our latest KKB History post.…
Monthly Patreon Update – May 2021
Hi, and welcome to our May 2021 Patreon update. We've got some interesting info to share this month, so let's get to it! First things first: the results of our…
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…
KKB History #8 – Creating the Spike Chunsoft interview
Hi all! Welcome to the eighth entry in the KKB History series. As mentioned last time, in this post, we’ll be discussing the creation process of last year’s interview with…
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
Hi, and welcome to the March 2021 Patreon update. This is a rather short update, as we don't have any special projects planned for March outside of our regular news…
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
Hello! Welcome to February’s patron-exclusive poll. This time around, the poll is quite different—we want you all to vote on which of the KKB History entries you’ve liked the most…
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,…
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…
KKB History #4 – The Unreleased Robotics;Notes Timeline
Hello, and welcome to the fourth entry in the KKB History series! In light of the recent release of the Robotics;Notes Double Pack, in this month’s post, we’ll be looking…
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…
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…
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
Hi, and welcome to the second entry in our Patreon-only series, where we look at the history of or unreleased content from Kiri Kiri Basara. We based the topic for…
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…
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…
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.…