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randomthefox · 2 days
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(About the misinformation) wow bruh, how the fuck does that guy not understand what Toyoda said (the Google Translation is even accurate) the worst part is people take that blatant lie at face value and being a bunch of doomer pessimists instead of asking for source.
Sonic fanbase has genuine problems with misinformation )like that claim of pontaff writing free riders even though there neither mentioned of these guys in the credit or the game in their pages) but this is fucking ridiculous
Yeah it's like a perfect example because this is LITERALLY what happened with the whole "Takashi Iizuka said Sonic animal people live in a different dimension/planet compared to humans and Sonic travels back and forth between them depending on the game" thing.
Like people will take something that a Sonic Team person said, and then just MAKE SHIT UP WILDLY and then present their claim as absolute fact. And people just fucking believe them and then start spreading it around as uncontested fact themselves and will angrily defend it when you question them, even though it's just something they heard someone else say with no source whatsoever. It is fucking wild.
Confirmation bias is a hell of a drug
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nicomrade · 5 months
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i didnt read nearly as much this year (2023) compared to last, i mostly re-read my faves that ill maybe post about one day and i read non-fiction from libraries. I am a Communist by Park Kun-Woong and Ichi-F by Kazuto Tatsuta are the two that id say stood out the most in that regard, but i kinda wanna keep these retrospective posts to fiction only so lets go for my actual 6 picks naow
Poison City - Tetsuya Tsutsui (2014-2015) opening with my favorite author, poison city is about art censorship- specifically of mangas in japanese libraries- how it happens, why, by and for whom, who it affects, how it shapes the publishing industry and so on. it was written after tsutsui found out his own work (manhole) had been banned in a prefecture, without him ever being notified. its only 2 volumes but the most nuanced discussion of the topic ive seen. like all tsutsui work it is in my brain forever like a worm and if i see it IRL i get an urge to reread it right there right now. which happens often cuz french libraries (justifiably!) love it
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Gekiga-Yose: Fallen Words - Tatsumi Yoshihiro (2009) i got into a little gekiga rabbithole sometime last spring that segued really nicely into a rakugo moment for me. Fallen Words is neatly at the junction of the two and maybe the best way to experience rakugo stories if you cant watch performances? its not rakugo but it tries really hard to make the original jokes work in a new medium. fascinating project that i really enjoyed and laughed outloud at while reading. it also helps other rakugo-based fiction have more context and depth for a non-rakugo liker audience
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Blood on the Tracks / Chi no Wadachi - Oshimi Shuzo (2017-2023) "this is not a work that wants to teach you how to heal, how to cope, or give you catharsis, or tragedy." chi no wadachi is about parental abuse and keeps to following the protagonist for as long as his mom has influence over his life, in all of the ways that she does, and nothing more. its heavy, its hard, and its something you need to meet halfway. not the oshimi shuzo work id necessarily start with but its the one i read fully this year and also the one i got into comment fights on mangadex about lol
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Billy Bat - Naoki Urasawa & Nagasaki Takashi (2008-2016) billy bat is about art and its about making art and its about what if there was a bat on the moon that gave you catharsis. its got historical fiction its got protagonist changes its got walt disney its got an insane amount of historical research put in. its got two bats. its art as an universal language, as something its artist owns but that also belongs to everyone who's ever connected with it, art as the root of humanity, as the lense through which people view and shape the world. and its about a japanese-american artist named kevin.
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Bokurano: Ours - Kitoh Mohiro (2003-2009) bokurano is about kids who are roped into a mecha war for earth's survival. it questions whether you can live without harming others, the nature of remorse, childhood trauma, and so on. its dubiously a death game- i count it as one but its also explicitely interested in this very question- "is this a game?". is bullying a game? Is csa a game? Is parental abuse a game? Neglect? Sibling violence? War? Is that what a game is? anything that children do?
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Undercurrent - Toyoda Tetsuya (2004-2005) its easy to say reading undercurrent feels like youre drowning because the water motif is already omnipresent but this really is a piece where the story and the artistic motif are just in symbiose. undercurrent explores one woman's life managing her bathhouse almost on her own at the same time as she's dealing with more personal issues, and my first instinct upon seeing the cover is always to hold my breath. cannot say anymore just read it
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+ bonus mention to Gantz - Hiroya Oku (2000 - 2013) for ruining my whole life. i didnt start it in 2023 but i was overcome by some sort of fever in january that made me finish this fucking manga and it hasn't left me since. don't read gantz. you can watch the live action movies they cut out 95% of the manga and make it actually good also akagi's actor (kanata hongo) plays my fave character in them. but whatever you do, don't read gantz.
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Liked on YouTube: Akira Ito ‎(伊藤詳) - Marine Flowers (Science Fantasy) (1986) FULL ALBUM - Green & Water ‎– R28X-1003 (Japan, 1986) https://ift.tt/ou1IJgL 00:00 A1. 序章 華やぎ / Prologue, Into The Beauty 12:55 A2. 水色の聖地 / W・A・T・E・R 18:06 A3. 気の舞い / Dancing Spirits 21:04 A4. 精美 / Essence Of Beauty 25:54 B1. 神がみの遊び / Where Spirits Play 26:57 B2. 祈り / Prayer 38:53 B3. 生生流転 / Life Goes On 42:31 B4. 終章 青き久遠 / Epilogue, Out Of Endless Blue Producer, Composed By, Arranged By, Synthesizer, Electric Bass, A. Piano, Percussion, Engineer, Mixed By – Akira Ito Oboe – Heitaro Manabe Percussion – Izaba Saxophone – Koichiro Kami E. Violin – Takashi Toyoda Vocals – Mineko Soundtrack to the Laser Disc of the same name. There is a time in any good musician’s life when they absolutely nail down whatever they had to place. Akira Ito, one time keyboardist for influential Japanese psych rock outfit The Far East Band, could have stayed with that group rehashing “out there” musical troupes – variations on psychedelia with The FABs or Kitaro-like, Jean-Michel Jarre-aping electro-prog as in his early, solo career – or he could, you know, grow the hell up, and accept that music evolves, and so must he. There’s only so much Ummagumma aping one can do in a lifetime. That’s what makes Marine Flower his first release under his own Green & Water record label truly interesting. It shows his shift to a particular electronic aesthetic that his country was cultivating at the time. Marine Flower (Science Fantasy) was far more minimal and exploratory than anything he’d ever done before. It appeared that Akira was taking influence from German elektronic kosmische music of Cluster, Manuel Göttsching, and Neu and trying to chisel it down through a Japanese aesthetic – essentially using the more holistic, environmentally conscious, spacial aware ideas of other Japanese electronic New Age artists like Hiroshi Yoshimura etc. as a sifter/filter to temper the influence of that kind of music. It was/is a beautiful set of electronic mood music with meditative overtones of nostalgia, comfort, and sweetness for good reason. Album highlight “Essence of Beauty” puts all these feelings of aware reflection into full view. Essentially written as part of a musical series called “Music For Inochi”/Music for Life on his label, each album in this series attempted to carry along intently a specific mood. Water-based music, forest-based music, macro-life music like Yumiko Morioka’s Resonance – simple ideas that took all those far out, less inviting, explorations into far more personal and focused pieces. Although Marine Flower (Science Fantasy) was meant for the New Age market, it ventures far outside the genre. Drum machines, saxophones, electric violin, and all sorts of assorted mallet percussion find ways to make their presence felt in what really is supposed to be a set of percolating “floating” synthesizer music. Not entirely perfect – but what is? – it does have so much to offer as another important piece in this whole structure of Japanese electronic music we’re uncovering (with our Western ears) piecemeal.
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asianhappinesss · 2 years
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Crows Explode (2014)
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A month later. Genji Takiya has graduated. New fights begin to see who will climb to the top at Suzuran High School. Meanwhile, a battle against nearby Kurosaki Industrial High School begins.
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Despite the absence of Miike, Oguri Shun, Yamada Takayuki and the rest of the amazing crew, I never actually held previous prejudices on Crows Explode. But after viewing it, I can clearly state that it falls behind compared to its prequels. Being a fan of Miike’s filmmaking, it was unavoidable to miss the highlighted foolish characterization, extreme violence and hilarious black humour inserted everywhere. That being said, I never expected Toyoda to do the same. After all, two different directors have entirely dissimilar way of making their pictures. Crows Explode leaned to the realistic side way too much which was a bit wrong in my opinion; don’t get the wrong idea, immersing the characters and fighting scenes in realism didn’t sound like a bad treat but when it’s over-done with this type of film then things are bound to become bothersome. To make things clear, this film had too many similarities with its famed prequels. The fight to become Suzuran’s top leader was still used as the main thread to drive the plot. However, the fighting sequences to reach that objective were surprisingly demure and repetitive in a worrisome way. Although Toyoda tried to focus on the human emotions between his characters, he didn’t exploit his main leads’ potential to the fullest. Thus, many feelings couldn’t get pass the screen barrier to reach the watcher’s heart. Crows Explode narrative pattern was composed of several side stories that didn’t serve any meaning at times. At the matter of fact, few of them were just used to fill the running time instead of building characters’ back stories. To some extent, most of them were heavy to watch especially with the obvious lack of fighting scenes; they became utterly irrelevant to the film’s development. Let’s not forget the near-disappearance of black humour – which I clearly don’t blame Toyoda for it. The last fighting sequence wasn’t blowing but it delivered a nice punch after all. The entirely different cast is worrisome, isn’t it? I know that many people can’t imagine the “Crows” without Oguri Shun and Yamada Takayuki on top of them. I am a big fan of those two actors myself but shockingly, their disappearance didn’t make me feel bad. I did want them to be in here but the new faces weren’t bad at all. Led by raising stars like Higashide and Yagira, the acting department did the trick for the lack of better words. Some actors didn’t convince me much but I can’t put all the blame on them, the way their characters’ were written didn’t allow them to show a wide range of emotions or action. The cinematography was trying to be the same as the two Crows Zero but it didn’t come out that way, I believe the yellowish atmosphere is the film’s way of distinguishing itself from the others. The musical note was the same so there's nothing to complain about in that department. The directing style and the setting of fighting sequences are debatable but Toyoda made sure to leave his mark which is more than enough to respect a director. Watch if: -You like both Crows Zero but make sure to watch this with an open mind. -You like school fighting. Do not watch if: -You’re looking for a “copy-paste” version of Takashi Miike’s prequels. Crows Explode had its own touch of filmmaking but the serious realistic depiction that Toyoda decided to use didn’t come out entirely right, just like it wasn’t entirely wrong. Due to its entirely different pattern, this sequel should be viewed for its own merits, comparing it to Miike’s Crows will only make it harder to watch and judge.
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Youth Rage in Japan
A massive influence on the film All About Lily Chou-Chou is the influx of something called youth rage.
Taking a look into these articles that address these issues first hand will allow me to understand and possibly put together a target audience.
Why is bullying so vicious in Japanese schools?
A report released by the Japanese education ministry on October 25 shows that cases of bullying in schools have reached a record high. And the real figure is likely to be even higher, experts warn, as many children are too frightened to come forward and denounce their tormentors.
Recorded incidents of bullying in private and public schools across Japan, from elementary school through senior high schools, were as high as 414,378 in the academic year to March 31, 2018. That figure was up steeply from the previous year, rising by more than 91,000 cases.
Fully 474 cases were determined to be "serious," up 78 incidents on the previous year, and 55 were classified as involving "life-threatening harm." Of the 250 pupils who committed suicide during the school year, authorities were able to conclusively rule that 10 children had been bullied at school; those findings were usually the result of a note being left by the child.
"Japan has always had a problem with bullying in schools, but it seems to me that there have been more children committing suicide that have been linked to bullying, and I think that has made this a bigger issue for schools, for education authorities and the government," said Mieko Nakabayashi, a professor in the school of social studies at Waseda University.
"They are under far more pressure than before to carry out thorough investigations now," she told DW. "These cases are becoming more documented and reported, which may account for the increase in cases, but it is clear that more efforts need to be made to tackle this issue."
SCHOOLBOY "KNIFE RAGE":  Violence Among Young Teens Is on the Rise
According to a survey by the Ministry of Education, violence at school became a social problem during the early 1980s, when the reported rate of incidence of violent acts among all middle and high schools was over 10%. The figure fell below 10% during the late 1980s and early 1990s, but it began rising again in 1994. During the 1996 school year (April 1996 to March 1997) there was a 17.7% rate of incidence at Japan's middle schools, which reported 8,169 cases of violence, an increase of 37.2% from the previous year, and a 22.0% rate of incidence at high schools, where there were 2,406 violent incidents, a 15.8% increase.
The recent spate of knife crimes is part of this growing trend of youth violence. Blade-related incidents began rising last year, revealing a shift to more lethal expressions of rage. 
In the recent knife attacks, the aggressors seem to have lost their sense of self-restraint, suggesting there is no limit to the injury they can cause others. Many teachers point out that Japanese youths today have fewer outlets to vent their emotions, as ties of friendship have weakened. The educators say that these youths often "snap" when anything slightly harsh is said to them.
How Japan’s 90s teen delinquency crisis inspired a wave of killer movies
For a society as deeply competitive as Japan’s, the prospect of record-high unemployment proved catastrophic for the youth.
As employment rates for universities sunk to just 66 per cent by 1998, children found themselves no longer able to meet the standards set by their parents. Schools became increasingly violent as bullying turned rife. Arrests of minors for serious crimes doubled. And heinous cases such as the 1997 Kobe Child Murdersdominated news headlines. In a 1999 study, the New York Times concluded that “Japan’s Troubling Trend (of) Rising Teen-Age Crime” was a byproduct of the country’s single-minded industriousness; “the gutting of family life and playtime in the name of workplace performance and school achievement.”
“We have to make movies that appeal (to younger audiences) and reflect the world they’re living in,” said director Shinji Iwai in 1995.
What we can understand from this research, specifically from the last sauce is that the youths of Japan at the time struggled, a lot and within this struggle they had no way to express their feelings and understand what was going on with them. Writer and director of 'All About Lily Chou-Chou' Shine Iwai understood the issues the youths were facing and came up to the plate to address these issues within film and in a way to inform the children that its okay to have these feelings its normal whilst informing the adults that the youths are struggling.
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thesunlounge · 5 years
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Takashi Toyoda - Snow (from Big Bang, Sound of Tranquility / Nexus 1985)
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The core principles of Sonic Heroes’ level design is built around allowing core moments of divergence and convergence based on the currently active character. While each character on the player’s team have individual Speed, Power, and Flight abilities, the level design smartly creates points where the player can choose to approach a given sub-section of the level with 2-3 different primary routes based on those abilities (divergence), with later sections bringing the player back onto a set path that requires each of the character’s specific abilities to complete a single given section where no choice of path is available (convergence).
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jsound · 4 years
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豊田勇造, 長野隆『ある朝高野交差点近くを兎が飛んだ』
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photobigbang · 5 years
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cordycepsspore · 5 years
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Takashi Toyoda: Solar System
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gotojobin · 5 years
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#機動戦士ガンダム鉄血のオルフェンズ #機動戦士ガンダム #鉄血のオルフェンズ #Gundam #ガンダム #MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans #MobileSuitGundamBloodedOrphansOfIronBlood #MobileSuitGundam #BloodedOrphansOfIronBlood #Gundam #KidōSenshiGandamuTekketsuNoOrufenzu #GundamIBO #GTekketsu #Gの鉄血 #KingDevinJoseph #キングデビンジョセフ #おたく #Otaku #オタク #GotoJobin #後藤Jobin #デヴィンジョセフ王 #Weeb #WeebDar #王デヴィンジョセフ 1. Episode 44 The Man With the Soul Broadcast date:2017/2/19 In response to the coup, the Arianrod fleet, led by Rasahrer Elion, was trying to bring the whole squad together. Screenwriter: Mari Okada, Master Higuchi Storyboard: Susumu Nishizawa, Kazuki Akane Director: Ikeno Shoji Character Animation Director: Takashi Shiokawa, Akiko Toyoda, Yukihito Ohgo, Naoko Nakamoto Mechanic Animation Director: Shinya Kuhisayoneki Character Animation Director Cooperation: Nagisa Nakajima, Kaori Saito. 2. Episode 44 Broadcast date: 2017/2/19 The Allian Rod fleet, led by Rastal Elion against the coup, was trying to bring the whole unit together. Screenplay: Mari Okada, Tatsuto Higuchi Storyboard: Satoshi Nishizawa, Kazuki Akane Director: Shoji Ikeno Character drawing director: Takashi Shiokawa, Atsuko Toyoda, Norihito Otsuki, Naoko Nakamoto Mechanic drawing director: Shinya Kumegi Character drawing director cooperation: Atsushi Nakajima, Kaori Saito. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0zUSfSHuVJWRjOsGk6jA40lU2URmrLufOWk-E0/?igshid=1m1key06cjby4
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seychermanium · 7 years
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Arslan: The Warriors of Legend OST Download
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Contains 2 discs (folders), correctly tagged and organized. Ripped from a YouTube playlist. 
Highest quality possible. They also have their respective composer tagged. I had to recreate the cover, since I couldn't find the original in a highest quality. I'm honestly disappointed with the fact that they apparently didn't create more artwork for the game, and this is the only image used for everything (game cover, OST cover, manual cover, Treasure Box (limited edition) cover..), but I had to maintain consistency with the original product.
The great mayority have their "official" english name from VGMDB, while Beneath the Royal Palace is named after its title in the game's official translation (because I prefer that title).
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01 - Opening - Masato Koike 02 - Title Screen - Masato Koike 03 - Main Menu - Masato Koike 04 - Free Mode - Masato Koike 05 - Atropatene  - Masato Koike 06 - Ecbatana - Yosuke Kinoshita 07 - Beneath the Royal Palace - Ayako Toyoda 08 - Mount Basur - Ayako Toyoda 09 - Fortress - Ippo Igarashi 10 - Plains - Ayako Toyoda 11 - Peshawar -Ayako Toyoda 12 - Night Attack - Ayako Toyoda 13 - Sindhura - Ippo Igarashi 14 - Zabul Fortress - Ippo Igarashi 15 - Gujarat Fortress - Ayako Toyoda 16 - Duel Before the Gods - Ayako Toyoda 17 - One-to-One Fight - Ayako Toyoda 18 - Hilmes' Silvermask's Theme - Ayako Toyoda 19 - Mardān Rush 1 - Yosuke Kinoshita 20 - Mardān Rush 2 - Masato Koike 21 - Charge - Masato Koike 22 - Decisive Battle - Masato Koike
Disc 2 01 - Overture - Ayako Toyoda 02 - Superiority - Yosuke Kinoshita 03 - Inferiority - Yosuke Kinoshita 04 - A Close Call - Yosuke Kinoshita 05 - March - Yosuke Kinoshita 06 - Assault - Yosuke Kinoshita 07 - Overpower - Yosuke Kinoshita 08 - Fierce Battle - Yosuke Kinoshita 09 - Secrecy - Yosuke Kinoshita 10 - Reclaim Battle - Yosuke Kinoshita 11 - Event - Dark - Takashi Yoshida 12 - Event - Bright - Takashi Yoshida 13 - Event - Ominous - Takashi Yoshida 14 - Event - War Council -Takashi Yoshida 15 - Event - Battle - Takashi Yoshida 16 - Event - Clash - Takashi Yoshida 17 - Event - Sudden Turn - Takashi Yoshida 18 - Defeat - Masato Koike 19 - Results Display - Masato Koike 20 - Song of the Djinn - Masato Koike 21 - Gallery - Masato Koike 22 - Encyclopedia - Masato Koike
Game developed by KoeiTecmo. Please support them by buying the game and Treasure Box for the OST. The Heroic Legend of Arslan was written by Yoshiki Tanaka. Desgins made by Hiromu Arakawa.
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austrisk · 7 years
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Tokyo Concept Car Aims To Fend Off Dents With External Airbag
Tokyo Concept Car Aims To Fend Off Dents With External Airbag
A concept car equipped with external airbags to protect against fender benders is raising eyebrows at the Tokyo Motor Show. The body panels of the Flesby II ultra-compact vehicle are covered by a soft¸ next-generation rubber that can absorb the impact of a collision. “We put airbags¸ which are mainly employed inside the car¸ on its exterior¸ such as its hood or fender¸ to protect the entire…
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extranoir · 4 years
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(Extra Noir - Episode 49)
Takashi Toyoda - Sky
Influenza Prods - Pretty City
The Legendary Pink Dots - Sleso
Thick Pigeon - Dog
Schleimer K - Hang Ups
Corneil Nies - Il Canale Occidentale
The Comateens - Nightmare
Neo Museum - Ethno Music
Caroline K - Don’t Believe It’s Over
Sault - Red Lights
Liquid Liquid - Scraper
Eyes of God - Secret Life 
Honey Bane - Guilty Dub
George Harrasment - Re-Entry
Desert Corbusier - Cute Little Hamster
Magic de Spell - Run Fast Kiss the Mirror
Shazam - Let’s Get Together
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cancersfakianakis1 · 5 years
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 203: Utility of FIB4-T as a Prognostic Factor for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 203: Utility of FIB4-T as a Prognostic Factor for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11020203
Authors: Kazuya Kariyama Kazuhiro Nouso Hidenori Toyoda Toshifumi Tada Atsushi Hiraoka Kunihiko Tsuji Ei Itobayashi Toru Ishikawa Akiko Wakuta Ayano Oonishi Takashi Kumada Masatoshi Kudo on behalf of the Real-Life Practice Experts for HCC (RELPEC) Study Group HCC 48 Group
Background: Most integrated scores for predicting the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) comprise tumor progression factors and liver function variables. The FIB4 index is an indicator of hepatic fibrosis calculated on the basis of age, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, and platelet count, but it does not include variables directly related to liver function. We propose a new staging system, referred to as “FIB4-T,” comprising the FIB4 index as well as tumor progression factors, and examine its usefulness. Method: Subjects included 3800 cases of HCC registered in multiple research centers. We defined grades 1, 2, and 3 as a Fibrosis-4 (FIB4) index of <3.25, 3.26–6.70, and >6.70 as FIB4, respectively, and calculated the FIB4-T in the same manner in which the JIS (Japan Integrated Staging Score) scores and albumin-bilirubin tumor node metastasis (ALBI-T) were calculated. We compared the prognostic prediction ability of FIB4-T with that of the JIS score and ALBI-T. Results: Mean observation period was 37 months. The 5-year survival rates (%) of JIS score (0/1/2/3/4/5), ALBI-T (0/1/2/3/4/5) and FIB4-T (0/1/2/3/4/5) were 74/60/36/16/0, 82/66/45/22/5/0 and 88/75/65/58/32/10, respectively. Comparisons of the Akaike information criteria among JIS scores, ALBI-T, and FIB4-T indicated that stratification using the FIB4-T system was comparable to those using ALBI-T and JIS score. The risk of mortality significantly increased (1.3–2.8 times/step) with an increase in FIB4-T, and clear stratification was possible regardless of the treatment. Conclusion: FIB4-T is useful in predicting the prognosis of patients with HCC from a new perspective.
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