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3rd Steins;Gate IBM Anime Short Posted with English Subtitles
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"Fashion" short depicts how cognitive computing changes life in the future
IBM Japan's official Tomokazu Seki also returns as Itaru "Daru" Hashida.
The popular game Steins;Gate is partnering with IBM's next-generation computer research initiative "Cognitive Computing" on the series of original anime shorts. "Navigation," and the other three shorts ("Cooking," "Fashion," and "Kaigi" or Meeting) show how computers will improve life in the future.
The original game features a plot-critical "IBN 5100" computer, modeled after the real-life IBM 5100 computer that IBM sold in 1975. The current collaboration came about when Steins;Gate creator and Chiyomaru Shikura talked with IBM Japan's representatives.
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