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Enter the Daiichi Pachinko Matrix

Pachinko (パチンコ) is a Japanese gaming device used for amusement and gambling. A pachinko machine resembles a vertical pinball machine, but with no flippers and a large number of relatively small balls. In Japan, gambling within the private industry is illegal, but pachinko parlors are tacitly tolerated by the Japanese authorities as “semi-gambling” and are not categorically considered as centers of illegal activity.

The Matrix is a 1999 American science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski; starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving.

Bullet Time refers to a digitally enhanced simulation of variable speed photography used in films, broadcast advertisements and video games. It is characterized both by its extreme transformation of time and space.

Soba (そば or 蕎麦) is a type of thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour. Chilled soba is often served on a sieve-like bamboo tray called a zaru, sometimes garnished with bits of dried nori seaweed, with a dipping sauce known as soba tsuyu on the side.

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (第一三共株式会社, Daiichi Sankyō Kabushiki-kaisha) is a Japan-based major pharmaceutical company, which ranks number 22 in the world in sales.