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This month Kotobukiya is expanding their line to include three very cute anime heroines: Fate Testarossa in "everyday wear" from Magical Lyrical Girl Nanoha, Manaka Sage version from To Heart, and Tamaki in red samurai armor also from To Heart. Check out the shots after the jump.
Fresh off of their US tour and the recent release of their best of album OVER AND OVER, Boom Boom Satellites’ song “Shut Up And Explode” is the title theme for season one of the hit anime series Xam’d: Lost Memories, and “Back On My Feet” the theme for the second season.Given the need for Xam'd to reach both a foreign and a Japanese audience (Boom Boom Satellites is one of only a few Japanese bands to have achieved global popularity) coupled with Director Masayuki Miyaji belief in the bands music to accompany his very unique story, the choice of Boom Boom Satellites makes for a perfect fit.
"We'd had songs used on anime movie soundtracks before, such as APPLESEED (2004) and Vexille (2007)," explains Boom Boom Satellites' bassist/programmer Masayuki Nakano. "But this was the first time we'd been involved in a series. Since the credit sequence was strictly limited to 89 seconds, I had to edit the song down, which was actually really hard work."
"I started with the image of a closed place," explains Boom Boom Satellites' guitar/vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima of his lyrics. "It's really ourselves that explode and break out from that place. Like an egg, something hatches, and afterward we have become something else."
"When they asked us about the project," says Nakano, "we saw the proposal and a one-minute trailer, and even from that we thought, 'This looks big.' We felt it was more like cinema quality."
And now, Boom Boom Satellites’ “BACK ON MY FEET” mp3 and a special Xam’d x Boom Boom Satellites special wallpaper is available for few weeks only on BBS-NET.com
NIS America announced earlier this week the release dates of PandoraHearts and Our Home’s Fox Deity Volume 2. You can nab PandoraHearts on January 25th and Fox Deity on February 22nd both for $59.99. Although that's a high figure, both boxed sets end the series and have a lot of bonus content.
PandoraHearts and Our Home’s Fox Deity Volume 2 come with hard cover art book and 12 episodes in 2 DVDs.
Our Home’s Fox Deity Volume 2 has a bonus disc that contains interviews with Japanese voice actors and actresses. It is 280 minutes in total and sounds like interesting footage for Japanese voice actors/actresses fans.
If you're ready to lay down the cash, you've got two options for some paranormal based fun.
Torrance, CA (September 20, 2010) – Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment products, announces the sport title Everyday Soccer for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service.
September 11, 2010 - We at MangaGamer are proud to announce that a Trial Version of Koihime Musou is now available.
Hongou Kazuto was just an average, ordinary student at St. Francessca Academy. His biggest goal at the time was to defeat his upperclassman in Kendo. Then, on one fateful night he stood off against a thief trying to steal an ancient artifact from the school museum, and found himself transported back in time to the Three Kingdoms Era of ancient China. But just as he was about to lose his life to a group of armed bandits, a dark-haired beauty came to his rescue and sent the bandits packing. She introduces her self as Kan'u, the legendary warrior known as Guan Yu in historic records, but what's more surprising, is that she is convinced Kazuto is the messenger from Heaven they've been waiting for--the one who will quell the wars enveloping all of China!
XSEED Games Announces Gold Status and Ship Date For Ivy the Kiwi? for Wii and Nintendo DS
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Torrance, Calif., (August 6, 2010) – XSEED Games is pleased to announce today that Ivy the Kiwi? has gone gold and will begin shipping to retailers across North America August 24th, 2010. Ivy the Kiwi? will be available on Wii for the suggested retail price of $29.99 and on Nintendo DS for the suggested retail price of $19.99. Developed by PROPE, the development studio led by the legendary creator of Sonic Yuji Naka, Ivy the Kiwi? is rated "E" for everyone.
XSEED Games Announces Gold Status and Ship Date For Ys SEVEN for the PSP system
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Torrance, Calif., (August 2, 2010) – XSEED Games is pleased to announce today that Ys SEVEN has gone gold and will begin shipping to retailers across North America on August 17th, exclusively for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. The standard edition of Ys SEVEN will be available for a suggested retail price of $29.99, and a Limited Collector’s Edition which includes a soundtrack CD, 60-page art book and a 12.5” x 34” cloth map highlighting the expansive world of the Ys series will be available for the suggested retail price of $49.99 through Amazon.com, GameStop, and other fine retailers. A digital download version of the game will also be available on the PlayStation®Store starting August 17th for a retail price of $29.99. Developed by Falcom, Ys SEVEN marks the first installment in the Ys series that XSEED Games will publish under a multi-title agreement with Falcom, one of the longest-running development studios in Japan, who have been a pioneer of the RPG genre since their first release in 1983. Ys SEVEN is the first iteration of the legendary series to be built specifically for the PSP system.
Torrance, CA (August 2nd, 2010) – Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment products, proudly announces the BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale, available for download today on the DSi Shop for only 500 DSi points! The petit pugilists duke it out in a free for all 4 player fighting spree! Revisit the newly interactive stages in Kagutsuchi!
Gamecaster Joins Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 Integrated Partners Program
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. and CARY, N.C., July 29, 2010 - Gamecaster®, Inc. and Epic Games, Inc. today announced that Gamecaster's GCS3® virtual camera hardware for video game, film and television production is now available to all licensees of Epic's Unreal Engine 3 (UE3) and users of the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), the free edition of UE3 that gives users access to the award-winning integrated suite of game development tools. Gamecaster is the newest member of Epic's unrivaled Unreal Engine 3 Integrated Partners Program (IPP).
From humble beginnings, the original Worms™ titles took PC gaming to new levels of popularity and mass appeal. Selling in excess of 25 million copies over its 15 year lifespan, Worms™ has taken its wholly unique brand of addictive gameplay, hilarious humour and wild weaponry across almost every console possible, and on Thursday 26th August 2010 it will be returning to the format that made it most successful; the personal computer.
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Tecmo Koei America is pleased to announce the Quantum Theory pre-order event through online retailer GameStop. Quantum Theory evolves the action genre and deploys players onto a living battlefield unlike anything action shooter fans have experienced. Using an arsenal of high-tech weaponry and devastating partner-based melee attacks, players will assume the role of an enigmatic warrior named Syd and his lethal partner, Filena, in their struggle to take down the “Living Tower.” Players must tear through hordes of mutated soldiers and monstrous creatures to reach the heart of the tower and bring it down for good.
Torrance, CA (July 27th, 2010) – Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment products, proudly announces BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, shipping out to stores today! The first BlazBlue Playstation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 versions were recently top 4 finalists for the VGA Awards, and Aksys Games is proud to announce we will be bringing the arcade sequel to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 system!
THE HEAVYWEIGHTS OF THE FIGHTING WORLD COLLIDE AS CAPCOM ANNOUNCES STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN
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SAN DIEGO, CA — July 24, 2010 — Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games today announced that Street Fighter X Tekken is in development for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®. The title will make history as fighters from these two bastions of the fighting genre come together for the very first time.
Los Angeles – July 13, 2010 – AvatarLabs today announced that Rhythm Racer 2 HD for iPad quickly became the most popular new music application in 70 countries over the past week. Adding to an already robust music list, a new two-song music pack featuring The Prodigy is now available for download for 0.99 cents US on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.