I’m guessing this is all part of the fallout between ADV and their licensing partner Sojitz as many of the titles on this list were on the list of suspended shows in February: 009-1 Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy Air Gear Air: The Movie Air TV Blade of the Phantom Master Comic Party: Revolution Coyote Ragtime Show Devil May Cry Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor [...]
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A Valentine Visual Novel, in English It's Valentine's Day, and you know what that means - a new visual novel release from Insani! I'm pretty sure that's not what it means, actually, but one hardly needs an excuse to scoop the bounty that is True Remembrance. The game is a free (non-ero) download, fully translated into English, and produced in cooperation with its original creator, Shiba Satomi. If you like beautiful stories of the visual novel variety and are looking for something to keep you company on this confectioners' holiday, why not check it out? In other English language visual novel localization news, a new site called encubed recently opened to fill the reportage vacuum left by the demise of VisualNews (though the forum still remains). Those eager for information regarding the English language VN scene, by all means peruse their fine wares! HD Revision Continues We've been busy working for the past several days behind the scenes (and sometimes in front of the scenes, resulting in occasional site scrambling) on a renovation of the HD site layout, and I'm happy to report that work is proceeding well! Thanks to the tireless efforts of Jetfuel we're shooting to have the revision complete and online by Wonder Festival, on Sunday the 24th. Queen's Blade Festival The long delayed, long-awaited Queen's Blade Yuumil combat artbook finally hit store shelves today, as did the second Bitoshi Gaiden volume (full color side story book / drama CD combo) Kodai Oujo no Sho, featuring the popular Menace as drawn by F.S and voiced by Gotou Yuuko. Akiba Blog has a preview of both books up, as does Moeyo (Bitoshi Gaiden, Yuumil). J-List is now stocking Queen's Blade items, and while these two books aren't in stock yet I'd recommend them for all your QB needs. Druaga Anime Preview Our first new look in awhile at the Druaga anime comes courtesy of the Tokyo Anime Center, who published an article last week with further information and a few new images, along with an official site update featuring sketches of the show's Ugetsu Hakua-designed characters. Despite the Gonzo production credit this is one of the shows I'm most anticipating this spring, both for the Hakua designs and direction from Chigira Kouichi, who has directed most of what the studio can claim was anything decent, and writing from Gatou Shouji, of Full Metal Panic fame. Valentine's Day Eroge Updates In honor of one of the calendar's more dubious holidays J-List is running a special promotion, for two days only, providing a discount on Bazooka Cafe (both download and package versions), applied at checkout. It's a great chance to pick up the game, and with the free included Valentine Special scenario it's never been timelier! :3 This is a game I'd heartily recommend to fans of Sumeragi Kohaku's voluptuous art, and well-endowed heroines in general. Coinciding with Valentine's Day, animated doujin game maker Tinkle Bell has provided Toranoana with a demo video for its new magnum opus, Tsukiakari no Raspberry. The video is available for download on Tora's feature page via the button marked "Free", and I'd recommend taking a look - the character designs won't be for everyone, but the animation is almost freakishly fluid in a style that seems to meld genuine 3D work with AfterEffects wizardry in a truly unsettling way - it leaves me with a Disney aftertaste, though I think that's the exaggeratedly animated facial expressions more than anything. The game boasts 4.7 GB of animation data, and will be available for purchase via download both at Tora and DLsite on March 1st. Oh - did I mention it's a futanari game, and the sequel to Tsun-Dere? Other Valentine eroge site updates include: Tailwind Saga Planets 130cm Yukari Kur-Mar-Ter Moe Tamago Propeller Etude Yuzu-soft Axl Fulltime Overdrive Sky Fish F and C Triangle Year of the Rat Bargain Sale Finally, there's a "Year of the Rat" sale going on over at Play-Asia, and they've got a lot of great figure deals on offer - many for items I've reviewed at HD in the past. The full list of discounted figures can be found here: All Bargain Figures Some of the more noteworthy discount items include: Max Factory's Shiranui Mai [HD Review] Megahouse Queen's Blade Nowa (R1 Color) Yamato Doubutsu Nee-chan Momo Kotobukiya DOAX2 Lei Fang (bikini ver.) Chrono Gate 009-1 Mylene Hoffman [HD Review] Funny Knights Cream Koro-nee Max Factory POLO System Wendy Comic GUM Ikkitousen Hakufu (maid ver., black) Millennium Iron Maiden capsule figures Kotobukiya Yamashita Shunya Shouko-san (alternate color) Orchid Seed Miraroma Seihouin Erika [HD Review] Romando Nami SOS + love play unit [HD Review] Romando Nami SOS + love play unit (special color) Griffon Queen's Blade Menace cold cast Toy'sworks Suzumiya Haruhi (gakuran ver.) [HD Review] Yamato's Tandem Twin Amethyst Yamato's Tandem Twin Wildcat Kotobukiya Utawarerumono Urutori Wafuudou Kousaka Tamaki (basketball ver.) Wave Kousaka Tamaki (bikini ver.)
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At first, 009-1 looked like it would be an action oriented spy story, lots of gadgets, infiltration missions, and spy duels. At least, that was the impression I got from the first DVD. The series changes tempo for the rest, slowing down into something more blue that’s worth it if you can take slower [...]
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Since Geneon left the anime scene last year there’s been heated discussion around the net on the general health of the various companies. Now ADV has pulled a lot of shows, both old and new, off their site, and listing them as on hold. The titles are:
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As far as current style goes, 009-1 has a unique look to the character designs which acts as both blessing and curse. It’s a new show that looks old, so to many fans that makes 009-1 a fugly show. Fugly hurts when the sex appeal of the lead, Mylene Hoffman who comes from [...]
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There's a limit to the amount of skin you can show on a figure and still classify it as non-ero, and Chrono Gate's Mylene is just about at that limit. This is what initially drew me to the kit, and my appreciation of her original design and affinity for the 009-1 anime sealed the deal. Were these reasons enough to justify the purchase? I'm not entirely sure, but maybe you'll have a more concrete opinion...
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Back to indoor shots for this figure received recently : agent Mylene Hoffman, a spy under the code name 009-1. To have an idea of the kind of anime she comes from, here a summary taken at Anime News Network : In an alternate world, the Cold War has continued to persist for 140 years. As a [...]
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ADV Films ADVFilms.com October 2, 2007 Air Gear Vol. #5 - 125 min Welcome to the NHK Vol. #1 - 100 min Yugo the Negotiator Complete Collection (Thinpak) October 9, 2007 Blood Reign/Kimera DVD Double Pack - 80/45 min Kurau: Phantom Memory Vol. #4 - 100 min October 16, 2007 009-1 Vol. #3 - 100 min Blue Seed Mitama Collection (Thinpak) - 750 min Innocent Venus Vol. [...]
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Everything that wouldn't fit elsewhere in our Wonder Festival resin coverage is here, with kits ranging from originals to a wide variety of anime, manga, and game sources (Monster Hunter, Narue no Sekai, Juuden-chan, Ah! My Goddess, Kaibutsu Oujo, Idolmaster, Majipoka, Zero no Tsukaima, Kodomo no Jikan, AIKa 16, Yoake, Paniponi Dash, Range Murata, Venus vs. Virus, My Otome, Tokikake, Xenosaga, Muv Luv, Read or Die, Touhou, Littlewitch, Jigoku Shoujo, Nanoha, Witchblade, Genshiken, Manabi Straight, School Days, Keroro Gunsou, Super Robot Wars, Utawarerumono, Persona 3, Pumpkin Scissors, Ichigo Mashimaro, Fate / stay night, Simoun, Bakuretsu Tenshi, Onegai Teacher, Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei, Card Captor Sakura, Black Lagoon, Ikkitousen, Ouran Host Club, 009-1, and more!). Nothing explicitly ero, though several rather ecchi kits did make the cut; there are 269 pictures total, so please bear with the load time. ^^;;
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ADV Films June 5 Air Gear Vol. #3 - 100 min June 12 Kurau: Phantom Memory Vol. #2 (also w/box) (of 6) - 100 min Paniponi Dash Vol. #4 (of 6) - 100 min June 19 009-1 Vol. #1 (of 3) - 100 min Le Chevalier D’Eon Vol. #3 (of 6) - 100 min June 26 Papuwa Vol. #6 (of 6) - 100 min UFO Ultramaiden [...]
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