Let’s Go Stargazing Again!

The much anticipated Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart will be out on a packed January 29th! The focus will be on Yume and Mare. Of course, there’ll be more raburabu stories with the Tenkuru members (Does that mean no Chinami since she’s part of the occult club?). Mirai’s imouto, Ima, will finally appear! It was one of the mysteries remaining from the original game and I’m glad they’re taking care of this loose end. I can’t wait for this!

Continuing with the fandisks, NekoNekoSoft has announced NekoNeko Fandisk 3, a Sorairo fandisk which also contains characters from the past six years’ games (Scarlett, Sanarara, Lamune, 120yen no Haru). It’ll be out in January. Stories include 6 year old Ai-chan, Ero Hanako, Magical☆Tsubame and a Sorairo/Lamune joint story. Shukufuku no Campanella will also be getting a fandisk, along with the anime adaptation next year. Basically, it’s following the same pattern as Happiness!. Other new games announced in TECH GIAN are:

AkabeeSoft2 – OKIBA
biscotti – Floating Material Hoshi no Umareru Oka (January 29th)
Cotton Soft – Guratan
Gummy Soft – Aruji ni Majiwareba Akeku Naru
light – soranica
Lilac Soft – Re:Seven
propeller – Evo Limit
Purple Software – Natsu ni Kanaderu Bokura no Uta
Selen – Shakkin Shimai 2 After Story (February 26th)
Silver Bullet – ComSome! ~combination somebody~
Windmill – Iro ni Dede Nikeri Waga Koi wa

The first chapter of ABHAR Tronc’s Oujou Ibun: Kare ga Shinanakereba Ikenakatta Riyuu comes out on December 29th at Comiket 77 and in shops. Site opens on November 24th.

Release dates have been set for the following:

Amai Toki – January 29th
Kashimashi Communication (AXL’s 6th product) – February 26th
Magicarat Radiant – February 26th
White Album 2 ~introductory chapter~ – February 26th
Areas ~Koisuru Otome no 3H~ – March 26th

Both airy[F]airy and Otome Renshin Prister have been delayed to January 29th. As if there isn’t already enough titles on that day…

CIRCUS has updated the D.C.II Fall in Love website with the graduation set information, a list of all the characters in the D.C.II world and their relation chart, and a timeline of all events in D.C.II/D.C.II P.C., D.C.II Spring Celebration, D.C.II To You and D.C.II Fall in Love, as well as fandisks and drama CDs. It’s nice to see a concrete timeline, although I wish that Mahiru got more stories.

A bit more info about the new CIRCUS games via the official 10th anniversary report. The ‘V’ in D.C.V. stands for ‘vague’, which sounds really stupid. It will feature the Valkyrie Complex characters and takes place in between D.C. and D.C.II. Hatsunejima Mirai will be set 3939 years after D.C.II and the story will revolve around robots. D.C. Zero seems to be set in London and will be focused on Sakura’s story.

It seems that φâge’s upcoming game Shapeshifter will have the same system as Warinaki. The play demo is up, but it seems a bit overdone on the powering up scenes. Also, since it’s the popular thing to do, go and try out the fortune telling.

Now that demo videos for Imouto Smile are up, the second chara poll is underway until November 30th. I still like Haruna (even though she finished dead last in the first poll), although Touka and Shiki are making my decision tough. The second chara poll for Otome Renshin Prister will start on November 20th and last till December 14th. Ranka won the first one. Silver Bullet is also doing a chara poll for their upcoming game Kachou Fuugetsu, a spinoff of Hanafubuki.

Matsuri won the Tropical Kiss chara poll by a wide margin. It seems they’ll run another poll later.

Impressive work by Hidaka Shinsaku in producing doujin anime Koisuru Nezumi. It is a touching tale of love between a mouse and cheese, complete with English voices and Japanese subtitles.

Doujin circle ARTEMIS announced their latest game Ice no!. It seems to be a love story set in winter. Of course, it’ll come out in winter too, at Comiket 77.

The iPhone/iPod version of OVERDRIVE’s Kira☆Kira will be available on November 20th. It will come out in both Japanese and English versions.

YuzuSoft’s blog reported that Tenshin Ranman Happy Go Lucky!! is coming out on PSP. Now you can take Sana everywhere you go! ^o^

Good Smile Company’s latest figure is Index from To Aru Majutsu no Index. It’ll be out in March at 7800 yen. The clothes are nicely done, but Index isn’t one of my favorites (not even close). So when does the Mikoto figure come out? Max Factory’s figma of Fate from Nanoha A’s is simple and isn’t that bad for 2500 yen.

More RWC2009 coverage: cosplay stage. I just noticed how skimpy most RO outfits are. Aco classes are still as popular as always.

Dakimakura covers are quite expensive, so why not make your own? And if you don’t know how, there’s now a guidebook that teaches you how to.

As a MoonStone fan, I highly recommend their Complete Illustrations collection (2800 yen) for all their games up to Majisuki, including Gift and Clear. Mitha’s beautiful works are prominently displayed.

So, I just found out that there’s an imouto cafe NAGOMI in Akihabara that greets patrons with “Okaeri Onii-chan!” and “Okaeri Onee-chan!” instead of the usual “Okaeri nasaimase goshuujinsama!”. Moreover, there’s a related 4koma about an imouto cafe by Yuzuki Ryouta titled Damekko Kissa Dear. You can check out a sample of it at the site. Iori-chan is so cute, especially when she tries to be tsundere! However, as Kaname-sensei points out… imoutos are fantasy! They aren’t the same in real life!

Follow Kudo’s travels to the Big Apple.

Bright smiles cheer up your day.

Spreading the Gift of Imouto LOVE

Only one new game announced this week: Chien’s RGH ~Koi to Hero to Gakuen to~. There will be a lot more next week, including one from FAVORITE (Hoshimemo FD?). Release dates have been set for the following games:

Shapeshifter – January 29th
Hinomaru – February 25th

Shirokuma Bell Stars has been delayed to December 11th. Why don’t they just release it on Christmas Day? Cure Mate Club has been moved back to March 26th.

Great news coming from MoonStone, via Akiba Blog. The iPhone app for Gift had been available in Japanese for almost a year (I had mentioned it on a post last November). Now there’s an English version out too! The translations are so-so, but it’d be better than what you’d get with online translators. You can buy the app for $9.99 USD. If I had an iPhone, I’d definitely try it out. Speaking of Gift, I really should finish that. >_>

As part of the 500k hit and comiket 77 selection celebration for Sonata’s imouto fan site ONE NIGHT DREAM, there are two polls up: favorite imouto and imouto trait. Obviously, I’m voting for Sana, but I really should play through Yaya (Clover Point), Sora (Yosuga no Sora) and Mai (Yoake Mae Yori Ruriiro na) since I’ve heard nothing but good things about them. I was torn between ‘onii-chan LOVE’ and ‘jealousy’ for the imouto trait poll. While I love bracon imouto (Sana, Ai, Kotori), I think that jealousy and not wanting others to take away their onii-chan is the defining trait of any imouto route. That’s why imouto such as Koisora’s Mikoto and DCII’s Yume are so appealing.

For IchaPri!, the winning situation for Tsubaki and Yuzuna is public 3P dressed in china dresses. This week is Sumireko and Futaba. Choices are nurse 3P in the school infirmary, 3P in the gym storage room and exhibitionism wearing a half-coat only in the shopping area. The last one is leading with almost 90% of the votes.

Tamahime won the Sugarcoat Freaks chara poll. She’s an ojou-sama who poses as the protagonist’s imouto. SCORE is holding a chara poll for Zettai Maou until November 27th. You can vote 3 times a day. There’s so many characters…

TECH GIAN Brilliant will cover all 215 eroge released in the first half of 2009 in 2 DVDs and 1 CD, with HD demo movies, trials, wallpapers, songs, walkthroughs and CGs. It’s a good catalogue for only 2400 yen.

CIRCUS held another event as part of their 10th anniversary, “CIRCUS no Nanika”. It was basically a lot of postcards of their games, plus some other stuff. Here’s to another 10 years! ^o^

Gift has a giant Marisa doll (70cm tall) on sale this December. The price is gigantic too at 29800 yen. If you want something a little bit smaller, why not check out Rin and Len. They look so huggable!

On the same topic of Touhou, Griffon is releasing 1/8 scale figures of Flandre and Alice in February.

CharaAni has a bunch of mini figures from To Aru Majutsu no Index coming out in March. My favorite is Kuroko; That face just never gets old.

SKYTUBE’s 1/6 scale figure of Haruka from Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (February, 14490 yen) doesn’t really look like her…

There’s dual CDs that came out on November 4th featuring collaborations by Niconico songwriters and singers. I love the cover art by Kogado Studio artist Shiro.

Have some tea with Azunyan.

The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi will premiere on February 6th. I’d rather watch the Nanoha movie.

Check out Tete’s independent anime short “Fumiko no Kokuhaku”. Nicely done.

Dream Party Osaka 2009 Fall is this Sunday. Should be more of the same stuff as last month in Tokyo.

The OP for Love Death 4 is out and it’s obvious what the focus is.

Kiss to Maou to Darjeeling Review

Sarasa has finally arrived and I for one could not be happier! That is until I actually played the game. Not to say Kiss to Maou to Darjeeling (Dear god that is a long name, KissMaou it is from now on) is a terrible game but on the whole it simply lacks the sophistication a game of this type should have, and we have come to expect. Regardless of the disappointment I felt after playing there are still a few things to like about the game.

Grinning Over Imoutos

Play videos for Imouto Smile are up on Citron Soft’s site. There’s a video of the trial play and also a normal scene and H scene for each of the 6 imouto. It seems that the lucky protagonist will be referred to as onii-chan, nii-san, nii-sama and… nii-nii. I’m having flashbacks of Satoko from Higurashi. After listening to Akiho, I’m convinced she’s the second coming of Chinami.

Cotton Soft will be announcing their 5th game soon. SAGA PLANETS will have some merchandise for their next game (in 2010) on sale at Dream Party Osaka this Fall.

Remember all that ruckus a few months back? Illusion has unblocked foreign IPs.

I forgot to mention that the Moege Award 2009 results were announced at Dream Party Tokyo. The winner was Shin Koihime Musou (BaseSon), followed by Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! (Minato Soft), Twinkle Crusaders (Lillian), Baldr Sky Dive1 “LostMemory” (GIGA) and 77 ~And two stars meet again~ (Whirlpool).

Lump of Sugar is holding a chara poll for all characters from Nursery Rhyme, Itsuka Todoku Ano Sora ni and Tayutama. Mashiro is currently leading; chibi Mashiro is too cute. The second Sakura Tale chara poll will run till December 31st. Mikage won the first one.

The winning H scene for Sakura and Koyuri in IchaPri! is poolside 3H. The currently running poll is for Tsubaki and Yuzuna. Choices are office cosplay 3P, china dress 3P in public or Tsubaki getting punished by Yuzuna and her onii-chan at school. I guess I’ll go with the china dress…

Japan won RWC2009, followed by the Philippines and Thailand. iRO managed to place 4th. Korea fell in the second round even though it had a bye, probably because of the mechanics change and 3rd class implementation. Dengeki has full coverage of the event: rounds 1&2, semifinals and finals. I’m quite surprised that iRO actually did pretty well… then I heard the team was pretty much all Pinoy.

Max Factory made quite the revealing figure for ToHeart2’s Tamaki. This 1/6 PVC figure will be out in April at 8800 yen. Akiba Hobby has a review up for it. I really don’t like how the hands were crafted.

Saki DVD vol7 comes with a Yumi x Momoko dakimakura cover. Not so stealthy there, Momo.

Busy week for me. Only played 15 mins of Mashifoni… Sakuno… （･∀･）ﾆﾔﾆﾔ

My boyfriend is the president. This brings new meaning to political affairs.

As One Story Ends, Another Begins

CIRCUS held a mini live in Shibuya on November 1st as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations. Guests included yozuca* and CooRie. During this event, they announced their plans for upcoming games. It was also broadcasted live on Niconico and reported on by MOON PHASE.

Dream Party Tokyo 2009 Fall

Dream Party (Doripa) Tokyo 2009 Fall took place on October 25th at Tokyo Big Sight. A similar event will be held in Osaka on November 15th. Almost all major eroge companies took part, so almost 3/4 of the event was age restricted ^^;; Anyways, I’ve compiled some pictures from the event. Links are available at the end of the post if you wish to see more. Enjoy!

November 2009 Eroge Releases

Aside from the highly anticipated 2nd Baldr Sky game and Akatsuki Works Hibiki’s debut work Shiden, there are not many games this month. Personally, I’ll be busy with Suzunone Seven! -Sweet Lovers’ Concerto- and seeing if Imouto Smile lives up to my expectations. If you decide to skip a month to catch up on your backlog (including last month’s stash), this is the best time to do so.

All in all a lackluster month, probably due to everyone gearing up to vacuum the money out of your wallets for Christmas. That aside there are a few potential diamonds in the rough for this month which make up for the rest.

Return of the Lolipedofin

Newly announced games this week are:

ABHAR – Ushinawareta Mirai o Motomete
BasiL – Rebirth ~Kioku e Tsumugu Rinbukyoku
Concerto – Oborokomachi
Lapis Lazuli – Areas ~Koisuru Otome no 3H~
Lime – Petapeta
Nel – Narikiri Ba-Couple (January 29th)
Shallot – Happy Wardrobe
Sprite – Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate

Concerto, Shallot and Sprite are all new companies. I’ll be keeping my eye on Sprite since their art is very pretty. Shallot is a sister company of the AkabeeSoft2 brand. Rebirth will be a full game of Rondo -O-va-chua- from Mogitate BasiL!. August will be also be announcing a new game later this winter.

TailWind/TailSkid announced that they were closing earlier this week. While I didn’t play their games, Trample on Schatten!! did get some good reviews.

Release dates have been set for the following games:

Ohimesama wa Banterareo – January 22nd
Kagura Gakuenki – January 29th
Oni Mari. – January 29th
Puara! – January 29th
Tenkuu no Yumina FD – January 29th

BaseSon’s Shin Koihime Musou Desktop Mascot ~Itsudemo Issho~ package will be coming out on December 25th.

TSUKASA’s EternalSky has been delayed a month to December 18th. The November list is looking very empty.

Since a lot of chara polls wrapped up this week, I’ll just quickly list them.

Coμ – Yoruko
Hapitora – Aina
Hime x Hime – Nanami
Imouto Smile – Shiki

Akatsuki Works Hibiki is holding a chara poll for upcoming game Shiden until November 14th. MOONSTONE Cherry is holding H scene polls for IchaPri!. The current one is Sakura and Koyuri (until November 4th). NekoNekoSoft is accepting suggestions for the Sorairo fandisk on their BBS. I just want more Ai-chan!!!

Suzunone Seven! will be ported to PS2 in March by Alchemist as Suzunone Seven! ~Rebirth knot~. There will be two new heroines introduced. Alchemist is also releasing a new game called No Fate! -only the power of will- for the PSP and Xbox 360. It comes out February 25th.

Good Smile Company is releasing a pair of figures for the Nanoha movie in January. First up is a mini Nanoha nendoroid for 3500 yen. The second is a Fate figma for 2800 yen, although it’s by Max Factory and the quality isn’t that good. Nanoha is adorable though ><b

A closer look at the mini Higurashi figures from Takara Tomy Arts that are part of the promotion for Higurashi Daybreak Portable MEGA Edition for the PSP. They cost 300 yen each and there’s rare versions too!

It seems like mini figures are really popular. Bandai Collectors has some really cute K-ON! figures for 500 yen each. The stand at the back looks awkward, but it’s fine from the front. My favs are Yui (stage ver), Azunyan and Ui. MOVIC is also releasing a 1/8 scale PVC original costume Mio figure. It’ll be out in January with a 7140 yen price tag. I like the design; they made good use of that zettai ryouiki.

Kotobukiya’s latest figure is a 1/10 scale PVC of Charlotte from Quartett!, an eroge by little witch which came out a few years ago. The design is relatively simple and the 3990 yen price tag reflects that. It’ll be out in February. They are also releasing a 1/8 scale PVC figure of my favorite character from Koihime Musou – ‘hawawa strategist’ Shuri! It’ll be out on February 28th at 5040 yen. She comes with her signature fan and you could take her beret off if you want (although why would you!?) はわわ！

The latest collaborations at ai Sp@ce are with NekoNekoSoft (Sorairo) and BaseSon (Koihime Musou – Shuri outfit). They keep on partnering with titles I like, but unfortunately it’s basically just a dress-up game. And they want you have to pay for it.

The GungHo Festival 2009 will be running this Sunday in Yokohama and it’s free to enter if you’re in the area. Flagship titles Ragnarok Online, Emil Chronicle Online and Grandia will be represented. The main event is the Ragnarok World Championship 2009 (RWC2009) which is held in Japan this year after being held in South Korea and the Philippines in past years. I’m not sure if any of my ex-guildies will be there, but good luck to the iRO contingent. They’ll need it.

In case you didn’t know how to masturbate…

Innovation at its best.

It took a while, but the company site listing has been updated. Please feel free to use this as a resource.

I hope you’re all having fun with this month’s releases. I’ll probably be starting up Shuffle! Essence+ in a few days. Wait for me, Daisy! November is looking really light, so you’ll have plenty of time to work on your backlogs ^^

Dream Party: Aim for the Harem Route!

Dream Party 2009 Tokyo will be held this Sunday at the Tokyo Big Sight, with almost all companies attending it. There was a lot of news in the eroge world this week as companies prepare for this major event.

From this month’s issue of TECH GIAN comes a bunch of new game announcements. The main one (as Kres had already pointed out) is the RPG fandisk Tenkuu no Yumina -ForeverDreams-, with Nayuta as the main heroine. It’s scheduled for a winter 2010 release. Other games are:

AXL – AXL006 (no title yet)
LOVERSOUL – Green Strawberry
PeasSoft – Ama Ane (Spring 2010)

There’s also a mysterious game titled Taiyou no Ko, featuring staff from AkabeeSoft2, GIGA, CandySoft, among others. More news on this will come out in 2 months.

Windmill will also announce a new game next month. Lime plans to reveal their next game at Dream Party.

New release dates this week include:

Fake Azure Arcology – December 17th
Dies irae ~Acta est Fabula~ – December 25th
Hana to Otome ni Shukufuku o Royal Bouquet – January 29th
RUNE LORD – January 29th
Yunibaru! Paranormal Girls Strike!! – January 29th
KOI-LABO. – February 26th

The following games have been delayed:

Natsuiro Penguin – November 27th
Manaka de Ikuno!! – December 18th
PARA-SOL – February 19th
se.Kirara – March 26th

φâge opened the official site for Shapeshifter. It’s quite a change from their previous work, Owaranaki Natsu Towa Naru Shirabe. Taking a look at the seiyuu… isn’t this basically the same cast!?

There’s a seiyuu change for Erika in D.C.II Fall in Love. She is now voiced by Tamiyasu Tomoe instead of Ishikawa Yoshiko.

The last part of Leaf’s Manaka de Ikuno!! fandisk is Mananatsu, a 3D after story for ToHeart2’s Manaka. Iincho’s so cute >_<

Navel blocked foreign IPs for all of one day. Wonder what that was about. Anyways, there will be 12 endings for SHUFFLE! Essence+ and some routes (like Daisy’s) will not be open at the very beginning. Rumors has it there’s a bonus if you finish the entire game.

For Accany and Algester: The trial for Innocent Grey’s Caucasus is now available. Enjoy! For Hemi-tan: One part of Alice 2010 fandisk is something called Haruka vs Escalayer. Interested?

More info about the story for Citron Soft’s Imouto Smile has come out. Some rich kid who lives alone sees a cute girl outside and thinks that it would be nice if she were his little sister, and then she comes to his door and announces that she is. What? I didn’t expect much of a plot, but this is pretty bad. Looking at the H scene dialogue, it seems more like a nukige than one based on a story. I’m highly disappointed since I wanted a good story with lots of imouto meromero.

If I wanted to play a nukige, it’d be MoonStone Cherry’s IchaPri!. They recently added a special page detailing all the H stuff. There’s plenty of 3P and even a harem route. Sugisaki would be happy.

Miru won the second &LOVE chara poll. You can download a commemorative wallpaper off Comet’s site.

The chara poll for Tropical Kiss has started up with Matsuri and Hotaru currently in the lead. You can vote once per day until November 5th. There’s also a chara poll for Sugarcoat Freaks, although it doesn’t seem like there’s an end date. I guess it’s until the release date on December 18th. Green Strawberry also has a chara poll even though it was just announced. It runs until November 9th. Sakurako is really cute ^^

Battler won the first chara poll on 07th Expansion for Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru. Beatrice placed second. In announcing the results on the blog, Ryukishi07 also broke news that long-time 07th Expansion staff member and close friend BT-san passed away due to illness. His post was really touching. RIP.

Studio Ryokucha has an interesting poll running on their Koiiro Sora Moyou blog. If you could change your past, to which point in time would you return to? Personally, I would repeat my high school days and then complete university again, but without falling into the trap known as MMOs. Of course, that depends on if you retain your memories so you don’t make the same mistakes. Hindsight is always 20/20.

It’s the 10th anniversary for NekoNekoSoft (although they took a 3 year break in the middle) and they will hold a poll regarding the Sorairo fandisk next week. I’m almost done Ai’s world in Sorairo and I really loved Ai’s route. Kenji and Ai are the best siblings ever!

Latest goodies from Good Smile Company are charms of the really cute Pylori Miku and Pylori Rin and cathead Toet. These 30mm tall charms come out in January, at a price of 500 yen each. Their latest PVC figure is Hayakawa Yuzuko from Yuzuko Peppermint. It comes out in March at a price of 9800 yen, with a drama CD and booklet. I haven’t heard of this manga before. The chain and movement is nice, but I don’t like the blue/white hair. The next nendoroid is Magical Marine Pixel Mari-tan’s Jiei-tan, scheduled for March at 4500 yen for the special edition (3500 yen for normal).

Kotobukiya’s latest Strike Witches figure is of Lynette Bishop, with a January released date and a price tag of 7140 yen. I’m still not fond of those legs.

There will be a Saber figma packaged with the upcoming PSP game Fate/Extra. Looks ok, but not the best Saber figure out there.

The OP for Higurashi Daybreak Portable Mega Edition is out. Hauuu~ Chibi charas are adorable!

Currently running anime that now have console games include: Sora no Otoshimono (PSP) and Seitokai no Ichizon (DS). I wonder if SoraOto will be a flying game. Please make Sei☆Zon a VN!!!

Speaking of SoraOto, people were so moved by the 2nd episode’s ED that they tried it out. Beautiful.

Dengeki Moeou releases an illustration collection every season and the theme for this winter is bandages (ばんそうこう). Mini-figures of the To Aru Majutsu no Index cast will accompany the upcoming issues of Dengeki Daioh.

“Nakeru! Bishoujo Game Goroku” (1260 yen) by PHP Kenkyuusho offers famous quotations from nakige (games that make you cry). key’s works are definitely included, along with Da Capo, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, Fate/stay night (although this isn’t really a nakige), Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o and Kazoku Keikaku. Samples can be seen off Akiba Blog. I’ve always loved nakige for their stories. A ranking on Niconico listed AIR as the top nakige as of July 2007. What do you think is the best one now?

Majisuki and Sakura Sakura have visual fan books coming up. I still find them a bit on the expensive side.

Pizza Hut supports Railgun. I’m very interested in that double roll.

I laughed at George not being on the cover of his own Umineko character album. The guy can’t catch any breaks.

PonyCanyon released a sound CD called NaviKano ~Omukae ni Kichatta~, where you can choose between a ladylike osananajimi or a tomboyish imouto to be your raburabu guide as you journey from the Tokyo Big Sight to Shinbashi station. The tracks are coordinated with the stations on the Yurikamome. This is a brilliant idea.

Really really cute Yunocchi USB bundled with the Hidamari Sketch x365 Special DVD.

I know I’ve mentioned Kagabuu before, but I find it too funny not to post more pictures of her.

Sorry for the lack of posts this week, I’m quite busy IRL. I’ll try to keep the weekly news on Friday, but there might be times when it’s pushed back to Saturday or Sunday.

Sorairo Fandisk in the Works

HOOK is planning to release a short FairlyLife fandisk Yorikorimakuri at Comiket 77 this December. In their latest 4koma, NekoNekoSoft has also declared that they’re working on a Sorairo fandisk.

The following games have release dates set:

Hoshi Uta ~Starlight Serenade~ – December 25th
CureFull! – January 29th
Harukazedori ni, Tomarigiri o. 2nd Story – January 29th
id -Rebirth Session- – January 29th
Mahonyo! – January 29th

Skyprythem was pushed back one week to October 30th.

The OP to eufonie’s Hidamari Basket is up and I’m already quite looking forward to the game, especially Kasuga’s route.

SMEE has started up the Love Delation! chara poll. It lasts till November 20th. Nanaka placed first in the Nega0 after release chara poll. There’s a commemorative wallpaper available for download. The total vote count seems pretty low.

I recently read a review of light novel Dekotsun off JITSU’s blog. Oh man, Kokoa is so adorable and their relationships sounds as beautiful as Kenji and Ai’s in Sorairo. I should pick this up next time I buy manga.

There’s lots of hype about the upcoming PS3 game Ar Tonelico 3. It hits shelves January 28th.

The Fate series now has a PSP game with the introduction of Fate/Extra.

ALTER is releasing a 1/7 scale PVC figure of Shamal from Nanoha StrikerS. She comes with puppy Zafila. Release date is March 2010 and it’ll cost a whopping 10290 yen.

Orchid Seed will release a 1/7 scale PVC figure of Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica’s Corticarte in January 2010. Standing around 22cm tall, it’ll cost 7800 yen.

Kaito nuigurumi from Gift actually looks pretty nice. It has a November release date and a 3675 yen price tag.

It seems that mini-figurines of the student council girls from Seitokai no Ichizon in bloomers will be made by Fujimi Shobou. They’ll tentatively come out in May 2010, with a total cost of 2980 yen. I hope they look nice. Kurimu~

No webclap responses this time around. It’s been a hectic week for me.

For some reason, CandySoft made a dance for the TsuyoKiss series. It’s actually pretty well done.

Happy Birthday Yui!

Happy birthday to Yui, cute harapeko tanuki! In commemoration of this special occasion, here’s a donut!

Oh, and happy birthday to Shou-kun too. He can have a donut too. If Yui lets him.

Kissmaou Additional Route

So I was checking the news today and noticed that Marmalade had added new CGs on the Kiss to Maou to Darjeeling site.

Tsubasa HCG… Sarasa HCG…

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What is this!? ∑ヾ(≧□≦*)ﾉ ｳﾜｯ!!

Shinobu’s Too Cute to be a Girl

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! Koiiro Sora Moyou has been pushed back almost 5 months to March 26th ;__________;  That’s a long time to wait for Mikoto-chan and Aya-chan >_<

Escu:de’s Otome Renshin Prister has also been delayed to December 18th. XUSE’s Seirei Tenshou has been set for December 18th, while AXL will be announcing their latest game shortly.

Otome game maker Sanctuary’s latest game is MIYAKO, set in feudal Japan. DCGS also is getting a PSP version, which includes a new scenario.

The next game by all-ages VN company Kogado Studio is Usotsuki to Inugamitsuki. It comes out on November 20th. Not really interested in this one.

Bloomhandle is running a chara poll for Hapitora until October 23rd. You can vote once per day.

Yoake Mae Yori Ruriiro na Portable will be a PSP port of the PS2 version of the original game by August. It’ll be out in February 2010. Sekirei is also getting a PS2 adaptation on October 29th.

Dengeki Chara Festival 2009 was held last weekend (10/03~10/04). You can find pictures of the signed illustrations, cosplay and the general layout off Dengeki and Galkko. The Ita-G Festa 2009 for itasha was also held on October 4th. I’ll make a post about this later.

New PVC figures this week are CM’s Haruka from Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Kotobukiya’s Sakuya from Sister Princess and Jun from Happiness!. Jun counts as a ‘legend girl’? Anyways, all three come out in January 2010.

As you know, depending on what store you buy games from, you will receive slightly different telephone cards and other ‘bonus’ merchandise. Well, I think almost everyone will want to get Kiss to Maou to Darjeeling from Medio now because of their special teleka of Shinobu… hadaka-apron style. The full list of teleka for the game is available from Marmalade. There’s even two versions: the second one seems even more risque than usual! こんな可愛い子が女の子のはずがない！

Three years and 1.5 series too late, but Haruhi is getting a movie. “Kyon-kun, denwa”?

From the makers of such popular titles as CLONNAD, Suzumiya Hahiru no Yuuutsu, Higurashi ga Naku Koro ni comes Keionbu. All of them are actually AVs (adult videos) by Total Media Agency (TMA), which copy the scenes in the first episode of each of their respective series… while adding mindless sex. Why am I mentioning this when almost everything is awful about it? It copies basically everything, right down to the ED. Since listening to emotionless voices is not entertaining, check out the side-by-side comparison with the original sound and video: Part 1; Part 2.

Researchers in UK discover that “sisters spread happiness”. I knew this all along.

I tried out the Love Death 4 demo. It is so wrong. Did they spend all the time rendering the girl and forgetting about everything else?

Taiga sure is doing well in both Best Moe (finals) and Saimoe (semifinals). I guess it’s the year of the tiger?

Happy Turkey Day for all the Canadians out there!

Suzunone Seven Review

Company: クロシェット (Clochette) lumie
Game site: スズノネセブン！
Release date: January 30, 2009
Links: Getchu, walkthrough, seiyuu listing

Suzunone Seven is Clochette’s second title, which receieve above-average reviews and will be getting a fandisk in November. Kido Yukimura has been selected as one of the ‘Worst Seven’ in Suzunone Gakuen. Will his best memories come from being with the worst in the school?

Remembering a Great Artist

PangYa illustrator Seedark (SeeD) passed away yesterday at only 29, first reported by ESTi. His art was among the most beautiful I’ve seen. RIP.

Newly announced games include:

ABHAR tabby – Boku no Ikiteiru Sekai
CIRCUS – Magical Box 2009 (Winter Comike)
CLOCK UP – Iyasare Gohoushi (December 11th)
Debo no Su – Kaguya Gakuenki (December 18th)

The following games have been delayed:

Gengetsu no Pandora – December 25th
Doinaka Channel 5 – January 29th

CIRCUS recently updated the official site for DC II Fall in Love with information about the various after stories. Kya~ Mahiru and Miki double date, just like they promised!!! There’s also some stories from the drama club and some ‘ultimate battle’.

Leaf added some info about their upcoming amusement disk Manaka de Ikuno! One part will be ‘3D’ dungeon RPG Final Dragon Chronicle: Guilty Requiem, featuring the ToHeart2 cast. Hemi-tan should be interested in knowing that there’ll also be reward CGs for defeated enemies.

It seems like twin sister Akiko will be a heroine in Hana to Otome ni Shukufuku o Royal Bouquet. Makes sense considering she won the chara poll… as a subchar.

At the top of the Flyable Heart creative merchandise poll results is the H illustration collection. It seems fans haven’t gotten enough ero. Also, they haven’t gotten enough scolding, since Mayuri’s scolding CD took 3rd and the alarm clock was tied for 9th. The teacher’s tie was tied for 79th (49 people wanted it).

Doujin maker Easy Game Station announced their latest game Territoire, a 3D fantasy SLG.

Popular doujin eroge Himawari by blank-note will be ported to the DS, as well as adapted for the manga. I still haven’t gotten around to playing this…

Upcoming PSP games include 11eyes CrossOver (December 24th) and Twinkle Crusaders Go Go! (April 29th). The Twinkle Crusaders adaptation will feature many guests, including FH’s Yui, Toradora!’s Taiga, Shakugan no Shana’s Shana and Ichigo Mashimaro’s Ana.

Latest PVC figure from Good Smile Company is WHITE ALBUM’s Ogata Rina. Scheduled for a January release, this will cost 6500 yen. Not really interested in this one.

The PV for huke’s Black Rock Shooter looks pretty good, especially the action scenes.

The Angel Beats official website for the anime and light novel has been updated. She still looks a bit like Haruhi.

Marmalade has been airing minimini dramas for Kissmao. Zero, is that you!?

The latest radio drama for Koisora on Onsen was pretty funny. 「ツンデレ妹の秘密。今日だけはお兄ちゃんの奴隷なんだからね．．．」

Gamers recently did a renewal of their main store in Akihabara. You can see pictures of the new look here.

Assorted goodies for me to drool over: Sana pillowcase and Shuri pocketwatch.

It’s down to the final four in the Korean Best Moe tournament. Only Taiga, Azusa, Ushio and Kagami are left. Coincidentally, the Taiga vs Azusa match will be running at the same time in Saimoe and Best Moe.

I’ve been pretty busy lately with stuff IRL. I’ll try to finish up Suzunone Seven in the coming week. No time for ECO, although my interest has been waning anyway.

Rosa Musou is absolutely awesome. Too bad it’s just a trial version.