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Just found out today about a fighting game to be released by Examu (the makers of Arcana Heart) and Aquaplus, called AQUAPAZZA -AQUAPLUS DREAM MATCH-. It's kind of crazy that this exists. I remember playing many years ago a doujin Aquaplus character fighting game called Queen of Heart (by 渡辺製作所, no longer active), and I would never have expected an official fighting game to eventually happen. So far, it looks like the game will have at least the following Aquaplus properties in it: Routes To Heart To Heart 2 Comic Party Tears to Tiara Utawarerumono It will be for the TAITO Type X 2 hardware, and it will use the NESiCAxLive service. The first trailer is below, and the second trailer can be watched on the official website .

Just got through watching a bunch of anime from this season. I have included below a one sentence summary of what I've seen of the show (which may only have been one or two episodes), followed by some brief impressions. Take them as you please. Infinite Stratos: A fanservicey show about girls at a school who pilot flying robots, and the one guy that can also pilot the robots. An okay show, initially annoying due to how dense the main character is. Cecilia made me think of Mint from Galaxy Angel, due to her blue color scheme, high-class background, and mech that uses remote controlled bits to allow her to fire from any angle. Also, so far Charlotte is totally the cutest. I'll plan to keep watching it. Yumekui Merry: A guy who has the ability to see when Dream Demons are attempting to enter reality helps a girl with no memories of her past try to return to the world of dreams. There's more to it, but I couldn't figure out how to do it in one sentence. A pretty good sh...

The IM@S anime website updated today with brand new info on the the series! We now know who some of the staff are besides the voice actors. They are: Original Creator: Namco Bandai Games (That was a given) Original Character Design: Toshiyuki Kubooka (Another given) Director and Character Design: Atsushi Nishigori Nishigori's Former Works: Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Main Character Design, Animation Director) Gurren Lagann (Character Design) Series Composition: Touko Machida and Atsushi Nishigori Machida's Former Works: Lucky Star (Series Composition, Screenplay) Tears to Tiara (Series Composition, Screenplay) Series Director: Noriko Takao Takao's Former Works: K-ON! and K-ON!! (Storyboard Direction for several episodes) CLANNAD (Storyboard Direction for several episodes) Lead Art Directors: Haruko Iizuka and Akira Takata Iizuka's Former Works: WORKING!! (Art Director) A Certain Magical Index II (Art Director, Key Animator f...

Earlier today on the official IDOLM@STER blog , they revealed that a new IDOLM@STER anime had been announced at "THE IDOLM@STER 2 765pro H@PPINESS NEW YE@R P@RTY !! 2011" event that same day! Further details will be contained in the March issue of Megami Magazine, due to be released on January 29th. The broadcast of a new IDOLM@STER radio show at HiBiKi Radio Station, tentatively called " Anime IDOLM@STER Radio " will also begin on that day. You can listen to a pre-broadcast commentary found there currently. Although many details will not be available until the release of Megami, all current info can be found on the newly opened anime official site , including the 1st PV below that was shown at the event. The site includes a countdown to the 29th, and for each day, a celebratory handwritten message from the cast will be added to the site. From what is provided in the PV and the pre-broadcast commentary, we can determine the following about the new IDOLM@STER anime...

Hi, I'm Kuukai! I'm new to the blog, but I'm a longtime friend of AmakaseP and we have similar interests! I have no idea how to use Blogger, so bear with me! When Famitsu first ran the headline "Brand-New Sakura Taisen Game Underway" I pretty much joubutsu-ed in my pants. This excitement quickly subsided due to it being browser-based and a general lack of information, but now it's back! As they announced before, the game is an online browser-based game being developed by TRINITY.GS and published by RoCWorks Co., Ltd., but with all the art and concept work being done by Red Company. I didn't know what to expect, but probably should have. Feast your eyes on Daiteikoku Gakuen! Sakura Taisen: Taishou Rōman Gakuentan , newest game in the Sakura Taisen series, is a high school simulation game! It's like they combined Sakutai with Tokimemo Online! It seems like it will feature all of the characters we've met up till now, plus the players thems...

I got my Nanoha-type and my Nanoha THE Movie 1st Blu-ray today! The first thing it had to do to me of course was make me sad I didn't get the Blu-ray from GAMERS, since the first page of Nanoha-type is an promotion that shows off a super special GAMERS edition of the blu-ray with all sorts of extra cool stuff. It's got a tapestry (i.e. wall scroll) that I could probably never put up and B3 posters and a tote bag and a clear file and an even more special box. NOOOOOO! Well, it would have been considerably more expensive though, so I guess I'm sorta okay with not getting it? No not really, but oh well. Anyway, Nanoha-type is surprisingly hefty, being about 13mm (1/2 inch) thick. So the biggest news I discovered upon getting Nanoha-type is that: Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA The MOVIE 2nd A's has been confirmed! Ok, so you probably got that from a different site by now, since not only has the magazine been out for a few days now, it's just reporting on how they announce...

So because a friend brought it up, I remembered that my very old transliteration of the song "Wind" by Megumi Hasegawa (長谷川めぐみ) comes up in a Google search for me. I looked at it, and while there are certainly things I would like to change (actually, I think it's just one thing in particular), for the most part it's good. There just isn't too much to mess up in a transliteration. Anyway, being unsatisfied with the translation that a friend of mine tried to make for it (to be fair, it was his first translation, and song translation is hard), I thought I'd give it a shot myself, now that my Japanese level has improved considerably over the years. It's not a straight literal translation, as I took a few minor liberties that I felt conveyed both the meaning and feeling of the words better. Anyway, you can find both the original lyrics and my translation below: My Tranlsation: Somewhere in this blue sky, there is someone I meet suddenly. The summer sun shine...