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A sequel of the anime OVA Cencoroll is green lighted for production, after the creator, Atsuya Uki, announced on his website. The storyboard and design for the anime is now in production.

Cencoroll, the anime that was made by a one man studio, Director, animator and producer Atsuya Uki. The anime itself is a 1 episode OVAA produced and released in the year 2007.

The original story involves a girl, who discovered and then took over the monster controlled by a young man, named Tetsu. Cencoroll have also been shown at many other arts festival in Japan and since have been critically acclaimed worldwide.

Source: 2ch Via ANN | Niralog
Website: Cencoroll website

Another do it all person would be Makoto Shinkai(Voice of a Distance Star), before he joined up with his current studio. I really admire people like them, they are so good at what they are doing and have the patients to endure thur the whole production process…

That reminds me… Where did my DVD went to?

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Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiyah Blu-ray and DVD will be on sale this coming December in Japan, and along with it comes a Limited Edition version Blu-ray that comes with plenty of goodies, these premiums will be demanding either a Hand or a Leg…

The limited editions are priced at a cool 10,500 yen for the Blu-ray and 7980 yen for the dvd… So if you have the money, do yourself proud…

But fear not! Amazon is offering 26% and 20% discount respectively, making it barely affordable… Visit the site to read for yourself the contents…

This would also mean that we are 1 step closer to the English Blu-ray release… For right now, no one knows if the Japanese version includes any English sub or dub…

Source: Temple-Knights

Update: It would be dumb of me if I haven’t expected it… But according to CDJapan’s product data, there will not be an English dub or sub in both the Blu-ray and DVD.

And CDJapan is now taking pre-orders for the Regular edition DVD, Blu-Ray and the Limited Edition DVD and Blu-ray, if you are still interested. For me, it looks like I’ll be giving this a miss and look forward to the Bandai USA’s release…

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Another Century Episode: R will surprise the players even before they start playing after the launch of the game on the 19th of August, happily.

As a leak in of the game’s instruction manual indicates that the game will be making use of almost forgotten 6-Axis function and equally forgotten custom Background music.

The motion sensing part of the game might not be as popular but, it will be interesting as to how it’s being implemented in the game, in real life. But as you can see from the picture, the standard pitch left, pitch right, front and back motion. This function have almost been forgotten by the general gaming population and the Developers… So it’s quite a surprise that it’ included… No idea if it could be omitted thou…

Next, the Custom BGM. A function totally forgotten by almost every developer in the world… … This function exists on the PS3, the game developers just need to enable it…

And it can Play any music you can use listen to on the PS3. But there is a recommended range thou.

It’s recommended that your music should be encoded in AAC 128kbps or MP3 128kbps atleast. Now, I know a certain someone will be looping Sheryl Nome’s song while flying on a VF-25 Messiah… …

Maybe you will like FMP better… Looping Shimokawa’s song while playing as Bon Ta Kun.

That would be amusing… lol!

Source: Esuteru.com | Temple Knights

Btw: did you know, Mass Effect 2 is coming to the PS3… Told you so.

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It’s have been sometime since Sega’s Yakuza 3 is release both in the Native Japanese and the US’s English. And haven’t you wondered how true is the game to the source it’s based on?

Well now you can.

In a web article written by Jake Adelstien, author of the book Tokyo Vice, and Lisa Katayama, they went to a Yakuza’s office with a PS3 and the game Yakuza 3. In order to get 3 senior ranking Yakuza’s to review the game, Isit truthful or just some fairy tale…

And you will be quite surprised by the result.

Go read the article and find out yourself.

Article: Yakuza 3 Reviewed by Yakuzas
Scroll down for the summary judgment…

Yes, It’s very truth to life. Even the power-up food seems to be agreeable with the 3 Yakuzas as the good choice of energy replenishment. Still go read the whole article, it’s very interesting.

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YES!!! Bandai Namco have finally answered my call! They are now developing a new ACE COMBAT game for the PS3 platform, like finally! Assault Horizon is the new push for the ACE COMBAT series, developed by Project Ace under Bandai Namco, and the game is set to be released in the year 2011.

What I am a bit disappointed about is the departure from the alternate earth, we called Strangereal. Instead the setting this time will be on our earth, with real locations like Tokyo, New York and etc.

I sure hope the game play will not be a QTE… In order to get behind an enemy, It’s really kills the fun… Either way, I’ll be awaiting the release of the game and this might be the biggest game release for me next year! Not talking about the graphics since this is only an announcement trailer, I’m sure the game will be better looking then this trailer.

Finally, something to look forward too!

Source: Kotaku

P.S: As much as I hate it, the game is going to the Xbox 360 also…

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The Tokyo city have released an anime to encourage visitors to go visit the city. It comes with a map and the anime that features the many place in Tokyo.

The 11 minutes long anime is about a girl from the future, coming to the present to look for/take Happiness from the city of Tokyo. She even got(kidnapped) a guide to bring her around the places that made Tokyo such a wonderful city. In the end, she found out how true happiness is obtain and released all that she has taken.

Her life is greatly improved by the trip to Tokyo and you can follow her route based on the Google map embedded on the site.

It’s really a very interesting and eye opening anime short to look at. It even comes with 7 languages to choose from. It’s also great to note that, the studio behind the animation is STUDIO4℃.

What I don’t get is why did the anime used 40 million yen to make… Either way, it’s a really good production and it really make me wish I can goto Tokyo again… soon…

Website: Welcome to Tokyo: Honey Tokyo

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Here is one more reason why the Android platform is so better then the Iphone. Even thou Iphone 4 looks so good… I sure hope someone roots it and find a way to install Android on that hardware…

The app is on the android market place but being a paid app, it is only available at certain locations… Japan being the obvious one of them. There is also an English version with all the buttons translated to be one real soon. The name of the App is Isshoni Training with Hinako or more commonly the Isshoni series, which includes a sleeping video… on DVD and Blu-ray now… Which might also be ported to the Android platform…

I’m not going to be getting the app but hey just to let you in the loop, yah?

The creator will be at the Comiket 78 selling some things… too.

Hinako, she will be wearing less as you get to know her better…

Source: ANN

Website: Isshoni Training Website(Japanese/NSFW)

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Mel Kushida

Wacom have recently updated it’s Youtube channel with a new series of videos entitled Drawing with Wacom, with famous artists drawing with a Cintiq, the version where a 21″ LCD screen is the drawing board…

It’s currently into it’s 8th episode with featured artist like Mel Kushida(Character designer, So.Ra.No.Wo.To), KEI(Character designer, Hatsune Miku), Ryousuke Sawa aka Ryochimo(Key animator, Evangelion 1.0; Character designer, Birdy the Mighty Decode) and etc.

I know a cintiq is wasted on me, but they sure know how to use it good…

KEI

Ryousuke Sawa

To view the rest of the series you can goto Wacom’s Youtube Channel.

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Nope not really. The game, Hunter’s Blade is by a chinese game developer, Joy China or isit Dawawa…? Either way, it’s a MMORPG and it’s servers are already up in China with real players and frequent competitions. That wouldn’t be a problem, since a new game in China, especially one that looks good is not a problem.

The cause for problem would be that… Don’t you think it looks very like the Monster Hunter by Capcom? Nope? Look closely at the following promotion pictures and the Logo.

Capcom already made known to all that, Hunter Blade have not licensed any of it’s properties and design for the making of this game. And currently, there is no news on what action Capcom is going to be taking.

So If you are interested in the game, you can find it for download at it’s official website. 1 thing thou, it’s in Chinese.

Go ahead if you want to play a free ripoff version of monster hunter there you have it, Hunter Blade or Lie Dao.

Btw, the video is from the 8th China Digital Entertainment Expo or China Joy, in Shanghai China. It’s currently the biggest Game related fair in China.

Well, I might just be kicking up a big fuss here…

Source: Jin115.com via Kotaku

Website: Hunter Blade Official Website | China Joy

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World Cosplay Summit aka WCS will be on live on UStream!

That would mean that if you can’t fly to Nagoya to watch the cosplaying representatives of the world perform, you can now watch it online LIVE.

For the starters, you might want to check out tomorrow(31st July)’s Cosplay Parade at 2:30 pm(SG Time), and then the Competition performance on the the 1st of August at 8pm(SG time).

Of cos, the Singapore Representatives will be in the show too, so do support them! Tan Jun Mao and Christy Bell Goh Ganbatte! Do Singapore proud!

Free video streaming by Ustream

So here are the Schedule again on the WCS Channel,

31st July 2010, 2:30pm: The Cosplay Parade

Synopsis: Where in the previous years, the world’s representatives lead the cosplayers in a parade around parts of the city of Nagoya.

1st August 2010, 8:00pm: The World Cosplay Summit

Synopsis: This is the stage, where the best cosplayers from various countries, represent their country to determine who is the best in the world, much like the Olympics of Cosplay.

All in Singapore Time, GMT+8.

Credit: The Cosplay Chronicles

Website: World Cosplay Summit | WCS, UStream Channel

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In the recent time since the completion of the Gundam in Odaiba city, there seems to be a trend to built models as big as the anime or movies. In Japan, the 1:1 scale Gundam RX-78-02 is moved from Odaiba to Shizoka city, completed with a new upgrade, carrying a Beam Saber.

I’ll be sure to go visit the monument when I visit Japan next year. But that is not all that Japan can offer.

Updated(25th July): I didn’t know but the 1:1 scale model of the RX-78-2, opens yesterday. Above is a video of the opening ceremony, the model will be taken apart on the 31st of March, so if you are going, go quick.

Source: Danny Choo | Zone Otaku | Ngee Khiong(Video)

In a theme park some where in the area(see the mountain behind, yup that’s mount fuji), Fuji-Q Highland theme park, will be playing host to the first 1:1 EVA-01. It’s really only the upper body but it will be quite big and you will be close to it, practically staring it in the eyes…

It had only recently been open to public(23 July 2010) and the launch is even broadcasted on Ustream. What pity I missed it… Hmm no matter… Not that I will travel up to the theme park just to see it… That would really depend on my schedule, yah?

Source: Zone Otaku

Of cos, not to be beaten the Chinese have made a stunning work of art, the Optimus Prime!

Lets Roll out!

Made for a environment awareness event, the model is made completely out of scrapes and should really be appluaded for it’s rather good looking model.

Ain’t it good looking, don’t be so choosy lar, after all it’s really made from car scraps. The project is not on display next to the Bird Nest Stadium, in Beijing. So, if you are there, go take a look at it and be awwed by the 10 meter tall metal work. Just don’t stand too close, incase the win blows, yah?

Source: Gizmodo

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Have you updated you Playstation 3 yet?

Why? Because the latest update have really added in quite a lot of goodies with an improved app for picture sharing and video editing and sharing. Even more is the new PSN Plus, paid service, it’s not really a service that I would pay for. But it does contain quite a feast for that amount of fee you pay a year.

Below is a demo using Evangelion: You Shall(Not) Advance movie trailer, made by a Japanese user demonstrating what you can do with the video editor and obviously uploaded using the PS3

It’s function includes the ability to impose text, Fast forward, slow down, remove/replace footage, and change the audio of the video which is a 1080p, 24mb file. There is a down point to it thou, the rendered file is only 480p. Now that is quite a fun thing to do, thou I do wonder how fast the rendering speed can be and what files it can support.

So I’ll try it out soon and maybe get back to you! Maybe via an uploaded video.

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Here is a video that will advise you to not get an Android Phone because of the reasons stated. But is it really that bad? Now I cannot really change or influence you choice but I must advise you to us a skill most Singaporean or in general people should learn, Reading the inner meanings.

Now lets see what the opinion of the readers are, now there is no right or wrong answers.

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Disclaimer: The Android OS and the iOS both have their advantages and etc. But it really depends on you, the user to find the perfect phone to use.

Have Fun!

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