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Right Stuf Announces Partnership with FUNimation, Reveals Their May 2015 Release Schedule

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February 18, 2015

Right Stuf Announces Partnership with FUNimation, Reveals Their May 2015 Release Schedule

FUNimation’s release schedule for May 2015 has just been revealed. In addition to the previously announced premium edition Blu-ray release of Darker than Black season one, this month will see the release of Anime Classics titles and S.A.V.E. editions of previously released titles.

First up is the S.A.V.E edition of the complete series of Solty Rei, which will be released on May 5, 2015 with a suggested retail price of $29.98.

Next up are the May 12 releases. Michiko and Hatchin will be receiving DVD and Blu-ray S.A.V.E. editions for $34.98 and $39.98 respectively. Darker than Black season two will be released as an Anime Classics DVD/Blu-ray combo-pack for a suggested retail price of $49.98, and will include the OVA.

Both the complete series of .hack//Roots and the Anime Classics release of Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 will be released on DVD on May 19 with a suggested retail price of $39.98.

Right Stuf has announced that they will be partnering with FUNimation to exclusively distribute the releases of the Idolm@ster spinoff series Puchim@s, with both season one and two to be available on DVD for a suggested retail price of $19.98 each. Right Stuf lists the two sets as being subtitled-only. The release date for both sets is May 19.

Except for the Puchim@s releases, all releases will feature dual audio. All prices are in US dollars.

Monkey King Escape Launches in the West

Brandon Postal

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February 18, 2015

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Ubisoft Chengdu has announced the release of their endless running game for mobile devices in the west. Ubisoft Chengdu is a Chinese studio for Ubisoft. This title is called Monkey King Escape, and it’s based on the stories of Son Wukong, known as the Monkey King.

The title was designed specifically for Chinese audiences, but thanks in part to it’s large success in the Chinese market it has been brought to the western audiences. The title is very nicely animated and completed. However, while it is a very cute title the endless runner market has no shortage of cute runners.

Gameplay is mostly that of the typical endless runner, and while characters can fly and jump it still follows a set path. It Ubisoft Chengdu has added some new experiences, such as quick time events and boss battles. Characters and the story are supposedly faithful to the famous “Journey to the West.”

The title is available now for iOS and Android devices. You can watch a trailer below.

‘The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan’ Anime Website Launches

K. Roberts

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February 18, 2015

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‘The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan’ Anime Website Launches

The website for the official anime adaptation of Puyo’s spin-off manga The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan is now live, and can be viewed here. It began as a manga spin-off of Nagaru Tanigawa’s novel The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, the fourth novel in the The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series. There are also two other parody spin-off manga series that also received an anime adaptation: The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya by Puyo and Nyoron☆Churuya-san by Eretto.

All official and spin-off anime titles produced prior to now were dubbed and subtitled into English and released on DVD by Bandai Entertainment USA. Since the company no longer exists, there are no guarantees that the series will receive an English release and with the same dub cast. The original Japanese voice-cast is confirmed to be returning for this adaptation.

The character designs, based on the original ones by Noizi Ito, are featured below.

FUNimation Reveals ‘Assassination Classroom’ and ‘Death Parade’ English Dub Casts

K. Roberts

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February 18, 2015

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FUNimation Reveals ‘Assassination Classroom’ and ‘Death Parade’ English Dub Casts

FUNimation Entertainment has revealed the English dub cast for two Winter 2015 series that they acquired the rights to a couple of months ago. First up is the Assassination Classroom dub cast list:

Koro Sensei – Sonny Strait
Nagisa Shiota – Lindsay Seidel
Tadaomi Karasuma – Chris Ryan
Karma Akabane – Austin Tindle
Isogai – Jerry Jewell
Fuwa – Kristi Kang
Hayami – Jamie Marchi
Hinano – Kristen McGuire
Kaede – Monica Rial
Maehara – Chris Burnett
Mimura – Joel McDonald
Muramatsu – Eric Cherry
Nakamura – Apphia Yu
Okajima – Nick Haley
Okano – Didi Archilla
Sugaya – Kyle Phillips
Kanzaki – Leah Clark
Kimura – Jean Luc Hester
Kirara – Terri Doty
Meg – Morgan Garrett
Sugino – Clifford Chapin
Terasaka – Marcus Stimac
Toka – Michelle Rojas
Yoshida – Orion Pitts

Secondly is the Death Parade dub cast list:

Decim – Alex Organ
Woman – Jamie Marchi
Nona – Jad Saxton
Quin – Anastasia Munoz
Clavis – Z. Charles Bolton
Takashi – Eric Vale
Machiko – Trina Nishimura

The English dub of Assassination Classroom will premiere on February 18 at 8:00pm ET, with the Death Parade English dub premiering shortly afterwards at 8:30pm ET. All of these shows are available in 1080p high definition and without commercials. Following the broadcast of these dubs and the Japanese home video release of each series, FUNimation will produce a final version of the dub for the future uncut and uncensored North American home video releases of the two series. A DVD and Blu-ray release has already been confirmed for both Assassination Classroom and Death Parade.

FUNimation Announces Premium Edition ‘Darker than Black’ Blu-ray

K. Roberts

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February 18, 2015

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FUNimation Announces Premium Edition ‘Darker than Black’ Blu-ray

FUNimation has just revealed the first ever North American Blu-ray release of the first season of the Darker than Black anime. This three-disc Premium Edition release will be limited to only 5,000 copies. If this release sells well enough, another Blu-ray release may occur in the future.

The technical details of the release are as follows:

1080p High Definition visuals for both the main feature and the on-disc extras
16:9 aspect ratio
Dolby TrueHD Japanese and English 2.0 audio and Japanese and English stereo audio
Blu-ray Region A

The on-disc extras include episode commentaries, cast auditions, production artwork, the US trailer and trailers. The physical bonuses include a display easel and a 48-page art book, which will be contained in special ‘classified’ packaging.

This set will be released on May 12, 2015 and is not a FUNimation store exclusive, so fans can purchase it from their retailer of choice. The suggested retail price is $99.98 USD. Store prices may differ.

Dead or Alive 5 Last Round ‘soft’ engine comparison video of PS3 and PS4 released

Alex Hover

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February 17, 2015

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Dead or Alive 5 Last Round ‘soft’ engine comparison video of PS3 and PS4 released

A slightly questionable graphics comparison video of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round has surfaced on the Playstation Japan Youtube channel. The video in particular looks at the ‘soft’ engine.

As you can see from the video (nsfw but no nudity) the Playstation 4 has improved skin textures and movement physics than that of the PlayStation 3 platform – this is due to the development and inclusion of the ‘soft engine’. Hopefully we will see more of this technology implemented in a variety of upcoming releases.

Dead or Alive 5 Last Round will release on the PC as well as the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and 4 consoles. Release dates vary depending on the region – it is now out in the US (released today), Japan on the 19th February and Europe the day after that. Unfortunately, these dates only apply to the consoles with the Steam version getting delayed till March.

Media Blasters Announces ‘Holy Knight’ English Dub Cast

K. Roberts

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February 17, 2015

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Media Blasters Announces ‘Holy Knight’ English Dub Cast

Media Blasters and MB VoiceWorks have been gradually announcing the English dub cast for Holy Knight. Here is the final dub cast list:

Shinta – Daman Mills
Cammot/Various – Brittany Lauda
Plum – Deven Talbott
Lilith – Amber Lee Connors
Camilla – Miranda Gauvin
Cliff – Michael A. Zekas
Lilith’s Father – Mike Pollock
Daisuke – Greg Nugent
Shigeyuki Yanagida/Various – Meli Grant
‘Exercise guy’ – Anthony Sardinha
Chizuru – Melanie Ehrlich
Akira Sakamoto/Lilith’s Mother – Michele Knotz
Various – Harriet Weaver
Various – Daren Donofrio
Various – Matt Shipman
Various – Corrine Sudberg
Various – Alex Simone

MB VoiceWorks announced last month that they would be recording the first ever in-house dub for Media Blasters for their release of the two-episode OVA Holy Knight. The ‘MB’ in the company name does not stand for Media Blasters but for the co-founders Melanie Ehrlich and Brittany Lauda. Many members of the dub cast are people that the two have worked with in past productions.

Online retailer Right Stuf lists the release as subtitled-only and with a release date of February 28, 2015. Media Blasters has not yet revealed the official release date for this release, so anyone considering pre-ordering the OVA collection should wait until the release details are confirmed.

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas Sailing onto PCs March 17

Jamie Laike Tsui

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February 17, 2015

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Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas Sailing onto PCs March 17

The popular iOS action-adventure game Oceanhorn is arriving on PCs come March 17, 2015.

Oceanhorn: Monster of the Uncharted Seas will let PC gamers explore the Uncharted Seas, where the ancient secrets of the kingdom Arcadia and the sea monster Oceanhorn lay buried. Players will hack and slash their way through plenty of monsters, solve puzzles, and find loot.

Oceanhorn has been a smashing success on iTunes App Store, capturing the #1 app in 32 countries by being downloaded by over a million gamers around the world. The iOS version earned Capsule Computer’s iOS Game of the Year award in 2013 and rave reviews across the board.

The PC port will be available in 11 languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Italian and Finnish.

“For us it was clear from the very beginning that Oceanhorn as an nostalgic adventure experience would be right at home on PC and huge success of the mobile version allowed us to bring the game for the Steam audience to enjoy,” said Heikki Repo, Creative Director of Cornfox & Brothers. “We are excited to launch this epic adventure on Steam in March so that PC gamers can get in on the action”.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. Abraham Lincoln Trailer Released

Travis Bruno

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February 17, 2015

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If you don’t happen to live in the United States then you likely didn’t realize that it was Presidents’ Day today but Nintendo took this national holiday as a sign that they should release a new trailer for Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. focusing on Abraham Lincoln and his giant steam Lincoln robot.

The trailer can be found below while the game itself is set to be released on March 13th. For those who don’t know, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. is developed by Intelligent Systems and takes place in a world where Abraham Lincoln has created a unique army of soldiers to protect the world from an alien invasion using steampunk technology.

First high-res Rise of the Tomb Raider screenshots released

Travis Bruno

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February 17, 2015

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First high-res Rise of the Tomb Raider screenshots released

We haven’t seen a whole lot of Rise of the Tomb Raider after Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix announced that the title would be exclusive to the Xbox One and Xbox 360 but it seems that the first set of high-res screenshots for the upcoming title have made their way online.

PCGames.de has released the first set of HD screenshots for Rise of the Tomb Raider and you can check them out below. As for the game itself, Rise of the Tomb Raider is set to be released sometime this holiday season with more news likely to be revealed in the coming months.