Do you know what today is in the U.S? It’s Outbreak Day, commemorating the date of the Cordyceps outbreak in The Last of Us. If it were real, it definitely would not be something worth celebrating. But be thankful Sony and Naughty Dog are, because they have released a video featuring the alternate ending to the game!
As can be seen in the video embedded at the bottom of this article, creative director Neil Druckmann talks us through the process of shooting this original finale. Footage from the performance capture studio is included, as well as a lighting pass for a better visualisation of how it would have translated on screen for the player. However, what is most entertaining is the absolute last take of the shoot, which evolved into a improvised musical affair – absolutely hilarious. Check it out below, and come back tomorrow for news on the upcoming The Last of Us DLC.
Final Fantasy IV finally saw its release on Android not too long ago, and now its long-awaited brother Final Fantasy V has finally done the same. Square Enix have launched the incredibly popular game to mobile devices 20 years after its initial launch in Japan.
Android owners can grab Final Fantasy V right now through the Google Play Store for the premium price of $16.99. Like all of Square’s mobile releases, it is a little bit of a financial investment, but well worth it for the amount of content you receive in the game.
In other Final Fantasy news; Square have also announced Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. After Years is set 12 years after the original, and features several FFIV main characters, including Cecil, Rosa and Cain making a comeback. The story revolves around Ceodore, the son of Cecil and Rosa. Keeping the mechanics of the original, the game will build upon its legacy by introducing “Age of Moon” and “Band” abilities for players to use. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years will be available on Android and iOS later this summer.
So that is TWO great FF games for you RPG fans out there. Will you be picking up either of the two, or is $17 just too much to shell out for a mobile game? Let us know in the comments below, and remember that for all the Final Fantasy news as it becomes available, stay tuned to Capsule Computers.
Today Viz Media has revealed that they are currently planning on releasing the first volume of Maki Minami’s latest manga, Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy, on October 1 under the company’s Shojo Beat label.
The manga will cost $9.99 if purchased physically and $6.99 if purchased digitally either through Viz’s websiteor the Viz Manga smartphone app. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy follows the story of Hime Kino as she follows her dream to become a voice actress. When she is accepted by the prestigious Holly Academy’s voice actor department she seems like she’s on the right path, but her gruff voice has put her at a major disadvantage, but she is going to do her best and show everyone she has what it takes.
The Fall anime season is imminent and I’m sure many of you are still catching up to all the Summer shows that we foolishly decided to take up, thinking we could smash through them every week. Oh how wrong we were. Surely I wasn’t the only one struggling last season?
Personally, Fall represents an opportunity to tighten up my anime viewing. Less anime, more focus. Abandon the shotgun approach and take out fewer shows but with a .50 rifle instead, or something like that. So enough with the terrible metaphors, check out my personal picks of the Fall season below.
Nagi no Asukara
If you haven’t seen the beautiful PV for this yet I suggest you have a look. For starters, it’s being animated by P.A. Works, a studio that’s known for their dazzling approach. Two middle school friends, Manaka Mukaido and Hikari Sakishima, have known each other since they were little. Manaka is shy and tends to cry a lot so Hikari has looked after her since. Here’s the twist, they live under the sea.
Judging by the PV it’s not a typical ocean, but a world that looks similar to ours only with fish floating through the air and other odd, ocean-like occurrences. This is one to watch not just for its unique setting, but it feels like a heartwarming story. Whether the character interaction will develop into young love or remain a genuine bond of friendship, I can’t wait to sit back and enjoy this.
Kyoukai no Kanata
Kyoto Animation will have a showing during Fall, and it’s called Kyoukai no Kanata. While it’s going under the radar for many people, it’s significant because it seems like KyoAni finally has an action-focused anime based in a spirit world. Akihito Kanbara, a boy who appears human but is actually a youmu (demon) with Wolverine-like healing ability meets a freshman girl, Mirai Kuriyama, who is about to leap from the school’s rooftop.
Mirai is lonely because of her uncommon ability to manipulate blood (Deadman Wonderland anyone?). Once Akihito saves Mirai, strange and dangerous events start to unfold. It’s been a long time since I’ve really enjoyed an anime by Kyoto Animation and I’m hoping this will change that.
Little Busters! ~Refrain~
Chances are, you belong to either two groups. You either don’t know what Little Busters! is or you’re a fan of Key’s amazing Visual Novel but hope to rid yourself of the memory it ever received an anime last year. Some of us like myself still enjoyed the anime, but we’re an endangered breed.
While never reaching the emotional apex of Clannad, Little Busters! is incredibly special because it focuses on friendship rather than romance. True friendship. ~Refrain~ continues the story and it promises to up the ante in emotion, bonds and conflict in what appears to be a superior round two of the anime adaptation.
Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Come o Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru
Each season we get an anime with a mouthful of fertiliser for a title, and Fall is no different! It seems that it’s become a running gag in the last couple of years, and it’s almost like anime companies agree to having no more than one per season. Summer had Watamote, Fall has Noucome. Translated to My Mental Multiple-Choice Power is Completely Ruining My School Romantic Comedy, it’s exactly what the title suggests.
Kanade Amekusa is a kid cursed with the “absolute multiple-choice” quiz that appears in his mind, where he is forced to choose his reality. One day he is given the choice of either a beautiful girl appearing before him or he will drop from the roof in female clothes. Your guess is as good as mine. To be honest, just by looking at the PV the show seems rubbish in every respect. But I’m an optimist that loves surprises.
White Album 2
I’ll be honest and say I know nothing about White Album 2, only that it’s an adaptation of a visual novel released in Japan. There was a low-profile anime adaptation of the original game, however, back in 2009. Coincidentally I’ve always wanted to experience the White Album games but my Japanese skills aren’t up to the task. Lucky we’re getting an anime then!
The story is about a college junior, Haruki Kitahara and his relationship with Setsuna Ogiso and Kazuki Touma in the light music club. What will happen? Love? Dinosaurs? Absolutely nothing? I have no clue and I can’t wait to find out! In all seriousness though, it looks like a peaceful love story that’s hopefully not too harem-like because I’m getting more of an Amagami vibe here.
Honourable mentions: KILL la KILL, Valvrave Second Season, IS <Infinite Stratos> 2, Golden Time and Kikou Shoujo wa Kizutsukanai.
Hajime Isayama, the creator of Attack on Titan, revealed recently in a conversation with fellow Manga artist Hiroki Endo (All-Rounder Meguru, Eden – It’s an Endless World!) that he intends to finish the run of Attack on Titan in 20 Manga Volumes. This could mean one or two things depending on how you read it: Either there is 20 more volumes of Manga to come until it is finished or it will be finished by volume 20, don’t stress too much either way because it hasn’t exactly been confirmed, it’s not like the series is going to end anytime soon so us fans don’t have to worry too much. Give us your thoughts on this little nugget of news in the comments section below, we’d love to hear what you think of this!
While the original Kinect may have had its fair share of problems with some games, it usually worked well for the many exercise games that were released. As such, it should come as no surprise that Microsoft has now announced a new app for the Xbox One which will focus entirely around giving Xbox One owners a chance to work out.
This app will be called Xbox Fitness and it is a subscription based service that will take advantage of the new Kinect’s new capabilities such as being able to tell a person’s heart rate and weight placement. There will be numerous workouts available for use on the app, such as the commonly talked about P90X system and Insanity workouts as well as celebrity trainers Jillian Michaels and Tony Horton. The app will be free with Xbox Live Gold until December 2014 and will likely cost a nominal fee after that point in time.
Do you know a Batman fanatic? Is there that one guy in your friend group or family that is always wearing a Batman t-shirt? Are you unsure what to get them for Christmas? uncertainty be damned! Warner Bros. have announced that coming this November is the ultimate gift for fans of the Dark Knight; The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collectors Edition box set.
The Blu Ray exclusive box set is a 6-disc special edition that contains all 3 movies in crisp, perfect, blu ray quality HD, as well as all their previously included special features. The last disc however is special, and contains special features that you can only see by purchasing the set. The features included on the last disc are;
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy–The inside perspective on the fascinating story behind the creation of one of the most celebrated franchises and how it changed the scope of movie making….forever. Full of never-before-seen footage, rare moments, and exclusive interviews with Guillermo Del Toro, Damon Lindelof, Michael Mann, Richard Roeper, Zack Snyder and others.
Christopher Nolan & Richard Donner: A Conversation – For the first time, Directors Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy) and Richard Donner (Superman) sit down to discuss the trials and triumphs involved in bringing the two most iconic superheroes of all time to the big screen, and how Superman influenced Nolan when developing Batman Begins.
Not only that, but the box set also includes a bunch of new collectible memorabilia for fans;
Premium Mattel Hot Wheels Vehicles: The Tumbler, The Bat-pod and The Bat
Newly commissioned collectible art cards by Mondo featuring Scarecrow, Joker, Bane, Harvey Dent, and Ra’s al Ghul
48-page hardcover book featuring production stills and behind the scenes images from all three movies
That is a TONNE of content, and one that will make any Bat-fan cry tears of joy. The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collectors Edition will be available for purchase from November 13th for a RRP of $139.95, so be sure to grab yours ASAP as they will certainly go fast.
Batman is definitely in the film and TV spotlight at the moment, with the upcoming Gotham TV series and the Superman/Batman crossover film staring Ben Affleck as the Caped Crusader slated for release in 2015, so remember that for all the Batman and Dark Knight news as it becomes available, stay tuned to Capsule Computers; same Bat-Time, same Bat-Channel.
There have actually been a fair few Valvrave The Liberator Season Two ads circulating over the past weeks, this one being released actually takes the count to ten. The Official website for the series released this latest video just today. The ad mentions that a new arc will begin for the series and that “a revolution starts when the time comes to confront the world’s secret side”.
This season is set to be incredibly epic and incredibly crazy much like the last season. The second season will be starting it’s run on the 10th of October and Aniplex of America will be streaming the series through the Aniplex Channel, Crunchyroll, Daisuke and Hulu so start getting pumped because Valvrave The Liberator Season Two will be starting soon and you can see the latest TV ad just below.
On Wednesday Aniplex USA posted a three-minute video for the upcoming Anime Kill La Kill. This trailer, however, is the exact same as the last video that was released except for that it has English Subtitled. Now even though it isn’t any different from the Japanese-released trailer it is still interesting to watch if you’re excited for the Anime because, well, you can understand what the characters are saying now.
Aniplex USA also recently announced that it has the license for the series and that they will be streaming it on Daisuke, Crunchyroll, Hulu and their very own Aniplex Channel straight after it airs in Japan. Daisuke also announced that they will stream Kill La Kill in five different languages; English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German. Check out the Kill La Kill English-Subtitled Trailer below.
While many of us anime fans may know many of the characters that star in the upcoming fighting game AquaPazza, your average gamer will likely be unfamiliar with most, if not all, of the characters that they will be playing as. As such, Atlus has begun a new promotion where they will be introducing each character through a set of cards which will be released over the next few weeks.
The first characters to be focused on are Arawn from Tears to Tiara, Karulau from Utawarerumono, and Sasara Kusugawa from ToHeart. Their full cards, which contain descriptions, fighting styles and most likely pairings, can be found below and the AquaPazza itself is set to be released on November 19th for only $29.99.
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