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Homestuck invades Supanova Sydney

Luke Halliday
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Supanova Sydney 2013 was home to all manner of fandoms, be it Doctor Who or even Attack on Titan. But perhaps the most enthusiastic of all the fandoms present was the Homestuck fans. In particular Supanova witnessed a mass gathering of Homestuck fans that comprise the NSW Homestuck fangroup known as ‘Chalkstuck’.

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The ‘Chalkstuck’ group took to the convention spreading their love of Homestuck throughout, horn-clad and beautifully bizarre in every single way. Their affection for Homestuck was easily evident, living up to their claim that they are ‘the best fandom’ out.

You can check out the very passionate Homestuck fangroup ‘Chalkstuck’ on their official Facebook and their official Tumblr pages.

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For those of you uninitiated into the crazy world of Homestuck, it is an interactive web-comic which can be read on MSPaint Adventures here. It all revolves around the strange goings-on in the life of John Egbert a teenager who survives a meteor attack and is subsequently transported to another planet. The series has spawned a very dedicate fanbase and their flash-mob like showing at Supanova Sydney was a testament to that passion.

Date A Live second season announced during last episode

Travis Bruno
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Whenever fans get invested in an anime they are always concerned that they may never see a second season. However fans of the Date A Live anime adaptation didn’t need to worry about that at all because today the last episode of Date A Live season one ended with the second season announcement and even a brief preview trailer for what fans can expect in the second season.

The preview showed a number of new Spirits including a possible new villain. As for when we can expect a second season, currently no date has been set. FUNimation currently holds the streaming rights to the show in North America and will likely be releasing a physical version of the anime sometime in the future.

Hanabee Licenses Daily Lives of High School Boys

Kane Bugeja
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Hanabee Licenses Daily Lives of High School Boys
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Just your regular, day to day life

Hanabee Entertainment has announced, at Supanova 2013, that they have licensed the series Daily Lives of High School Boys. Directed by Shinji Takamatsu, director of Gintama and School Rumble, the series adapts Yasunobu Yamauchi’s manga and explores the lives of three highschoolers.

Welcome to the daily lives of Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake, students at the all-boys academy of Sanada North High School! Here in this story you will not find any world revolutions, a teenaged hero in crisis, a star crossed love story or giant fighting robots…well, not in reality anyway. (In the mind of an average teenage boy however, the possibilities are endless.) Instead take a step back and embrace the wild fun teenage life has to offer over trivial pursuits and inane thoughts (just who exactly is the better looking one in the group?) and in the knowledge that sometimes reality can be stranger than fiction.

The entire 12 episode series, along with bonus Tokuten OVA, is set to be released on June 31st. Daily Lives of High School Boys will be a DVD only release and will not receive an English dub, instead featuring the original Japanese audio. High school life has never seemed so strange when it’s been so average.

Hanabee licenses Revolutionary Girl Utena

Luke Halliday
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Hanabee Entertainment have just announced at Supanova Sydney 2013 that they have acquired the licence for the cult-classic anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena. Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara of Sailor Moon and Penguindrum fame, Revolutionary Girl Utena is a must watch anime to say the very least.

The series is slated to be released in 3 parts all housed in a lovely collector’s box bundled with a detailed booklet on the series. Part 1 will release on 18TH SEPTEMBER, Part 2 will release on 16th OCTOBER and Part 3 will release on 20TH NOVEMBER.

A chivalrous pink-haired adventuress will revolutionize the world!

“Never lose that strength or nobility, even when you grow up.” When Utena was just a child and in the depths of sorrow, she found salvation in those words. They were the words of a prince, who wrapped her in his rose-scented embrace and bestowed upon her both a ring and the promise that it would lead her to him again. She never forgot the encounter. In fact, she was so impressed that she aspired to be like the prince and also help those in need.

Now a spirited teenager, Utena attends the prestigious Ohtori Academy. However, her strong sense of chivalry soon places her at odds with the school’s student council and thrusts her into a series of mysterious and dangerous duels against its members.

This is the first time Revolutionary Girl Utena and its entire 39 episodes will be released in Australia. To put the cherry on top, the release will feature dual audio with an English dub alongside the original Japanese audio.

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds gets a music video with I Fight Dragons

Travis Bruno
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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds gets a music video with I Fight Dragons

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In an interesting turn of events, Mages has decided to team up with Nintendocore band, I Fight Dragons to create a music video featuring the band’s song “Move” and footage from their recently released XBLA game Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds.

The video can be seen below and the US PR Manager of Mages, Gail Salamanca said the following about this unique collaboration: “People will probably wonder what the impetus was for such a collaboration.I’m actually a huge fan of the band and felt the need to somehow Voltron the awesomeness of I Fight Dragon’s chiptune inspired rock sound and Phantom Breaker’s 8-bit retro action into something that fans of the band and game could enjoy.”

Those interested in seeing whether or not Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds is worth picking up can find our review here.

Rockstar Brings the Payne to Mac

Nathan Farrugia
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Rockstar has decided to bring the Payne to Mac, Max Payne that is. For those Apple enthusiasts who have yet to get their hands on the game now might be the perfect chance as Max Payne 3 is available today on Mac.

Max Payne 3 delivers a highly detailed cinematic experience that features Bullet Time and Shootdodge effects to bring more epicness to the action. Similar to the PC version, the Mac version will support several graphics options including “scalable high-resolution textures and character models, DirectX11 features, multi-monitor support and 3D.”

Rockstar recommends a Mac with an Intel Dual Core Xeon / Core i Series 2.4 Ghz processor, OS X 10.7.5 Lion, 4GB of RAM, NVIDIA 8800GT or AMD Radeon HD 4870 with 512 VRAM, and 35GB of free storage space to play the game as it’s meant to be played.

Max Payne 3 is now available from the Mac App Store and on Steam for Mac. If you want to see if the game is for you, check out our review of the Xbox 360 version.

DAISUKI To Simulcast Monogatari S2, Attend AX2013

Sergei Lazarev
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Anime streaming service DAISUKI.NET has announced Monogatari Second Season as its first simulcast title, set to premiere on July 6, which will be streamed a few hours after its Japanese TV debut. In partnership with Aniplex of America, the show will be exclusively streamed in HD with English subtitles for free.

“We want to provide the newest content from Japan, as well as classic ones”, says Kunihiko Shibata, President of DAISUKI Inc. By using a survey system, DAISUKI does indeed offer older classics if users vote for them.

The site currently offers Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sword Art Online, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Lupin the 3rd, and The Prince of Tennis OAV series. Beginning with the simulcast of Monogatari Second Season, the previous series will also be streamed: Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari and Nekomonogatari (Black).

Region-locking will unfortunately continue to exist in the anime industry, with Monogatari Second Season and Nekomonogatari (Black) viewable in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari will be available in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa.

Additionally, DAISUKI has announced it will be attending Anime Expo 2013, July 4-7 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, United States. Those attending the expo can visit them at their booth and their first industry panel on July 4, 18:15 in room LP2 with a Q&A session and a special screening of Nekomonogatari (Black), which will be shown with English subtitles for the first time.

Studio Shaft Director Mitsutoshi Kubota will be the special guest of the panel and attendees will receive a free T-shirt while supplies last.

Finally, DAISUKI is planning on launching its paid, e-commerce platform in late June 2013. Another special giveaway will be held to mark the occasion where winners will be announced after each round, totalling 1,000 participants. Each registered user may enter once every 24 hours.

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn’s Beta Phase 3 continues

Joshua Moris
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Square Enix has announced today that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will continue “Beta Phase 3” through June into July. This time around beta testers from both PC and PS3 can join in on the fun with cross-platform functionality. Other goodies for testers to explore are the vast city states of Limsa, Lominsa, Ul’dah, and Gridania. The Beta Phase 3 will include the following testing times for this weekend:

Friday June 21, 7:00 p.m. => Sunday June 23, 7:00 p.m. (AEST Time)
Friday June 21, 9:00 p.m. => Sunday June 23, 9:00 p.m. (NZST Time)

Scheduled to be released on August 27th for both PC and PS3, the title has a bit of testing to go through yet to be finalized. To sign up for beta testing, follow the link (here). Additionally, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will also be released for PS4 in 2014.

Dynasty Warriors 8 release date set for PAL regions

Travis Bruno
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While gamers in North America already know when they can expect the next Dynasty Warriors title to be released, gamers in Europe and other PAL regions have only had a vague window of release sometime close to the US release. Well today Tecmo Koei chose to announce exactly when Dynasty Warriors 8 will be available for purchase and it just so happens to be on July 19th.

For those who haven’t already heard, the game features a number of new characters, new game modes, new stages alongside redesigned stages and a number of new scenarios that follow the stories of the Wei, Wu, Shu and Jin kingdoms.

For gamers in the UK, if you choose to pre-order the title from GAME.co.uk you will be given a special limited edition smartphone pouch which features a different character and color representing one of the four kingdoms while all other retailers will be given a costume pack featuring Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, Cao Cao, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu’s outfits from Dynasty Warriors 1.

To top that off, anyone pre-ordering through independent sellers can get a nice pack that includes outfits for Zhao Yun and Sun Shangxiang from Romance of the Three Kingdoms 12.

Shin Megami Tensei IV’s strategy guide teased

Travis Bruno
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In the internet age strategy guides and walkthroughs have become something rarely required by gamers today. However every once in awhile a game is released that may require just that and if any game is going to need a strategy guide, it will be Shin Megami Tensei IV.

As such, Atlus has announced that they will be having a 176 page soft cover guide created by Prima Games. To go along with this announcement the company also released a few preview pages from the guide which can be seen here. Concerned about a price? Don’t be, because all pre-orders and a limited number of first run copies of Shin Megami Tensei IV will net this guide completely free with their purchase of the game.

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