After a long an arduous battle with addiction, Yoshihiro Togashi, the man behind the popular manga series Hunter x Hunter has finally checked out of a Dragon Quest rehabilitation facility and has made clear that he plans to resume his Hunter x Hunter manga after more than a year on hiatus.
The manga went on hiatus following its 340th chapter in March of 2012. The hiatus was originally said to be brief, but that was when disaster struck – Dragon Quest X was released on the Wii a few months later. Togashi couldn’t help but wait outside his local video-games store for the next 4 months, his addiction had already taken control before the game had even been released.
When asked to comment on his addiction Togashi had this to say, “I like Dragon Quest.” He also went on to break his silence in regards to his hiatus by saying, “Sorry about that, please stop threatening my life.” He followed up by giving his thoughts on his fans, “I am afraid, please can someone help me?”
Unfortunately following his release from Dragon Quest rehab last week on the 23rd of March, Togashi broke his sobriety this past weekend upon the release of Dragon Quest X on the Wii U. Togashi’s whereabouts is currently unknown and his promise to resume the Hunter x Hunter manga is now up in the air. Togashi was last spotted cradling a Slime plush toy and a Wii U Gamepad at a local Starbucks cafe, presumably trying to take advantage of their free Wi-Fi.
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Activesoft have revealed today that their fan favourite Eroge Visual Novel, Bible Black, will be appearing on both the Wii U and 3DS systems courtesy of Nintendo. What is interesting about this release is that it goes completely against Nintendo’s softcore family friendly image. Although, some can argue that Nintendo have been trying to capture more and more of the hardcore market as of late. However, this is kind of pushing the term “hardcore” a bit far.
Bible Black is best known for its Anime adaptation of the same name. The Anime series featured a fairly large amount of futanari (chicks with dicks) hentai scenes which lead to a massive cult following. What is interesting though is that game itself wasn’t as big on the futa, it was only really one or two characters.
Activesoft have revealed that each version of the game will have interactive controls using the touchscreens available to both consoles. However, 3DS users will have slightly reworked artwork in order to take advantage of the devices 3D capabilities. Also mentioned was a touchscreen based simulator where players are able to feel up or fondle various female characters in the game.
Be sure to check out the official BoxArt for the title below.
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In an unexpected bit of breaking news, computing giant Microsoft is rumored to have announced the final name of their newest console late Sunday evening. The name of the console and a few of its specs were both reportedly released, and we’ve got it for you here first.
The console, called the Microsoft Kamal, is named after an ancient celestial navigation device that was used to determine one’s latitude. Said Microsoft representative Jacques Bathy, “The name of our newest console will show the world that we have our course plotted for the next generation of console hardware, and we’re ready to plant our flag as the definitive next generation.”
In an unprecedented move, Microsoft has also released a few of the specs for the Kamal:
The Kamal will debut Intel’s very first Bacon processor – a hyper-threaded dodeca-core processor said to achieve temperatures hot enough to make breakfast on without a special coolant.
14 Petabytes of DDR8 WARP RAM – a first for the industry, touted to support the first ever Folding At Home killer, Microsoft’s Halving At Hearth.
A Seagate Latte SSD that holds an astounding 4.98 TB of space – perfect for the coming of the purely digital age of software distribution.
An Nvidia Slackjaw graphics processor that uses a proprietary new on-board architecture to ensure you have to pick your mouth up off the ground when you see it in action.
A proprietary wifi adaptor codenamed Sludge Pit that will utilize the new Wireless-HA 802.11ha standard that is set to be the newest, fastest, most secure wireless standard released to date.
Microsoft has yet to be forthcoming with a potential release date, but speculation sets the console to release sometime in the 21st century.
Be sure to keep your eyes and ears tuned here to make sure you have the newest information for the Kamal as it releases.
Capsule Computers acknowledges that this information is entirely false and is intended as an April Fools joke.
Type-Moon’s Kara no Kyoukai – the Garden of Sinners film series is getting a new epilogue side story called Mirai Fukuin – recalled out summer, due to play in Japanese theatres this Fall. Animation studio Ufotable (Fate/Zero) and music composer Yuki Kajiura (Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero) are set to continue their work on the franchise.
Mirai Fukuin is divided into two parts, Mobius Ring and Mobius Link. The former is about two psychics who can predict the future and find themselves connected to the protaganists, Mikiya and Shiki. The latter takes place a decade after the events of the series, where Ryougi Shiki’s daughter spends time with one of the psychics.
The Garden of Sinners has been released on limited edition Blu-Ray and DVD bundles by Aniplex of America, containing 7 films and a short epilogue. The promotional video for the upcoming anime film was posted on the official site during the Anime Contents Expo and can be checked out below.
Seemingly out of nowhere, Google has unveiled an entirely new way to interact with your computer.
Google Nose allows you to smell almost anything you type in the search box, from a durian, to planet Mars. The database holds over 15 million unique smells compiled by Street Sense vehicles that were patrolling millions of miles inhaling and indexing the large catalogue of smells.
No special hardware or software is required, simply place your nose as close to the screen as possible and smell. Suggestions are made as to what others also sniffed and you can even share your favourite smells using Google+.
If you are still reading this and haven’t figured it out yet, then you might want to check the date. Yes you have been fooled, this is an April Fools prank! Seems like even giant International companies such as Google like to have a bit of fun every now and then.
Google also had another clever prank up its sleeve today with the announcement that YouTube was no longer accepting entries and that a winner for the best video would be decided over the next 10 years.
If you have a ‘scents’ of humour and found the joke pretty funny, you can check out the Google Nose introduction trailer below and let us know any funny pranks you have pulled over the years in the comments.
This week on Anime Say! I return with a review of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s ‘Phantom Blood’ story arc. The ‘Phantom Blood’ arc is also commonly referred to as Part 1 of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. It is where the crazy, wild and bizarre world of JoJo begins. What did I think of the arc? Watch below to find out.
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Ultimate harem anime To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness is set to return with an additional two OVAs bundled with the 8th and 9th volume of the ongoing manga in August 19 and December 4 respectively. Hinted at earlier this month, the project unfortunately didn’t turn out to be a fully fledged anime sequel as many had hoped but judging by the previous OVAs the antics will be just as intense.
To Love-Ru Darkness is the third anime entry in the romantic comedy series, preceded by the original To Love-Ru and Motto To Love-Ru sequel. The manga had been the subject of controversy following analysis by Tokyo’s Youth Healthy Development Council that it did not violate the revised standards that prohibit erotic and “socially disruptive” content to be sold to those under the age of 18. To Love-Ru Darkness was specifically mentioned as having drawn complaints by parents who found it in their children’s bedrooms.
The To Love-Ru Darkness anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks and is due to be released sometime this year.
If you havn’t heard of Sword Art Online let me give you the basics: It is about a young man, Kazuto Kirigaya, who becomes trapped in a virtual-reality, massively multi-player online game called “Sword Art Online”. He must clear the game to escape and death in the game means death in real life. This really takes level-grinding to a new level. Crunchyroll streamed the entire Japanese dub during it’s run, all 25 episodes. The series itself was based on the light novels by Reki Kawahara.
An announcement by Aniplex of America was made at Sakura-Con releasing information about the lead roles of the english dub which will be premiered at Sakura-Con the coming Saturday.
Bryce Papenbrook of Blue Exorcist and Durarara!! fame will voice the role of Kirito and Cherami Leigh of Fairy Tail and Shakugan no Shana fame will voice the role of Asuna. If you’re a fan of anime, which if you’re reading this you probably are, then you’ll know those names mean good voice acting and good anime ahead, keep your eyes on this one!
The first promotional trailer for Brain Base’s upcoming anime adaptation of the popular horror-comedy manga Blood Lad has made its way online. The trailer features what will be the series theme song ‘ViViD’ by May’n.
You can check out the trailer for Blood Lad below in all its glory. The series is slated for a tentative premiere in Summer 2013. Blood Lad follows an otaku vampire as he tries to revive a human girl turned ghost in order to gain access to the human world.
The anime is an adaptation of Yuki Kodama’s Blood Lad manga. The eighth volume of the manga will be released in Japan on Thursday later this week. Be sure to take a gander at the Blood Lad anime trailer below.
Runaway: A Twist of Fate Part One Developer: Pendulo Studios Publisher: Bulkypix Platform: iPad (Reviewed), iPod Touch, iPhone Release Date: March 28th, 2013 Price: $4.99 Buy it Here
Overview
Splitting up large finales seem to be all the rage these days. Harry Potter and Twilight did it, so why not Runaway? Runaway: A Twist of Fate Part One is the first part of the Runaway finale. The classic point and click adventure series wraps things up with a large 2 GB bang.
Story
Brian Basco is accused of the murder of Colonel Kordsmeier. On the stand, Brian is unable to remember committing the crime and is sentenced to the Happy Dale Sanitarium for evaluation. The psychiatrist Dr. Bennett is using hypnotherapy to discover if Brian is lying about his amnesia and help Brian recover his lost memories. After a hypnotherapy session, Brian realizes he may be sent to jail and decides to stage his escape. Players take control of Gina for the first time and must help Brian by proving his innocence.
Runaway: A Twist of Fate continues Pendulo’s tradition of quirky characters, snappy writing, and laugh out loud humour. The characters are genuinely likeable characters that are unique and memorable. The writing manages to carefully slide pop culture references into the script without becoming tiring or repetitive. The humour and themes in the game is definitely PG-13 at the very least. My only complaint with Runaway: A Twist of Fate’s writing is that it does not do a very good job of bringing new players up to speed on the plot arc of the Runaway series. Although the game is completely enjoyable on its own, as a player new to the series, it would have been nice to have a little more background information about the characters.
Gameplay
Runaway: A Twist of Fate Part One is a point and click adventure ported from the PC. Players click around the environment and are provided with the option to interact, observe, or use an item with certain hotspots. There is a button to cut down on rather annoying hotspot hunt. Tapping the magnifying glass button will light up all possible hotspots. The light bulb button will play a short video providing a verbal hint on what to do next. The second tap of the hint will provide the same hint but add a small visual hint on what to do next. In general, the hints are very helpful without completely spoiling things. There are a few instances where an old hint will play, misleading the player. But these are far and few between. I appreciated the fact the hint system pays homage to the old days of gaming where stuck players could call a hotline to get advice on how to overcome an obstacle. The game manages to balance its difficulty well.
Unfortunately, Runaway: A Twist of Fate Part One is plagued with some problems. There is a strange bug in the beginning of the game that causes the UI to disappear. Additionally, the game is a little unstable, crashing once every hour or two of gameplay. The main culprit was tapping the hint button too many times in quick succession. Double tapping the hint button would cause the video to load but immediately skip itself. A third tap would often lead the game to crash. In the process of one of these crashes, my game save completely corrupted. Loading the corrupted save caused the game to recoverably freeze.
Visuals
Pendulo Studios continues to use their distinctive 2d art style that has served them well over the years. The style is colourful, eye catching, and is an excellent balance of cartoony and realism. The graphics are sharp and take advantage of the new iPad’s Retina display. Pendulo Studios sticks with a simple, tried and true UI that works well with the touchscreen.
Audio
The music is excellent, but the voice acting completely outshines the music. Runaway: A Twist of Fate Part One features a fantastic cast of voice actors. The game contains some of the best voice acting found on iOS games. Although the game is fully subtitled, I highly recommend playing this game with the sound on.
Overall
Runaway: A Twist of Fate Part One could have easily been a 9.5 game. For $4.99, buyers get a high quality game that will clock in around twelve hours of play. Unfortunately, the game could use a patch. The game is perfectly playable in its current state, but there will be a few small problems along the way. If gamers are willing to look past the small speed bumps, they will be rewarded with a fantastic point and click adventure for iOS.
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This week on Anime Say! I return with a review of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s ‘Phantom Blood’ story arc. The ‘Phantom Blood’ arc is also commonly referred to as Part 1 of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. It is where the crazy, wild and bizarre world of JoJo begins. What did I think of the arc? Watch below to find out.
