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  • In seven days, Tokyo will fall. The entire city has been locked down. No one enters and no one leaves. Demons have invaded the city attacking innocent people who have no means of fighting back. Inside the lockdown, fear and chaos reign. You (Insert Name Here) are inside the lockdown. You are left with a special COMP device which allows you to forge contracts with demons who will fight by your side. You will make decisions that will mean life for some and death for others. But what about your own life? Will you survive?

    Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked – Review

    Posted on January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment
    In seven days, Tokyo will fall. The entire city has been locked down. No one enters and no one leaves. Demons have invaded the city attacking innocent people who have no means of fighting back. Inside the lockdown, fear and chaos reign. You (Insert Name Here) are inside the lockdown. You are left with a special COMP device which allows you to forge contracts with demons who will fight by your side. You will make decisions that will mean life for some and death for others. But what about your own life? Will you survive?

  • Title: Gakuen Alice Published by: Nozomi Entertainment Based on: The manga series under the same name by Tachibana Higuchi Genre: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural Audio: Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Runtime: 650 minutes Cost: Litebox $29.99 as of this post from Right Stuf Special Thanks: A copy of this series was purchased out of my own pocket I have been following the Gakuen Alice series since the first volume of the manga was released in English by Tokyopop several years ago. It caught my eye because I was much younger and happened to have...

    Gakuen Alice DVD Collection – Review

    Posted on January 29, 2012 | No Comments
    Title: Gakuen Alice Published by: Nozomi Entertainment Based on: The manga series under the same name by Tachibana Higuchi Genre: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural Audio: Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Runtime: 650 minutes Cost: Litebox $29.99 as of this post from Right Stuf Special Thanks: A copy of this series was purchased out of my own pocket I have been following the Gakuen Alice series since the first volume of the manga was released in English by Tokyopop several years ago. It caught my eye because I was much younger and happened to have...

  • With January around the cornet it is time to take a look at the anime haul from both Siren Visual and Madman Entertainment in Australia for the month of February 2012. February is a month where you will either have a lot of time or none at all… been looking after your kids who are on school holiday or running after younger siblings who have been stealing your anime discs? With them back at school you should have more time to watch the series you...

    The Anime Fan’s Guide to Aussie Anime Purchases in February 2012

    Posted on January 28, 2012 | 2 Comments
    With January around the cornet it is time to take a look at the anime haul from both Siren Visual and Madman Entertainment in Australia for the month of February 2012. February is a month where you will either have a lot of time or none at all… been looking after your kids who are on school holiday or running after younger siblings who have been stealing your anime discs? With them back at school you should have more time to watch the series you...

  • This review was conducted on the freely available demo version of Soreyuke Burunyanman HARDCORE!!! (それゆけ！ぶるにゃんマン　HARDCORE!!!) recently released by DigitalCute on the PC with a PSP release due sometime in the near future (それゆけ！ぶるにゃんマン Portable ～とりもどせ！あいとせいぎときぼうのつにゃ～). For the purposes of this review all three characters had their two stages played through once on normal difficulty. While there were brief moments of fanservice seen during my playthroughs, there was nothing that I would call eroge (Fanservice however is a big YES)…. but be warned that the full...

    Let’s Go! Burunyanman – Trial Review

    Posted on January 28, 2012 | No Comments
    This review was conducted on the freely available demo version of Soreyuke Burunyanman HARDCORE!!! (それゆけ！ぶるにゃんマン　HARDCORE!!!) recently released by DigitalCute on the PC with a PSP release due sometime in the near future (それゆけ！ぶるにゃんマン Portable ～とりもどせ！あいとせいぎときぼうのつにゃ～). For the purposes of this review all three characters had their two stages played through once on normal difficulty. While there were brief moments of fanservice seen during my playthroughs, there was nothing that I would call eroge (Fanservice however is a big YES)…. but be warned that the full...

  • Welcome to my first ever installment of The Otaku’s Manga Study, similar to my rehashed version of The Otaku’s Gaming Study where I dust off my bookcase and dig into some titles I unfortunately never got to cover when they were first released for one reason or another. As January has proven to be a rather quiet month it has given me a chance to revisit some of these titles and get the chance to review them whereas they might not have otherwise. I hope...

    The Otaku’s Manga Study #1 – Reviews of Bunny Drop Volume 3, With the Light Volume 3 and Suzunari! Volume 1

    Posted on January 25, 2012 | No Comments
    Welcome to my first ever installment of The Otaku’s Manga Study, similar to my rehashed version of The Otaku’s Gaming Study where I dust off my bookcase and dig into some titles I unfortunately never got to cover when they were first released for one reason or another. As January has proven to be a rather quiet month it has given me a chance to revisit some of these titles and get the chance to review them whereas they might not have otherwise. I hope...

  • The Otaku’s x Study is a system I introduced in earlier months of last year, where instead of posting big swarms of news articles in one hit I would compile and release on an infrequent basis. As I now do individual news posts now I adapted it in December to be a system where I could review older titles that for whatever reason were not reviewed upon their proper release, resulting in a number of mini-reviews if you would totalling around 500-700 words each and...

    The Otaku’s Manga Study Announced + The Otaku’s Gaming Study #7 to Be Released this Week

    Posted on January 24, 2012 | No Comments
    The Otaku’s x Study is a system I introduced in earlier months of last year, where instead of posting big swarms of news articles in one hit I would compile and release on an infrequent basis. As I now do individual news posts now I adapted it in December to be a system where I could review older titles that for whatever reason were not reviewed upon their proper release, resulting in a number of mini-reviews if you would totalling around 500-700 words each and...

  • Title: Azumanga Daioh Published by: ADV Film|Section23 Films (North America), Madman Entertainment (Australia) Based on: The Azumanga Daioh manga series by Kiyohiko Azuma Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Runtime: 650 minutes Cost: Contact your nearest seller of anime Special Thanks: A copy of this series was purchased out of my own pocket You might be wondering why I am doing a review of Azumanga Daioh… an anime series that was originally released in 2002 and become a name-brand anime series? The simple fact of the matter...

    Azumanga Daioh – Review

    Posted on January 23, 2012 | No Comments
    Title: Azumanga Daioh Published by: ADV Film|Section23 Films (North America), Madman Entertainment (Australia) Based on: The Azumanga Daioh manga series by Kiyohiko Azuma Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Runtime: 650 minutes Cost: Contact your nearest seller of anime Special Thanks: A copy of this series was purchased out of my own pocket You might be wondering why I am doing a review of Azumanga Daioh… an anime series that was originally released in 2002 and become a name-brand anime series? The simple fact of the matter...

  • The Search for the Perfect Visual Novel System #2 Gothic Delusion (Gothderi) After mentioning the game for several months now, I have decided it would only be fair that after my review of Monobeno’s demo that I go ahead and review Gothic Delusion, Lose’s first title which showcases their unique ways of delivering the visual novel experience to its viewers. As I have mentioned before, the two main aspects that are of appeal in this games preference towards CG artwork over character portraits and that...

    Gothic Delusion – Review

    Posted on January 21, 2012 | No Comments
    The Search for the Perfect Visual Novel System #2 Gothic Delusion (Gothderi) After mentioning the game for several months now, I have decided it would only be fair that after my review of Monobeno’s demo that I go ahead and review Gothic Delusion, Lose’s first title which showcases their unique ways of delivering the visual novel experience to its viewers. As I have mentioned before, the two main aspects that are of appeal in this games preference towards CG artwork over character portraits and that...

  • So Does Monobeno Offer the Same Visual Novel System as Gothic Delusion? The Search for the Perfect Visual Novel System #1  I have mentioned it a couple of times on this site, but after comparing the smallish number of visual novel titles I have actually… played(??) read(??) (Seriously, what is the more appropriate term to use?) the one system that I found to be most creative, if not most time consuming for the developers of the VN (Lose) was that they chose to ditch character portraits entirely...

    Monobeno Demo – Review

    Posted on January 21, 2012 | No Comments
    So Does Monobeno Offer the Same Visual Novel System as Gothic Delusion? The Search for the Perfect Visual Novel System #1  I have mentioned it a couple of times on this site, but after comparing the smallish number of visual novel titles I have actually… played(??) read(??) (Seriously, what is the more appropriate term to use?) the one system that I found to be most creative, if not most time consuming for the developers of the VN (Lose) was that they chose to ditch character portraits entirely...

  • Title: My Girlfriend is the President Alternate Title: Osananajimi wa Daitouryou Developed By: Alcot Published By: JAST USA Genre: Comedy, Eroge, Romance Audio: Japanese Dub Subtitles: English Screen Dimension: 800×600 (Images modified to be more landscape for this review, click on image to see proper sized screen) Cost: $34.95 from the Jast USA online store. Thinking about it… it has been quite a while since I last reviewed a visual novel, but hopefully this is the first in a line of VN reviews to come over the next few weeks and months with...

    My Girlfriend is the President – Review

    Posted on January 18, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Title: My Girlfriend is the President Alternate Title: Osananajimi wa Daitouryou Developed By: Alcot Published By: JAST USA Genre: Comedy, Eroge, Romance Audio: Japanese Dub Subtitles: English Screen Dimension: 800×600 (Images modified to be more landscape for this review, click on image to see proper sized screen) Cost: $34.95 from the Jast USA online store. Thinking about it… it has been quite a while since I last reviewed a visual novel, but hopefully this is the first in a line of VN reviews to come over the next few weeks and months with...

  • Title: Negima!? Published by: Madman Entertainment (Australia / New Zealand), Funimation Entertainment (North America) Based on: Mahou Sensei Negima manga series by Ken Akamatsu Genre: Action, Magic, Comedy and Romance Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen (16:9) Runtime: 650 minutes over two Collections Cost: $39.95 per Collection Classification: This title has been classified as PG  for Mild Sexual References, Coarse Language and Nudity Special Thanks: A copy of both collections were purchased out of my own pocket. Let me take you back to October 2006, having been uncertain about the...

    Negima!? – Review

    Posted on January 17, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Title: Negima!? Published by: Madman Entertainment (Australia / New Zealand), Funimation Entertainment (North America) Based on: Mahou Sensei Negima manga series by Ken Akamatsu Genre: Action, Magic, Comedy and Romance Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen (16:9) Runtime: 650 minutes over two Collections Cost: $39.95 per Collection Classification: This title has been classified as PG  for Mild Sexual References, Coarse Language and Nudity Special Thanks: A copy of both collections were purchased out of my own pocket. Let me take you back to October 2006, having been uncertain about the...

  • Title: Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny Developed By: Neverland Published By: Natsume Based on: The Rune Factory series Console: Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii Genre: RPG, Simulation Subtitles: English Classification: This game has been classified E10+ by the ESRB for Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol Review Conditions: This review was done on a North American Playstation 3 version of the game. There are some slight differences between the PS3 and Wii versions of the game. Special Thanks: This game was purchased out of my own pocket Just like the ICO and Shadow...

    Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny – Review

    Posted on January 16, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Title: Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny Developed By: Neverland Published By: Natsume Based on: The Rune Factory series Console: Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii Genre: RPG, Simulation Subtitles: English Classification: This game has been classified E10+ by the ESRB for Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol Review Conditions: This review was done on a North American Playstation 3 version of the game. There are some slight differences between the PS3 and Wii versions of the game. Special Thanks: This game was purchased out of my own pocket Just like the ICO and Shadow...

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