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  • Who is up for a visual novel with an excessively long and detailed title? If so, then MangaGamer have today announced their acquisition of softhouse-seal’s visual novel title “Kougyaku no Kishi Miles -Boukyaku no Hate, Inshoku Jutai- | 肛虐の騎士ミレス -忘却の果て、淫触受胎-”, which they will be publishing under the even longer title “ Milles, Knight of Anal Tyranny ~Impregnated by Lusty Tentacles at the Ends of Oblivion~“. There is currently no release date planned for this title, but we do know that it will once again be uncensored and...

    [18+] MangaGamer Announce Acquisition of Milles, Knight of Anal Tyranny ~Impregnated by Lusty Tentacles at the Ends of Oblivion~

    Posted on May 18, 2013 | No Comments
    Who is up for a visual novel with an excessively long and detailed title? If so, then MangaGamer have today announced their acquisition of softhouse-seal’s visual novel title “Kougyaku no Kishi Miles -Boukyaku no Hate, Inshoku Jutai- | 肛虐の騎士ミレス -忘却の果て、淫触受胎-”, which they will be publishing under the even longer title “ Milles, Knight of Anal Tyranny ~Impregnated by Lusty Tentacles at the Ends of Oblivion~“. There is currently no release date planned for this title, but we do know that it will once again be uncensored and...

  • Publishers of English localized visual novels JAST USA have today confirmed that a number of their titles have been reduced in price (From $2 to $10) as part of their biennial price reductions. While these may not cover their more recent releases, there are some interesting titles in the mix such as Deus Machina Demonbane (A nominee for The Otaku’s Study Game of the Year 2011), A Drug That Makes You Dream and many more. The full list, with links to individual product pages are below: $10...

    JAST USA Reduce the Prices of Many of Their Old Visual Novel Titles

    Posted on May 17, 2013 | No Comments
    Publishers of English localized visual novels JAST USA have today confirmed that a number of their titles have been reduced in price (From $2 to $10) as part of their biennial price reductions. While these may not cover their more recent releases, there are some interesting titles in the mix such as Deus Machina Demonbane (A nominee for The Otaku’s Study Game of the Year 2011), A Drug That Makes You Dream and many more. The full list, with links to individual product pages are below: $10...

  • Turns out that while the Playstation Portable has received the first ever all-ages edition of Kud Wafter (Following the opposite route to the PC version of Little Busters!) this month, those whom have been waiting for a PC edition won’t have too long to wait. This is because KEY and visualarts have the intent of launching this edition on the PC from the 28th June 2013. While Little Busters! was a multi-routed romance/school-life visual novel with several characters and a couple of supernatural elements to keep it...

    All-Ages Edition of Kud Wafter Also Set to Head to PC’s in June

    Posted on May 14, 2013 | 3 Comments
    Turns out that while the Playstation Portable has received the first ever all-ages edition of Kud Wafter (Following the opposite route to the PC version of Little Busters!) this month, those whom have been waiting for a PC edition won’t have too long to wait. This is because KEY and visualarts have the intent of launching this edition on the PC from the 28th June 2013. While Little Busters! was a multi-routed romance/school-life visual novel with several characters and a couple of supernatural elements to keep it...

  • Visual novel localizer/publisher MangaGamer have confirmed the addition of If my Heart Had Wings to their online stores release slate. Winning 3rd place overall in the 2012 Bishoujo Game Awards, this latest visual novel release (and the first one published by new publisher MoeNovel) features a translation by Active Gaming Media (AGM) who subsequently has had roles in bigger localization projects such as Demon’s Souls and No More Heroes. The visual novel is set for release from the 28th June 2013, and unlike many titles directly...

    MangaGamer Announce Addition of “If My Heart Had Wings” to their Visual Novel Release Slate

    Posted on May 13, 2013 | No Comments
    Visual novel localizer/publisher MangaGamer have confirmed the addition of If my Heart Had Wings to their online stores release slate. Winning 3rd place overall in the 2012 Bishoujo Game Awards, this latest visual novel release (and the first one published by new publisher MoeNovel) features a translation by Active Gaming Media (AGM) who subsequently has had roles in bigger localization projects such as Demon’s Souls and No More Heroes. The visual novel is set for release from the 28th June 2013, and unlike many titles directly...

  • While there is no sign of an official English release for either Kud Wafter or the main game Little Busters… or any hint of this changing anytime soon for this matter, in Japan the Playstation Portable port of Kud Wafter has been released to the Japanese market. Kud Wafter originated as a side story for Little Busters and released on the PC during 2010 as an 18+ eroge visual novel. The game featured the player assuming the role once again of Riki Naoe, but instead...

    Kud Wafter: Converted Edition Launched on the Playstation Portable

    Posted on May 10, 2013 | No Comments
    While there is no sign of an official English release for either Kud Wafter or the main game Little Busters… or any hint of this changing anytime soon for this matter, in Japan the Playstation Portable port of Kud Wafter has been released to the Japanese market. Kud Wafter originated as a side story for Little Busters and released on the PC during 2010 as an 18+ eroge visual novel. The game featured the player assuming the role once again of Riki Naoe, but instead...

  • First of all, for those of you who have yet to take a look at my news Twitter feed to the right side of this post, last night I was in attendance at the world premiere of The Garden of Words, hosted in Queensland, Australia as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival’s “Cool Japan” festivities which also included screenings of films such as Wolf Children. At the event I was also able to get a 15 minute interview with the legendary director himself –...

    With Makoto Shinkai’s World Premiere of The Garden of Words Now Screened, Let’s Take a Look at Another One of His Smaller Animation Roles

    Posted on April 29, 2013 | No Comments
    First of all, for those of you who have yet to take a look at my news Twitter feed to the right side of this post, last night I was in attendance at the world premiere of The Garden of Words, hosted in Queensland, Australia as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival’s “Cool Japan” festivities which also included screenings of films such as Wolf Children. At the event I was also able to get a 15 minute interview with the legendary director himself –...

  • Publisher of English-translated visual novels MangaGamer have today confirmed that their latest release Tick Tack! by Japanese studio Navel is now available for purchase via their official website. As with most of the companies releases, this is an 18+ eroge visual novel which has been uncensored. It follows the journey of Rin, Nerine, Mayumi and Itsuki who are thrown back in time into the World of the Devils – right before Forbesii and Sage get engaged. The result…. completely messing up the timeline. Will you put things back in order,...

    MangaGamer Release Digital Edition of Tick Tack! via Official Website

    Posted on April 26, 2013 | No Comments
    Publisher of English-translated visual novels MangaGamer have today confirmed that their latest release Tick Tack! by Japanese studio Navel is now available for purchase via their official website. As with most of the companies releases, this is an 18+ eroge visual novel which has been uncensored. It follows the journey of Rin, Nerine, Mayumi and Itsuki who are thrown back in time into the World of the Devils – right before Forbesii and Sage get engaged. The result…. completely messing up the timeline. Will you put things back in order,...

  • While Little Busters has been fortunate enough to receive not only an original PC release but an eroge re-release, standard re-release based on “Ecstasy Edition”, additional releases on several different game consoles AND an anime series (Not to mention other media releases), its eroge sequel Kud Wafter hasn’t recieved as much attention. Fortunately, the team at Prototype will be re-releasing the game on the Playstation Portable next month as part of their “Converted Edition” series – and should for the first time make the game available as...

    Opening Sequence and a Few New Screenshots Released for Kud Wafter: Converted Edition

    Posted on April 24, 2013 | No Comments
    While Little Busters has been fortunate enough to receive not only an original PC release but an eroge re-release, standard re-release based on “Ecstasy Edition”, additional releases on several different game consoles AND an anime series (Not to mention other media releases), its eroge sequel Kud Wafter hasn’t recieved as much attention. Fortunately, the team at Prototype will be re-releasing the game on the Playstation Portable next month as part of their “Converted Edition” series – and should for the first time make the game available as...

  • 5pb and Mages have recently unveiled a brand new promotional video for their upcoming release of Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram for both the XBox360 and Playstation 3 video game consoles. This latest installment in the Steins;Gate series features brand new storylines through the perspectives of the different lab members rather than main character Rintarou Okabe. Oh… and it also features Okabe as Alpaca Man at some point during the game. There are no plans announced for an international release of any game in the Steins;Gate franchise as...

    5pb / Mages Release New Promotional Trailer for Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram

    Posted on April 11, 2013 | No Comments
    5pb and Mages have recently unveiled a brand new promotional video for their upcoming release of Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram for both the XBox360 and Playstation 3 video game consoles. This latest installment in the Steins;Gate series features brand new storylines through the perspectives of the different lab members rather than main character Rintarou Okabe. Oh… and it also features Okabe as Alpaca Man at some point during the game. There are no plans announced for an international release of any game in the Steins;Gate franchise as...

  • For those who have not yet heard, on the 28th April 2013 as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival (Queensland, Australia) – Makoto Shinkai will be holding his world premiere of his latest anime film The Graden of Words, also referred to as Kotonoha no Niwa. This follows the Gold Coast Film Festival also hosting the Australian premiere of his film Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below which I have covered several times on this site. While many readers of this site may be familiar...

    With Makoto Shinkai’s World Premiere of The Garden of Words in a Few Weeks Time, Let’s Take a Look at One of His Lesser Known Animations

    Posted on April 11, 2013 | No Comments
    For those who have not yet heard, on the 28th April 2013 as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival (Queensland, Australia) – Makoto Shinkai will be holding his world premiere of his latest anime film The Graden of Words, also referred to as Kotonoha no Niwa. This follows the Gold Coast Film Festival also hosting the Australian premiere of his film Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below which I have covered several times on this site. While many readers of this site may be familiar...

  • Prior to their April 25th launch of Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram in Japan – 5pb and Mages have released this additional 15 second trailer for the game. Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram is another visual novel instalment in the series, and rather than focus on main protagonist Rintarou Okabe, focuses on the viewpoints of the other lab members of the Future Gadget Laboratory. It is available for both Playstation 3 and XBox360 video game consoles, but chances of getting an international release are slim it seems.

    5pb / Mages Share Brief 15 Second Commercial of Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram

    Posted on April 9, 2013 | No Comments
    Prior to their April 25th launch of Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram in Japan – 5pb and Mages have released this additional 15 second trailer for the game. Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram is another visual novel instalment in the series, and rather than focus on main protagonist Rintarou Okabe, focuses on the viewpoints of the other lab members of the Future Gadget Laboratory. It is available for both Playstation 3 and XBox360 video game consoles, but chances of getting an international release are slim it seems.

  • English visual novel publisher MangaGamer have today made a set of three announcements pertaining to their website and current/upcoming titles. The most notable to everyone who purchases from them is the unveiling of their brand new website. To check it out click HERE. Also to commemorate the opening of their new website, MangaGamer have confirmed the release of  softhouse-seal’s visual novel SSSS: Super Secret Sexy Spy (Nakadashi Spy no Sounyuu Sousa -Shikyuu no Heiwa wa Ore ga Mamoru!-). As you might already expect, the title...

    [18+] MangaGamer Open New Website, Launch SSSS: Super Secret Sexy Spy and Open Pre-Orders for Tick-Tack

    Posted on April 3, 2013 | No Comments
    English visual novel publisher MangaGamer have today made a set of three announcements pertaining to their website and current/upcoming titles. The most notable to everyone who purchases from them is the unveiling of their brand new website. To check it out click HERE. Also to commemorate the opening of their new website, MangaGamer have confirmed the release of  softhouse-seal’s visual novel SSSS: Super Secret Sexy Spy (Nakadashi Spy no Sounyuu Sousa -Shikyuu no Heiwa wa Ore ga Mamoru!-). As you might already expect, the title...

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