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  • 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, or make them worse?! Will you fix the broken timeline, or will you be too...

    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, or make them worse?! Will you fix the broken timeline, or will you be too...

  • 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 a non-18+ title. We have had very little in the way of promotional content since...

    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 a non-18+ title. We have had very little in the way of promotional content since...

  • 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 of this post. However, the anime series has been localized and is currently available in a number...

    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 of this post. However, the anime series has been localized and is currently available in a number...

  • 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 some of his other renown films including The Place Promised in Our Early Days...

    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 with some of his other renown films including The Place Promised in Our Early Days...

  • 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 is uncensored and 18+ only, comes with Japanese voice overs with Japanese text and is...

    [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 is uncensored and 18+ only, comes with Japanese voice overs with Japanese text and is...

  • JAST USA, the publisher of the English language version of Saya no Uta by Nitroplus have recently shared release notes for the title which is set to be launched both physically and digitally in the coming weeks. They have once again confirmed that there will be NO DRM included with this release. In addition, for those who have previously played with the translation patch – the text has been heavily revised – not to the point of being a completely new translation but instead to what they claim greatly improves the overall experience. As with many of their releases, all...

    [18+] JAST USA Share Release Notes for Saya no Uta

    Posted on April 1, 2013 | No Comments
    JAST USA, the publisher of the English language version of Saya no Uta by Nitroplus have recently shared release notes for the title which is set to be launched both physically and digitally in the coming weeks. They have once again confirmed that there will be NO DRM included with this release. In addition, for those who have previously played with the translation patch – the text has been heavily revised – not to the point of being a completely new translation but instead to what they claim greatly improves the overall experience. As with many of their releases, all...

  • English-language visual novel publisher JAST USA have today confirmed that their release of Saya no Uta has finally reached golden master stage, and at the moment should be released sometime in early May 2013. Saya no Uta is a visual novel developed between Nitroplus (A studio known for other series including Steins;Gate and Deus Machina Demonbane) and Urobuchi Gen (Creator of Puella Magi Madoka Magica). Saya no Uta tells the story of a young medical student who receives experimental brain surgery after a traumatic accident. He survives, but is left with warped senses that perceive the world as a hellish wasteland...

    JAST USA Confirm Saya no Uta Reaches Golden Master, Set for Release in Early May

    Posted on March 22, 2013 | No Comments
    English-language visual novel publisher JAST USA have today confirmed that their release of Saya no Uta has finally reached golden master stage, and at the moment should be released sometime in early May 2013. Saya no Uta is a visual novel developed between Nitroplus (A studio known for other series including Steins;Gate and Deus Machina Demonbane) and Urobuchi Gen (Creator of Puella Magi Madoka Magica). Saya no Uta tells the story of a young medical student who receives experimental brain surgery after a traumatic accident. He survives, but is left with warped senses that perceive the world as a hellish wasteland...

  • With Steins;Gate Linear Bounded Phenogram (STEINS;GATE 線形拘束のフェノグラム) set to be released in Japan a little more than a month from now, 5pb have shared two preview trailers for the title, highlighting a small fraction of what fans can expect to pick up upon release in the viewpoint of Kurisu Makise. This latest instalment, set for release on the Playstation 3 and XBox360 is a follow-up to the original Steins;Gate title and follows the perspectives of different lab members instead of just Rintarou Okabe.

    5pb Share Two Preview Trailers for Steins;Gate Linear Bounded Phenogram From the Viewpoint of Kurisu Makise

    Posted on March 21, 2013 | No Comments
    With Steins;Gate Linear Bounded Phenogram (STEINS;GATE 線形拘束のフェノグラム) set to be released in Japan a little more than a month from now, 5pb have shared two preview trailers for the title, highlighting a small fraction of what fans can expect to pick up upon release in the viewpoint of Kurisu Makise. This latest instalment, set for release on the Playstation 3 and XBox360 is a follow-up to the original Steins;Gate title and follows the perspectives of different lab members instead of just Rintarou Okabe.

  • Publisher of English localized all-ages and eroge visual novels MangaGamer, have announced that their next upcoming 18+ visual novel release of SSSS (Super Secret Sexy Spy) will be available for purchase through their official website from the 1st April 2013. Available for the price of $24.95, this is a visual novel developed by softhouse-seal which originally went by the title of Nakadashi Spy no Sounyuu Sousa -Shikyuu no Heiwa wa Ore ga Mamoru! - (中出しスパイの挿入捜査 -子宮の平和は俺が守る!-) in Japan. SSSS Super Secret Sexy Spy My name is Iiyama Hunt. I’m an intelligence operative for the secret agency known as the Federal Association of...

    [18+] MangaGamer Announce Release Date for SSSS (Super Secret Sexy Spy)

    Posted on March 10, 2013 | No Comments
    Publisher of English localized all-ages and eroge visual novels MangaGamer, have announced that their next upcoming 18+ visual novel release of SSSS (Super Secret Sexy Spy) will be available for purchase through their official website from the 1st April 2013. Available for the price of $24.95, this is a visual novel developed by softhouse-seal which originally went by the title of Nakadashi Spy no Sounyuu Sousa -Shikyuu no Heiwa wa Ore ga Mamoru! - (中出しスパイの挿入捜査 -子宮の平和は俺が守る!-) in Japan. SSSS Super Secret Sexy Spy My name is Iiyama Hunt. I’m an intelligence operative for the secret agency known as the Federal Association of...

  • The team at MangaGamer, a publisher of English localized all-ages and 18+ eroge visual novels have today confirmed their release of a demo for upcoming VN Tick Tack. The trial edition is available from the games official website HERE. The story begins one holiday.During a calm afternoon, Rin’s group takes notice of a magical item in Nerine’s room, and it is accidentally activated during a fuss caused by Itsuki and Mayumi. The four of them: Rin, Nerine, Itsuki, and Mayumi, are sent to the World of the Devils, 20 years in the past. The two girls they meet there will change history...

    [18+] MangaGamer Release Demo of Tick Tack

    Posted on March 1, 2013 | No Comments
    The team at MangaGamer, a publisher of English localized all-ages and 18+ eroge visual novels have today confirmed their release of a demo for upcoming VN Tick Tack. The trial edition is available from the games official website HERE. The story begins one holiday.During a calm afternoon, Rin’s group takes notice of a magical item in Nerine’s room, and it is accidentally activated during a fuss caused by Itsuki and Mayumi. The four of them: Rin, Nerine, Itsuki, and Mayumi, are sent to the World of the Devils, 20 years in the past. The two girls they meet there will change history...

  • With the next installment in the Steins;Gate visual novel franchise ‘Steins;Gate: Senkei Kousoku no Phenogram’ (Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram)  set to launch on the Playstation 3 and XBox360 in Japan on the 25th April 2013 – 5pb and Mages have chosen to preview the opening sequence for the game. The song is titled “Phenogram” and is performed by Ayane – who I believe is playing her first role for the Steins;Gate franchise with most previous songs being performed by either Yui Sakakibara or Kanako Ito. Pretty good song either way with animation I would expect to be present. Take a...

    Take a Look at the Opening Sequence for Steins;Gate: Senkei Kousoku no Phenogram (PS3/XBox360)

    Posted on February 20, 2013 | No Comments
    With the next installment in the Steins;Gate visual novel franchise ‘Steins;Gate: Senkei Kousoku no Phenogram’ (Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram)  set to launch on the Playstation 3 and XBox360 in Japan on the 25th April 2013 – 5pb and Mages have chosen to preview the opening sequence for the game. The song is titled “Phenogram” and is performed by Ayane – who I believe is playing her first role for the Steins;Gate franchise with most previous songs being performed by either Yui Sakakibara or Kanako Ito. Pretty good song either way with animation I would expect to be present. Take a...

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