The Otaku's Study - Part 295
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  • On the 22nd March 2012, Capcom (THQ in Australia) will be releasing Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City to the Playstation 3 and XBox360 home entertainment consoles. They intend on delivering fans the “most brutal triple threat battle of their lives”. Play as the Umbrella Security Squad (USS) or the US Government Spec Ops and unleash chaos on the streets of Racoon City as a terrifying third force; zombies and B.O.W.’s, add to the carnage. Execute brutal kills on your enemies and tactically use the third...

    Capcom Show the More Brutal Side of Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City

    On the 22nd March 2012, Capcom (THQ in Australia) will be releasing Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City to the Playstation 3 and XBox360 home entertainment consoles. They intend on delivering fans the “most brutal triple threat battle of their lives”. Play as the Umbrella Security Squad (USS) or the US Government Spec Ops and unleash chaos on the streets of Racoon City as a terrifying third force; zombies and B.O.W.’s, add to the carnage. Execute brutal kills on your enemies and tactically use the third...

  • The Creative Assembly team discusses the changes which the Boshin War brought to Japan, and  reveals some of the thrilling new campaign features with Fall of the Samurai brings, including the extended map, the new Foreign Veteran agent, and the rapid modernisation of civic and military technologies. Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai is due for release globally on the 23rd March 2012 exclusively for the Windows PC. The game is currently being developed by The Creative Assembly and is being published...

    Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai Reveal Trailers

    The Creative Assembly team discusses the changes which the Boshin War brought to Japan, and  reveals some of the thrilling new campaign features with Fall of the Samurai brings, including the extended map, the new Foreign Veteran agent, and the rapid modernisation of civic and military technologies. Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai is due for release globally on the 23rd March 2012 exclusively for the Windows PC. The game is currently being developed by The Creative Assembly and is being published...

  • As a sequel to the original numbered Sonic the Hedgehog games from the earlier console, Sonic 4 was a well overdue addition to the franchise that brings the classic side-scroll platforming, but also is not just one standard game but spread over several episodes. Episode I was released all the way back in October 2010 and after far too a long time, Dimps and the Sonic Team are finally releasing Episode II. This is the latest trailer for the game, and as the name suggests...

    Sonic 4 Episode II – The Reunion Trailer

    As a sequel to the original numbered Sonic the Hedgehog games from the earlier console, Sonic 4 was a well overdue addition to the franchise that brings the classic side-scroll platforming, but also is not just one standard game but spread over several episodes. Episode I was released all the way back in October 2010 and after far too a long time, Dimps and the Sonic Team are finally releasing Episode II. This is the latest trailer for the game, and as the name suggests...

  • Some may know her for her dubs of anime songs on Youtube…. others might know her for her many anime roles…. but regardless of where you know her from Cristina Vee is heading down under for both the Melborune Supanova Expo held between the 13th and 15 of April and the brand new Gold Coast Supanova held  between April 20 – 22. As an up and coming English anime dub star with roles on shows such as Madoka Magica (as Akemi Homura), K-ON! as Mio Akiyama and...

    Cristina Vee to Attend Gold Coast and Melbourne Supanova’s in 2012!

    Some may know her for her dubs of anime songs on Youtube…. others might know her for her many anime roles…. but regardless of where you know her from Cristina Vee is heading down under for both the Melborune Supanova Expo held between the 13th and 15 of April and the brand new Gold Coast Supanova held  between April 20 – 22. As an up and coming English anime dub star with roles on shows such as Madoka Magica (as Akemi Homura), K-ON! as Mio Akiyama and...

  • Namco Bandai Partners (Australia) today shared the first of an upcoming series of Featurette trailers on the upcoming release of DiRT Showdown, a game currently in development by Codemasters for the Playstation 3, XBox360 and PC and is presumably a part of the Colin McRae Rally line of games. This video entitled “What Goes on Tour:, gives you a taste of what is to come once the game is released in May 2012.

    First Featurette Video of DiRT Showdown – What Goes On Tour

    Namco Bandai Partners (Australia) today shared the first of an upcoming series of Featurette trailers on the upcoming release of DiRT Showdown, a game currently in development by Codemasters for the Playstation 3, XBox360 and PC and is presumably a part of the Colin McRae Rally line of games. This video entitled “What Goes on Tour:, gives you a taste of what is to come once the game is released in May 2012.

  • Title: Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge Alternate Title: Arakawa Under the Bridge 2 Edition: Premium Edition Published by: Nippon Ichi Software America Based on: The original anime release Arakawa Under the Bridge Genre: Comedy and Romance Audio: Japanese Dub Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 480i MPEG-2 16:9 (DVD) / 1080p AVC MPEG-4 16:9 (Blu-ray). Series was watched on Blu-ray however all screenshots in this post are taken from the DVD copy. Runtime: 316 Minutes Cost: Contact your nearest seller of anime Special Thanks: Nippon Ichi Software America who kindly provided the Premium Edition release of the...

    Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge – Review

    Title: Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge Alternate Title: Arakawa Under the Bridge 2 Edition: Premium Edition Published by: Nippon Ichi Software America Based on: The original anime release Arakawa Under the Bridge Genre: Comedy and Romance Audio: Japanese Dub Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 480i MPEG-2 16:9 (DVD) / 1080p AVC MPEG-4 16:9 (Blu-ray). Series was watched on Blu-ray however all screenshots in this post are taken from the DVD copy. Runtime: 316 Minutes Cost: Contact your nearest seller of anime Special Thanks: Nippon Ichi Software America who kindly provided the Premium Edition release of the...

  • We have a brand new week ahead of us and I have a building collection of things to review, aided by the release of the Playstation Vita along with the recent launch of many anime and game series. I have dedicated this last weekend to diving into all the titles and enjoying them to the fullest extent possible to hopefully have a nice consistent stream of reviews over the course of this week. This is a list of titles that I have – as of...

    Plenty of Reviews Up for The Week Ahead

    We have a brand new week ahead of us and I have a building collection of things to review, aided by the release of the Playstation Vita along with the recent launch of many anime and game series. I have dedicated this last weekend to diving into all the titles and enjoying them to the fullest extent possible to hopefully have a nice consistent stream of reviews over the course of this week. This is a list of titles that I have – as of...

  • As soon as Bandai Entertainment announced they would not be distributing any new anime series, it was not a matter of IF a company would be picking up the second season of K-ON!… but a matter of WHEN. Given their recent interest in acquiring numerous numbers of anime series for release to the English market, Sentai Filmworks is the company that has snatched the rights up. Unlike the previous seasons 12-13 episode run, this season will continue the exploits and activities of the Sakuragoaka Girl’s...

    The Second Season of K-ON! Acquired by the Folks at Sentai Filmworks

    As soon as Bandai Entertainment announced they would not be distributing any new anime series, it was not a matter of IF a company would be picking up the second season of K-ON!… but a matter of WHEN. Given their recent interest in acquiring numerous numbers of anime series for release to the English market, Sentai Filmworks is the company that has snatched the rights up. Unlike the previous seasons 12-13 episode run, this season will continue the exploits and activities of the Sakuragoaka Girl’s...

  • Ragnarok Online 2 has taken without a doubt a VERY VERY long time to see any form of release, due to them completely scrapping the first version of the game which had released Closed Beta and was not very well recieved.  Based on the original and highly popular online game Ragnarok Online which was my first MMORPG, Ragnarok Online 2: Legend of the Second is set to bring back many of the fan favourite aspects while bringing a more modern design and gameplay improvements to...

    New Trailer Previewed for Ragnarok Online 2: Legend of the Second

    Ragnarok Online 2 has taken without a doubt a VERY VERY long time to see any form of release, due to them completely scrapping the first version of the game which had released Closed Beta and was not very well recieved.  Based on the original and highly popular online game Ragnarok Online which was my first MMORPG, Ragnarok Online 2: Legend of the Second is set to bring back many of the fan favourite aspects while bringing a more modern design and gameplay improvements to...

  • The anime acquisitions never seem to stop with Sentai Filmworks, with their latest announcement from the many recent ones being for the series Kurenai, a 12 episode series that surrounds a teenage bodyguard left to protect a seven year old heiress from her family. The series is based on the light novels by Kentarou Katayama, with direction and script supervision by Kou Matsuo and character designs by Kumi Ishii. Unfortunately, this series will not be receiving an English dub as I was  hoping – however will be available digitally...

    Sentai Filmworks Announce Acquisition of Kure-nai

    The anime acquisitions never seem to stop with Sentai Filmworks, with their latest announcement from the many recent ones being for the series Kurenai, a 12 episode series that surrounds a teenage bodyguard left to protect a seven year old heiress from her family. The series is based on the light novels by Kentarou Katayama, with direction and script supervision by Kou Matsuo and character designs by Kumi Ishii. Unfortunately, this series will not be receiving an English dub as I was  hoping – however will be available digitally...

  • With production being performed by the company Toyworks for its Nitengo line of Figures, a Lucky Star x Strike Witches figure depicting main character of Lucky Star Konata as a witch (Presumably that of Strike Witches main character Yoshika Miyafuki) has been announced. This is set to be bundled with the June issue of COMPTIQ magazine (By Kadokawa Shoten) which is due for release in Japan on the 10th May 2012. The character design was drafted by Kagami Yoshimizu (Creator of the Lucky Star manga...

    A Crossover Figure for Strike Witches x Lucky Star to Be Released in May

    With production being performed by the company Toyworks for its Nitengo line of Figures, a Lucky Star x Strike Witches figure depicting main character of Lucky Star Konata as a witch (Presumably that of Strike Witches main character Yoshika Miyafuki) has been announced. This is set to be bundled with the June issue of COMPTIQ magazine (By Kadokawa Shoten) which is due for release in Japan on the 10th May 2012. The character design was drafted by Kagami Yoshimizu (Creator of the Lucky Star manga...

  • With every two pokemon games that have been released, Game Freak / The Pokemon Company have always released a third game with improved content… with Pokemon Red/Blue it was Yellow with tie-in’s to the anime and the ability to obtain all three starter pokemon, with Pokemon Gold/Silver it was Crystal which introduced the female main character, plot improvements and so forth. While there was word that we would be seeing Pokemon Gray announced and released at some point this year… it turns out they will...

    Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2 Announced for Nintendo DS

    With every two pokemon games that have been released, Game Freak / The Pokemon Company have always released a third game with improved content… with Pokemon Red/Blue it was Yellow with tie-in’s to the anime and the ability to obtain all three starter pokemon, with Pokemon Gold/Silver it was Crystal which introduced the female main character, plot improvements and so forth. While there was word that we would be seeing Pokemon Gray announced and released at some point this year… it turns out they will...

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