/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[VDZ !!rgagiJWO7jv No.]

(from MangaGamer's twitter)
>I bet everyone's expecting another #animeexpo guest to be announced today, but guess what? We're not telling yet! But, you can try to guess!

>Your first hint, is that we'll be announcing another guest company for #animeexpo

>#animeexpo Hint 2: They released their first game in 2000

#MangaGamer (the IRC) has narrowed down the possibilities to the following companies (excluding companies that have not released any notable games):
-Type-Moon (Tsukihime, f/sn)
-Nitro+ (Phantom, Kikokugai, Demonbane, Saya, Chaos;Head, Sumaga, Steins;Gate)
-Front Wing (Makai Tenshi Djibril, Time Leap)
-Nekonekosoft (Giniro, Lamune, Sanarara, Scarlett)
-SofthouseChara (Wizard's Climber)
-Ciel (Fault!!)
-Light (Dies irae Also sprach Zarathustra, Tapestry)
-Ruf (Yume Miru Kusuri)
-Jam-Creation (Itsuka Furu Yuki)
-Root (Touka Gettan)
-Pajamas Soft (Prism Ark)
-Overflow (School Days, Troll Days)

Discuss.

(picture unlikely to be related)

[Anonymous No.]

>Troll Days

wat

[Anonymous No.]

I hope it's Nitro+

[Anonymous No.]

I could have SWORN that Nekonekosoft claimed they were going OOB years ago. They still going at it?

And I liked games like Mizuiro back when I was enormous weeaboo faggot. Now... not so much. Giniro is nice though.

[Anonymous No.]

I think we can eliminate Type-Moon as they're too lazy to attend an American Convention.

[Anonymous No.]

Please be Nitro+
Please be Nitro+
Please be Nitro+
Please be Nitro+
Please be Nitro+
Anyway, hopefully their translator wouldn't take up any Type-Moon works because more than half of the internet already played it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466769
Overflow's latest game, Cross Days, infamously genre shifts to yaoi.

Yeah. People didn't like that one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466781
They'll probably come over when Japan stops falling for their Tsukihime 2 trolls.

[Anonymous No.]

What about needsmorepornofher.jpg?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466787
What? It was pretty obvious that Makoto was gay.

[Anonymous No.]

>-Light (Dies irae Also sprach Zarathustra, Tapestry)

[Anonymous No.]

lol at people hoping for nitro+.

[Necrobrotent No.]

No liarsoft, stronger or black cyc ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466787
Oh, there's plenty more reasons to hate it than just that.

[:3~ !RAKiSUtaAA No.]

>>5466787
Is Makoto still a manslut in that one?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466833
You have no idea.

[Anonymous No.]

Makoto is innocent, those whores seduced him.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466798
http://mangagamer.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/mangagamer-pride-reminder/
okay, wtf? They're going to release yaoi games now?...

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466833
He fucks everybody in the game.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466743
didn't nitro+ sign contract with jast already?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466887
That would probably increase their revenue dramatically.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466894
There in the states, MG is EU.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466887

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466887
Well, looks like we better get ready to enjoy Gay Days

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466896
Jast stopped trying to sell BL games because they kept losing money over them.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466892
Not everybody, but he has now officially fucked every major girl that appeared in the first game.

[Anonymous No.]

<Kouryuu> from 4chan: #MangaGamer (the IRC) has narrowed down the possibilities to the following companies (excluding companies that have not released any notable games):
<Kouryuu> o.O We have an IRC channel?
<Kouryuu> I demand to know where our own IRC channel is
<Akira> >_>;;;
<Akira> Way to fail, 4chan
<dan88> There is #mangagamer on Rizon
<Kouryuu> thanx
<Agi-nyan-manaka> you guys have an irc channel?
<Kouryuu> lol, apparently we did
<Agi-nyan-manaka> \o/ this channel is much cooler anyways than anything that could be on rizon
<Kouryuu> =p indeed
<Agi-nyan-manaka> but that's because we police it!
<SupernaturalDream> Kouryuu: you didn't, your "fans" did :)
<Kouryuu> but I do feel i should be on our company channel too, lolz
<Akira> OMG KOURYUU-KUNNNN
<Akira> TRANSLATE X GAME FOR ME
<Akira> OMGOMGOMG
<Akira> That's probably what you'll get
<Akira> >_>;
<Agi-nyan-manaka> the same fans who were like "dude it wants a serial where do I get one?"'

from #denpa, the moral crème de la crème of our tiny scene

[Anonymous No.]

>Type-Moon

Not seeing it.

>-Nitro+

Not seeing it due to SUPPORT JAST USA!

>Overflow

You know how many gb do their games take? It would a 2 hours download even on a fast connection.
(Not seeing it)

[Anonymous No.]

So are they actually going to announce anything or are these guests just going to chillax at the con?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466923
Oh fuck JAST, I wonder how Demonbane would turn out.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466923
Mangagamer is Europe, so Nitro+ is still a possibility.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466923
>SUPPORT JAST USA!

Well, fuck USA.
This is Europe!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466920
Ugh, I think I will become a piratefriend after seeing how retarded the translators are.

[Anonymous No.]

> Nekonekosoft (Giniro, Lamune, Sanarara, Scarlett)

Scarlett was an excellent game. Considering they recently rose from the dead, they could probably use the money, but I kinda doubt it's them.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466923
Overflow is more than just the Days games. There's also the Radish Vacation stuff, which are more traditional VN.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466943
>>5466944

Mangagamer is based in Europe yes but the translations are in English, Mangagamer also sells their game as digital content (AKA downloads) as Jast USA also sells games in Europe, even if indirectly.

Point is even IF MangaGamer would get Nitro + they would at least have to wait until Jast released the title or they would not work on titles that Jast is doing.

Its not a videogame that is sold on normal retail, the means of distribution for English translated VNs are global..

[Anonymous No.]

>-Type-Moon (Tsukihime, f/sn)
i can just see that.

>hey guys, we bring you tsukihime. next is, fate stay night.
>nobody buys it because the games were available in english for years. mangagamer rages at pirates.

[Anonymous No.]

Also, just because they're a guest at a Con doesn't necessarily mean the company is suddenly going to make a partnership with MG.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467039
If they do FHA, it'd be interesting, but chances are the fantranslators will finish that first.

[Anonymous No.]

kanajoxkanajoxkanajo never

nofunallowed.jpg

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467053
People seem to be forgetting this.

[Anonymous No.]

>chances are the fantranslators will finish that first.

What the fuck am I reading?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467080
;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467098
Wasn't someone translating it for years now?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467064

Fantranslators will never finish F/HA. At the moment there seem to be one or two non-fluent people doing a couple of lines a day and looking up every other word in a dictionary.

[Anonymous No.]

Lolwut? Why are people wishing for Nitro+ when they're already in a translation deal with JastUSA?

[Anonymous No.]

And why are people are wishing for TM when everything they did except a shitty fandisk was translated?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467127
Because Jast has never released anything from them and probably never will.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467141
and even if they will, it'll be censored like every other jast release.

so boycot jast.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467141
Except they announced Demonbane will meet its release this very summer, lol.
http://www.nitroplususa.com/demonbane-progresses/

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467174
I'll believe it when it happens.
See KazoKei etc.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467153
Every Jast release? Give us some proof and people might actually believe you and not buy games from them.

[None !!gckc/ASATNI No.]

" #animeexpo Hint 3: The company has produced a game (or more) which features a girl (or more) who fight using magic. less than a minute ago via web "

FUUU---, sounds familiar there.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>5467210

Old JAST releases like Nocturnal Illusion, and recent ones like KazoKei were censored into the stratosphere. They're never going to stop doing it.

[Anonymous No.]

Fuck, this is starting to sound a lot like Type Moon. I hope I'm mistaken.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467244
Well, that rules out Ciel, doesn't it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467244
TYPE-MOON INVENTED MAGIC.

Most of the companies in the OP post did so.
Heck I bet it's Pajama soft, they did some good things like Princess Witches so it's all good though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467257
>censored into the stratosphere
I have a feeling you read SankakuComplex or something. One irrelevant CG slightly edited in a story-focused game that takes tens of hours to complete is hardly equal to "censored into the stratosphere". While I personally raged, I did it because JAST didn't announce the censorship beforehand, not because of the actual edit itself.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467290
Get the fuck out Peter!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467290
nocturnal illusion was worse in that regard though. two h scenes were erased because they had lolis.

and jast couldn't even censor them properly, they were intentionally bugged.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467316
gb2bed Kouryuu

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467316
I'm not Peter, I'm a person who has enough sense in their head not to jump into conclusions when weeaboo faggots rage over minor things. JAST did do things wrong because after X-Change 3, which had been censored without prior notice, they promised to announce any future censorship beforehand, but that doesn't make the edits in KazoKei any larger. Unlike JAST's horrible translation, the edits don't actually detract anything from the game, and may even add comedy value to it because of the double bra in the one CG.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467321
Wasn't it released before Peter bought JAST USA?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467244
Hey, GCKC! Thanks for doing Sumaga, do you have an estimation on finishing it? The progress has been kinda slow lately, and with current pace the project could finish in like two years. Will it speed up?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467369
Well, it was released before the western Otaku market truly existed. I forgive them the edits: the mainstream audience, which was probably the target audience somewhat, would have been shocked by the loli content in Nocturnal Illusions.

[None !!gckc/ASATNI No.]

>>5467379
Earliest in autumn, quite possibly by the second anniversary. Depends on many factors. And that's just the translation job, though I spend extra time to hone each line to reduce time needed for arbitrary editing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467426
So release for christmas could be possible? If it comes to that, wonderful.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>5467290
>>Sankaku

I can see that you're from /v/ or /a/.

>>5467369
Payne founded JAST USA. I should know; I got CoDs from him back in 1998 when I was 14 years old because I used to host free downloads to his translated h-games.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467458
>CoDs
Cash on delivery?

[None !!gckc/ASATNI No.]

>>5467448
Well no, it won't get released until JAST confirms they're not interested, like was the with Kikokugai, apparently.

Extra factor is this Mangagamer thing, if they join hands with Nitroplus(as could always happen).

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467458
>I can see that you're from /v/ or /a/.
Neither, sir; actually, I have never been to either for longer than a minute or two. Sankaku is known as the yellow paper of animu all over the interwebs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467473
Who wouldn't give cash to ZUn!bar?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467458
┐(。々゜)┌
Pretty sure JAST USA was founded by japs from JAST and bought out latter.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467482
It would be kind of dickish from Peter just to hold out saying anything like that. And as far as I know he's pretty cool guy.

[Anonymous No.]

If you want nitro+ vns then fucking preorder demonbane. You can forget about the other games if this won't have enough sales.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467551

How is it going, Moogy?

[Anonymous No.]

Get out Peter! Now!

[Anonymous No.]

You know what I'd love to see translated? Pic related. They're like the best of friends in fanart, and I'd like to know why.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467649
Ixrec has fallen in love with Liarsoft, so it's entirely possible he'll do Kusarime too.

...Too bad they can't be the company MG is hinting at. Their first game was a year early.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>5467485
>>I have never been to /a/ for longer than a minute or two
>>says "animu"

Why must you turn /jp/ into a den of lies?!

[Anonymous No.]

>sumaga

fan release or commercial?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467567
Not moogy, just an anon who knows that's the only chance of seeing hello world translated.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467734
Are other companies outside of Nitro+ going to be monitoring Demonbane's sales?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467734
Good luck with that. Maybe they will translate it before 2050.

[Anonymous No.]

>Nitro+ (Phantom, Kikokugai, Demonbane, Saya, Chaos;Head, Sumaga, Steins;Gate)
This is the best we can hope for. Nitro+ needs to drop the partnership with Jast and go with MG so we can have the games faster instead letting them rot in Jast's warehouse.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467765
Yes. Lots of stuff is riding on Demonbane's success.

[Anonymous No.]

please be Type-Moon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467773
Luck has less to do with that than sales.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467814
Why?....We already have Tsukihime and Fsn translated, they aren't going to sell well and nobody will look forward to them.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466920
They're making fun of us ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467831
-because I want to see them failing ( well not really, but it would be funny )
- that way we'll have TH, FSN, and the remake UNCENSORED.
well, I don't care that much about FSN, and TH is low res... but i'm an idiot.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467864
You're not making any sense. Just admit that you said it because it's the only name you're familiar with.

[Anonymous No.]

>because I want to see them failing ( well not really, but it would be funny )

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467864
You misunderstand. The "Why" is asked from MG's perspective, since they won't even be able to break even.

[Anonymous No.]

I wouldn't mind to have Root or Overflow on MS's list.

[Anonymous No.]

>-Type-Moon (Tsukihime, f/sn)
>-Nitro+ (Phantom, Kikokugai, Demonbane, Saya, Chaos;Head, Sumaga, Steins;Gate)
Not happening. Seriously.
>-Nekonekosoft (Giniro, Lamune, Sanarara, Scarlett)
>-Overflow (School Days, Troll Days)
Newest hint rules these out.

[Anonymous No.]

Root has delicious carnelian.

[Anonymous No.]

Overflow has delicious sluts.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467939
>-Nitro+
>Not happening
;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467551

How about we get some assurance that Demonbane won't get the same fate as KK first, Pete?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467939

Bit what about Magical Hiyorin?

[Anonymous No.]

Well anyone that played F/HA knows that Mangagamer will never do it, at least not with the engine they keep using.

Why?

Because of the interface and minigames, you move around locations by the town map.

Of course they are doing some games with gameplay, like Koihime Muso were they cannot just use their engine.

[VDZ !!rgagiJWO7jv No.]

Well then, with the newest hint...

Ruled out:
Nekonekosoft
Ciel
Jam-Creation
Overflow

Still possible:
Type-Moon
Nitro+
SofthouseChara
Pajamas soft

Unknown:
Front Wing
Ciel
Light
Ruf
Root

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468013

What about it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467999
When you get that assurance, will you preorder it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467551
Who the fuck preorders something with no release date?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468016

Can you be a little more specific? Why do the minigames and the interface make it unlikely to be brought over?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467316
>>5467343
I wonder if these two are mortal enemies like Moogy and Gipface.....

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468035

I wish. That'll give both some incentive to compete with each other for our money, that way we can get faster releases, better localization quality, and no fuckups with censorship.

[Anonymous No.]

Since Moogy pretty much owns Jast, it must mean that NNL is highly influential on MG's policies!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468049

[Anonymous No.]

Too bad its not Unison Shift, we could have Nanatsuiro Drops, Chu x Chu Idol, Unity Marriage and Flyable Heart.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468049

Wow, it all makes sense now.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468075
I was quite amazed as well.... And since we know know that Circus and NNL are pretty much bros, they're connected through MG, and so that must be the reason NNL is translating ALL of Minori's shiny games just to piss them off for Circus!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468033

All engines have limitations, look at higurashi diferences.

- Replacement of BGM in some scenes
- Removal of the Music Room
- Removal of the Mini Game
- Removal of the Staff Room

Reason for the removal of Mini games:

Minigame-This was removed because of technical issues (meaning, the engine we use cannot handle it)..

F/HA is a fandisk that needs things like Rin's Temple and the minigames (you even need to beat one to enter Ilya Castle for example) or you just end up with text but more important is you select the events you watch in the town map, that is a KEY element of the interface that cannot be replaced in any other way.

[White Ren !YLuFFdRcFQ No.]

>>5468136
LIES! LIES!

SUPPORT MANGAGAMER!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468136
Only Staff Room was removed becuase of technical difficulties, rest of those changes were because of copyrights.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468136
Most of that wasn't because of the engine. Also Mangagamer is going to release some games in their original engines.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468016
>Well anyone that played F/HA knows that Mangagamer will never do it, at least not with the engine they keep using.

>Why?

>Because of the interface and minigames, you move around locations by the town map.

>Of course they are doing some games with gameplay, like Koihime Muso were they cannot just use their engine.

Engine porting should not be thought of as being an issue at all for MangaGamer, as it is not just Koihime using BGI. From a post by Kouryuu earlier today.
>>5465309
>Second, Mangagamer are no longer exclusively using BGI. Koihime's using one of Nexton's engines, as is Zaishuu, and Da Capo II is running on CIRCUS's.

[Anonymous No.]

Does demonbane have an european retailer? I'd preorder it but I'll get taxed to hell (+25$) if I import from the states.

[Anonymous No.]

B-but MG staff, what about Liar Soft? ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468307
Are you somekind of furry? Fuck that shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468321
>He only knows about Inganock!

[Anonymous No.]

Let there it be a Light on the end of the tunnel.

[Anonymous No.]

> #animeexpo Hint 4: At some point in the company's lineup, one of their girls has worn a maid outfit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468429
>this clue gives away nothing

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468429
Wow, that's just about, every eroge company ever. I really hope it's Front Wing, if there's even that possibility.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468291
play-asia as non european and archonia will have it for sure

[Anonymous No.]

Who gives a fuck? Just let eroge in the west die a peaceful death. Nobody is going to pay for this shit, MangaGamer is probably lucky to sell 100 copies of a game.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468429
None of the companies unconfirmed!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468136
Da Capo has map movement too and it was released by mangagamers...

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468465

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468429
> #animeexpo Hint 4: At some point in the company's lineup, one of their girls has worn a maid outfit.

That's a great hint, next we will see

> #animeexpo Hint 5: This company is based in Japan
> #animeexpo Hint 6: This company has made at least one game not suitable for minors
> #animeexpo Hint 7: This company has at some point made a game that had a larger number of females then males in the cast

[Anonymous No.]

Doesn't the hint rule out Ciel?

[Anonymous No.]

Did MG actually list all those companies?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468456
>archonia
Found the site, but they don't have it for preorder ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468550
http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=4275

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468510

> #animeexpo Hint 5: This company is based in Japan
> #animeexpo Hint 6: This company has made at least one game not suitable for minors
> #animeexpo Hint 7: This company has at some point made a game that had a larger number of females then males in the cast
This couldn't be any broader.

[Anonymous No.]

By their hints, isn't age also possible?
http://www.age-soft.co.jp/products.htm
Looked at their line-up, and their earliest game seems to be 2000. They also have a maid character on one of their covers.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468643

age is already announced as a guest though.

[Anonymous No.]

I bet it's Cyc, which include their black and White branches too.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468674
That would be so awesome....as unlike as it is.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468674
Could be them, main branch first released on 2000-11-30.

Fuck VDZ for his non exhaustive list.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468691
He's in league with Moogy to spoil MG's party!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468674
Just wondering, what are all the branches? White is yaoi, Black is guro/dark-themed, and Cyc is normal?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468711

Wait a sec, wouldn't that be bad for the Moogy/Pete alliance? I thought JAST tried to make a deal to have Cyc's games released here, but it fell through for some reason.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468732
Because there were problems with Black Cyc's engine.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468732
No, because Jast and MG are mortal enemies, the same as Moogy and Gipface!
Jast absolutely wouldn't mind spoiling MG's party!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468723
>White is yaoi
Cyc Rose is yaoi. White Cyc is normal.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468759

But that doesn't make sense. If MG gets successfully gets Cyc's titles, then that'll be a slap in the face for JAST because they failed to get them before. I don't see how that would spoil MG's party.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468790
It wouldn't! But VDZ, who's in league with Moogy wants to confuse us as much as possible. That's his aim with this thread!!

[Anonymous No.]

Fucking hell, I'm temped to just buy this fig instead of waiting for Demonbane release...

[Anonymous No.]

>Hint 5: They've had a game where a heroine is covered in blood in one of the CGs.

[Anonymous No.]

>Hint 5: They've had a game where a heroine is covered in blood in one of the CGs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468947
>>5468916
Oh shit oh shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468947
FFFFuck....

DON'T DO IT, DON'T BE STUPID MG

[Anonymous No.]

>Hint 2: They released their first game in 2000
Tsukihime

>Hint 3: The company has produced a game (or more) which features a girl (or more) who fight using magic.
THE ENTIRETY OF FATE/STAY NIGHT
MAGICAL AMBER

>Hint 4: At some point in the company's lineup, one of their girls has worn a maid outfit.
MAID CAFE IN FATE/HOLLOW ATARAXIA

>Hint 5: They've had a game where a heroine is covered in blood in one of the CGs.
>BLOODY RIN

O EM GEE IT'S TYPE MOON

It's amusing how they're cockteasing us to believe it's TM, and when they reveal the actual guest, it's going to be such a letdown.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468947
Why Blood Rin and not Bloody Saber?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468974
what about hint 1?

[Anonymous No.]

so they're going to do ataraxia?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468997
Hint 1 wasn't actually a hint.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5468993
She sucks anyway, not important.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469004

What did they say for hint one?

[Anonymous No.]

Is this guest thing even significant? Just because someone is guesting at a convention, it means more licensed games from more companies?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469017
http://twitter.com/MangaGamer
Another guest company.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469017
That their next quest is eroge/VN company, or something like that.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469024
Not necessarily.

[Anonymous No.]

Who the fuck is paying for their VN's? Cruncyroll audience?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469001
Ataraxia and... Mahou Tsukai no Yoru? I'll be happy if that's the case

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469024
It's same as with Age. If the crowd and audience seems good enough, they might get interested.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469041
Sometimes, people buy things they like.
It happens.

[Anonymous No.]

> And we're proud to announce that UR@N will be performing live at our stage during #animeexpo ! 2:19 PM Jun 15th via web
UR@N was the Kirari cosplayer singer for the d2b live tour. That's kinda cool, I guess.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469055
Well that's stupid!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469056
Now the question is, who will be playing Shikako at the concert?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469041
I for one am. If the game is good, I buy it. There really aren't many things I spend money on, so why not use it on something I enjoy?

[Anonymous No.]

If it is Type Moon, I might as well jump off a bridge right now. I was going to buy their games if they actually licensed a good company.

[MolesterJim No.]

>>5469068
I know, but money moves the world.
SOMEBODY has to do it.
People buy VNs vefore they upload them.

[Anonymous No.]

It has to be Black Cyc:

The company mascot is a maid. The protagonist Sayoko of Yami no Koe uses magic. The girls are drenched in blood.

Hope you crave some Death Neko metal!

[Anonymous No.]

I like how everyone assumes being a guest at AX means they've suddenly entered a deal with MG. It's most likely the company was planning on attending anyway and had MG make the announcement to the English speaking fanbase.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469140
I want it to be Black Cyc too!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469140
>>5469146
Me too, but it doesn't seem very likely. I think their works might be too much for Western audiences, unfortunately.

[Anonymous No.]

Black Cyc?

So, Gore Screaming Show and that one VN where you play as a shota maido GET?

[Anonymous No.]

In that novel with the italian taxi driver, there's a girl using magic dressed up as a maid right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5466743
>-Type-Moon (Tsukihime, f/sn)
I thought they hate us.

>-Nitro+ (Phantom, Kikokugai, Demonbane, Saya, Chaos;Head, Sumaga, Steins;Gate)
They came to say hi to JAST.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469150
They're not JAST, MG might actually have the balls to go through with it!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469208
>-Type-Moon (Tsukihime, f/sn)
>I thought they hate us.
I thought they're just too lazy to go to us

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469195
Gekkou no Carnivale?

Still hoping it's Frontwing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469208
>They came to say hi to JAST.
But then jast was taking their sweet ass time to even release their game, holding back demonbane, claim they're STILL working hard on it, even though it was translated ages ago...
So maybe Nitro+ are seeking new options???

[RodgeDodge No.]

>>5469150
>I think their works might be too much for Western audiences, unfortunately.
Though in retrospect, VNs as a whole aren't exactly "for the Western audience". The ones who play them in the first place are already not considered to be a part of the norm (/jp/ for example). The only way for MG to expand their market is probably translate VNs with well-known anime adaptations. Unfortunately for them, practically all of Key's works with or without anime adaptations are translated already.

[Anonymous No.]

Nitro+ is really unlikely unless Peter Payne messed up big time.
Black Cyc is fine but most of their eroscenes are /d/ stuff I don't think it'll sell well.
Personally, I hope it's softhouse chara.

[Yuyucow !izhBpjwbEg No.]

>#animeexpo Hint 6: In one of their games, you have to have sex with a girl in order to supply her with power.
Mana transfer, mana transfer!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469302

Black Cyc is like Nitro+ on steroids. Mangagamer is trying to up the ante.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469424
How about it being Alicesoft?
I can think of 3 games that fit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469424
Fuck no... Why does it have to be Type Moon?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469438

If it is, this had better be Hollow Ataraxia they're licensing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469437
Whoops, scratch that.
Forgot the 2000 'hint'.
>>5469438
They are GUESTS in the end, it does not mean they agree to localizations, regardless of the company that ends up.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469448
I don't really even care for it. I've only played Tsukihime, and after going through that and multiple rants on how it's better than FSN, I doubt I'll be able to stomach it.

[Anonymous No.]

It would be hilarious if hint 7 was "It is not Type Moon"

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469457
That it would.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469424
N+ still fits.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469424
Not Type-Moon, since you must have sex with 2 girls to supply them with magic power in FSN, not just one.

[Anonymous No.]

It would be so much win if Nitro+ allows MG to license their games on equal footing with Jast. This will drive competition upwards and we would have the games localized faster than ever.

[Anonymous No.]

I wonder if MG has even thought of exploring this option>>5469480.... It would be for the best of everyone and we won't have to wait 20 years for their next 5 games with Jast's pace.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5467942
I would cream myself if it was ROOT. Seriously.

[Anonymous No.]

Sex power ups and blood could still be ROOT, but it's probably type moon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469503
Or we could get a variety of games considering Nitro+ isn't the only good eroge company.

[Anonymous No.]

niggers need to make a deal with a goddamn BOX COMPANY fuck.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469611
> niggers need to make a deal with a goddamn BOX COMPANY fuck.

They probably don't have the cash to.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469437
Which ones?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469665
Escalayer and Haruka would be two of them.

[Anonymous No.]

doki doki dynamo charge!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469437

Doesn't fit with Hint #2 anyways

[Anonymous No.]

Kouryuu keeps mentioning GAME, specifically, and not VN. I don't know if that could be construed as a hint, but it might be.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469437

Alice Soft started in 1989.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469719
I think it's pretty obvious that it's an eroge company.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469719

Alice Soft first title was Rance, Rance III was in 1991 and Rance IV in 1993.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469731
....I'm thinking wild here, but maybe they have this crazy mastermind plan of licensing several +A normalfag games to build up their collection finally to try to lure Stream into listing their all ages titles....

!?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469731
I don't think so either, but it might be a company known more for gameplay, i.e. Alice Soft. I know Alice Soft is obviously out of the question. Although, to be honest, I don't know of any companies outside them that are known for gameplay.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469730
>>5469740
Yes, yes, I know. See:
>>5469450
Also, Little Princess came out before Rance.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469761
Eushully, Softhouse Chara

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469761
Softhouse Chara, Eushully, Studio e.go, Eternal, Xuse, Anastasia, Giga (sort of), Falcom, etc.

Not that I think any of those fit, but there's no shortage of those companies.

[Anonymous No.]

>-Type-Moon (Tsukihime, f/sn)

no way in hell since anyone who gives a fuck about those games have already played them
although maybe Hollow Atraxia......

[Anonymous No.]

I hope it's Type-Moon, so I can laugh when no one buys that shit 'cause they've already played it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469793
Hey, we get glorious uncensored HCG.
...
And that is it!
Hooray.

[Anonymous No.]

Guys, I figured out why Witch on the Holy Night took so long. It must be because Nasu was simultaneously writing it English!

But no seriously, stop jumping to conclusions.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469761
But it's normal to refer to eroge without gameplay as games. That's where the ge part comes from.

>>5469791
This is only for a guest, not a partnership or anything like that.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469793
I often wonder why Jast or whoever doesn't just contact translators and offer to buy the scripts and then take over distribution. I can't imagine that'd take even a tenth the cost of doing it themselves and they could start selling it immediately.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469809
Licensing.
Licensing is where most of the official VN costs come from.

[Anonymous No.]

If it is not TypeMoon, here are the tags that go with hint 6

http://vndb.org/g407 Sex under the necessity
http://vndb.org/g679 Energy transfer via sex

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469809
because if there once was a fan translation made everyone who cares about the game has already played it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469824
Which is why they're releasing Higurashi and trying to get Key games, right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469821
These aren't complete lists at all.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469825
Higurashi barely has a chapter and a half out.
Anime does not count.
It really does not.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469826
Click to show spoilers to see a fuller list.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469826
Of course not.
You think they have EVERY VN ever, or that thye have put every possible tag on each game?

[Mango-chan No.]

>>5469828
Are you fucking trolling? Like half or more of key VNs already have an English translation.

[Anonymous No.]

1

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469853
...Do you see me mention Key anywhere on my post?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469821

Doesn't mean much since that list is obviously incomplete, but companies with the Energy transfer via sex tag

Kiss - 2003
Type Moon - 2000
Alice Soft - 1989
LiLiM - 2005
Cocktail Soft - 1995
Meromero Cute- 2006
Front Wing - 2000
Yamitsu - Jast
Will- Jast

[Anonymous No.]

It'd be hilarious if they had some random guy from Ecole and tried to pass it off as T-M.

[Anonymous No.]

If they did do type-moon, which it really is now starting to sound like they will, it would still be respectable of them to just start off with a F/HA translation. Probably would be smart of them too, considering people might actually buy it.

but knowing them it's going to be "hey guys check out our BRAND NEW game called tsukihime"

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469935
>If they did do type-moon, which it really is now starting to sound like they will, it would still be respectable of them to just start off with a F/HA translation. Probably would be smart of them too, considering people might actually buy it.

That would be stupid, that would encourage piracy farther of those who have seen the anime and know nothing about the game, and cause complaints to the people who buy this stuff. They would announce Tsukihime or F/SN to get as much publicity as possible, and then sell that. Their sales suck already, so even if the small community that plays fan translations completely ignores it, it would still probably be their best selling title.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469957
They would probably just buy the translation from mirror moon as well, making it easy to get out.

[Anonymous No.]

Or they're just guests and Mangagamer doesn't have any plans to release their games.

[Anonymous No.]

How long will it take for people to figure out that "guest" != "license"?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469981
It's been like this since the age announcement, so probably not until AX is over.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469935

How about Tsukihime 2011 remake?

Also, soon to be Mahoyo and Girls Work... besides F/ha.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469999
I'd kill several little African children for an English/Japanese dual release of Tsukihime.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469892
Frontwing would be interesting

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469999
If it's not voiced, I'm not playing it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469999
Yeah, I think most people really don't have much foresight when it comes to partnerships like these. It's not just about what's already out in English, it's their upcoming releases, too. Well, that's if MangaGamer can stay in business long enough.

JAST hit a homerun with Nitro+ (big back catalogue not translated, large eroge publisher in Japan, future titles, etc.), but their glacial translation pace really doesn't help any of the parties involved, including consumers.

[Anonymous No.]

>> Hint 7: The main character in one of their games has the ability to 'see death'.

No doubt.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470007
>you on the left

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470071
Well, that narrows it down a bit.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>5470071

/jp/ meet up 24/7 at the Mangagamer booth next week.

Be there and be square.

[Anonymous No.]

Well that pretty much settles it.
I honestly don't care, since I can't go.
Missing Kuribayashi Minami perform makes me far, FAR more asspained than missing TM anyway

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470071
They're just fooling with us, right? They're just giving us hints that make one alternative seem to obvious that we'll ignore all others, right?

I wish I could come up with some logic to make that hint point to Saya no Uta, but what he sees isn't really related to death at all.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470154
Hey, who knows.
We might actually get to see Nasu's face.
I don't care about partnerships or whatever, but one mystery might be finally solved/

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470154
It could be a red herring, and the character sees "Death" or it's personification or what have you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470166
I thought of that, but I cannot remember a VN that the character sees death in any way (Grim Reaper being a cute girl, John Wayne or a skeleton) and filling the other hints.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5469208
Why does Type Moon hate us?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470205
They do not really care about releasing outside of Japan, they have no specific grudge against you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470166
Technically, it could apply if the character simply sees death, as in the process of people dying, because he has the ability to kill them. Like, Phantom of Inferno.

Pretty farfetched, though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470219
>>5470190
It could possibly be a terrible terrible idiom pun. Like "Staring death in the face" type thing.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>5470164
There's more than two people working at TM now anyways.

Would be cool if it was Koyama Hirokazu.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470235
The guy that does the new lineart?
Yeah, that would be cool/

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470007
>I'd kill several little African children for an English/Japanese dual release of Tsukihime.
Yes, but who'd care?

[Anonymous No.]

I'm still hoping it's black cyc. All three main characters in MinDeaD Blood are vampires.Being Undead means strattling a unique boundary.

[Anonymous No.]

> #animeexpo well, I'm out for the night, so that's all the hints you get! Tomorrow, you learn the truth!

[Anonymous No.]

As been said thousand times before, having company x as a guest won't mean anything in terms of licensing.

[Anonymous No.]

GUEST AT AX DOES NOT MEAN THERE WILL BE ANY SORT OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THEM

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>5472307
>>Take the time and money to fully fund someone's business trip to America for no reason at all

Super cool theory Anon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5472343
PR and they probably get something back from the money based on sales of goods and products at the con

[Anonymous No.]

There's no fucking way for it to be Type-Moon. No fucking way.

[Anonymous No.]

What's the point of translating games that have already been translated bu other companies or fans, since every potential customer has already played them ?

[Anonymous No.]

>As been said thousand times before, having company x as a guest won't mean anything in terms of licensing.
>As been said thousand times before, having company x as a guest won't mean anything in terms of licensing.
>As been said thousand times before, having company x as a guest won't mean anything in terms of licensing.
>As been said thousand times before, having company x as a guest won't mean anything in terms of licensing.
>As been said thousand times before, having company x as a guest won't mean anything in terms of licensing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5473373
No there will be new customers trust me

[Anonymous No.]

Just another way to generate hype for their games.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5473443
NO FUCKING SHIT

[Anonymous No.]

>#animeexpo So who's ready to finally hear the big announcement?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5474013
just fucking announce it you you....
DOUBLE C&D

[Anonymous No.]

>Today we'll be announcing our last guest company for #animeexpo along with the three guests they'll be bringing with them!
>#animeexpo This year, we're proud to announce that we will be joined by none other than... *drumroll*

[Anonymous No.]

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[Anonymous No.]

>>5474053
Holy shit, *drumroll* is my favorite.

[Anonymous No.]

Frontwing! Makers of Makai Tenshi Jibril, Hoshi Uta, Tea society of a Witch, Boy Meets Girl, Asrael, and more!

[Anonymous No.]

>#animeexpo Frontwing! Makers of Makai Tenshi Jibril, Hoshi Uta, Tea society of a Witch, Boy Meets Girl, Asrael, and more!
WHAAAAAAT?!?!?!

[Anonymous No.]

Frontwing lol

[Anonymous No.]

>>5474077
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[Anonymous No.]

shitstorm incoming

[Anonymous No.]

>frontwing

[Anonymous No.]

One of those has already been Hirameki'd.

[Anonymous No.]

Troll of the month.

[Anonymous No.]

Why would there be a shitstorm?
It's some happy news, who the fuck wanted to see TM anyways? Everything they did was translated except for one minor shit.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm not too sure what they expect to gain by misleading people into thinking it was type-moon, only to disappoint later on.

[Anonymous No.]

Kanaria ~kono omoi o uta ni nosete~
カナリア 〜この想いを歌に乗せて〜

no info

[Anonymous No.]

>Makai Tenshi Jibril

[Anonymous No.]

>>5474104
>translation projects get c&d
>LOL WHY TRANSLATIONS HELP THE MARKET FUCKING RACIST I'D BUY IT IF IT WHERE OFFICIAL
>possibility of it being translated
>LOL ALREADY DONE WITH THAT SHIT, WHATEVER MAN

way to be consistent, /jp/.

[Anonymous No.]

Hooligan
フーリガン

Yukito Nigi decides to pay a visit to Olga, the school's scientist, and use his perverted moves on her. However, he accidently turns one of her experiments, causing the disruption of time and space. To return the world to normal, Yukito must locate and obtain the Seven Holy Dildos. The only problem is that someone is also looking for them and the only way to win one is to partake in a sex fight.

[Anonymous No.]

Azrael
アズラエル

no info

[Anonymous No.]

501

no info

[Anonymous No.]

>>5474104
Aren't they just guests? What does it matter how many of their games are translated?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5474121
wat

[Anonymous No.]

Sweet Legacy
スイートレガシー

-Trap Progatonist

[Anonymous No.]

Why is everyone disappointed about Frontwing? It's better than Type Moon, at least. A lot of you need to get Nasu's penis out of your mouths.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>5474134
You read it.

[Anonymous No.]

Separate Blue
セパレイトブルー

The game begins on June 14, Saturday, in the coffee restaurant Amica Cips. Here, the protagonist wakes up and introduces himself as a transfer student who moved from Tokyo to his uncle's home in town Mihatoya City about three months ago, in early March. His uncle and aunt are currently out of Japan.

-Map movement

[Anonymous No.]

Shiritsu Akihabara Gakuen (Akihabara Otaku School)
私立アキハバラ学園

-Comedy
-School
-Romance

[Anonymous No.]

Futago Ecchi
ふたごえっち

You, as the protagonist, receive a letter from your kinsman asking you to take care of your small cousins, both of who think of you as a big brother.
The twins' names are Mii and Yuu...

-Lolicon
-Cousin incest

[Anonymous No.]

>>5470015
>>5469232
HAHAHAHAHA

[Anonymous No.]

Yukiuta
ゆきうた

The town has a local legend, "A big tree on the hill makes your wish come true." The main character lives a peaceful life with his classmates. One day, a transfer student comes to his class....

-Utsuge
-Romance
-Fantasy
-School
-Drama

[Anonymous No.]

Fuck yeah the creators of Tea Society of a Witch! I loved that game.

[Anonymous No.]

Great news! I hope they translate the Djibril series and Hoshiuta first. I doubt they'll pick up Timeleap...

[Anonymous No.]

Makai Tenshi Djibril
魔界天使ジブリール
(has 4 episodes)

When the summer break began, Jinno Naoto and Manabe Rika confessed their thoughts that they had since their childhood and began to go out. Suddenly a boy named Asmo appeared. He said he was a devil, and he tried to take Rika away. Naoto did his best to save Rika from Asmo, but he couldn't anything to do with devil's power. At that very moment, a girl named Laveriel, who called herself an angel, appeared and saved them.

Loveriel injured in the battle against the devil and they took her home with them. There, Loveriel told them the surprising things; angles form heaven and devils from hell have been fighting for a long time, and that devil would attack them again.

Because Loverel had lost her powers during the fight, she asked Rika fight for her. On the other hand, the devil had also lost his powers in the fight. Meanwhile, Otonashi Meimi, who was a classmate of Naoto, witnessed Naoto confess his love to Rika, and she became jealous. Taking advantage of her jealous, the devil haunted her and made Meimi into an evil heroine, Misty, and made her attack Rika again. Just before that, Loveriel turned Rika into "St. Djibril" and let her fight against them.

-Fantasy
-Action
-Romance
-Comedy
-Yuri

[Anonymous No.]

Sorauta
そらうた

The main character lost his parents when he was a kid and currently lives at his aunt's house. Tamako, his aunt's daughter, takes care of him well and they live a peaceful life. She also knows he can see ghosts.... He is now on summer holiday and enjoys it with Tamako, Chika, his old friend, and Aoi, his friend. But one day, Tamako suddenly leaves her house.... He doesn't know why, but she never comes back. Several days later, he meets a ghost. It is Mana, who jumped off a school building and died....

-Utsuge
-Romance
-Fantasy
-School
-Drama

[Anonymous No.]

Does Sorauta and Yukiuta have anything to do with Hoshiuta?

[Anonymous No.]

Surprisingly awesome.

[Anonymous No.]

oh well... at least Makai Tenshi Djibril is fapworthy

[Anonymous No.]

>>5474142
Brutal rape? Yes please.

[Anonymous No.]

Boy Meets Girl
ボーイミーツガール

The story revolves around a playful boy, who spent his time playing with his childhood friend, Haruna Kasugano.
One day he finds a magical book in a cellar, written with words he had not seen before...

-Fantasy
-School
-Drama
-Comedy
-Romance
-Shoujo Ai

Anyways, the Rewrite trial just finished downloading, so look up the rest for yourself: http://vndb.org/p336

[Anonymous No.]

>No Black Cyc
why MG.....whyyyyyyyy........;_;

[Anonymous No.]

Well played, MG. I'm glad it's not TM, and as far as Frontwing goes, I really enjoyed Boy Meets Girl, Time Leap, and Kimihagu

[Anonymous No.]

FUUUU --- Frontwing, of all companies? Oh well, carry on then. Watch out for all those tentacles on the way out.

>Watanabe Akio For Frontwing he's done the OP animation for Makai Tenshi Jibril but he's also done the OP animation for To Heart 2

ROKKU MUST BE STOPPED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIUWW_PtALw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijzh8RUjRs8

Although now it'd be a good chance to ask the creator dudes themselves what's the deal with Meimi and Misty May anyway, considering they're like the same person but apparently not?