“Tales of Xillia 2” Reveal Trailer
Have a look at the latest game in the Tales of series, Tales of Xillia 2. In this reveal trailer, the first 50 seconds show how the protagonist Ludgar and the heroine El meets. After which, the new gameplay element of integrating player choices is shown as described by the narrator in the video. There is no “right choice” in this element, it only changes how the story and Ludgar’s life will develop later on.
The gameplay environment as well as the new battle system XDR-LMBS is showcased as well. One interesting thing to note is that Ludgar is able to change the type pf weapons he wields, even switching them in the middle of the battle.
Tales of Xillia 2, the sequel to Tales of Xillia, is scheduled to be released on the PS3 in Japan in Winter 2012.
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Namco Bandai has just announced that the highly anticipated next flagship title of its popular Tales of series, is Tales of Xillia 2. Tales of Xillia 2, or TOX 2 for short, will be a direct sequel to the previous Tales of game, Tales of Xillia.
In TOX 2, players will no longer be playing as Jude or Milla, the 2 protagonists from the prequel. Instead, they will plays as new characters from the same world.
More information as well as screenshots under the cut. Mild spoilers for those who have not played the game yet.
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Feast Your Eyes On The “Zone of the Enders HD Collection” Opening Animation
Konami has released the opening animation of the HD remastered collection of Kojima Hideo’s hit series Zone of the Enders at their pre-E3 show. The 5-minute opening video consists of mostly remastered animation scenes from the 2 games in the collection.
Zone of the Enders HD Collection is scheduled to be released on the 25th of October 2012 in Japan for the PS3 and PS Vita.
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Well, Takemura Kazuhiro sure isn’t resting even after the Strike Witches film adaptation has been released. Dengeki G’s Magazine’s July issue cover has just announced his latest anime project, Vividred Operation.
Check under the cut for more information.
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Fans of Ratchet & Clank, rejoice! While we haven’t heard much from the good people at Insomniac Games, it seems that they have not forgotten about fan favourite Ratchet & Clank series, and have actually been working on a game to celebrate the series’ 10th anniversary.
Check under the cut for a piece of published art and more information.
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LAWSON X The Amazing Spider-Man
Want to see a chicken swinging through the sky like Spider-Man? Then watch this video. I found this hilarious video of LAWSON’s advertisement promoting its fried chicken, parodying The Amazing Spider-Man.
The advertisement features Kara-age-kun (battered and deep-fried chicken), LAWSON’s very own friend chicken mascot, as Spider-Man and reenacting out parts of the trailers for the upcoming movie.
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In a ZOE event held in Japan, following the news of the released date for Zone of the Enders HD Collection, a new game codenamed “Enders Project” was announced. The image above was taken from the said event.
Fans have been asking Kojima for years to do a sequel game to Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, and Kojima himself has indicated that he wishes to develop the game once his studio has enough resources to spare.
More information to come after the cut.
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Busou Shinki, originally an action figure line from Konami, is getting a TV anime adaptation. This comes after a run of ten downloadable animation episodes in 2011, which also received a Bluray and DVD released in 2012.
Check out under the cut for the released concept art for the characters.
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“Another” Live-Action Film Trailer 2
The official website of the live-action adaptation of the mystery horror novel Another has just released another trailer, showing more footage of the film.
From the looks of this trailer, while the main plotline stays the same, some of the deaths in the story seem to take a different direction as compared to the novel, manga or anime, resulting in seemingly less blood and gore.
The film stars Hashimoto Ai as Misaki Mei and Yamazaki Kento as Sakakibara Koichi and will be released in Japan on August 4, 2012.
[Another Live-Action Film Official Website]
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A TV series adaptation of Great Teacher Onizuka is being rebooted after 14 years since its first airing. This time, it won’t be the familiar Sorimachi Takashi who played the role of Onizuka. Instead Onizuka will be played by EXILE’s Akira, the entire cast of the TV series will be overhauled.
Check out under the cut for the other new actors for the familiar old roles.
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A piece of what seems to be the specification sheet for developer use has been leaked to the internet. There is and probably will never be any confirmation from the official sources on whether this is legit or just a fabricated piece of paper made by someone, so take this pieces of news with a very large pinch of salt.
Check under the cut for an enlarged version of the specifications part.
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In the fourth volume of the comic adaptation of Hanasaku Iroha, as well as in the June issue of Monthly Gangan Joker, it has been announced that an animation film adaptation of the slice-of-life anime will be released in 2012.
Titled “Hanasaku Iroha HOME SWEET HOME”, the film will be using the same staff as the TV anime, including the same director and script writer. Not much is known about the content of the anime film, though it can be speculated that it will probably be a new story about the lives of Ohana, Minko, Nako and Yuina.
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Watch Saber Take On Gundams—Complete With Sound Effects
Sick and tired of watching robots taking on robots? Well have a look at this amazing stop motion video featuring Gundams taking on Gundams, but with a twist: Saber is added into the fray!
Created by Counter656 Productions (30-year-old Taiwanese John Huang), this video made use of 30,000 photos and 30 days to produce. The special effects, sound effects and action movements are pretty great. It’s hard to imagine this is just done by one person.
If you like his work, check out his other quality stop motion videos as well.
[YouTube, Counter656 Productions Facebook, Counter656 Productions Blog]
