March 31
March 31
Isara Gunter is spotlighted in the newest Valkyria of the Battlefield trailer available for download in Gamewatch.
Some better resolution Soul
Calibur IV screens featuring Angol Fear over
here. Fanarts already
are showing up.
source: iron jabberwock
March 30
And a new drawing on my deviantART account, a Reiko Nagase fanart this time, couldn't resist to draw her. - Cristian
A new Sayaka Yumi fanart over at Jilpoong17's as well, this time she cosplays Skylark Forward from IGPX. And in Nakenashi Wisdom, there's a fanart of Soul Calibur IV's Scheherazade.
March 29
A couple of new King
of Fighters XII scans showed up (here
and here),
and they feature screens and some artwork. Athena noticeably resembles the curvy
Athena from, well, the old Athena
videogame and Psycho Soldiers, which is cute.
source: mmcafe
Over
here you can see a Senko no Ronde 2
trailer (actually it just features footage of the original arcade and a new CGI
scene), that was shown last christmas at the E-Sports
Stadium gaming tournament but just now released in a magazine.
source: david
dayagdag
And on the Street
Fighter IV side, Capcom
has posted some images of the storyboards for the Chun-Li vs. Viper
promotional video from some weeks ago. Note how they used that famous 3rd Strike
Chun-Li pic by
Akiman as reference.
source: alejandro
March 28
The first issue of The Demon Mages, the new comic book by Crybringer is out. Go get it, I'm sure it's worth every cent! His characters are too awesome to be ignored, and I don't have to say how cool is his art, as I've mentioned him often over here. They seem to ship everywhere too, that's always good.
In the year 2423, After Dominion Calendar, the Republic of Koltenia celebrated 20 years of peace after a costly and tragic civil war. But on the anniversary of the nation, four wild sorceresses gained possession of an ancient relic. A surly basilisk, an arrogant gorgon, a nerdy succubus, and a spunky dark elf are all that stand between the ambition of the "Magician's Nation", and the recapture of the legendary and terrible "Babel star".
Here come and witness the start of the end of things and four women who would be known as the
DEMON MAGES
The Soul Calibur IV website has profiles for the returning characters, but not for the guest ones sadly. I've uploaded bigger artworks here: Zasalamel, Amy and Cervantes.
Karl Moline, the artist for Joss Whedon's acclaimed Fray miniseries, is back to pencil the Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season Eight story arc that features Melaka Fray, issues 16 to 19.
March 27
The teaser site for Bones' upcoming anime is here. The name is Bounen no Xamdou,
more info will be revealed in April 10, but for the looks of it, the designer is
Ken'ichi Yoshida.
source: ws
Soul Calibur IV
screens here,
showcasing Amy, Zasalamel and Cervantes. And over
here, more pics and videos of Street Fighter IV.
source: alejandro, mmcafe
March 26
The new Soul Calibur
IV girl is named Angol Fear. Along with her, Amy,
Zasalamel and Cervantes have been announced to return. Scans here
and here.
source: chris, kotaku
Namco has
announced a new Ridge Racer pachislot,
with a Playstation 2 version coming
out as well,
mentioning it for the Reiko Nagase artwork,
mostly. I'm finished with her
article in the wikipedia, by the way, there isn't much else I can add. Also
uploaded a bunch of her official artworks over
here. If anybody knows where to find hi-res versions of her RR6 and 7
artworks, please message me.
source: kotaku
The website for The Tower of DRUAGA -the Aegis of URUK-, Gonzo's anime tie-in with the new The Tower of DRUAGA -the Recover of BABYLIM- MMORPG, has an english section, and has updated with color images of their generic cast (it was lineart up to now).
March 24
And the Soul Calibur
IV team has gone mad (but in a good way), as apparently a character designed by Yoshizaki
Mine will be on the game.
She seems to be the cousin of Angol Mois from Keroro Gunso.
source: mmcafe
The official site for the Onechanbara The Movie is open, and there is a small trailer (that you can download in .flv format here, or watch at youtube too). Seems to be as low budget as the games, not like that's bad.
Yesterday's entry at ARK's blog has a nice Morrigan wallpaper, and note the variant version linked on the same post.
March 23
Gamewatch has a ton of pics of Soul Calibur IV, including Scheherazade's artwork and profile, as it follows (translation by Crispy):
Name: Scheherazade
Age: Their tribe doesn't keep count, but she is younger than most
Birthplace: A secret village
Height: 157cm
Weight: 42kg
Birthdate: The twelfth day under the chanting moon
Blood type: Unknown
Weapon: Rapier
Family: Her village is full of stubborn old menShe is a member of a very long lived tribe of the deep forest. While away from the village gathering stories, she experienced forbidden love, and was imprisoned inside a tree for a long time. But she is once again in the outside world and must see the story to its end.
Famitsu has a few pics for Persona 4 (PS2) over
here, and even fewer pics for Valkyrie Profile -Toga wo Seou Mono-
(DS) over
here.
source: uninformed
March 22
Senko no Ronde Rev.X has a bunch of new outfits for download in the Live marketplace, they're specially cool looking, as David Dayagdag mailed me:
The theme for the A-5 costumes are that each character is cosplaying as someone else from G.Rev's other games, while the B-5 ones are just chibi versions of each character. Series are as follows:
Doki Doki Idol Star Seeker:
Changpo
Sakurako
Border Down:
Mika
Fabian
Under Defeat:
Lili
Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta!
Ernula
Cuilan
Luchino (Karel)
If anything Lili Levinas resembles Haman Karn even more now, and Baek Changpo reminds me of Sayaka Yumi, but that's just me.
March 21
Gpara (and many other sites, but I tend to link to GPara because of its image quality) has an article about Tales of Vesperia, the upcoming Xbox360 RPG with character designs by Kosuke Fujishima. The article shows the main characters, named Yuuri Rovell and Estel (Esteliza). The official site also opened, and features a wallpaper of Yuuri.
On the Nippon1 side, they also have an article for Disgaea DS, the remake of the first game on the series, and another article for Jigsaw Battle, another DS game featuring art by Teruhiko Imaizumi, including his awesome character Ayame. Official sites here and here.
Gamewatch has a third character-centric video for Valkyria of the Battlefield, featuring Welkin Gunther, and a general trailer for the game under it.
It's RahXephon time again at Jilpoong17, as his latest Sayaka fanart has her cosplaying as Arpeggio.
A fun fanart in the top page of Gainax's site this week, with the Gurren Lagann cast cosplaying Nadia characters.
March 19
New Doki Doki Majo
Shinpan 2 Duo scans here,
for the fans of the loli touching games.
source: gamercafe
Also, down here, some images and info of The King of Fighters XII.
March 18
After noticing the lack of a Reiko Nagase article in Wikipedia, I quickly wrote a small entry, but it's in my bad English, so if anybody feels like formatting and cleaning it up, you're welcome. The web needs more Reiko love. - Cristian
P4: Persona 4
has
been announced, and interestingly is for Playstation 2. It looks very nice,
and shares the style of the previous game.
source: gamercafe
More pics of Sakura Taisen: Kimi Aru Tameni at Gamewatch. The game should be out in a few hours.
Not my upload, but here you can get the Street Fighter IV artwork in high resolution.
A very nice Sekaiju no Meikyuu 2 (Etrian Odyssey 2) fanart is up in Fomalhaut's blog. Also, ARK's blog has a new Morrigan wallpaper as usual.
March 17
Lost One Zero has released a new chapter of his fetishy Space Damsels e-comic, you can check some preview images in its section. Very very nice as usual, worth a look if you're interested in the subject.
"Destiny by sinner sought, Tragedy by power wrought." is the catchphrase of Valkyrie Profile -Toga wo Seou Mono-, upcoming Nintendo DS RPG, that is featured in this GPara article.
More screens, and a new Rydia artwork for the cellphone exclusive Final Fantasy IV - The After are available here.
March 15
It's been a while since Onegai Teacher aired, but it's popularity still allows for more figures to be released, like this Mizuho coming out in July. But even with its popularity, older female leads in anime still are a rarity, sadly.
This nice fansite has posted the ending screens for Princess Maker 5, they're worth checking, as I'm fond of the game's artwork style (still not as good as PM3, anyway).
March 14
The second character trailer for Valkyria of the Battlefield features Largo Potter. You can download it at Gamewatch or stream it at YouTube (thanks to Gamercafe).
Babelfish is giving me a headache, but Sakura Taisen: Kimi Aru Tameni, the new dungeon crawler for Nintendo DS, has a wi-fi multiplayer mode.
The Endless
Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga website
updates its character section with the info from yesterday's magazine scan.
source: ws
Mr. Driller Online is the first game from Bandai Namco for the japanese Xbox Live Arcade, and it seems to feature the basic one player and multiplayer levels, without any special extra. More pics at Gamewatch. Dig a chance!
A very nice Iroha (Samurai
Spirits) wallpaper over
here, to promote her Queen's Blade artbook.
source: alejandro
In the latest Jilpoong17 fanart, Sayaka Yumi cosplays as Doremi-Robo from Ojamajo Doremi.
Remember the figure of the Gradius II Vic Viper? Well, another Vic Viper comes out in June, but this time from the first Gradius. Doesn't looks that different but for fans...
And last, some nice Ah! My Goddess fanarts, a Belldandy here, and two Urds here and here.
March 13
According to Wikipedia,
Soul Calibur IV's Scheherazade was designed
by RahXephon's Yutaka
Izubuchi.
source: iron jabberwock
Valkyrie Profile: Toga wo Seou Mono
is a new game being developed for Nintendo DS. You can see a scan over
here.
source: gamercafe
And over
here you can see another magazine scan for Monolith's upcoming Nintendo DS
game, Endless Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga.
source: ws
Gamewatch has an article on PangYa Season 4, the new upgrade to the Windows-based online Golf game, introducing a new character named Lucia (that reminds me of Toa) and a clothing designing system.
A new Alicia Florence (from the Aria manga/anime) figure is coming out in June. It doesn't looks too good, but more of the loveliest undine is always good.
A great Rydia (Final Fantasy IV) drawing can be seen on Fool's Art Gallery's main page.
March 12
Scheherazade
is the newly announced character for Soul Calibur IV,
an elven girl with an outfit that somehow resembles Jun
the Swan's. A nice design overall. Also, over
here there's a new trailer for download.
source: gamercafe,
iron jabberwock
And a kinky figure of Zero no Tsukaima's Louise is coming out in June.
March 10
Nippon1 has announced a couple of games for
Nintendo DS, the first one is Disgaea DS, an
adaptation of the first game on the series, that has
been confirmed for an american release already. The second one is Jigsaw
Battle, a very interesting looking game with character designs
by Teruhiko Imaizumi from Reiran Refine,
including his mascot character Ayame, and looks like Disgaea's Etna will make a
cameo as well. Scans here
and here. -
Thanks Crybringer for the correction.
source: uninformed, gamercafe
Pics of Ketsui and DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label (both for Xbox360) can be seen here and here.
Lily Salvatana, maybe the coolest design from Nitro+ Tre Donne Crudeli, is getting a figure in July, by Alter.
March 9
Jilpoong17's blog has a fanart of Sayaka Yumi cosplaying as Pulsar from Megas XLR.
Crybringer has a very nice fanart with part of the Otomedius cast on his blog, but he's missing TiTi XIV, which is criminal.
And Alex Ahad made a very nice fanart of Snake and Samus Aran, now that they're together in Smash Bros Brawl.
March 7
Over
here you can download the Viper vs. Chun-Li clip that was featured in the Street
Fighter IV trailer, now in direct feed. It's beautiful, get it.
source: iron jabberwock
March 6
Well, somthing big happened in this week's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight issue 12, and Joss Whedon had a talk with Newsarama about it. And of course, there's articles at CBR, ABC and MTV... just beware if you don't want to be spoiled. Also, you can preview the 13th issue here.
And somewhat related to that, Maria-sama
ga Miteru is getting an US
release. One of the most charming and enjoyable anime of the last years,
it's worth checking.
source: uninformed
March 5
As you can see here
and here,
both Ketsui and DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label
are coming out for Xbox, as direct ports with some minor retouches.
source: gamercafe
Tori no Hoshi: Aerial Planet was released a few days ago for PS2, and GPara has an article with tons of pics, including the cameo of Disgaea's Prinnies.
And its GPara's turn to showcase the new info revealed for Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk, with some extra images.
The beta testing of The Tower of Druaga - the Recovery of BABYLIM, the upcoming generic looking MMORPG based on Namco's ages old franchise, starts the 14th. Gonzo is also releasing a related anime named The Tower of Druaga - the Aegis of URUK (it would have been much better if it was an anime of the original Druaga games, but we're stuck with this generic crap). Do not get confused with Druaga Online - The Story of Aon, that's actually an interesting looking arcade similar to Gauntlet that came out some time ago but sadly never got a home port.
March 4
Newless day, so let's go with some art-related links:
- Ark's blog has a new Morrigan wallpaper in yesterday's entry.
- 05-Peace-Collection has some nice Puyo Puyo fanarts in the gallery.
- And there's more Puyo Puyo on Pop-ya.com's gallery as well.
- Jorby Alano has a deviantART account now, but be sure to check his site, click on "dust".
March 3
A nice Valkyria of the Battlefield trailer featuring Rosie can be downloaded in here.
Not a new (it has been out since last year), but The Glory of Walküre is an action RPG for cellphones, and the new entry on the Valkyrie no Densetsu saga, that already has a manga running nowadays. You can check a video over here. Just found out now because it's coming out for the Yahoo cellphone service.
March 1st
Over
here you can stream a tv commercial for Endless
Frontier - Super Robot Wars OG Saga (DS).
source: ws
Balrog
(boxer) and Sagat
confirmed for Street Fighter IV.
source: gamercafe
The Soul Calibur IV
artworks for Kilik, Lizardman and Xianghua are
here. You can also download them in high resolution over
here.
source: iron jabberwock
Some nice Puyo Puyo~n fanarts over here. The main site is here.
