Posts in Conventions
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Anime Evolution 2008
August 29th, 2008, by in Conventions
Over the past weekend we attended Anime Evolution 2008 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In addition to taking photos, we also hosted a panel on visual novels.
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Anime Expo 2008 - Photos
July 15th, 2008, by in Conventions
Here are some images we took while at Anime Expo 2008. Included are photographs of the Circus booth, one of the Circus mini concerts, the Circus panel and the JAST panel.
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Anime Expo 2008 - Day 4
July 7th, 2008, by in Conventions
The fourth and final day of Anime Expo did not have many interesting panels, so we visited the exhibition hall. We approached RJP Pro and asked them about the current status of the Angel Rabbie OVA+Game product. Their reply was that production was mostly done, but they are having financial difficulties with distribution. As of right now, they do not feel they can sell enough copies to recoup the manufacturing and distribution costs.
Afterwards, we talked with some staff at Hen Da Ne, a seller of doujinshi and imported Japanese games, and we found out that products for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni sold surprisingly well, including both the spinoff action games as well as the original visual novels.
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Anime Expo 2008 - A Chat with Circus
July 7th, 2008, by in Conventions
On Day 3 of Anime Expo 2008, we had a chance to sit down and talk with tororo, CEO of Circus, about the English localization project of games such as Da Capo and Suika AS+ in more detail. During the interview, tororo described the general outline of MangaGamer’s operation and responded to feedback we presented about the current state of the games. Furthermore, he’s open to what the fans think, including what level of quality would be “good enough” for the fans to purchase the game as well as what games they would like. Please leave your comments in response to this article and we’ll forward your suggestions to Circus.
UPDATE: Olf Le Fol talked to a representative at Japan Expo in Paris and posted his writeup. Among other things, the representative noted that the purchases made before the official opening of the site were of a beta version of the games, so the images we posted earlier may or may not reflect the finalized version of the games.
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Anime Expo 2008 - Day 3
July 6th, 2008, by in Conventions
The third day of Anime Expo 2008 was quite eventful, including the Shoko-tan concert. For our readers, we managed to conduct an interview with Circus and we will report on this interview at a later time. Afterwards, the Broccoli International panel had some information about the Galaxy Angel game series and Okashi Studios presented a panel on their upcoming game, Shira Oka. The evening culminated in a lively presentation conducted by JAST, who announced some new games to their lineup: the Moero Downhill Night series of games and CLEAVAGE.