Posts in Press Release
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Press release: My Girlfriend is the President goes golden master
November 18th, 2011, by in Press Release, Tidbits, Translation
My Girlfriend is the President, to be released by JAST USA under the high-profile JAST Densetsu brand, is now in disc production. This 2009 adult title by ALcot is currently available for preorder at various online shops.
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A Release of A Scar of the Doll
October 31st, 2011, by in Interviews, News, Press Release, Release, Translation
Child-Dream, a Japanese adventure game and RPG company, released an English version of their A Scar of the Doll iPhone/iPod game. This is Child-Dream’s first foray into the English visual novel market. We did a brief email interview their scenario writer Hidehisa Miyashita, who also wrote the scenario for the PlayStation 3 game Folklore. The game can be downloaded from the iTunes AppStore for an introductory price of $0.99.
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Amaterasu deal falls apart, two patches released
September 6th, 2011, by in Press Release, Release, Translation
Amaterasu has announced the release of an English translation patch for âge’s MuvLuv Alternative as well as Liar-soft’s Shikkoku no Sharnoth, stating that they are giving up on the licensing deal with MangaGamer and citing, amongst other things, disappointment with âge deciding to offer MangaGamer Kimi ga Nozomu Eien instead. They will now proceed to translate AKABEiSOFT2’s remade version of A Profile and Liar-soft’s Forest after that. A representative of Katahane’s fan translation team also chimed in to say that disappointment in their dealings with MangaGamer also led them to releasing their patch. In response, MangaGamer has sent us an official statement regarding the matter, which is reproduced in the last section of this article. In short, they express disappointment in the turn of events and outline possible fallout from Amaterasu’s decision.
EDIT: Amaterasu leader Ixrec clarifies over Twitter that they were more upset with the dearth of information concerning the agreement as well as receiving “blatantly false” information.
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MangaGamer officially announces guidebook
March 5th, 2011, by in Press Release
MangaGamer has now officially announced an all-ages visual novel titled Go Go Japan aimed at introducing the reader to Tokyo through a virtual tour of the city. The story revolves around the protagonist, who decided to study abroad in Japan and ends up getting guided around Tokyo by a pair of sisters. Production is being handled by OVERDRIVE, makers of Kira Kira and Edelweiss, with art drawn by Fujimaru, who worked on Kira Kira Curtain Call and DearDrops. Pricing and release date are yet to be finalized, but according to recent tweets by MangaGamer, they hope to release at Anime Expo and in the $10-$15 range, if all things pan out well. The release will also have no voices.
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a fairy tale of the three
September 26th, 2010, by in Feature, Press Release, Translation
The overseas website for the game company minori has now been updated to announce the cooperation between three parties in a new overseas venture: MangaGamer, No Name Losers and minori itself. MangaGamer has now posted an entry on their blog announcing this as well as the first two releases, which will be ef – the first tale. and ef – the latter tale. The website for No Name Losers has also been updated with more information about what will be in these two upcoming releases.
UPDATE: More details and links added to writeup and certain statements were removed at the request of our source. The article has also been reordered and NNL has issued a comment, stating that:
[W]e appreciate the summary of events that [have been] written up — and that we’d prefer that everyone: the community, Gemot Encubed, and No Name Losers, move on from the bitter events of the past, as the minori/Mangagamer/No Name Losers partnership demonstrates so beautifully.