Posts tagged Anime Expo
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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 2
July 6th, 2008, by in Conventions
The second day of Anime Expo 2008 brought a lot more interesting things for the visual novel fan. Circus held a mini-concert in front of their booth, featuring Cy-Rim rev. and Aina Kase and also presented a panel on their games later on, announcing the future availability of Da Capo and Suika AS+ in English. Okashi Studios presented a panel introducing the audience to ren’ai (romance) games. On July 5, 2008 at 8PM PDT we will be holding a live feed from the JAST panel.
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Anime Expo 2008 - Day 1
July 4th, 2008, by in Conventions
The first day of Anime Expo 2008 did not bring much in terms of visual novels. We at encubed did manage to visit the exhibition floor to take a peek and also learned some information that may be of interest to TYPE-MOON fans. Lastly, we hope to hold a live webcast of the Circus panel on Day 2, so please check that site around 9:30PM PDT on July 4, 2008.