May 9

Over here you can check a wonderful fanart of my character Shakti, by Juan Ramirez. Don't miss it. - Cristian

The official site for Bounen no Xamdou (the upcoming Bones anime with designs by Ken'ichi Yoshida) opened its character section. Interesting designs, without much color and flash, as it's been usual on the studio's recent productions (Darker than Black, The Skull Man, Chiko: Heiress of the Phantom Thief).

Want bishi? The Tales of Vesperia website has a Flynn wallpaper for download.

Over at Jilpoong17's, Sayaka Yumi cosplays as Elle Line from Galaxy Fraulein Yuna.

May 8

The Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta! (upcoming arcade shooter with Mizuki Takayama designs) website opened its story/caracter section, and announced a new beta test starting tomorrow. Translations by Crispy:

Story

Mamoru: "Huh? Where am I?"

Headlights approached. How long has passed since he thought he had been hit by a car? Mamoru-kun had been blown away to a mysterious world.

Fululu: "Hi, everyone! Welcome to the underworld!"

According to the priestess of the underworld, Jigokudani Fululu, the "chosen spirits" had been summoned to the underworld to save it from danger.

"Don't choose us without asking, asshole!" "Send me back to my world!"

Fululu ignored these complaints and continued speaking.

She spoke of a gate to the dark world that someone was trying to open, and how the residents of the underworld were being cursed. To save the underworld, the people must be uncursed, and the opening of the gate must be prevented.

"Okay, heroes! time to work hard for the sake of the underworld!

Therefore, to return to their worlds, Mamoru and the three others summoned to the underworld began their fight.

Tomoka Mamoru
12 years old
Likes: Competition, whipped cream
Hates: Losing
Hobbies: Baseball
Spirit element: Lightning

An elementary school student who was summoned by Fululu to the underworld after a traffic accident. He dreams of being a professional baseball player, mostly for the money. He hates to lose, and it was easy for Fululu to manipulate him into saving the underworld.

"I guess I have to try anyway, so I'm going to see it through!"

Miyuki Mayuno
14 years old
Likes: Snow, flowers
Hates: Spicy food
Hobbies: Getting what she wants
Spirit element: Snow

A mysterious girl who doesn't remember her life before coming to the underworld. She rarely shows emotion, but occasionally does things no one around her expects. She seems to know what she's doing though. If there's one way to describe her, it's that she does things at her own pace. She doesn't seem at all surprised to have been summoned to the underworld.

"I'm sorry, I don't remember very much..."

Narai Kinya
17 years old
Likes: Motorcycles
Hates: Mathematics
Hobby: Touring
Spirit element: Wind

He used to be a motorcycle loving high school student, but he was suddenly summoned to the underworld while going home from his part-time job. He loved freedom, and speaks with a kansai accent. He's not bad at getting along with people, but he acts on instinct and doesn't cooperate with others. He and Fululu get along like dogs and monkeys (I suppose I would say cats and dogs?), Beniko says they act like a comedy duo.

"I'm going to do it how I want to do it. See you!"

Higatera Beniko
16 years old
Likes: Music
Hates: All smelly things
Hobbies: Flute recitals
Spirit element: will-o-wisp (literally a fox fire)

An uppity student at a girl's boarding school. She was suddenly summoned in the middle of school. An excellent student, but she has heavy demands on the people around her. She adjusted the fastest to life in the underworld, she seems to enjoy her situation, including naming her will-o-wisp.

"No reason to hold back. Go, Rinka!"

Jigokudani Fululu
? years old
Likes: Kompeitō, the divine tree
Hates: Dark places
Hobby: Visiting underworld hot springs

She is a priestess who serves the divine tree which floats in the underworld. it seems she can speak directly to it. With the tree's help, she successfully summoned Mamoru and the others to the underworld. She is the leader of Mamoru's army of justice! (according to her). Because she gets so wrapped up in it, she is treated like a mascot by the people around her.

"Okay, we're going to bring peace back to the underworld together!"

May 7

Vampire (Darkstalkers) vs. Ar Tonelico vs. Disgaea vs. Spectral Souls vs. Marie no Atelier is X Edge for Playstation 3, by Compile Heart. Scans here.

May 6

Not much news since it's the golden week in Japan, but check ARK's blog for a new Morrigan wallpaper, and Adam Hughes' website for nice Chun Li fanart.

May 5

NRF has announced a new fighting game, with designs by Yuji Sogabe (of Senko no Ronde fame). The name is Million KNights Vermillion, the official site is here, and here in Youtube there is a trailer that shows a few seconds of gameplay. Looks interesting at least, with stylish designs and a possible trap.
source: gamercafe

May 4

Not much today, but made a third update in few days to my videogame girls blog, with Disgaea's healer class. A very nice related fanart is here. - Cristian

May 3

Some scans of the Queen's Blade artbook featuring Iroha (actually the licensed ones are named Queen's Gate) showed up on the web. Artwork by Iidzuki Tasuku.

Over here you can check a lovely fanart of Majoria, by Jon Freeman. I love how he drew her hair! Mirroring it on the shrine soon, once I get time for some remodelations to it.

May 2

The Super Robot Wars Z official website has a good amount of new screenshots for many of its series. It looks great.
source: whitesword

GPara has an article with character artwork and screenshots for Tales of Vesperia, the upcoming Xbox 360 RPG with designs by Kosuke Fujishima. They probably have been playing Okami, because Repede is not only a mascot, but a playable character with sword attacks. For a translation of the character profiles, check Wikipedia.

They also have an article with new screens and art for Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk (Dawn of the New World outside of Japan). The game will be out by the end of June, and as with Vesperia, there's a surprisingly good Wikipedia article for it.

If you haven't been checking, Attic Work Space (Ryoji's site) has updated lately with a few pics on its gallery, including an Athena fanart.

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