Long time no see.

Fearing no jet lag, we continue coverage so rudely interrupted two weeks prior:

Comiket Side

• C68 Industry Presence Attack
  • Aquaplus
  • TinkerBell
  • Honeypot
  • Minori
  • FlyingShine
  • Breeze!!
  • GEESTORE
  • Frontier Works
  • Kabu de Ikou! [also]
  • Starchild
  • Anipara
  • Littlewitch
  • Front Wing
  • TOP
  • Regista
  • Trickster
  • Yogurting
  • Kamichu!
  • Age
  • Rusk
  • Symphony
  • Trinet
  • Dengeki Daioh
  • Toranoana
  • Toys Planning
• If you don’t want to click through all of those links, Galge.com has a handy summary available.
• For the first time ever, to my knowledge, the official Comiket site has information on the event available in languages other than Japanese. This is copied verbatim from the single non-Japanese page in the catalogue, but it’s a welcome resource for visitors from abroad who can’t get ahold of it via other means.
• Circles Cut a Dash! and Penguin Square present this Petit Copain figure at C68.

Anime Side

• Site Launches
  • To Heart 2
  • Mushishi
  • Majokko Tsukune-chan
• Weekly Web Radio Roundup
  • Kiminozo Radio ep. 19
  • Futakoi Melt Collective ep. 13
  • Bara no Kaori no Garden Party ep. 9
• A Soltyrei manga will be for sale at Gonzo’s C68 booth.
• Gainax is putting out a complete (900-page) book of FLCL storyboards on September 30th.
• Hobby Channel has the first part of its Tokyo Character Show report online.
• A live action movie called SHINOBI is coming out on September 17th, based on the story of Basilisk.
• The second episode of Nurse Witch Komugi-chan Magikarte ZZ will be airing on August 20th.
• Just a reminder that Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Yakyoku (Reminiscence Nocturne) is coming out on August 25th.
• The Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid OST will be out on August 18th.
• Hobby Japan is ready to comfort those who can’t get enough Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo goodness.

Ero Side

• WE’VE GOT MOVIE SIGN!!
  • Siesta’s MOON CHILDe
  • Petit Pajamas’ Puppet Princess
  • Rune’s Shishunki
  • AniSeed’s Heaven Strada
  • Type Moon’s Fate/hollow ataraxia
  • TinkerBell’s Inyouki
  • Hanpamania’s Sora no Ue no Omocha
  • Purple Software’s Akiiroouka Fan Disk
  • UnDel’s Kimi wa Tashikani Koko ni Ita
  • ZONE / SPACEWORKS’ Pink no Ayumi
• Sample CG Updates
  • Petit Pajamas’ Puppet Princess
  • Rune’s Shishunki
  • Liar Soft’s Born Freaks (scroll down)
  • Lucha’s One Boku [Game Style]
  • Type Moon’s Fate/hollow ataraxia
  • TinkerBell’s Inyouchuu
  • Hanpamania’s Sora no Ue no Omocha
  • Purple Software’s Akiiroouka Fan Disk
  • Art’s Heaven’s Cage
  • UnDel’s Kimi wa Tashikani Koko ni Ita
  • Clockup’s Kuro no Utahime
  • M na Red’s Heaven ~Death Game~
  • Studio Ebisu’s Nubatama
  • Cyc’s Click Click
  • Bluge On Demand’s Milk Junkies 3 [rough]
  • Windmill’s Chotto Sunao ni Donburi Kanjou [Game Style]
  • Sarukoubou’s Shinobi Kokoro [wallpapers]
  • Beenyan’s Renai Multiple!
  • C-side’s Renaibyou [Galge.com]
  • Colors’ Kuruizaki Virgin Road
  • Delta’s Doll
  • Authoring Heaven’s Nakadashi Tea Time
  • Q-X’s Hime-sama Ririshiku!
  • CoreMoreco’s Terrible Future
  • ZONE / SPACEWORKS’ Pink no Ayumi [wallpapers]
  • Alterna’s Shirokuro
  • WestVision’s Kyonyuu Gokuraku Seminar [official site]
• Game Demos
  • Petit Pajamas’ Puppet Princess
  • Rune’s Shishunki
  • Liar Soft’s Born Freaks
  • Lucha’s One Boku
  • TinkerBell’s Inyouki
  • Hanpamania’s Sora no Ue no Omocha
  • UnDel’s Kimi wa Tashikani Koko ni Ita
  • Blue Gale’s Naisho no Tin-tin Time
  • Beenyan’s Renai Multiple!
• August 5th saw the release of nine eroge, as handily summed up by Galge.com.
• Tony‘s latest artbook is on sale now, and features work from Sora no Iro Mizu no Iro and Genmukan.
• Some of the Type Moon goods that were for sale at C66 have been made available for order online, although the most sought-after are already sold out.
• elficsNAVI, a doujin news and download service site, had its official launch yesterday. The addition of the news component might make this a useful item.
• Apparently the first one did well enough that Toranoana / Fox Comics is planning the release of Moyori issue 2, pegged to street on August 31st.
• [NOT ERO] Aquaplus opens an official site for Comic Party PORTABLE.
• [NOT ERO] Elfics Vol. 5 went on sale yesterday, complete with the earlier-reported ultimate otaku quiz challenge booklet.

Figure Side

• On Sale Today: Goodsmile’s Momose Hikaru PVC from Peace@Pieces. Hobby Japan’s mail-order Nono from Top wo Nerae! 2 has apparently shipped as well.
• New in November from Max Factory: leaf bikini jean shorts Naru from Love Hina, Morisaki Nao from Soul Link, and Glycine Bleumer from Sakura Taisen.
• [ERO] The next two Gigapulse PVC releases are slated to be from Sexfriend and Maid in Heaven SuperS respectively, although it’s anyone’s guess as to when they’ll actually come out.
• Work on Spring’s Saber action figure has progressed, and it’s looking pretty awesome. Still not quite worth the trip to Tokyo and preorder hassle, though.
• [ERO] Coming in November from Griffon are these Ryomou and Kanu cold casts from Ikkitousen.
• This Chara-Ani Ren PVC is slated for a late September release.
• The few. The proud. The scads of updates. [BASTARD!!]
• Figure Maniacs vol. 17 will be out on August 9th.

There’s a lot of cleaning up to do around here, so please bear with the mess as things are straightened out and updated. I got so used to counting down to the release of Shichinin that I’d feel odd not changing a number at the bottom of the post here every day, so here’s the next subject of my merciless reverse enumeration:

Comiket 68 Countdown: SIX DAYS

I’ll be filling in on missed scoops as I gather the requisite items and info; expect a fairly high level of posting activity for the next few days as things get sorted out. I’ll also be trying to post a lot more in the forums, hint hint. Ah, it’s good to be back.