Today’s Updates
- Artbook Review: Gurren Lagann Yoko Portraits
- Solid Theater’s String Swimsuit Girl on parade
- Figma Mikuru, Itsuki preorders open: SOS-dan complete!
- Griffon goes nekomimi Kanu at WHF Ariake 18
See below for an (un)usual batch of ero news, errata, and assorted miscellany:
Maritan News
Hobby Japan has made a wallpaper available for download through the month of May that just may be the greatest artwork ever crafted by the hand of man. ‘Nuff said. Oh, and there’s a Charlton Heston commemorative wallpaper there, too… I’m sure he’d be touched.
Ero News
- Frontier Works announces C74 presence – summer Comiket hype begins!
- Demo movie online for Norn’s Manage! Ikimasu! – Sale begins via download tomorrow, looking to be their best game yet
Figure Recommendations
Nono Kawaiiyo Nono
Now On Sale
- UArt / Comic Gum’s Black & White Uniform Kanu Unchou
sooner than I was expecting… Goodsmile’s site says the 12th
DLsite Recommendations (how to buy)
- からーくらしっく_シチュエーション・ノート Vol.III – Color Classic Situation Note Vol. III
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All color doujinshi featuring 50 different CG illustrations of a wide variety of classic anime and game heroines. Contains two versions of each (one with writing overlay and one without), in PDF format. From circle Cyclone.
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One of the odder offerings we’ve seen of late, a very well produced, full female voice eroge visual novel featuring Yuffie from Final Fantasy 7. She apparently has a fondness for inflicting bodily harm on men (kicking them in the nuts, not to put too fine a point on it). The game’s tagline reads “for M men”, so those with a masochistic streak might find something of interest here. From circle M.A.F.
If you like the art but prefer more “S” fare, ～TI○A the LIMIT～ FINAL HEAVEN is also recommended.
- This first offering from rookie circle “IP” is an extensive CG collection featuring Meer from Gundam SEED Destiny. The set contains 35 core illustrations with variations totaling 140 images in all. The thematic focus is fellatio, and the set doesn’t contain penetration.
- 世界系 – World Type
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A CG set featuring characters from Sekaiju no Meikyuu (Etrian Odyssey) from circle Skyscraper. Includes 13 images plus variations, with a focus on the tentaclier side of things.
Final bit of randomness:
It seems that following Dragonaut, master animator of all things muchi Kaneko Hiraku has moved on to RD. No wonder the show left such a good initial impression… When paired with Ueyama Tetsurou, is there no miracle of thighness they cannot achieve?
Those Maritan backgrounds are things of beauty. The biggest problem is picking which one to use…
Indeed. I’m using the Amekomi one right now, but it’s providing very effective camouflage for my desktop icons… may need to switch sooner than I was thinking.
With the brand shutting down, any chance that G-Collections or PP could snatch up the licenses to some of Meteor’s games on the cheap? Clover Point looks especially good.
Gawd, I’d love to know who did the artwork for the Amekomi WP…
but might stick with the second one for my eeePC.
I noticed that you haven’t mentioned the recent Clayz additions of Komaki Manaka and Kousaka Tamaki I saw on Hobby Search.
The biggest reason I say this is because I’d like to know why the other Tamaki you scooped for Clayz isn’t there. I really wanted that one, and it’s not shown itself yet. I wonder what went wrong?
Anyway, if you recommend the Koto Nono, does that mean you’re getting her too? ^^
>>Ojamajo_Limepie
If Meteor had some foothold in the English language market already it’s possible that something could be negotiated, but to my knowledge they’re a purely domestic operation. If they come to us Peter might be willing to take a look at some options, but my guess is that they’ll either fade away quietly or be absorbed by another Japanese game company with bigger fish to fry than the chump change we could provide them for licensing.
>>Diebi Manabu
Hmm, the new Clayz Tama-nee and Manaka slipped under my radar. I’ll mention them in the Mainichi post later today, I guess… thanks for pointing that out.
I don’t think anything is going wrong with Clayz; they’ve always been essentially a Miyakawa Takeshi side business and they tend to put stuff out at a pace that suits his busy sculpting schedule. I’m sure the other Tamaki will show up eventually.
Indeed, I put in a preorder for Kotobukiya’s Nono the evening she was listed at Amiami. :3
>>Shingo
It’s just strange, is all. I mean they listed the other Tamaki and Manaka together, and then the Manaka and a different Tamaki show up. VERY strange, and not liked by me. I really want that Tamaki, more than anything else Takeshi’s done! *sigh*