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Starting August 14th, PC gamers can enjoy an enhanced port of NIS America's PSP dungeon crawler ClaDun x2. The sequel to ClaDun: This is an RPG!, the retro-inspired title is now available for $19.99 USD.

Combining free-roaming style battle maps with turn-based battles is always a good thing, mix it with high amounts of customization and growth (along with cute female anime characters) and you have NIS America's upcoming Mugen Souls exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Compile Heart's JRPG is due for release on September 18th, so please wait for our upcoming review next month!

Official Mugen Souls Character Customization Trailer

Official Mugen Souls Game Features Trailer

NIS America's release of Production I.G.'s of comedy-drama series Bunny Drop to start shipping on DVD/Blu-ray from online retailers today.

press release below:

Santa Ana, CA (August 7, 2012) – NIS America, Inc. announced today that bunny drop Complete Series Premium Edition is now available in North America. The series consists of 11 episodes on 2 Blu-rays and 2 DVDs. The premium edition comes in a highly collectible sturdy slipcase with the hardcover art book depicting the various joys and tribulations Daikichi & Rin experience during their first year together. Available at select online retailers: Right Stuf, The Anime Corner Store, Anime Pavilion, and NIS America's Online Store.

bunny drop Complete Series Premium Edition

ITEM #: BNY1-BDS-US-PE
UPC: 813633012131
AGE RATING: Everyone
MSRP: $69.99
RELEASE DATE: August 7, 2012
LENGTH: 11 eps / approx. 251 mins
FORMAT: 2 Blu-ray discs and 2 DVDs
*Only a limited quantity of this premium edition will be produced
LANGUAGE: Japanese audio, English subtitles

About the show:

Daikichi, a 30-year-old bachelor, meets the 6-year-old girl Rin at his grandfather Souichi's funeral. It is there that Daikichi and his family learn that Rin is Souichi's direct descendant. When the topic of who would care for her comes up, the family shirks all responsibility of raising this "shameful" child. Reacting emotionally, Daikichi declares his intention to take Rin into his home. This is the story of two very different individuals coming together under one roof and learning what it means to be a family, an experience that teaches Daikichi what it means to be a parent.

For more information, visit NISAmerica.com/

Cast

Ayu Matsuura as Rin Kaga (Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW)
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Daikichi Kawachi (Natsume's Book of Friends)
Kana Ueda as Haruko Maeda (Fate/Zero, Hayate the Combat Butler, Gurren Lagann)
Nanako Sudo as Reina Maeda (Squid Girl)

About the extras:

- Hardcover art book (full color, 28 pages titled Rin's First Year featuring story/character information and luscious art.
- 4 bonus mini-episodes
- Clean opening and ending for each episode (ending sequence produced by GekidanInuCurry)
- bunny drop Japanese commercial

Anime Production by Production I.G

Past projects: Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You-, Ghost in the Shell, Eden of the East

About NIS America

NIS America is a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., a Japanese company famous for its unique line of strategy RPGs
including titles such as Disgaea, Prinny, and Z.H.P. In 2003, NIS America was established in Southern California to publish
exciting and innovative game titles for North America. Today, NIS America has expanded to bring various products from
Japan, like video games, animation, and collectable items. NIS America's team members devote themselves to the fans.
Our respect for our fans is at the heart of everything we do. As a growing strategy RPG publisher in the U.S., we are
committed to continuous improvement and dedication.

CONTACT: 1221 E. Dyer Road. Suite 100, Santa Ana, CA 92705, 714-540-1122

© 2012 NIS America, Inc. All rights reserved.

Over the weekend, NIS America announced their plans to distribute Studio Deen's anime adaptation of 07th Expansion's visual novel Umineko: When They Cry. The third title in the When They Cry series, Uminko: When They Cry was preceded by Higurashi no Koro ni and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.

Yesterday, NIS America announced that their brand-new educational title Character Chowdown is now available on iTunes. Featuring cameos from Nippon Ichi Software Inc's Disgaea series, the aim of the collaboration between Yummy Yummy Tummy and NISA is to help teach learners of the Japanese language with katakana, hiragana and kanji recognition. The app comes packed with a free katakana pack.

Where can you find tengu, chupacabra and crop circles all in one place? Waldstein Academy of course! NIS America’s recent release, Occult Academy, focuses on the abnormal and unexplainable phenomena that happen in Waldstein Academy, or “Occult Academy” as it is called by the individuals who live nearby. Occult Academy focuses on Maya Kumashiro and time traveler Fumiaki Uchida as they scour the city looking for the key of Nostradamus that will cause an alien invasion on July 21, 1999 while battling against all the occult creatures that get in their way.

As someone who started the Atelier series when I first played Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis on the PlayStation 2, the ninth title of Gust's flagship series, I’ve since been enamored with the franchise. Although the series has always been known for its alchemy system, the character development in the game has always been top-notch and included deep, rich backgrounds and succulent designs. Atelier Meruru: the Apprentice of Arland is a wonderful representation of this. It’s a throwback to the time when a game didn’t have notable "different" endings that were actually the same, wasn’t bogged down by battle after battle involving superfluous moral messages, and companies weren’t trying to one up competitors with awe-inspiring shiny high-def graphics. In other words, Atelier Meruru is a JRPG enthusiast's delight.

Kimi ni Todoke is an anime adaption of Karuh Shiina's romance shoujo manga serialized in Bessatsu Margaret. The manga won the Best Shoujo award in the 32nd annual Kodonsha Manga award, and was nominated for the first Manga Taisho award. The show aired in Japan from October 6, 2009 to March 30, 2010, totaling 25 episodes. A second season was released a year later in January 11 and ran until March 30. A live action film was also released in August 25, 2010.

Santa Ana, CA (March 29, 2012) – NIS America proudly announced today that the high school romance kimi ni todoke -From Me to You- Volume 3 Premium Edition will be available in North America in July. In kimi ni todoke -From Me to You- Volume 3, Sawako and Kazehaya will face more obstacles standing between them and their pure feelings. The conclusion to this sweet and sour high school romance will be packed onto 2 Blu-ray discs and 2 DVDs. The premium edition comes in a highly collectible sturdy slipcase with the hardcover art book, Their Memories, which is a collection of memories from the characters in kimi ni todoke -From Me to You-. Preorder at select online retailers: Right Stuf, The Anime Corner Store, Anime Pavilion, Anime Castle, and NIS America’s Online Store.

KIMI NI TODOKE -FROM ME TO YOU- VOLUME 3 PREMIUM EDITION

About kimi ni todoke -From Me to You-:

After ringing in the new year with her crush at their local shrine, things seem to be going well between Sawako and Kazehaya. However, a new year means new obstacles to overcome, and a young girl's first love is no exception. When Sawako begins to doubt herself, her rival Kurumi senses it and makes a few comments that push Sawako's confidence back to zero. When you add in Kazehaya's misunderstandings as well as a new boy in class who seems to like Sawako the same way Kazehaya does, it sums up to equal another exciting school year! Find out if Sawako and Kazehaya can overcome their own self-doubts and any outside forces in order to finally have their true feelings reach one another!

About the extras—art book and bonus features:

- kimi ni todoke -From Me to You- Volume 3 Premium Edition comes with a hardcover art book (full color, 28 pages) that features vividly illustrated memories from the kimi ni todoke characters, as well as beautiful scenery illustrations depicting where these memories were created.

- Two mini-episodes featuring Kurumi’s interpretation of two classic fairy tales. - Episode 0: Watch this recap of Vol. 1 & 2 as seen through the eyes of Kurumi! (Approx. 23 mins)

- Clean opening and ending.

Cast

Mamiko Noto as Sawako Kuronuma (Clannad, Negima!, Hell Girl)

Daisuke Namikawa as Shota Kazehaya (PERSONA -trinity soul-, BLEACH, One Piece, Black Lagoon)

Miyuki Sawashiro as Ayane Yano (Arakawa Under the Bridge, PERSONA -trinity soul-, Durarara!!)

Yuko Sanpei as Chizuru Yoshida (Arakawa Under the Bridge, Eureka Seven, Xam’d: Lost Memories)

Aya Hirano as Ume Kurumizawa (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, DEATH NOTE, Lucky Star)

Mamoru Miyamo as Kento Miura (Durarara!, Gundam 00, DEATH NOTE)

Anime production by Production I.G

Past projects: Ghost in the Shell, Eden of the East, Blood+, xxxHOLiC

Santa Ana, CA (March 29, 2012) – NIS America is excited to announce the release of anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Complete Series Premium Edition, the heartwarming story of a group of teenagers and their ghostly friend, this July. The title will come complete with a collectible slipcase, a hardcover art book, “The Super Peace Buster Chronicle,” and plenty of on-disc bonus features. In anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, a group of high schoolers, separated after a tragic event, struggle to heal from their old wounds and discover (or rediscover) their own identities in the process. When their childhood friend reappears in a most surprising way, they come together to revisit their past and explore what really happened that day all those years ago. This heartwarming coming-of-age drama explores the pain of growing up for an ordinary group of high school students and their extraordinary visitor from years gone by. Preorder at select online retailers: Right Stuf, The Anime Corner Store, Anime Pavilion, Anime Castle, and NIS America Online Store.

anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Complete Series Premium Edition

About anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day:

Jinta Yadomi and his group of childhood friends have become estranged after a tragic accident split them apart. Now in their high school years, a sudden surprise forces each of them to confront their guilt over what happened that day and come to terms with the ghosts of their past. With their childhood friend Menma back in their lives, the “Super Peace Busters” put their personal issues aside and work together to grant her one true wish. But to do it right, they'll have to overcome years of shame, hard feelings, and heartache.

About the extras—art book and bonus features:

- Hardcover art book, “The Super Peace Buster Chronicle,” (full color, 38 pages) which provides a deeper experience of anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day with character bios, scrapbook-style photo selections, an episode guide, rough sketches, illustrations, and more
- Episode 1 clean ending, teasers & commercials, and online episode previews

Cast

Miyu Irino as Jinta Yadomi (D.N.Angel, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Mobile Suit Gundam 00)

Ai Kayano as Meiko Honma (Lagrange -The Flower of Rin-ne, Dream Eater Merry, Guilty Crown)

Haruka Tomatsu as Naruko Anjo (Katanagatari, Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens, Cat Planet Cuties)

Takahiro Sakurai as Atsumu Matsuyuki (Zakuro, House of Five Leaves, Code Geass)

Saori Hayami as Chiriko Tsurumi (Our Home's Fox Deity, Heaven's Lost Property, Eden of the East)

Takayuki Kondo as Testudo Hisakawa (Zakuro, Shakugan no Shana, Aria the Scarlet Ammo)

Creative Staff

Director – Tatsuyuki Nagai (Toradora!, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Honey and Clover II)

Character Design – Masayoshi Tanaka (Toradora!, High School of the Dead, Gurren Lagann)

Animation Production – A-1 Pictures (Occult Academy, WAGNARIA!!, PERSONA -trinity soul-)