While traveling in Japan during mid August 2009, the staff of The-O Network stumbled upon Inu, creator of the popular Hatsu Inu adult manga. His purple haired vixen, Shion Fujimo, has become somewhat iconic in the hentai, or adult animation, community. Originally published in 2006 in three volumes, the overall popularity of the series led to a two volume revised Complete Edition released in 2010. The series has also received a hentai anime adaptation released by Pink Pineapple in 2007, with a second season released in 2008. See what Inu had to say about his works, life, and a little about his thoughts on the recent rise of fan groups translating and uploading doujinshis online.
When gamers think of Dragon Quest, they probably think of adventure, exploration, and combat. But a new collaboration between Square Enix and Parco, a clothing outlet in Japan, begs to differ. These two giants are teaming up to release a line of clothing directed at young female Dragon Quest fans or anyone who thinks the little slime creature is cute.
Macaron is an all new character for the PSP’s Twinkle Crusaders GoGo!, a port of the PC visual novel Twinkle Crusaders that did not include this character. Both previous Twinkle Crusader fans and newcomers should check this profile out to get a sneak peak at what lies ahead in the game. She is apparently training to be a devil, so if you’re into that kind of thing and loli, or little girls, keep on reading.
Barcode Kanojo or Barcode Grilfriend is a new application developed by Cybird that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to take pictures of barcodes and wind up with randomly generated girlfriends. There will be more than 7 trillion possible generated girls, which will test the size limits of harems everywhere.
It's not a secret that Japanese musical group supercell has grown significantly in fame within the last year. Since our last interview with the group's lead composer ryo, and vocalist nagi, supercell's music has recently appeared as an ending song for the popular anime adaptation of Naruto. Another song titled Hoshi ga matataku konna Yoru ni, will appear in Type-Moon's upcoming game Witch on the Holy Night (Mahotsukai no Yoru). Type-Moon is probably best known for creating the Fate/stay night series. Both songs will be available in their third major album slated to be released in Japan on August 25, 2010. Interested fans can get their copies of the CD at PlayAsia.
To further support the iOS, or iPhone and iPod Touch version of Street Fighter IV, Capcom will include Crimson Viper as the next free downloadable character. She comes after two previous free downloads – Cammy and Zangief. An early video shows that she seems to retain her abilities from Street Fighter IV. No date announced yet for the character, so fans will have to wait on that. Screenshots and video after the jump.
Based on popular anime and manga One Piece, the upcoming DS title One Piece Gigant Battle’s battle system details just got released. Unlike the previous One Piece offering, One Piece:Gear Spirit for the DS, this game will feature 3-man teams and have an upgraded multiplayer component. Developed by Ganbarion, Gigant Battle is set for a September 9 release date. More details and on these and screenshots after the jump.
Arc System Works recently confirmed that Valkenhayn R. Hellsing will be the next downloadable character for BlazBlue: Continuum Shift and that BlazBlue will make an appearance at the upcoming Amusement Machine Show. While no pricing has been revealed yet, the character will likely come out to $7.99 on PSN and 560 MS points on Xbox LIVE – the same price as the downloadable Makoto Nanaya character. Pictures and more after the jump.
UPDATE: Added Character Description