TheAkiba » TYPE-MOON http://theakiba.com Anime News and Reviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:16:38 +0000 en hourly 1 Fate/Apocrypha: New Project of TYPE-MOONhttp://theakiba.com/fate-apocrypha-new-project-of-type-moon/ http://theakiba.com/fate-apocrypha-new-project-of-type-moon/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:57:27 +0000 YoU http://theakiba.com/?p=1896 Source reveals that in the upcoming 7th volume of TYPE-MOON ACE, a new project named Fate/Apocrypha will be announced on December 15. As you might not have learned, according to ANN, Fate/Apocrypha was firstly revealed as an online game set during the story's Holy Grail War but failed to be released. The latest volume of the magazine will also include a demo of the upcoming Mahoutsukai no Yoru (well, I think it has been delayed for quite a while since 2009) and a mascot figure.

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]]> Source reveals that in the upcoming 7th volume of TYPE-MOON ACE, a new project named Fate/Apocrypha will be announced on December 15. As you might not have learned, according to ANN, Fate/Apocrypha was firstly revealed as an online game set during the story’s Holy Grail War but failed to be released. The latest volume of the magazine will also include a demo of the upcoming  Mahoutsukai no Yoru (魔法使いの夜, Witch of the Holy Night) (well, I think it has been delayed for quite a while since 2009) and a mascot figure (which is what I really want).

Fate/Apocrypha: New Project of TYPE-MOON

So far we don’t have any clue about the new project. Well, it could be a great online game and image you can fight for your own Holy Grail. But from what we can see in the below images, it could either be a PSP battle game or similar kinds. But what surprises me is that neither Takashi Takeuchi (武内崇) or Hirokazu Koyama (こやま ひろかず, visit blog) is the illustrator of the new project. Which also means we can have a lot to expect.

Fate/Apocrypha

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]]> http://theakiba.com/fate-apocrypha-new-project-of-type-moon/feed/ 4 Fate/Extra Caster by Phat! Companyhttp://theakiba.com/fate-extra-caster-phat/ http://theakiba.com/fate-extra-caster-phat/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:07:40 +0000 YoU http://theakiba.com/?p=972 Quite pretty PVC figure of Caster from PSP game series Fate/Extra. Pretty well down on the details and her costume is very attractive. Fate/Extra is a Japanese dungeon role-playing game for PSP. It is based on the original PC game series Fate/stay night by TYPE-MOON. She is ready to be released in November at a price around 7400 JPY.

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]]> Quite pretty PVC figure of Caster from PSP game series Fate/Extra (フェイト/エクストラ). Pretty well down on the details and her costume is very attractive. Fate/Extra (AM, PA) is a Japanese dungeon role-playing game for PSP. It is based on the original PC game series Fate/stay night by TYPE-MOON. She is ready to be released in November at a price around 7400 JPY. You can pre-order from J-List, Play-Asia, CDJapan and Amazon Japan.

Fate/Extra Caster Figure

A little doubt about her super high heel and wonder how she fights during the war.

Fate/Extra Caster Figure

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]]> http://theakiba.com/fate-extra-caster-phat/feed/ 0 Mawaru Penguindrum: Recommended Anime of the Seasonhttp://theakiba.com/mawaru-penguindrum-recommended-anime/ http://theakiba.com/mawaru-penguindrum-recommended-anime/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:50:12 +0000 YoU http://theakiba.com/?p=838 Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, who is also a famous director for his past work like the classic Sailor Moon, Mawaru Penguindrum is a brand new series began airing on July 8, 2011, which gives us a story revolves around a Takakura family with only the three children: the younger sister Himari, brother Kamba and Shoma.

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]]> Guess most of you may not know about this series Mawaru Penguindrum and it does not even exist on our latest TV Anime preview of the season. Guess I just missed it. But if you are following Anime bloggers, reviewers or even Japanese websites, you may get to know how the first episode of the series has just blown everyone’s mind away. It was so good that even Kinoko Nasu (奈須きのこ) from TYPE-MOON shows his appreciation in his diary.

Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara (幾原 邦彦), who is also a famous director for his past work like the classic Sailor Moon, Mawaru Penguindrum (輪るピングドラム) is a brand new series began airing on July 8, 2011, which gives us a story revolves around a Takakura family with only the three children: the younger sister Himari, brother Kamba and Shoma. The younger sister has a deadly disease which may kill her at any moment and it did in the first episode. However, Himari was revived by the force of a mysterious girl (or the penguin hat) which ultimately lead the family into a game called survive strategy.

With the same voice actor (Ryohei Kimura, 木村 良平) as the male protagonist of Eden of the East, I first had a feeling that it is quite a similar series in the first place. I like his voice very much and he seems to be very good at monologue and gives me a hint that Mawaru Penguindrum can become even more attractive than Eden of the East.

Mawaru Penguindrum is a series with full of expectation and what’s even better, it has a whole two seasons, i.e. 24 episodes in total. And what’s more for sure, the mascot penguin of the series will sure blow the market away in the following months.

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[Links: Official Website, Wikipedia]

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]]> http://theakiba.com/mawaru-penguindrum-recommended-anime/feed/ 1 Quick Look: Fate/Zero Anime Adaptation Confirmed, Coming Octoberhttp://theakiba.com/quick-look-fatezero-anime-adaptation-confirmed-coming-october/ http://theakiba.com/quick-look-fatezero-anime-adaptation-confirmed-coming-october/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 20:00:25 +0000 YoU http://theakiba.com/?p=586 And finally, it comes. It is confirmed that the long waited Anime series Fate/Zero is coming this October. It was the third hit of the series after TV Anime of Fate/stay night (2006) and the movie of Unlimited Blade Works in 2010.

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]]> And finally, it comes. It is confirmed that the long waited Anime series Fate/Zero (フェイト/ゼロ) is coming this October. It was the third hit of the series after TV Anime of Fate/stay night (2006) and the movie of Unlimited Blade Works in 2010.

Fate/Zero is a prequel to Type-Moon’s visual novel Fate/stay night, written by Gen Urobuchi (虚淵 玄) and illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi (武内 崇). The storyline of Fate/Zero takes place 10 years prior to the events of Fate/stay night, detailing the events of the 4th Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City. The War of the Holy Grail, pursuing the power of the “Holy Grail” which grants a miracle, this is a contest in which seven magi summon seven Heroic Spirits to compete for it. In that battle whose conclusion was postponed three times, now, the fourth war commenced again. (via Wikipedia)

It’s good to finally see Saber still be voiced by Ayako Kawasumi (川澄 綾子) again. And for the music this time, will be performed by Yuki Kajiura (梶浦由記), the genius in the Japanese music industry. For those who cannot wait for October, check out the official website for more events coming.

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]]> http://theakiba.com/quick-look-fatezero-anime-adaptation-confirmed-coming-october/feed/ 0 Have You Ever Received Chocolates on Valentine's Day?http://theakiba.com/have-you-ever-received-chocolates-on-valentines-day/ http://theakiba.com/have-you-ever-received-chocolates-on-valentines-day/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:22:36 +0000 YoU http://theakiba.com/?p=425 Hello folks, it's time to be honest now. Have you ever received chocolates on Valentine's Day? To be the first, I have to say no. It was not a traditional culture that giving chocolate as a present in my country but we did see things being changed these days. It's a more business orientated than we could expected but looking into the Anime, or even the pop culture of Japan, the Valentine's Day does have lots of impact on the main stream.

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]]> Hello folks, it’s time to be honest now. Have you ever received chocolates on Valentine’s Day? To be the first, I have to say no. It was not a traditional culture that giving chocolate as a present in my country but we did see things being changed these days. It’s a more business orientated than we could expected but looking into the Anime, or even the pop culture of Japan, the Valentine’s Day does have lots of impact on the main stream.
Valentine's Day
Different countries have different traditions on this day. In Japan, it will be girls giving chocolates to boys they like, or not like (Giri Choco, 義理チョコ) on the day and boys will return the service on White Day a month later. Shibuya246 had an interesting survey on this topic and am sure you would like to check it out. What about you, tell us about your Valentine’s Day.

Last but not least, noticed the nice pic above, it’s an Anime made by combing all the series of TYPE-MOON together and will be aired in this year or next, named TAKE MOON. The specific date was not confirmed but will bring up latest updates upon further news.

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Another album released by TYPE-MOON as the preparation of the coming movie in January. The CD cover is really well design and Saber looks beautiful in her blond hair. Several tracks are reproduced and are voiced by other artists. The album seems focus on the game side of the series, including both PC and PlayStation 2 platform. Am really looking forward to watch the movie.

Check out previous posts:

Tracklist:

  1. THIS ILLUSION M.H.
  2. days CHINO
  3. memory M.H.
  4. Over The Mountain rhu
  5. 桜咲いて Haruka Futaki
  6. hollow NUMBER 201 feat.rhu
  7. アタラクシア rhu
  8. 僕たちの未来 NUMBER 201 feat.rhu
  9. 黄金の輝き NUMBER 201 feat.MAKI
  10. Link NUMBER 201 feat.rhu
  11. 夢の終わり 河井英里
  12. Alive NUMBER 201 feat.荒牧陽子
  13. THIS ILLUSION-recapture ver.- M.H.
  14. hollow-201 remix- NUMBER 201 feat.rhu

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]]> http://theakiba.com/fate-recapture-original-songs-collection/feed/ 0 Fate/stay night – UNLIMITED BLADE WORKShttp://theakiba.com/fate-stay-night-unlimited-blade-works/ http://theakiba.com/fate-stay-night-unlimited-blade-works/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:03:55 +0000 YoU http://theakiba.com/?p=289 Finally the great masterpiece comes. The trailer has been put on Youtube. Will definitely love to see it will be on theater across the world. Forget my daydream and come to the movie part. As you can see the subtitle is UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS (UBW), which means the story of the second route of the Fate/stay night PC game will be put on the big screen. Guess lots of fans of the series, who have played or haven't played the game, have already known what the story talks about. It's good to see how Rin becomes the first heroine (sad to find out that the name of Kana Ueda (植田佳奈) was still listed after Ayako Kawasumi (川澄綾子) although both of them are my favorite CVs). Would love to bring more after the release of the movie.

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Finally the great masterpiece comes. The trailer has been put on Youtube. Will definitely love to see it will be on theater across the world. Forget my daydream and come to the movie part. As you can see the subtitle is UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS (UBW), which means the story of the second route of the Fate/stay night PC game will be put on the big screen. Guess lots of fans of the series, who have played or haven’t played the game, have already known what the story talks about. It’s good to see how Rin becomes the first heroine (sad to find out that the name of Kana Ueda (植田佳奈) was still listed after Ayako Kawasumi (川澄綾子) although both of them are my favorite CVs). Would love to bring more after the release of the movie.

Check out the official website for more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSFvqYCI4bU

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]]> http://theakiba.com/fate-stay-night-unlimited-blade-works/feed/ 0 Review: Kara no Kyoukai Movie 7 – Satsujin Kousatsu (Second)http://theakiba.com/review-kara-no-kyoukai-movie-7-satsujin-kousatsu-second/ http://theakiba.com/review-kara-no-kyoukai-movie-7-satsujin-kousatsu-second/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:17:50 +0000 YoU http://theakiba.com/?p=288 The movie of Anime Kara no Kyoukai finally comes to the last episode. The DVD of the last chapter Kara no Kyoukai Movie 7: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 2) (劇場版 空の境界 第七章 殺人考察(後)) has just released recently and finally fans like us who don't live in Japan have chances to enjoy this masterpiece. I've long been interested in TYPE-MOON's works, especially the novel written by Kinoko Nasu (奈須 きのこ).

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The movie of Anime Kara no Kyoukai finally comes to the last episode. The DVD of the last chapter Kara no Kyoukai Movie 7: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 2) (劇場版 空の境界 第七章 殺人考察(後)) has just released recently and finally fans like us who don’t live in Japan have chances to enjoy this masterpiece. I’ve long been interested in TYPE-MOON‘s works, especially the novel written by Kinoko Nasu (奈須 きのこ).

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Continued by the previous chapter where Azaka did a great job (while showed up only in one scene this chapter poorly…), the story dated back to four years ago when Shiki lost another part of her. But the story seems fail in telling me how Shiki was killed. It occured to me that in the fifth chapter of the series Mujun Rasen (矛盾螺旋), Souren Araya (荒耶宗蓮) said that he killed the male part of Shiki while in the last episode Shiki seemed to commit suicide “himself”. There’s no much fight between Shiki and Souren four years ago as I expected.

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I was shocked by the look of Shiki in childhood. She’s sooooo cute that I cannot stop snapshoting. The story of the chapter develops around Mikiya looking for the criminal of recent events which happened to have connection with events four years ago when he tried to approve that Shiki didn’t kill anybody. As he stepped deeper into the events he found out the murderer was a friend of him in high school Rio Shirazumi (白純里緒).

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In order to keep the promise between Mikiya and her, Shiki was captured by Rio. Not quite like the scene that Rio treated Shiki – - . Rio was turned into a beast by Souren and cannot control himself. As Shiki noticed that Mikiya was “killed” by Rio, she killed Rio. Like the memories between Shiki and Mikiya flashed by during the episode. It’s quite warm and the author who set up a story like this is someone that I admire.

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A little disappointed that Mikiya and Shiki didn’t kiss but just hold each other tight. In the fight, Mikiya lost his left eye (luckily to survive, the wound was terrible and he was drugged by Rio). To be frankly, I don’t really like the later part of this chapter compared with the first part which tells the story between Mikiya and Shiki four years ago. The first part of the story, I mean the the 1st part of Satsujin Kousatsu strikes much deeper at me than the 2nd part.

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It will be great to have a kiss scene. Pity.

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I always think the shy part of Shiki is a great treasure. Yes, indeed. Like the new hair style of Mikiya.

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The story ends here. Feeling quite pity, I sincerely hope that the story could be longer. Like the part when Mikiya and Shiki was students in high school and want to know more about their school life. But the story ends. What’s next? It’s time to read the novel of the series. And what’s next big event of TYPE-MOON? Well, that would definitely be the movie of Fate/stay night. Will bring more about this!

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]]> http://theakiba.com/review-kara-no-kyoukai-movie-7-satsujin-kousatsu-second/feed/ 1 July 2009 New Anime Guidehttp://theakiba.com/july-2009-new-anime-guide/ http://theakiba.com/july-2009-new-anime-guide/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:32:30 +0000 YoU http://theakiba.com/?p=243 Well, July is coming and I guess most of you cannot wait for the next Anime flood to be released. Some intro below via Wikipedia. About Canaan: I've mentioned about this Anime produced by TYPE-MOON a couple of months ago. Guess it should be the biggest bomb this month (anyway, all TYPE-MOON products are great). For sure, this is a MUST WATCH!

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Well, July is coming and I guess most of you cannot wait for the next Anime flood to be released. Some intro below via Wikipedia.

Canaan / カナン (13eps)

Official website: http://www.canaan.jp/

I’ve mentioned about this Anime produced by TYPE-MOON a couple of months ago. Guess it should be the biggest bomb this month (anyway, all TYPE-MOON products are great). For sure, this is a MUST WATCH!

Canaan is an anime television series, conceptualized by Type-Moon co-founders Kinoko Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi, based on the scenario that they created for the Nintendo Wii visual novel 428: FÅ«sasareta Shibuya de, which is noted for being one of the few games to be have been awarded a perfect score by games publication Famitsu.

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Spice and Wolf 2 / 狼と香辛料2 (13eps)

Official website: http://www.spicy-wolf.com/

I think there’s no need for introduction. Second season of series. This is a another MUST WATCH Anime in July. Check out more on the series on Wikipedia.

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Princess Lover! / プリンセスラバー！ (13eps)

Official website: http://www.prilover.tv/

Remember that we talked about this Anime Princess Lover about the quality? Cannot see any improvement but still have a chance to be acceptable. Check out the previous post for more information.

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Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 / 東京マグニチュード８.０ (11eps)

Official website: http://tokyo-m8.com/

Every body knows that Japan gets a lot of earthquakes. There’re about 1000 earthquakes every year in Japan (yes, it’s true). Thanks to the government Japan does have a series of ways to handle earthquakes otherwise people won’t be able to live here and watch Anime and Drama everyday. The Anime is similar towards a PSP game Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3 (絶体絶命都市3 壊れゆく街と彼女の歌, official website) which also talks about earthquakes and has a beautiful theme song. Highly recommended.

The series is set in Tokyo after an earthquake measuring 8.0 magnitude on the Richter scale shakes the city’s foundations and landscape, resulting in the Tokyo Tower, Rainbow Bridge and other noted landmarks falling. It will follow siblings Mirai and Yutaka, who were visiting a robot exhibition on Odaiba on the occasion of their summer holidays having just begun, as they struggle to reach their mother in their house in Setagaya, assisted by a female motorcycle deliverer named Mari.

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Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou / よくわかる現代魔法 (12eps)

Official website: http://www.gendaimahou.com/

A new interesting story is introduced.

Morishita Koyomi (voiced by Nonaka Ai): A bumbling first year high school student who has the body of a child. Since she’s only 146 cm (4 ft 9 1/2 in) tall, she’s often mistaken for a elementary school student when she is wearing her own clothes. She gets lousy grades, is not very athletic, and doesn’t really have anything about herself to brag about, so she decides to go a magic school that she saw in a flyer in order to change herself. She has the unusual ability of being able to take any code (spell) and changing it into a gold washtub summoning code. This ability has gradually been improving. She, at first, could only summon a copper washtub, then an iron one, and then a silver one.

Source via Akibanana.

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Umineko no Naku Koro ni / うみねこのなく頃に (13eps)

Official website: http://umineko.tv/

Another series from the same author 07th Expansion who created Higurashi no Naku Koroni (When They Cry, ひぐらしのなく頃に). Guess this time will still be bloody. Check out Wikipedia for more about the story.

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Taishou Baseball Girls. / Taishou Yakyuu Musume. / 大正野球娘。 (13eps)

Official website: http://umineko.tv/

We have 5 girls to form a club like Bamboo Blade, we have nine LOLIs to form a baseball club ^^. Taishō Baseball Girls. is a popular light novel series written by Atsushi Kagurasaka (神楽坂 淳).

The first book in the series begins in Taishou 14 (1925) with Koume (小梅), the 14-year-old daughter of a Western-style restaurant owner, who commutes back and forth to an girl’s academy. One day during the commute, she is having a conversation with her friend who everyone calls “Young Miss” (お嬢, Ojou). They decide to form an all-girl baseball team and have a match with a boys team. While the first volume can be read as a stand-alone work, the second volume does continue the story.

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Bakemonogatari / 化物語 (13eps)

Official website: http://www.bakemonogatari.com/

Bakemonogatari (化物語, lit. Ghostory) is a Japanese light novel series written by Japanese novelist Nisio Isin and illustrated by Taiwanese illustrator Vofan.

Bakemonogatari centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjougahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi’s arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. After being threatened by her, Koyomi offers her help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a middle-aged homeless man who helped him stop being a vampire.

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]]> http://theakiba.com/july-2009-new-anime-guide/feed/ 13 TYPE-MOON Unlimited Calendar 2009http://theakiba.com/type-moon-unlimited-calendar-2009/ http://theakiba.com/type-moon-unlimited-calendar-2009/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:06:22 +0000 YoU http://theakiba.com/?p=185 Just found this calendar collection on moe imouto this morning. Featured by all the works of TYPE-MOON, say, Tsukihime, Fate/stay night, Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, Fate/unlimited codes, Kara no Kyouka and the coming Anime series of CANAAN and game Witch of the Holy Night (魔法使いの夜, Witch of the Holy Night). Art works illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi (武内崇) and Hirokazu Koyama (こやま ひろかず).

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Just found this calendar collection on moe imouto this morning. Featured by all the works of TYPE-MOON, say, Tsukihime, Fate/stay night, Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, Fate/unlimited codes, Kara no Kyouka and the coming Anime series of CANAAN and game Mahoutsukai no Yoru (魔法使いの夜, Witch of the Holy Night). Art works illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi (武内崇) and Hirokazu Koyama (こやま ひろかず).

Preview and Download Link:

  • You can have a preview on moe imouto, and if you want to get the original PNG version, the download link is within the same page at the bottom.

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