Japanophile Isle

-first of all Yen Press has licensed SPICE AND WOLF novels yeah! yeah! yeah!

-Viz will have new japanese SF novels line . “It’s a Japanese science fiction imprint that is spearheaded by one of our editors here and is a wholly separate imprint. The name Haikasoru is a kind of Japanified version of ‘high castle.’ It’s a veiled homage to Philip K. Dick’s Man in the High Castle which is set in an alternate world where Japan colonizes the west coast of the U.S. It’s pretty traditional science fiction. We’ll see where it goes in terms of the breadth. It’s solidly a fiction line and we’ve got the buyers onboard for it. It’s pretty exciting to see what come out.” While I’m still mourning the death of Shakugan no Shana line, it’s good to see Viz not giving up on bringing japanese literature to english audience

-world isn’t all sunshine and flowers though, so All Seven Seas Light Novels are on hold.Yep..fans of Zero no Tsukaima, Vamp, Boogiepop Phantom, Kanokon, Ballad of Shinigami, Gun Princess and Pita Ten can start crying now (since I enjoyed Kanokon anime greatly I will be joining your weeping)

(picture from Japanator.com)

Well the details are all over the place, some premature, some contradictory, one thing is certain, FMA is back.

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I’ll be heading 800 Kilometers (350 miles?) north of Ottawa tomorrow, where the internet is still considered the work of the devil. A place frozen in ice but also frozen in time. Population: 67

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The Naruto Ultimate Ninja series (or Narutimate Hero for those who import it) has had five PS2 titles as well as two PSP titles so far. Ultimate Storm is the first Naruto game for the PS3, as well as the first PS3 title by CyberConnect2 (Naruto: Rise of the Ninja for Xbox 360 was developed by Ubisoft).
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Very talented man!

Anyone ever got into pool tricks like that? I remember trying a few but I quickly grew tired of setting up tricks all the time, much more fun to just play the damn game

Later Today, Nintendo and Sony will have their E3 presentation. Some big news are expected: Nintendo will have to garnish their empty lineup and SONY will have to answer to Microsoft’s big FFXIII splash.

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During Microsoft’s otherwise uneventful press conference at E3, Square Enix unveiled that a 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII will release alongside PS3’s.

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Is it really the end? Is there even such a thing as end of story in Baccano anyway?

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Big announcement for the sequal to the 2007 RPG Game Of The Year, release date and bonus soundtrack CD.

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What do you have planned for this 4th of July?

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