Hero Tales Oh god… so much wasted potential. I actually liked some parts of the episode: the setting is developed well enough, there’s a fair amount of interesting characters, the tone of the series is quite dark and the storytelling was quite decent. And then it had to ruin everything at the end when the main [...]
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No, seriously.
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[Anime Preview] Official Site: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/maplestory/ Title: Maple Story (メイプルストーリー) Release Date: 7th Oct 2007 A popular korean game turned into an anime, I dont have any reason to watch this I guess and in fact, it was a suprise for me when I read about this game becoming an anime. OP’s by Younha, ED’s by Fumiko Orikasa and a [...]
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This is by far, the most gayest news ever. First, Eroges get made into animes. Now, even crappy MMORPGs gets their own anime. ネクソンジャパンの大人気オンラインRPG『メイプルストーリー』のアニメーション化が決定！ マッドハウスがそのアニメーション制作を担当することになりました。 『メイプルストーリー』は、10代を中心に140万人以上の会員数を誇る大人気オンラインゲーム。2Dグラフィックで描かれた横スクロールタイプのMMO （多人数同時接続型）アクションRPG（ロールプレイングゲーム）で、様々な島や村、都市でモンスターと戦闘したり、アイテムを集めたりしながら冒険の旅を進めていきます。プレイヤーキャラには外観を自由にカスタマイズ出来るアバター方式を採用、現在も新しいアイテムやマップなどを頻繁に追加配信しており会員数・同時接続者数の記録を更新中です。 また、日本だけでなく、アジア・北米・ヨーロッパでもサービスを展開、各国でも高い人気を誇っています。 アニメのフォーマットは未定ですが、新しい情報が入り次第、こちらのHPでも告知していきます。 Madhouse reports on their site that there is a maplestory anime is currently being decided on. No further news at the moment. Use this translation tool here if you can’t read. MAPLE [...]
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Ok! Let's do this one a bit faster. Wellber no Monogatari ~Sisters of Wellber~ has had it's site put online. There's not a whole up yet, but there are a couple of shots on the characters on the story page. The page really reminds me of a visual novel. Yeah. Anyway, just check it out. [...]
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Two site openings, one belated April Fool’s joke… As many of you are aware by now, GONZO’s next project will attempt to retell the story of the long-lasting feud between the two noble families of Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues; not to mention the fate of these two young ill-fated lovers: Romeo Juliet Did I mention this all [...]
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