“No new incidents today?” Let’s face it: Touhou is starting to feel like the Japanese Economy. The franchise is losing its rush, leaving most of the fans stuck on a certain game without any prominent motivation on trying the next one. Now, some of you might object, seeing how the constant release of Touhou games [...]
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Last evening, Otosan was surfing the DD Blog and he shared with me a new exciting announcement by Volks on their new project series: Touhou Project Dollfie Dream. This comes right after Volks last week’s ...
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Pinky Company/Parthenon Productions is going to release the Super Deformed Series Vol.10 Yakumo Ran ( 八雲　藍 ) non-scale PVC figure from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( 上海アリス幻樂団 ). Will be released in October 2010. Around 60mm tall, 1,100 yen (taxed in). Sorry [...]
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Pinky Company/Parthenon Productions is going to release the Super Deformed Series Vol.6 Komeiji Satori ( 古明地さとり ) non-scale PVC figure from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( 上海アリス幻樂団 ). Will be released in October 2010. Around 80mm tall, 2,200 yen (taxed in). Sorry [...]
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                  Man, is this the Comiket of terrible control schemes? You may as well just give yourself Carpal Tunnel now. Sky Fight uses the same control as Joust or Balloon Fight that involve rapidly tapping a button just to stay afloat. That’s okay in the party/free-for-all mode, but then they demand precise control in the [...]
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Just because I know that people are curious about the new mechanics for TH12.⑨… here you go. Chain freezing bullets, more or less as expected, but Cirno actually has a shot too. That may be the most surprising thing. Original from here, complete in its resplendent 40 frames per second. This also counts as my obligatory post announcing that I am [...]
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            In what may just be the most fortuitous guess in the history of guessing, Cyber Botti, the longtime makers of the Battle Fantasia series of magical girl SRW parodies has announced that their newest animation short for the upcoming Comiket is going to be titled Ice Fairy vs Shrine Maiden about well… [...]
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Liquidstone is going to release the Mameshiki ( まめしき ) 06 Flandre Scarlet ( フランドール・スカーレット ) action figure from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( 上海アリス幻樂団 ). Will be released in October 2010. [...]
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Liquidstone is going to release the Mameshiki ( まめしき ) 05 Moriya Suwako ( 洩矢 諏訪子 ) action figure from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( 上海アリス幻樂団 ). Will be released in October [...]
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Toranoana is going to release the Touhou Soft Vinyl Series 15 Wake Up Yukarin ( お目覚めゆかりん ) non-scale Soft Vinyl figure from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( 上海アリス幻樂団 ). Will be released in November 2010, 2,625 yen (taxed in). Toranoana exclusive. I [...]
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Toranoana is going to release the Touhou Soft Vinyl Series 14 Drunk Suika ( へべれけ萃香 ) non-scale Soft Vinyl figure from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( 上海アリス幻樂団 ). Will be released in November 2010, 2,625 yen (taxed in). Toranoana exclusive. ~Flat~Flat~Smooth and [...]
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After who knows how long, maybe since the beginning of summer, I FINALLY HAVE BEATEN TOUHOU 06 WITHOUT A CONTINUE! HELLA FUKKEN YEAH!!!! Man, that Patchouli sure was giving me trouble. She manages to take more than two or so lives from me. And I hate that. Sakuya also is a bitch, but not as [...]
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Fellow followers of the great empire of ZUNdom, it has come to my attention that in light of the shining, icy-cold awesomeness that is Cirno, that ZUN has respectfully announced the possible, likely release of Touhou 12.8 – The Great Fairy Wars (東方Project 第12.8弾 「妖精大戦争　��� 東方三月精」) What will it entail? Well, who do you use [...]
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Ice9 is going to release the Inubashiri Momiji ( 犬走 椛 ) non-scale cold cast GK from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( [...]
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M field ( Mフィールド ) is going to release the Alice Margatroid (アリス・マーガトロイド) 1/8 resin cast GK from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( 上海アリス幻樂団 ). Will be released [...]
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Neko no Jimusho ( 猫の事務所 ) is going to release the Shanghai Doll ( 上海人形 ) non-scale resin cast GK from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( 上海アリス幻樂団 ). Will be [...]
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   Not a ‘real’ new entry in the series, but another new Touhou game from Shanghai Alice due out at Summer Comiket next month. Apparently it’s some kind of bizarre survival game centered around a very fat Cirno seeking revenge against the other minor fairies by freezing their bullets. Oooookay. I think Zun’s alcohol poisoning is starting to affect his [...]
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According to the latest blog post from game developer ZUN, a new title in the Touhou Project doujin series was formally announced — entitled 「Touhou 12.8 ~ The Great Fairy Wars」. The story is in relation to ZUN’s (author) and Hirasaka Makoto’s (illustrator) manga, 「Strange and Bright Nature Deity」. The ice fairy Cirno has declared [...]
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MAD ROAR is going to release the Cirno ( チルノ ) non-scale resin cast GK from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( 上海アリス幻樂団 ). Will be released in Wonder Festival 2010[Summer] [...]
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Griffon Enterprises is going to release the Were-Beast of Knowledge and History ( 知識と歴史の半獣 ) Keine Kamishirasawa ( 上白沢 慧音 ) 1/8 PVC figure from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle [...]
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