Type-Moon Weekly News Roundup: The Other King Arthur

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This Saturday post is the weekly Type-Moon news in addition to the regular APB post on Sunday. If you have any suggestions for what to highlight on the Type-Moon Weekly News Roundup drop me a line via email or Twitter.

  • Nasu ♡ Tamamo Cat
    4gamer.net has a fairly lengthy interview with Kinoko Nasu about Fate/Grand Order with some interesting insights including who his favorite characters currently are, which skills they know are garbage, and even some hints about Tsukihime characters finding their way into the game. “All human wisdom is contained in these two words – Wait and Hope.”
  • That is Not an Arthur
    Apparently Tamamo no Mare has found her way into Kairisei Million Arthur.
  • That is an Arthur But It’s MALE! 
    In what is almost a stealth launch Fate/Grand Order added Prototype Saber to Fate/Grand Order along with a bunch of Bishonen Craft Essences. It has been a good time to be a female Type-Moon fan.
  • Blackbeard is the Next Logical Step 
    Some more details about Fate/Grand Order VR.
  • Chaldea Ace Rimmer, What a Guy!
    What exactly will be in the first issue of Fate/Grand Order Chaldea Ace?
  • Shooting for a Platinum Album
    The Fate/Grand Order Original Soundtrack I has been selling rather well.
  • Hero Servant Mr. Belvedere
    More details in English about the Fate/Stay Night themed glasses from Eyemirror.
  • White Day Cafe
    The Ufotable Cafe has a treat on White Day for anyone who likes the Sexy men of Type-Moon.
  • A Peek at the Stars
    A look at the Fate/EXTELLA Comic Anthology.
  • Saberface-Luv Alternative
    The Crazy Clover Club dives into the Alters of Shinjuku.
  • Unlimited Lost Works
    EMIYA (Alter) in the spotlight.

Your Name. Here

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hisui_icon_4040_round Makoto Shinkai is a fairly well-known anime director. He has enough name recognition that people outside of the anime community actually know his name. His films regularly appear at film festivals and win a good deal of awards. He even gets the always sort of awkward next Miyazaki title along with Mamoru Hosoda. Overall a fairly enviable career. That said I think his films have always been a hair’s breadth away from being super successful. As I have mentioned they win awards and critical praise but they always seem more art house darlings than blockbusters. But all of that changed last year. Your Name was the fourth highest-grossing film of all time in Japan and the highest-grossing anime film worldwide. In fact, this little joke from the recent Fate/Grand Order short pretty much says it all:

To sum up the scene Your Name is just the go-to reference when you want to talk about financially and critically successful anime.

So with several other anime and manga making reference to the movie, and it generally just getting praise left and right, I really felt a NEED to see this movie. When I was able to see it at the New York International Children’s Film Festival I knew I had to go. Would this be the next 5 Centimeters Per Second or more like the new Children Who Chase Lost Voices?

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Manga of the Month: Paradise Residence

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Paradise Residence (パラダイスレジデンス) by Kosuke Fujishima

hisui_icon_4040_round I want to do something a little different with this Manga of the Month. Normally we use this spot to bring a little attention to a series that we think is very good but maybe is not getting the attention it deserves. Or maybe we just want to gush about a series that we love. With the large amount of manga that comes out, it can be a very valuable to have someone to curate a manga library for you and we try to make some important sections. But that can be a very passive presentation. I wanted to try to try to engage everyone’s critical brain this month but also adding a bit of a project alongside my pick.

This month’s pick is Paradise Residence by the author of Oh My Goddess!.  Continue reading →