The Tsukihime Remake and the Database Animal

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If you read my recent little report about the Type-Moon Fes you will notice that there was one very important piece of news I made no commentary on. That was the unveiling of the Tsukihime Remake preview video. As of when I write this article I have not found any footage from the event of what was shown but when I find something I will edit it in. What is important is that when I started reading the info dump from people who were scanning Twitter for news there was no video footage at all. All we had were a few brief descriptions from people who attended the event. While most people seemed very impressed by what they saw of the preview they mentioned one thing above anything else. Ciel was radically redesigned. That news came as a shock to me. As one of the few Ciel fans I was a little worried about my favorite Tsukihime heroine. Continue reading →

Type-Moon Fes: A Metric Ton of News

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On July 7th and 8th was one of the keystone moments of the year for Type-Moon fans. It was the Type-Moon Fes, a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Type-Moon. There were events with the voice actors from various Type-Moon games, concert performances, exclusive merchandise, and of course curry. There were also a good deal of announcements about up coming Type-Moon projects as well. I figured I would run them down here for anyone who did not want to dig through various pages looking for the juicy tidbits they might have missed.

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S.W.A.T. Reviews: Summer 2012 Pt. 3

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The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As always we only review new shows (so no sequels or continuations) and try to avoid anything that just looks outright awful. Here are nine from the new season:

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Listen – Episode 1 of (Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu) Utakoi from NAS with the opening “Love Letter from Nanika?” by ecosystem and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Natsuyuki Rendezvous from Dogakobo with the opening “Mune Kyun-kei no Ballad” by Yuya Matsushita and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate from AIC Build with the opening “Signal Graph” by Annabel.

Listen – Episode 1 of Campione! from Diomedea with the opening “BRAVE BLADE!” by Megu Sakuragawa and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero from Arms with the opening “Realization” by Faylan and is streaming on Funimation.

Listen – Episode 1 of Sword Art Online from A-1 Pictures with the opening “crossing field” By LiSA and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Kokoro Connect from Silver Link with the opening “Paradigm” by eufonius and is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Binbougami ga! from Sunrise with the opening “Make My Day” by Pico and is streaming on Funimation.

Listen – Episode 1 of Tanken Driland from Toei Animation with the opening “Together ~Tanken Driland~!” by Sakura.