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REVIEW: Tornado Outbreak

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Now this is an underground title! You really gotta be ballsy to release a brand new, casual IP in this industry! Konami shows off just how heavy their brass pair is by releasing Tornado Outbreak. Oh Konami, you cad! See what we thought of it in AWN's review of Tornado Outbreak.

REVIEW: Zombie Apocalypse

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Konami gets into the current zombie trend with their downloadable title Zombie Apocalypse. Bruce Campbell would be proud! Hit the jump to check out AWN's review of Zombie Apocalypse.

Ichi

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Ichi
Ichi

 

Ichi is the latest reimagining of the familiar Zatoichi story. Yet, from one glimpse of the box art your assumptions will immediately stumble. The blind swordsman is now a beautiful young woman that trudges the countryside as a poor musician. On this path she searches for her place in the world and the blind sensei that long ago taught her swordplay. However, this journey is obstructed by a town bled by extortionists, their ominous leader, and a failing samurai in need of inspiration. With each step and accurate slash, Ichi will both find what she seeks and what she truly cannot see.

 

Frog Princess - a marketing hit before it actually hit the theaters

Posted In | Blog Categories: Business | Site Categories: 2D

A congenial ramble about box office numbers, marketing and how studios can lose money and still make money.

Bleach: Season Four Box Set Part 1

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Bleach Season 4
Bleach Season 4

 

After Ichigo’s epic battle with Byakuya and the release of Rukia, the substitute Soul Reaper and friends return to the world of the living to reclaim their normal lives. But when Orihime is abducted, followed by Chad, Ichigo, Renji, and the usual Soul Reaper suspects are ultimately drawn into conflict with the mysterious Bount.

 

Sony Pictures' Mobile Voltron Game

Posted In | Blog Categories: Games | Site Categories: 2D, Anime, Games, Home Entertainment, Mobile and Wireless

 

Voltron
Voltron

 

I love this game! Okay, surely there is some bias, since my affair with Voltron goes back to childhood – don’t forget, I still own the original Bandai GoLion. But this game should fulfill the expectations of mobile gamers. 

Tekken 6 for the PSP

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Tekken 6 PSP
Tekken 6 PSP

 

Okay, essentially you’re looking at a carbon copy, yet on a portable platform. So, what more can I say? It’s the same, entirely unlocked forty playable characters (some old, some new). You’ve got Arcade Battle, Story Battle, Ghost Battle, Challenge Battle, Network, and Practice. From the minute I picked up my PSP, intuition and training took over. Power kicks, combos, and special throws: every technique was effortlessly executed via the familiar layout of the portable console.  

 

Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment to Release Aria The Origination

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Aria
Aria

 

On March 2, 2010 Aria The Origination DVD collection, which includes the final third season and OVA, will drop into stores and cyber outlets everywhere.

 

Be careful you don't fall so deeply in love with a property that you can't let go.

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Creating Intellectual Properties is like being a parent. In many ways it's better to have more than one child to dote on.  If you become over invested emotionally your heart and your ego take over, not your brain.

FUNimation to Distribute Guardians of Luna

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Guardians of Luna
Guardians of Luna

 

In an agreement with Cybergraphix Animation, FUNimation is now the official distributor for the Guardians of Luna animated series.