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How much galge is there anyway?

I think it’s hard to imagine that an industry with a very limited number of target markets can sustain itself. I’m talking about this whole otaku industry. Maybe let’s make it a little more specific… the bishoujo/galge/eroge industry. How, I mean… HOW in the world do the people who work in this industry ‘survive’?
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Revivals: Summer of Bishoujo 3 Project

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Re-opening this project is like reminiscing a old lost love.

Welcome to the revival!

Since I was away, I bet that all of you readers more or less know so much about bishoujo games already. I feel like I don’t need to introduce the genre anymore. The bishoujo/eroge/galge theme is exploding like wildfire right now, and most of that is attributed to game-to-anime conversions.

On the other hand, I saw a personal decrease in my fandom of the genre, mostly because I’m quite busy. So my this time around Bishoujo 3 will a be a bit more attuned to reviving my interest towards, er… beautifully drawn CG girls trapped in CG backgrounds with a text box and voice dialogue. And hopefully my sparse blogging would be improved by it as well.

The URL for the project is still the same, please visit:
http://bluemist.animeblogger.net/summer-of-bishoujo/

See you!
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Kanon Prelude

How does Kyoto Animation make what can possibly be the greatest bishoujo game based anime series of all time?

Find out.
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XBOX XRATED

Since I saw some preview videos on MTV featuring Xbox 360, my mouth watered on how much graphics technology has improved in games. One particular game of note was this racing game which totally blew me away, it was the most realistic-looking racer I have ever seen! I thought, man, X360 is gonna rock.

While I absolutely won’t buy that console, I would be delighted to play it once in a while. Here we have shops which have console gaming rentals at cheap rates per hour, so it’s possible that I can see and play a X360 soon. Seems that Microsoft has the edge because it has an early lead with the other next-gen consoles PS3 and Revolution.

Not quite in Japan.

News sources seem to tell that the Xbox 360 launch isn’t as big… as expected? Or at all? Hmm… how many thousands did they sell so far? Quite incomparable to any recent console launch. I recall PS2 selling a million in Japan on just one day, if I’m not mistaken. That one is l33t.

Now check this out… X360 launches in Japan at almost the same time as [To Heart 2: XRATED->] right? Wanna guess which sold better? Which lines are for X360 and which are for TH2X?

Ok fine, my current favorite game is absolutely no match for a giant game console in the long run, but isn’t it great to feel that somehow ~~TH2X outsold X360 on launch day?~~ a bishoujo game seemed more successful than an entire game console? Whahahaha! Microsoft just got a beating from some bishoujo girls! W00t!

Worship Ruu~!! Raise our hands to the sky! Ruu~!

Sorry for this mindless post, it really just seems funny (to me only). Not to mention both have X’s on their names… er but that was lame too.

Oh, and someone got a perfect idea to boost Xbox 360 sales!

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TYPE-MOON

Games
Fate/stay Night
Kagetsu Tohya
Tsukihime
Fate/hollow ataraxia

Related
Melty Blood
TONS of doujinshi

Anime
Shingetsutan Tsukihime
Fate/stay Night (upcoming)

Generic Disclaimer: Of course I wouldn’t know how the bishoujo games industry truly works, so some info below may be wrong or misinterpreted. This feature is from an outsider’s point of view, namely, my point of view.

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Navel

Games
Shuffle!
Soul Link
Tick! Tack!
Bokutachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai – under the innocent sky (upcoming)

Anime
[Shuffle!->shuffle]

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Circus

Games
Circus Team
Aries
Final Examination Kujira
Gadeem & Juteem

Northern Team
Da Capo
Infantaria
Suika
[Da Capo II->dc2]
AR: Forgotten Summer

Fetish Team
Homemaid
Sukumizu
Sukumizu 2

Metal Team
Mai-HiME

Joint Projects
Sakura
Suika O-157
true tears

Sanctuary
Da Capo Girls Symphony

Anime
[Da Capo->]
[Da Capo Second Season->]
Da Capo II
Da Capo II Second Season
[Da Capo if->dcif]
Suika (H)

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Densha Otoko: Bishoujo Tracker

Watching new jdorama series Densha Otoko, I got to see a little glimpse at the sometimes heavenly, sometimes horrific world of the real otakus in Japan. Akihabara streets, doujinshi shops, maid cafes, and bedrooms full of bishoujo posters and mecha figures. Otakus taking pictures of cosplaying girls, performances, and seiyuu interviews.

For this jdorama, I think GONZO lent a hand at the CG and animation production. I don’t know if this is an actual anime series, but here is an anime within the jdorama with a character called Mina:

On the backdrop of this jdorama you will see a LOT of posters, figurines and stuff based on numerous otaku-related stuff, but one thing I noticed… there’s a lot of Memories Off paraphernalia seen throughout the first episode! So I was thinking that maybe bishoujo game companies like KID (company which releases Memories Off games) have some sort of agreement with the production of this series. And indeed, game soft companies like Princess Soft, Riddle Soft, Studio e-go, and other companies written in Japanese are shown in the credits, along with some anime companies like Sunrise and Gainax. Maybe just a “Thanks To” credit, but in any case, the number of times Memories Off was seen in the jdorama is staggering, as if it’s really a marketing ploy.

As the episodes go by, I noticed that more and more Shuffle stuff is seen instead. Also, Sgt. Keroro is also referenced predominantly as one of Yamada’s (the Densha Otoko) favorite anime series.

This post is an attempt to show various random sightings referencing bishoujo and related stuff located within the Densha Otoko jdorama series. Please click on each link to see some shots.

For more information on Densha Otoko, see Random Curiosity.

Episode 1
Posters of what’s probably Aoi Nishimoto’s bishoujo designs (of Shuffle fame)
So familiar…
Shuffle and Memories Off
A Mina PS2 game, and a REAL Memories Off PS2 game!
Close-up of Memories Off PS2 game
Otaku room
Izumo 2 poster
Same otaku room with different angle
Memories Off pillow