Jun 062013
 

Good Smile Company has announced a couple all-new nendoroids that will be made available at Anime Expo 2013, and among them is the Hatsune Miku: Yukata Ver. Natsutsubaki nendoroid. She will also be obtainable through online orders starting July 8th, and at other summer events in east asian countries.

This beautiful Yukata Miku nendoroid comes in a red summer yukata outfit, complete with 3 different facial expressions and several different accessories. These include a pouch, a candy apple, and a decorative flower for her hair.

Event-goers will be able to get their hands on this figure months before anyone else, as online orders aren’t scheduled to ship until October 2013. You’ll even save by not having to pay shipping costs. Event prices are currently unannounced, but the online price is set at 3200 Yen.

You can read the official Good Smile product page here, and find higher resolution images from Mamitan’s blog. Lower resolution images can be seen below.

As another small announcement, I will personally be attending Anime Expo once again this year for the full 4 days, from July 4th through the 7th. I will have some special announcements regarding my visit, so stay tuned!

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Jun 062013
 


It’s finally happening!

For serious fans that have been following the news since last February, we finally have an answer from SEGA regarding the release of Project Diva F for PS3 for North America and Europe: The game will be launched this August in North America in both physical and digital formats, and digital format for Europe. Downloadable demos will be made available on June 11th for the U.S., and June 12th for Europe.

The hint of this announcement came last night from nakanohito_1go on twitter. Shortly after, the official Japanese blog published a post in English. The post explains how we made this possible, and how they hope for our support to make PjD F successful. In the Japanese section of the article, they explain that the western launch wont contain any extra features over the Japanese version, just a translated user interface and romaji lyrics.

Sony, Crypton and SEGA are both working to hype up the release. You can find additional posts on Sony’s PlayStation Blog, SEGA’s blog, SEGA’s Facebook page, and also Crypton’s official Hatsune Miku Facebook page.

For those of you who didn’t purchase and import the Japanese version, are you looking to buy the local release once it’s available?