Thursday, 11 September 2014

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Illustrations

Publisher: Ichijinsha
Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.1 x 0.6 inches
Release Date: June 15th, 2008
Release Price: 2,500 Yen
Pages: 127

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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Official Character Guide

Publisher: Ichijinsha
Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
Release Date: June 24th, 2005
Release Price: 1,800 Yen
Pages: 112


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Monday, 8 September 2014

Higurashi When They Cry Season 1&2 coming to Blu-Ray

Great news for Higurashi fans, the first and second season are being released on blu-ray at the end of this year. I'm so excited, I can't wait. It was announced months back during the summer and recently they released a 15 and 30 second trailer a few days ago. I first noticed they were releasing it on blu-ray when I was checking out the Japanese Wikipedia page for info on the live action movie, that was a few weeks ago but I wasn't sure if it was real. At least now I can say it is, and oh yea! I've always wanted the series on blu-ray, more so the first season than the second, sad though that it took so long but I'm glad they are releasing it. Albeit at 36,500 yen each, ouch for anyone, if any, trying to import it. I wonder if they may make something new afterwards, keeping my fingers crossed for possibilities. This year we have had Hou, and now the first and second season on blu-ray. They can't just leave the series dead in the water so something must come of this, maybe a new OVA adapting some of the manga arc's. Now that would be awesome, or something like Outbreak the other year except done right and with a budget. No more Pachinko machine companies, you hear me. They also seem to be doing some sort of promotion and screening it at a threatre, or at least I think so.
Anyhow I'll link the 2 trailers at the bottom so spread the word, the first season will be released on November 6th, and the second on December 3rd. Get to it people!

Blu-ray BOX 30 Second CM
Blu-ray BOX 15 Second CM


Friday, 5 September 2014

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Raising Project (DS) English Translation Progress Update - 05/9/14

Well, someone asked on 4 chan and I answered. So yea, I don't know Japanese and have been machine translating the whole thing. Sad, as some may think but it wouldn't have been done either way, I did have people set to go but they never responded after they agreed to help. I wasn't hiding this fact, it's just that nobody asked, would anyone have thought if I said yes, don't think so as I have uploaded videos of the translation. I don't really care though as this is good enough for me, but maybe I just have low standards. Anyway, onto the actual progress update. Work is progressing well and a lot has been done, up until the 14th Angel has been translated so this is good news. There were also a bunch of events that took place between the missions which you can see below, and they do have variation.

Progress
  • Up to 14th Angel Done
  • Tanabata
  • Summer Comiket
  • Summer Festival
  • Opening ceremony
  • Date with Kaji
  • School trip to Okinawa
  • Relax at pool in Nerv, didn't go on school trip
  • Harmonics test
  • Party at Misato's (For her promotion)
  • Made something in class at school
  • School play
  • Unit 0 goes crazy, Shinji compatibility test
  • Talked with Hikari in school about date
  • Harmonics test, another one (Shinji synchronization rate increases)
  • Husband and wife quarrel/Asuka finds out Toji is a pilot
  • Christmas Eve
  • Winter Comiket
  • New Years Eve
  • Happy new year/visit to shinto shrine
  • New Years Cards
Good for you but bad for me, variation adds replayability but becomes quite annoying for me to translate. This game always likes to have the same dialogues but then have a few differences here and there, and instead of having it fully different we get a slight variation. Not that any of you care, you just want to fap 14 year old girls. Who said that, erm not me. Ya bunch of salarymen, and what's up with the overall Rei in the poll. No Asuka fans, oh I know you all just want to spend the weekend teaching Rei biology, or scat, or why not both. Dirty horn dogs, the lot of you. I also added the yellow bastard himself up in the corner, for science obviously.

Anyway, there's only a few Angel's left to go, and then a bunch of side dialogues which is great. Because then I can move past this disappointing game and machine translate another, which will be so evil of me but whatever. Who knows, maybe I'll plague El Dorado Gate, now that would be hilarious. Or maybe a Higurashi When They Cry one, I really like When They Cry. It's awesome, Evangelion keeps giving me a sour taste in my mouth recently. Nano desu anyone, oh so kawai. I just wanna pinch all their cheeks, and now I command thee to watch Happy! Lucky! Dochy! The full version! Anyway, I'll change the poll and what come of thee about my throne of lies, unless you want me to talk about events I know you won't read.

Thursday, 21 August 2014

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Raising Project (DS) English Translation Progress Update - 21/8/14

"My loneliness, is killing me, and I. I must confess, I still believe, still believe. When I'm not with you I lose my mind, give me a sign. Hit me baby one more". Damn right I made that reference, pretty much sums up every Evangelion character. Anyway, down to progress. You should be happy to know that I have translated all of Rei's endings and 99% of her side, I also want to hold off calling her side complete as I'm unsure if there's some stuff I've missed and I have a few errors to correct. Took it down from 130 but it's now around 25 so I'll get to them sooner or later, I've just working on Asuka at the moment so I want to concentrate there. Im also playing When they cry so that’s been putting my progress back a little, I actually want to play that more than do this because porn.

Progress

  • All of Rei's endings
  • Fixed up most if Rei errors, down to 25
  • All of Asuka's training options
  • Asuka events and Angels 7-8 (6 was already done)
    • Tanabata
    • Summer Comiket
    • Summer Festival
    • 2nd school opening ceremony
    • Date with Kaji
    • School trip to Okinawa
    • Relax at pool in Nerv, didn't go on school trip
    • ID cards won't work at Nerv
    • Bunch of misc stuff

Asuka
I haven't played into the story in the game as I have just been translating Asuka's side from crystal tile 2, it's much quicker that way. I have moved my way through various events and Angel encounters, a really good thing is that the Angel battles use the same text as Rei's (Or at least thus far) so I can copy and paste the dialogues. Good for me but bad for the game, there better be some variation or I'll be one sad panda. The developers probably got lazy but I didn't really expect it to be any different.
Talk back to me again and I'll beat you woman
Anyhow Asuka is a real bitch to 2nd lieutenant, snappy and angry at times. I mean come on bitch or I'll have to teach you some manners, Japanese style. And what does that mean you ask, well some people wash out your mouth with soap while the Japanese will use their Hashimoto's. And that's awesome, we all know only Japanese salarymen are fans of Asuka anyway......because porn. Who said that.

Rei's endings
Alot of these were sadly disappointing but there are good ones, half the time the dialogue doesn't match up with what's on screen and some other stuff for that matter which annoyed me. Here's a few examples:

Biker Girl
You are Rei's teacher and your trying to convince her to stop being in a biker gang, it succeeds and you give her private lessons after school. She graduates and enters University, still keeping in contact with you afterwards. Now is this what you picture when you think biker chick, you can't even call it that since Rei leaves the gang going against what the ending should have been. This is just stupid, did the developers even think this through. I don't think so, it should have been the player and Rei both as bikers in some sort of street race. See, I just made up a better ending. Morons.
Because biker chicks are always hoot
Chef
This one kinda got on my nerves, because the picture doesn't match up with the text for this ending. The cake you see before you is all fine and looks pretty delicious, except in the ending it tasted really bad and was made of charred newt and ginsing. Now does that look like it's made of said ingredients, no it doesn't. The ending is you testing out another cake Rei has made and they are all bad, way to push the women cook badly Japanese stereotype Gainax. Sexist! Who said that.
I think there's a few places I'd like to put the cream on that cake.
Race Queen
Yea just stand there, look pretty and cover random grease monkeys with your umbrella. This ending was confusing, it made me think if the developers even knew what happens on a race track. Anyway Rei covers you with her umbrella as you talk/work maintenance on the race car, her asks her out and heads off to start the race.....or at least the text implies he is the driver. That's where I'm confused, a race queens job is to cover the mechanic and team working on the vehicle. Ok that's set, your doing that but then it implies your the driver when the driver doesn't double as a mechanic or as far as I know. Whatever, stupid Japanese. Race queen porn, who said that. We all know they get ploughed by the producers and race teams, knowing Japan that's probably true.
Porn porn porn porn porn
It's also funny to note that they have Eva race queens in real life, again gets ploughed by anyone with erectile dysfunction. And that's why many women in Japan are single, that and all dudes just want to rape you. Japan, supporting rape culture since 1575.

Gamers
Now this ending was really good, Rei runs Gamers as manager with Dejiko doing kawai things running around as a member of staff. That's all good and funny but then comes the picture, Rei is sweeping the floor even though she is the manager and Dejiko is doing that. Idiots nyo.
So kawai
List of Rei endings
Gamers (NDS exclusive ending)
Yossha Man (Reference to Yatterman)
Nobel Prize Scientist
Mad Scientist
Quiz queen
Student Teacher
Women's wrestling
Volleyball championship
Figure skater
Cheerleader
Gym instructor
Violinist
Painter
Ballerina
Chef
Art Club
Nun
Nurse
Shrine Maiden
Nursery Teacher
Movie Star
Fashion Model
Idol live broadcast
The star of a small theater company
Maid Commando ☆ Miyuki Cosplay
Doujinshi Author
World famous thief
Biker Gang "The Ladies"
Waitress with Fanclub
Fast food waitress
Marriage 1
Marriage 2
Marriage 3
Marriage 4
Episode 26, Alternate Universe
EOE, Rei becomes Lilith
Wife of Gendo

Anyhow that was just a few of many endings but the full list is above if you want it, you guys are probably bored by my as Evageeks would call it, "Racist" jokes anyway. Because when you don't understand what someone means, call them a racist......ha-ha-ha those guys are fucking annoying. Unless you like random dudes blowing each other but hey, whatever floats your boat.

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Newtype Film Book Volume 9

Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
Release Date: 20/08/1996
Release Price: 500 Yen
Pages: 96


Neon Genesis Evangelion: Newtype Film Book Volume 8

Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.2 inches
Release Date: 20/07/1996
Release Price: 500 Yen
Pages: 73