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Antarctic Press Announces their August Lineup Featuring Fire and Brimstone #2

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As summer rolls along, Antarctic Press has several continuing titles for the month of August:

  • Fire and Brimstone #2 of 3 – After 5000 years of trying to haling back in the demons that she accidently unleashed, the rebellious angel Brimstone has decided to call it quits.  This of course does not sit well with her partner in crime, the redeeming demon Fire.  Will she let her walk out on the job, or will there be a throw down?
  • Gold Digger #99 – Counting down to the big triple digits, Gina and Britanny are rescued from the Dynasty’s Soul Furnace by Jon, the spirit-copy of Grandpa Diggers dwelling in his old journal.  During the frantic escape attempt, Gina discovers that the Dynasty fortress around them has sufficient power to leave quasi-space.  All it needs is a course that will take them home.  Then Brit’s former friend Crescens, now part of the Dynasty, finds the escapees, and a new battle begins.  This time, Brit’ is determined to snap Crescens out of the Dynasty’s control, even if she has to risk her life to do it!
  • Gold Digger Swimsuit End of Summer Special 2008 -  Everybody’s goin’ surfin’, surfin’ GD-style for this year’s End of Summer Swimsuit issue!  Hang ten and catch the latest waves of art from GD fans the world over, showcasing the GD cast enjoying sun, sand, and the sea!  You’ll have fun, fun, fun from cover to cover!
  • Gold Digger Tangent Pocket Manga Vol. 1 – The universe of Fred Perry’s adventure extravaganza, Gold Digger, is far too diverse and extensive to contain in one series, so Fred began not one but two online comics to develop stories that reach beyond the scope of the main title.  Now these extra-special extensions of the GD-verse are compiled in handy pocket-manga format!  Enjoy the tribulations of Ayane “Mistress” Anno, the gorgeous-but-frightening champion freestyle fighter, in her search to add a little cuteness to her life, and the ongoing adventures of the Northern Edge-Guard, a team of were-cat law enforcers on the magical world of Jade, as they face the problems accompanying new recruits, evil death-wabbits, and more!
  • Gold Digger: TIffany & Charlotte #3 of 4 – Charlotte’s ‘mother’, Penny Pincer, offers to take Tifanny and Charlie to Pismo Beach for a weekend getaway.  She even lets Charlotte, who just got her learner’s permit, take a turn at the wheel of the new hydrofoil.  What happens next is…well, not entirely Charlotte’s fault.  After dodging a cross between the Loch Ness monster and a Land of the Lost castaway, the trio make it to shore.  But with all the volcanic activity and pterodactyls around, it doesn’t quite feel like Pismo Beach!
  • The Land of Oz: The Manga #3 of 8 – Tip and his friends are reunited as the Emerald City’s defenses fall before General Jinjur’s Army of Revolt.  While the greedy army sacks the city, the Scarecrow devises a plan of escape.  Soon, Tip and company are off on another dangerous trek in search of safe haven with Nick Chopper. But will the party survive their perilous journey to the land of the Tin Woodsman?
  • Ninja High School #164 – Since World War 2, Meppy the cat-girl has been fighting bad guys, battling giant crabs, destroying college dorms, showing off her ninja cat skills, and teaching high school gym.  But no matter what she does, explosions and violence all follow close behind, like an unstoppable force of nature.  Now, this unpredictable and unholy force for good has turned EVIL.  If what she did before was as a good guy, what will happen when all scruples go out the window?  And, worse yet, is that an entire city of sociopathic cat-girls she’s recruiting?

Source:  Antarctic Press

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Ar Tonelico II to Arrive in the US December 2008

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NIS America announced last week that Ar Tonelico II will be making its way to our this side of the Pacific later this year.  It will be a direct sequel from the original video, taking place only a few short years after the first one ended.

According to the release, you play a young knight from the Church of Pastalia, who is sent to the region of Metafaiss.  The region surrounds Infel Pira, the second Tower (which is said to represent the Goddess Frelia of the Trio).  At the start of the game, a mysterious epidemic called Infel Pira Dependency (IPD) has been killing Reyvatelis.  You have been sent there to contain the epidemic.

Key features from the original game are expected to make a return including Song Magic, primarily used as a means to end all enemies on the board, and Cosmoshpere, where the user dives into the mind of the Reyvatelis to create new magic.

New features also include:

  • Replakia – As you progress through the game and save Reyvatelis, you are given repicas of them called Replakia.  The more Replakias that you have, the stronger and unique  your song magic becomes.  With the Emotion Gauge
  • Emotion Gauge – A new feature in the game, where how well you cheer you Reyvateil during battle becomes the key to victory.
  • Syncrinity – Something else that they’re trying out, in this installment song magic is cast by 2 Reyvatelis.  The closer their emotions are synced, the stronger the magic becomes.

The release is set between the first and last day of December.  OmoshiroiBlog will keep you posted as new material becomes available.

Source:  NIS America (Press Release)

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GO! Animate Makes it Debut at Comic Con San Diego

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In the last fifteen minutes before the Dealers Room closed at Comic Con, I ran into my last planned stop. It’s a new company that made its debut at the convention called “Go! Animate”. For even a small project, animation requires a lot of training, staff, and equipment. Alvin Hung Founder & CEO of Go! Animated decided to narrow that large gape by making a large library of characters, backgrounds, music, effects, word bubbles expressions, and props readily available. This software requires little skill, and is completely free.

For what first appears to be a brand new cookie cutter software, there is a lot of versatility. You can stretch and skew characters, change the tip of a word bubble for a more proper fit, and if you can’t find what you’re looking for in the database, you can upload your own material or borrow from other members from the community bin. When you’re all wrapped up, you can also copy and paste special code to embed your video onto your blog. There is even code for sharing the video in web sites such as My Space, Face book, and Digg it!

As I wrapped up my meeting I was informed that the library will be continually expanding and that they are planning to feature characters from the series “Family Guy”. The are also holding a contest to commemorate the debut of the site with grand prize of $5000 US dollars (the contest ends October 1, 2008). For more details about all this go to http://goanimate.com.

Source: Go! Animate

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