Those of you who can't wait for 3rd Birthday, Square-Enix's upcoming PSP sequel to the Parasite Eve series, might be interested to know that you might be able to avoid some obnoxious load times. If any of you have sat down with a copy of Crisis Core, you know exactly what I'm talking about when I say obnoxious.

Needless to say, the game's director, Hajime Tabata, mentioned that they'll be offering you the option of installing the game on your memory stick -- or at least a portion of it. They haven't given any details yet regarding the exact size of the installation or if it'd eliminate the need for the UMD -- of which, I doubt -- but we can always hope. After all, those UMD drives are pretty noisy, don't you think?

Offense above, apology below.

First off, I hope the post header makes some of you not freak out this time. I figured anime girls would be good enough, but noooo, you wanted the image to have something to do with the post too! Sheesh!

Second, wow, lots of stuff to listen to this week. 

Oh, and if you didn't already know, this is where we, the various and sundry editors of Japanator, talk about stuff we've been listening to a lot this week. How about you? What's been good for your ears this week?

[As posted on Destructoid]

When I posted about Tokyo Jungle yesterday, I noted that the game promised something called "hunting action." Many of you took this to mean that Tokyo Jungle was yet another contender for Monster Hunter's dominance of the monster-hunting game space, except this time involving real-life endangered species.

[As posted on Destructoid]

The new trailer for Creative Assembly's latest Total War game, Shogun 2: Total War, is quite beautiful, and not just because of the pretty pretty graphics, but because it shows off some actual gameplay footage, rather than the vague teasers and cinematic-cut promos from earlier.

Currently out of work, or just hate your job to death? Well, here's a chance for some of you with work experience: Tokyopop is currently looking to hire for a Book Distribution Coordinator and Manga Line Editorial Coordinator. Sounds exciting, doesn't it?

First off, these are LA jobs -- so be in the area or fib that you are to actually have a chance.

With the Book Distribution Coordinator position, you'll be working in the retail environment, getting the books from Tokyopop to the retailers, manage supply lines and plan distribution strategy for each seasonal schedule. It's tough work, and requires three years' sales administration experience.

The Manga Line position sounds a bit like my job -- coordinating a pool of freelancers by monitoring their activities and assignments, assist in acquisitions and schedule releases. They're looking for an overall well-motivated person with some social media and management experience, and knowing Japanese wouldn't hurt.

Think you're up to snuff? Check out the pages for the full list of requirements and how to apply. Let us know if you do -- I'll be rooting for you!

[Thanks, Gia]

Osamu Mukai knows he's way cooler than you.

Apparently the Japanator Post Gods (I'll let you theorize who these might be) realized I truly wanted to use a Hanamizuki header last week, because this week is another one of those No Debuts to Report editions of Rock the Charts. This gave me an opportunity to lay down a clean shot of future Taira Yoshiyuki (in the upcoming BECK live-action adaptation), Osamu Mukai, emulating pure smug. Actually, there is a first of sorts to be seen here: the squeaky-clean RtC stamp. We're sea-lee-ous busy-ness-u now? Indeed.

In terms of economical on-goings, this past week was a bust. Not the good kind of bouncy, impossible not-to-fap-to bust. Like, dollar totals dropped substantially and stuff. The past couple of weeks had not a single film within the top 10 moneymakers bringing in below $1 million--now only 6 can make that claim. This amounts to an overall haul of less than $20 million total; we're partially slipping back into pre-summer territory. It seems we're also reverting to pre-summer cinematic fare, as Pikachu makes its electrifying triumphant return to the chart. At least a Japanese-bred picture is keeping the top-spot at bay from Toy Story 3 by a decent (by Nippon's standards) margin. I would rather The Borrowers take that position, but some things just aren't possible. Hey, did you know that May Your Love Bloom for a Thousand Years was originally a song? It was.

List and numerals now, totally unrelated (yet insanely awesome) video after the jump, because I've got nothing else for you.

OK OK, a day late, but hey, you're not a dollar short! Unless you sent me a dollar. Did you send me a dollar? OK then.

Oh boy, lots of cool new stuff this week. And some cool old stuff. And hey, only three weeks until show number 150 and the three year anniversary! So that's something. ... Can you tell I've done almost 150 shows?

Yeah, I've got nothin'. Enjoy!

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