Saturday morning is time for cartoons. Which cartoons, you ask? Given that this column's called "Fighting Saturday", you can guess which ones we're into each weekend.
We're into fighting cartoons, by the way! So much so that we've conveniently managed to recap right here, for you!
So head on below and witness the glorious return of Bleach to print, as well as our recaps of Naruto, Hunter x Hunter, and One Piece!
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Hurray it's Saturday! Today I have a fun new rock song from anime soundtrack maestro, Mami Kawada. Her funky track Serment is currently being used as the opening for Shakugan no Shana III. I'm not sure about the chch imagery in the video, but the director sure liked to present the shots as pretty hardcore. It's Jesus! It's a cross! Rock out!
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Oh hey, look at that. One of the many titles that was killed off during Tokyopop's temporary demise is now making a come back. Digital Manga has decided to re-release the manga known as Erementar Gerad in digital form.
To those who are unfamiliar with the manga, Erementar Gerad is about the story of a young sky pirate known as Cou, who ends up getting involved with a mysterious girl known as Ren during one of his usual sky pirating raids. It turns out that Ren is a being known as an Edel Raid. Apparently, the Edel Raids have the power to transform into special weapons, whenever they make a pact with someone. From then on, Cou's life will never be the same, as he embarks on his new journey with Ren.
Erementar Gerad was also adapted into an anime, which I would not recommend watching. Unless you don't mind sitting through a mediocre series (The characters were at least entertaining.). Based on the parts of the manga that I have read, the original seems to have more potential on where the story could go.
You might want to give this manga a shot, if you are into the sky world setting and the concept of humanoid weapons.
It is unfortunate that we won't get an actual physical manga release, since I still prefer the old fashioned way of reading things. Hopefully, DMP will get the chance to complete the story, so that fans of the manga will get to finally own the whole series.
[via ANN]
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Congratulations Atlus fans (Including myself.), our replies have given Atlus the courage to print more copies of Radiant Historia. Now we will have the opportunity to experience this tale that delivers its own take on the concept of time traveling (For those who missed out on it.).
This is not the first time that Atlus has done something like this, since I remember that they did the same thing with the first Disgaea when it went out of print (In terms of reprinting a game.).
Before I forget, head on over to Amazon and EB Games, if you want to pre-order a copy of Radiant Historia. From the looks of it, this might be an online exclusive thing for now.
Expect the game to start shipping around the month of March, so take advantage of this while still you can. Because you never know if you will get another opportunity like this one ever again (Who knows, these shipments might be in limited quantities.). While it is only $35.99, it's still a better deal compare to paying close to or over a $100.
To my fellow JRPG and Atlus fans that missed out on this title, are any of you going to pre-order a copy of this game (I am definitely picking mine up, since I made a promise to Atlus.)?
[via Destructoid]
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If you are a fan of the Tales of series, then you are in luck. Gamestop is actually offering a pre-order bonus to those who reserve their copy of Tales of Grace F. What you get as a bonus, is a set of alternate costumes for your party members. What makes these costumes special, is that the wardrobe is based off the cast of Tales of Destiny.
While it is very friendly of them to give us a Japanese pre-order that Namco Bandai offered in Japan. You are still not off the hook Namco Bandai, since you refused to localize the enhanced PS3 port of Tales of Vesperia. Yet you gave us the enhanced PS3 port of Eternal Sonata (Don't mind me, just letting out some steam here.). However, perhaps I might forgive you, if you decide to localize Tales of Xillia in the future, along with the PS Vita version of Tales of Innocence.
On the bright side, you can't complain with the term free. So I guess it's a nice add on for those who enjoyed Tales of Destiny. You can see the costumes for yourself in the video below.
[via Siliconera]
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My distant cousin Sadako Yamamura is back, and this time she's coming you in full 3D. I'm pretty excited, as the original The Ring movie is still top of the charts of me. It looks like we might be jumping though the internet on this one instead of through a TV. How will they explain the curse propigatingting with VCRs pretty much extinct at this point? Oh, please don't call the move Ringu to my face. Unlessu youu liku getu punchu.
[Via JEFusion]
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Square Enix's musical homage to its popular franchise, Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, has three gameplay modes: battle mode, field mode, and event mode. The last one usually consists of FMV cutscene footage with Ouendan/Elite Beat Agents-styled circles on top, but what are they planning for the earlier Final Fantasy games that didn't have cutscenes?
The answer, it seems, is making a video from gameplay footage, showing the plot progression. They could have grabbed the FMV scenes from the PS1 rereleases, but I like it better this way; those CG scenes still seem out of place in an sprite-based game. Watch this gameplay video of Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, and around the 5-minute mark you'll see an event mode for the first Final Fantasy game, which you can contrast with the event mode for Final Fantasy IX that follows right after.
Just be forewarned of that the adorable girl playing the 3DS is really excited that Shantotto from FFXI is included in the game. Seriously, it's kind of creepy. It's just an MMO with chocobos, lady.
[Via Siliconera]
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Your reign of terror ends now, pollinosis. Guided under the supervision of Rohto Pharmaceutical, the Alguard Sisters are here to save the day. Donning the special armor of hope, their powers will cure everyone who is under the control of the evil pollinosis. Atene and Temisu Tatsumi must now face all odds, as they must prevent all of Japan from suffering a huge epidemic.
Who needs medications, when you have the honor of being cured by two adorable magical girl knights. In all seriousness though, these two sisters are actually trying to guide you towards obtaining the proper products to treat pollinosis. Combing the power of their looks and abilities, they have provided their Twitter and Facebook page, so that you can prepare yourself for this great evil.
All I can say, is that I hope that this company's message spreads well. As long as it is preventing some kind of sickness, then it is doing a good job helping out those in need. Anyone wanna bet that we might see an anime, manga, and/or merchandise being made off these characters in the near future?
Having troubles with pollinosis? Check out the video below, and see what the Alguard Sisters can do to help you out.
[via Crunchyroll]
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