/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>18717200
Why wait for announcements at some American convention? Just pirate them and read them in Japanese.right now. If you can suffer though shitty official ``translations'', you can bear using a text hooker and google.

>>18717211
Damn... I hate translations now

can't wait for the otome, yuri and ntr announcements

>>18717593
You're forgetting the fujoshit

>>18717618
>can't wait for the otome

>>18717211
Piracy is illegal.

>>18717668
Aren't otome games just girls with man harems and fujoshi games about guys being fags?

>>18718119
yeah. no point trying to explain that anymore though.

>>18717200
Well we know one new partner Mangagamer has is Tenneouji since they've made it obvious they have Luckydog1. They could be announcing that (the hint for this was "Lucky").

They'll probably announce the "Voices" title here too. Assumed to be the updated Kindred Spirits which added voice acting and some other content.

Last one could be anything. Wouldn't surprise me if its the "Otome" hint. Probably a Kalmia8 title.

>>18718433
Don't expect a Kalma8 title before AX or Otakon. They tend to save their major otome and BL announcements for the bigger conventions.

>>18717668
You're using the word fujoshi wrong. It only refers to women who are into BL.

What was up with someone thinking the otome hint could be a next Otoboku game? Otome means female MC with mostly male love inerests, MG even uses this definition of the genre in their licensing survey. Obviously a game with a male MC and female love interests doesn't qualify.

>>18719907
Watamote has the MC as a fujoshi who's fawning over male seiyuu who do ASMR and otome drama cd.

>>18719936
Is the word fujoshi ever used in the series itself? And Tomoko has many weird fetishes, so she's also probably a fujo.

But fujo has always meant women into BL. Only the western fandom tried to apply it to all things women like.I wouldn't be surprised if such a mistake came from the Watamote translators misusing the word.

Sekai Project is listed as an Industry Partner for Anime Central, so there is a better shot of getting a meaningful announcement from them there than this weekend.

>>18720316
There's still 2 months till then, so i expect at least something from the 2 events they are attending this weekend.

>>18719907
It's just people wanting a word to insult female otaku in general. They don't care and you're wasting your time correcting them.

New Dies Irae update (see pic related).
Creating another game system this long down in road and for something that could have being solved with a more dedicated playtesting and some delay the fisrt time feels just so bad.

>>18718119
>>18719907
>>18720616
I do care, I've read shit somewhere and thought Otome was the japanese term for BL games. My bad. Forgive me.

>>18720782
Pic related is useful.

>>18719921
They could have taken it as a hint for a title instead of a genre. Otoboku's full title is "Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru", so it's not the biggest leap in logic.

>>18721056
I don't think teasing otome fans with the possibility of a new otome license then announcing a moege would go over too well.

>>18717200
Possible announcements if the titles they teased are going to be announced at Anime Boston.

>voices
Last time they had a clue like this it was for Kindred Spirits drama CD. My bet is for the fully voiced version of Kindred Spirits that came out not too long ago.

>language
Could be Kotonoha Amrilato or anything with dual language.

>Steam
Most likely something from the Liarsoft's steampunk series.

>otome
My guess is Ohime-sama datte XXX Shitai!! -Horny magical princess- from Kalmia8, who MG are already partnered with.

>yuri
Most likely a new A Kiss for the Petals title.

>Sorcery Jokers
Maybe another title from 3rdEye.

>Lucky
Luckydog1

>Sakura
Sakura no Mori Dreams seems the most likely, which means MG got the English localization rights, and not Hikari Field who got the Chinese rights. People who have been asking Hikari Field for an English version could have been wasting their time.

>>18721100
Out of these, I can only really see Luckydog1 and Kindred Spirits Full Chorus as the announcements for Anime Boston, everything else is probably AX or Otakon.

>>18721100
>Ohime-sama datte XXX Shitai!! -Horny magical princess-
Didn't this one just come out? It's probably Kami-sama Nante Yondenai instead. Actually looking it up, Ohime literally came out today.

>>18721169
Last year at Anime Boston they announced: a BL, a nukige, and Trinoline.

>>18721189
Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome was announced by MG 4 months after it came out in Japan. Meaning that Ohime could by announced at AX or Otakon.

>>18721213
Trinoline was technically already announced the year before that at Anime Expo.

>>18721234
They didn't treat it as an already announced title though. It's even listed as being announced at last Anime Boston on their announcements page.

>>18721189
>It's probably Kami-sama Nante Yondenai instead.

Doubt it, since MC gets turned into a loli and that's a much more niche type of otome. Plus, Steam removed Maidens of Michael, so a loli being pursued by guys won't stick around either.

>>18721229
Could be, Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome also sold well enough that it even got a physical release so it's possible.

>>18721260
Not like they only do stuff that can get on Steam.

>>18721271
MG's site isn't exactly woman-friendly, so it's a big plus for them to get otome titles on Steam, especially since many otome readers are underage and don't have credit cards to use for MG's site.

>>18721271
Bigger issue is that it's not what most otome fans want to read.

>>18721244
http://blog.mangagamer.org/?s=trinoline

You have a point there, checking their site, the Anime Expo announcement is treated as announcing the game itself and a maybe to MG handling the translation. Anime Boston is the official confirmation that they are working on it.

>>18721278
Not exactly the same market, but No Thank You did quite well for them without a Steam release.

>>18721318
I just see it as having the choice of either or, that they'll go with the newer title that has wider appeal. The loli otome is too niche.

Trinoline was officially announced at Anime Boston 2017 after being given a good reason to expect it at AX 2016. It is a big enough title that they would have waited to announce at AX or Otakon 2017 though instead of Anime Boston 2017 had it not been expected before hand.

>>18720735
As a kickstarter backer, I don't know why these bastards won't give me the MG version.

>>18721260
>since MC gets turned into a loli
Nice that goes on my list for potential titles.

>>18721351
It's nothing like what you're imagining.

>>18721348
MangaGamer is just selling it on their store and they have nothing to do with the kickstarter or translation.
Light most likely tried to put it on JAST's and Nutaku's store too but not many publishers want to sell a game on their store about nazis and rape.

>>18721439
I doubt that, Dies Irae is a big game there is no way JAST would refuse something like it.

>>18721363
There is H scenes both in her adult form and in her loli form. Honestly, if they did license it, I really don't think it would stay up on Steam long if it would even get approved at all.

The title they just released today would be much safer and most likely more popular.

>>18721260
The bigger issue is MG is filled with loliphobics.

>>18721439
I think MG just managed to lock it up as an exclusive to the R18 version back during the Kickstarter when they were promoting it. Jast at the very least would have been fine with selling it, but they weren't really pursuing third party titles at the time.

>>18721519
They just announced a loli title last Anime Boston. The issue with an otome loli title is that it isn't what most otome readers would want to read, thus likely wouldn't sell well.

>>18721519
i don't think they're loliphobics per se but probably just nervous about chasing that sort've material big time in the States, there's a bit of greyness surrounding it

i mean, hell, didn't they just get one of their games pulled from Steam for alleged pedo content

>>18721558
That's probably the reason. The main one likely being Runa and her relationship with the female teacher.

Isn't MG the only one who actually released some lolige in the past, like that Sweet Young Bride and Sweet Sweat in summer, hell even ImoPara 2 has a loli in it.
I wouldn't really call them loliphobic.

>>18721539
Who cares heh, loli fans would read it.

>>18721581
i think the issue is that certain lolicons really want the higher quality nukige or something. maybe stuff like Marble Candysoft titles or Tanuki Soft.

unfortunately those titles also happen to be quite a bit more unabashed about what the content of their game is, and i honestly can't see anyone picking them up, ever (that includes all the companies)

>>18717200
>Friday 9:30PM
What time is it at the moment?

>>18721056
There's also Otome Domain.

>>18721081
Eh, as long as one otome game does get released, no one will care about what each hint specifically refers to.

>>18721260
Steam is stupidly inconsistent. They might ignore it just because women are the clear primary audience.

>>18721581
Whenever people complain about MG and loli, I assume they mean the one translator who doesn't like it. Its fine, but I really don't think that's grounds to call MG as a whole loliphobic, unless I missed something else.
>>18721603
This is the main problem I can think of. Something like Tanuki Soft And Shoujo Ramune would never get localized due to their content. Didn't the MC of it groom the lolis?

>>18721630
It should be about 2:49 PM in Boston right now.

>>18721642
>There's also Otome Domain.
Don't tease me, anon. I really want Otome Domain translated and with it having a H-OVA, it might actually be recognizable enough to be considered.

>>18721670
But Otome Domain was co-made with Smile, who Sekai is going to release Koikuma. Sure, is more likely that is going to release thanks to Sayori than Smile, but I don't think they will let them release something outside of SP/Denpa.

>>18721695
Well, Purple Software is also with MG, so it's not completely outside the realms of possibility. But, I admit that SP getting Otome Domain has been my translation nightmare for the past year or so.

>>18721582
It's not even a real loli title. It's an adult woman that gets turned into a loli for a portion of the game.

>>18717200
The VNTS thread is archived good thing this is up.

Fureraba is up at JAST https://www.jastusa.com/fureraba-friend-to-lover

Did sekai even announce anything. All their Twitter is doing is spamming fatal twelve.

>>18717211
Alright you go on ahead contrarian. I have other things to do.

>>18719950
No she does not refer to herself as a Fujoshi. She is a basic Otome fan.

>>18722449
>No DRM

Sold.

>>18722543
Then their example was pointless, since the term fujoshi didn't appear in the series. And of course it wouldn't since only the Western fandom tries to label otome fans as fujos.

Is WILL A Wonderful World a new announcement? It's their pinned tweet from today.

>>18722459
I'd assume they announced nothing, though they could be announcing stuff at Sakuracon. It's not like they actually promised any announcements though. I'm pretty sure they announced something last year at about this time, not that I can remember what it was. Ah well, better nothing than something when it comes to Sekai.

A bit less than 3 hours until the MG announcements. It's probably nothing important, though it might be a low budget nukige that happens to appeal to my fetishes.

>>18722459
If they did announce something but it wasn't anything all that big, they could be holding off doing a write up until after their Sakura Con panel. Sekai often doesn't post individual announcements on their Twitter as they occur, which has caused headaches trying to figure out what they announced at panels without a stream or someone explicitly covering it.

MG posted that they FINALLY got their Visa card processor back up and working. I think they couldn't accept Visa cards for weeks.

MG's panel is going to be in 30 minutes. It appears no one will stream it, so better watch the announcement in Twitter or Facebook.

>>18723121
i've had a lot of issues purchasing from them with a Visa, mostly have to call to bank to get the shit to go through

>>18723121
How long has this been going on for? I bought Sorcery Jokers in January with my card just fine.

Not a license, but their first announcement is they are jumping into the Android market.

>>18723440
Not a bad idea but then again. Linux would be better.

>>18723440
Wow more phone shit

http://mangagamer.org/riddlestar/
Their first announcement is Riddle Star.

Amatarasu Riddle Star is their first announcement

>>18723453
Cute.

http://mangagamer.org/steamprison/
Second Announcement.

>>18723472
Well that would be the Steam hint.

>>18723453
Oh, nice. My wish for more Softhouse was granted. Delicious uguu 2-G artwork.

http://mangagamer.org/kindredspirits/fullchorus/
Final Announcement.

>>18723472
Oh, wow, someone on the last VNTS thread guessed that right. It was not an steampunk title as the rest said.

>>18717593
I called 2/3

>>18723493
Not unexpected, but glad to get it out of the way now since it was so obvious.

So did SP just not announce anything or what?

The Kindred Spirit announcement isn't a surprise, but getting a fairly high profile otome title and a full length moege is a relatively strong showing for Anime Boston. They likely have quite a few decent licenses on hand for the Summer conventions if they were content on announcing these now rather than holding onto them.

>>18723517
They made an announcement that their announcements will be in another 2 years or so.

>>18723517
https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/979896607499046913

Seems they announced stuff, but they are holding off announcing it outside of their panels until after their Sakura-Con panel, and there doesn't seem to have been anyone who was directly posting the announcements from the Anime Boston panel.

>>18723453
I remember asking for that a long time ago, wonder if this means MG might move on to SAMOYED SMILE's titles next.

>>18723335
That's a separate issue. That's your CC company being very strict.

>>18723364
It was sometime shortly after Maidens of
Michael came out.

>>18723528
The somewhat strong otome title announcement (at least based on fan reaction) is interesting to me. It arguably means one of two things.

1. Otome game players are as a relatively minor audience that only deserve a smaller convention slot, maybe in comparison to BL players or something.

2. They have a really notable otome license they are saving for either Anime Expo or Otakon. Or at least a second otome they expect to sell more because it's 18+.

In the case of Riddle Star, it's obvious that they have a more notable moege they are saving up, but that might not be the case with Steam Prison.

>>18723902
Sakura no Mori Dreamers is likely the second moege.

There's likely a second otome title based on the hints they gave. Most likely either of the VNs from Kalmia8.

>>18723913
Pretty sure Sakura no Mori isn't a moege.

>>18723921
Technically, a moege can have gore. Suffering is moe too.

Great news, MG is porting Kindred Spirits Full Chorus to Ren'py. They must've realized how bad Liarsoft's engine is.

>>18724144
How many titles have they done this for now?
They did it for Hadaka Shitsuji since they couldn't fix the crashing bug from the fantranslation.

>>18724158
I remember a number of people ran into bugs with the original version of Kindred Spirits. It was even unplayable for some people even on PC.

>>18722585
They are actually the first VN company to do so.

>>18724144
More VNs for Linux.

at convention
need any scans?

>>18724234
Do they have porn there

Get the new Itou Life doujin. Nobody has fucking uploaded it yet, god damn.

>>18724186
Makes sense.

Switch is starting to become the home of all ages VNs.

https://www.nintendo.com/en_CA/games/detail/the-charming-empire-switch

Robotics;Notes might not be getting localized after all.

https://twitter.com/MiraiMoon_/status/979098426473263104?s=19

>>18726027
Not surprising. The vita is effectively dead and any vita ports from kickstarters could easily be vaporware at this point.

Maybe I should've bought switch instead of 3ds a couple months ago.

>>18726227
Why would you buy a 3ds when there is a emulator for it -_-

>>18726027
If only.
Nips love physical copies, but Nintendo hates low runs so many companies keep on staying away from Switch and just continue making games for the Vita.

That otome tweet is one of MangaGamers most liked and shared tweets of all time, it even easily beat stuff like Rance Quest and Evenicle.
Looks like MangaGamer has another hit in their hands.

>>18726626
>it even easily beat stuff like Rance Quest and Evenicle.
To be fair, I think a lot of people wouldn't really be keen on retweeting a rape game.

>>18726626
The Kindred Spirits announcement also has a lot of likes and shares.
Riddle Star not so much, but I feel like the audience for moege doesn't really have much of a presence on twitter.

>>18726666
I can only speak for myself, but I don't really go on Twitter for anything but news, and I certainly don't have an account. Botnet.

>>18726626
Women have a very strong twitter presence. Men typically less so. Just keep in mind that social media activity doesn't directly correlate to sales.

>>18723902
At the very least another Kalmia8 title seems likely, as FLML made both the onsite and Steam top 10 lists last year.

It's hard to say which moege MG might go after aside from speculation what they could get from their existing partners like Moonstone. It seems relatively easy to license moege at the moment if only because of how plentiful they are from a wide variety of developers, just look at what NekoNyan manage to get as a startup without any track record.

>>18726626
There is no point in me retweeting since I don't have followers.

>>18726795
Wasn't there an inside /jp/ joke that if you had 7 followers on Twitter, you weren't a real person?

The Moe levels of Riddle Star reminded me SukiSuki is still dead ;_;

>>18726805
Yes, that was when Chuablesoft thought about going to Sekai Project with their titles and the fandom advised them to shop around instead. Then dovac tried to accuse the people giving them advise as not being real accounts and to ignore them.

>>18726832
I wonder if the issue is legal or an issue of getting assets they need. MG has never cancelled a project before, but I'd really like to know the status regardless of if it's good or bad.

>>18726832
>>18726845
At least it hasn't been banished into the ether and forbidden from being spoken about yet. Both Doddler and Aru mentioned it recently, so it seems like MG is trying to salvage it.

>>18726855
I wonder if they touched upon it at their panel.

>>18726845
Doddler said it is absolutely happening still. But, yeah, I really do wonder what the issue is. Didn't MG have a company die on them before during the localization process and the release was still timely? I guess it could be an asset thing, like maybe the uncensored animations or something.

>>18726960
In that case, it was Innocent Grey's branch company Noesis that closed down. So, anything there probably folded back to the main company.

>>18726626
The amount of translated otome games are still extremely small compared to VNs aimed at men. They'll be excited for literally anything.

I'm surprised no one who attended Anime Boston has said anything about the Sekai announcement(s).

>>18723987
TIL euphoria is moege

>>18727298
Was it some closed-door panel that only a few were allowed in or something? Even if they will only officially announce it on Sakuracon, it is strange that 0 people leaked it.

>>18726626
good for the fujoshi EOPs, twice-damned

>>18727374
>Otome
>Fujoshi
Not this shit again.

>>18727368
We've had the same issue even at some bigger conventions before. Unless there is someone who goes with the intent to actively tweet out announcements from the panel, then they often will go unnoticed especially if they aren't a huge deal.

>>18726960
The main issue is that people are over thinking things. They are just focusing on other things, they have a lot of stuff ready for release.

>>18727401
They don't care. Don't bother.

>>18727458
If that was the case then wouldn't there be an official clarification to clear up the matter? It sitting in some kind of limbo with no news hurts the image of it to your average customer. Leaving it to rumours and unofficial off the record shit is just going to bite them at some point if they aren't careful.

>>18727560
This, but adding to it, there will be a point where people who were interested no longer care, or forget about it. If it hasn't happened already anyways. Especially with there not being official news on it.

>>18727458
I don't recall any other release not being talked about for so long, though. They haven't mentioned it in an official capacity in almost 11 months, I think. And it coincides with the company dying.

>>18727443
Sounds like they have nothing of note then.

How long until Sekai announcements?

>>18727702
They might not have any.

>>18727401
A distinction without a difference

>>18727748
Fujoshi literally means woman into BL.

>>18727740
I mean they said on twitter that they will have some. I was just asking how long until the panel since i don't know what timezone OPs post was in.

>>18727754
Their announcement from earlier was that they translated a Chinese VN into English. So far it seems to be Chinese and OELVN titles.

>>18727778
Lol so Japan effectively blacklisted them.

>>18727801
These cons are minor. Their big titles will be announced at AX and Otakon.

>>18727361
true route is pure as virgin snow

Japs don't announce stuff on gaijin soil

>>18727651
I wouldn't expect much from Sekai, but as they also had no one explicitly covering the panel we could still be waiting on the MG announcements if they had a similar radio silence approach outside of the panel itself.

>>18724254
didnt have it
anything else?
selection was mostly vanilla, little bit of other common things

>>18722449
This feels like real life. Spaghetti spillage is already starting to happen.

I heard nekonyan has amatsutsumi.

>>18727361
Moege just means a game with significant moe elements

>>18727748
There's a difference between a woman wanting to date a man and a woman wanting to watch two men fuck each other

So, did SP announce anything at all?

>>18730135
Hopefully we get the announcements from the Sakura Con panel.

https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/980262378502635520

Sekai seems to have a steam up for Sakura Con.

>>18730379
Ready for Clover Days announcement?

>>18730437
pls no

Unsurprisingly they grabbed Nekonin 2.

>>18730504
we've been saying it for years, anon.

Aside from Nekonin, they are throwing one of their gameplay titles on switch and are soliciting requests for hard copies of their titles.

>>18730632
Don't forget those quality OELVNs Sekai announced, anon. We're going to be talking about those OELVNs years from now.

>>18727830
While true, MG's titles being better than Sekai's titles in the smaller conventions (especially if you happen to be an otome fan) could possibly mean that MG has better titles to announce in general for the bigger conventions. The moege seems like something they would normally save for Anime Central while the otome game would be something saved for Anime Expo/Otakon for the female demographic pandering title.

>>18731014
>could possibly mean that MG has better titles to announce in general for the bigger conventions

Luckydog1 seems to be their big AX announcement for the female audience and that has a built in fanbase already. It tends to top popularity polls in Japan and has become a full franchise.

All its missing is an anime which seems very likely to happen now. The franchise has been expanding rapidly the past few years in Japan (Mobile port, Manga, All ages port, multiple fandisks, a stage show and an upcoming expansion).

why is sekai still sitting on Maitetsu, even fucking Monobeno came out on steam

have they realized loli trains is too much for their ironic weeb audience?

>>18732192
They said in their panel that it's coming "sooner than you would expect" so hopefully it comes out within a year.

>>18732197
Inb4 stealth release in april's fool.

>>18729686
Where did you hear this?

>>18732229
I remember when the Nekonyan website launched, people found a few secret titles on the site by playing around with URLs. They hid them very quickly. I forget the names of the titles but that might be one of them.

>>18732272
It was just fortissimo

Just noticed Sekai deleted one of their Steam threads talking about the Chrono Clock patch. Must have rubbed them the wrong way when people preferred a proper translation over their garbage.

>>18732197
It's hard to say what that means exactly for the release date, though it seems to be farther along than most of their big titles based on their progress page.

>>18732297
Well Chuee is still mad that someone actually took the time to learn to code and actually improve the game.

>>18732447
People seem to think he managed to translate Fureba without problems. So I guess his weakness is just everything that isn't basic Japanese.

>>18732635
Speaking of, how is the translation quality of Fureraba? I haven't seen much about it.

>>18732642
I've seen arguments over whether it's overly localized with excessive swearing and slang or a good representation of the casual tone that takes reasonable liberties in order to deliver jokes. So depends on how much you enjoy localized banter it seems.
If nothing else, the fact that the TL reception isn't almost unanimously negative on already implies it's better than Chrono Clock.

>>18732642
Aside from what >>18732686 said, images are translated, although some inconsistency can be seen, like Hiiragi's name being spelled as "Hiragi".

>>18732635
Chuee is an EOP editor. He only knows rudimentary Japanese at best.

>>18723453
Oh it has animated sex scenes and stuff.
http://seal-qualia.com/product/q-001/animation.html

>>18737260
Softhouse seal VNs commonly had animated scenes.

>>18732197
>that it's coming "sooner than you would expect"
That's not saying much since literally everyone has rock-bottom expectations for them.

>>18737392
Cool.

>>18732400
>it seems to be farther along than most of their big titles based on their progress page

it's been like that since over a year ago