/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Lossless albums:
Ar tonelico Music Collection Torrent: http://www.bakabt.com/153236-ar-tonelico-music-collection.html
All tracks are encoded in FLAC format and include scans of covers and booklets. Torrent does not include AT3's Drama and Hymmnos Musical discs.

Alternative set of torrents:
AT3 - OST: http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=112183
AT3 - Hymmnos albums: http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=111040

CADENA ~Atelier Series Jazz Arrange Album Featuring Mami Horie Vol.1~
http://www.sonixgvn.net/2011/06/cadena-atelier-series-jazz-arrange.html

Istoria~Kalliope, Akiko Shikata's latest album:
http://www.mediafire.com/?683lw3wgor7aaou
http://www.mediafire.com/?avz1a3afvjo6xzf
http://www.mediafire.com/?c55pz0qs0wh0i3x

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Mediafire Folder of Ar tonelico / Atelier goodies:
http://www.mediafire.com/?rddbnsio6dayi

Contents:
- AT1-3 OST, Hymmnos Concerts
- AT1-2 Drama CDs, Hymmnos Musicals
- Utau Oka ~Ar=Ciel Ar=Dor~ (Album)
- AT3 Artbook
- Offline AT2 Flash Cosmospheres
- AT3 Yokkora fan disc
- original /jp/ stuff

New GUST series directed by TOTAL COMMAND: "Surge Concerto"
First installment on Vita: "Ciel no Surge", JP release on April 26th 2012

Official Site
http://surge-concerto.com/
Interview with Tsuchiya and short PV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFrFk3BRuas

Additional Info
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/01/30/ciel-no-surge-gusts-playstation-vita-game-has-you-dive-into-ion
asol/
http://andriasang.com/objncj/surge_concerto_ciel_nosurge/

Upcoming releases (NA/EU):

Atelier Meruru - May 2012
http://nisamerica.com/games/atelier-meruru/

Already a thread:
>>8699059

>>8699351
Ignore it. It was obviously made by some /b/-tard.

>>8699355
Who cares? Condense your fucking threads.

this is the true thread,
just ignore the other one,
it will disappear soon enough

>>8699387
Yes, just keep bumping your thread OP.

When the janitor comes back from school he will clean up all the saged posts.

>>8699355
It's part of the plot against GUST threads. Our angry friend is trying to discredit them. It's probably this guy:
>>8699351
>>8699366

Isn't there some rule about "hurr durr the janitor will do [what i want]"?

>>8699434
>He don't want

>>8699422

>>8699422

I will never understand this logic;

He doesn't want Gust threads on /jp/,
yet he spams the board with an additional thread?

Is he really that retarded?

thanks for the comment >>8699435

>>8699441
Better. Especially when you call someone ``retarded'' in the same post.

This is the proper thread. It's got the delicious copypasta that all these threads start with.

>>8699441
It's part of an eeeeeeevil plot to make it look like we can't keep our shit in one thread. That's why.

>>8699687
Except the other thread came first.

You know, other people are allowed to make threads. This "THEY'RE MY THREADS!!! I'M THE GUY WHO MAKES THEM!!!! LOOK AT MY TRIPCODE!!!!!!" thing is childish, like a kid who can't get his own way.

>>8699689

Well no, the difference is that we the frequent posters in the Gust threads accept this thread as the "real" one -
simply due to the fact that the other one is a lame attempt of trolling us.

So he should just delete it,
because the Gust fans will still use this thread as always,

While his is simply pure cancerous spam.

I want to thank the poster in the other thread for the flow chart.

Delete your thread OP, there was already a thread.
I used to make the OC threads but I'm not about to make one now, because I just checked and there's already one.

This is how image boards work.

>>8700044
You obviously weren't around when that one attention whoring tripfag made a new OC thread and everyone ignored it.

Alright you idiots decide now. This thread or the other one. Because when the janitor comes around he is obviously going to choose one and I think you want it to be the one you want.

>>8700065
Thanks for this awesome bump OP.

>>8700065
who gives a shit.

>>8700065
I prefer the other one. Seems friendlier.

>>8700068

Not him, I am too shy to make threads like this.

>>8700080

Yeah, it's not too bad. I guess the biggest complaint is the OP's questionable choice of words but overall I don't see any other problem with it.

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>>8700109
You are right, be shy and keep your meta saged, because nobody gives a fuck which 10 days long ``general'' you chose.

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so where's the janitor?

>>8700426
Terminated

>>8700426

This is the thread now. We left the choice up to him.

Janitor confirmed for prejudiced.

So why haven't any of you tried posting on /vg/?
Honest question. Disregarding that a mod quite clearly said you should, why not just give it a go?

>>8700462

Stop.

>>8700465
Just answer my question. I'm not saying LEAVE /jp/ FOREVER or to even stop making these threads. I just want to know why you haven't so much as clicked a few buttons to see what happens.

>>8700462
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAE0pLhT8eQ

Ciel is on Ami for about $50. Buying a Vita at launch finally feels justified.

Reposting the mk2 ending chart that someone asked for in the other thread.

>>8700558

Not including the DLC costs or the fact that you paid a lot more just to get a Vita on launch instead of waiting. Enjoy your expensive lewd fairies.

Is the Vita region-locked like the 3DS or did Sony not derp as hard as Nintendo?

>>8700712
Region free like the PS3

>>8700712

It's region free but I think they have the PSN Store more locked down now.

>>8700470
/vg/ is full of /v/irgins since it's a split from /v/ like /jp/ was from /a/.

also last time someone made a gust thread there, it quickly died without almost any replies, since the much faster threads pushed it off the board.

>>8701259
Nope, stay mad

>>8700787

Pretty much this is the only thing that is 'locked'. You're only allowed a single PSN profile on a memory card, I believe.

>>8703000

Would it be possible to have multiple memory card with multiple PSN profiles?

>>8703008

Both the memory card and Vita are locked to an account. You switch accounts by switching memory cards, but it requires you to also perform a backup and system restore on the Vita each time you want to do it.

[New announcement]
http://www.vagrancy.jp/istoria_kalliope/index.html
Istoria ~Kalliope~ Orgel Collection, new release at Haru Comic City (whatever that is), 2012.03.18.
Orgel arranges of all of Kalliope's tracks, plus two new tracks.

>>8704127
Holy shit

Damn, I'm finally listening to The Epic Of Zektbach -Ristaccia-. The track in which Shikata had a part (at least vocals, maybe composition) is excellent, but I hadn't thought the whole album could be so good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmwW1AwZCE4

>>8704385
Never heard of this until now. So this is like sound horizon stuff or something?

>>8704565
SH does come to mind, right?
I'm not an expert in the topic (10 minutes with Google), but I think only the tone is similar to SH.
The project has only one story/setting, with 2 music CDs plus a piano arrange CD, 1 drama CD, and some MADs. Maybe a short novel too, I don't know.
It's on a much smaller scale.

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>>8704593
Seems pretty similar on the making songs for stories system. Anyway, downloading.

>>8704603
Just report it.

4chan needs a "move" function like traditional Western forums, so mods can move this to /vg/.

Get to it, Mr VacBob-sama.

>>8704603
Didn't you get the memo? GUST threads are /jp/ related.

>>8704629
Didn't YOU get THE OTHER memo?
> Please keep your video game generals in /vg/.
> GUST general threads were tolerated on /jp/, because it was the most closely related board. Now that /vg/ has popped up, there's no reason to stay here.
Yes there was a later part to that message, but you've completely ignored these parts so I'm doing the same thing.

>>8704632

So in conclusion:
The Mod lets us decide whether we leave or stay here.

We decided to stay -
and now you are butthurt.

>>8704642
No. The mod said these go in /vg/. You refused. You are going against what a mod said, but have a janitor who defends your case.

I would be perfectly happy to agree with what you said if you had *tried* to make threads in /vg/, but none of you have. I have on your behalf three times. None of you tried to have a discussion and just flamed.

Just leave /jp/. It will be better for everyone.

>>8704652
This. Get the fuck out of /jp/ GUSTards

>>8704127
I was expecting a piano arrange, to be fair, like that other Istoria that even came with the sheets.

>>8704605
Second CD, Masinowa.
http://www.mediafire.com/?9eov91m6hy3h5zh

>>8704685
Thanks mate

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>>8704656
Try harder.

>>8704682
>>8704685

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I WILL JUST PRETEND THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON HERE

>>8704656

As a person with no stake in these threads whatsoever, I'd rather see you and your ilk gone about 100,000x more than this thread. If you want to make the board better, create/respond to threads that you consider to be on topic, and stop whining like a bunch of pedantic bitches.

>>8704693
...What? Care to clarify?

>>8704651

We actually tried to start a thread on /vg/ before the Mod gave us the choice,

problem was that our thread was pushed of the board within 15 hours due to the usual slow pace of these threads.

So we understood that we don't have a chance to survive there and decided to stay here -
because the Mod allowed it.

He even banned one of the "GO BACK TO /VG/" spammers in the last thread, after announcing that he won't tolerate this kind of spam anymore.

So I really don't see any problem with us being here,
ONE! slow thread on a slow board like /jp/ seems fine to me.

Most of the time these threads don't even take up much of /jp/s space anyway,
some days ago page 15 was nonexistent

But in the end even valid arguments won't reach you, simply because you are just retarded and want to shit up this thread till the janitor arrives

as >>8704693 proves

>>8704685
Panta Rhei is on both Ristaccia and this one, why?

Dammit. So it looks like I am going to have to start MK 2 all over again. My PS3 suffered some power failure and the hard drive had to be restored. I guess at least I can do somethings right now.

>>8700702

Didn't get the chance to thank you. Thanks.

>>8704685

Oh do have, by any chance, the DDLs for the other CDs of this project at hand, too?

>>8704694
Why are you posting something that contradicts your point of view? Read the second and third sentence. The rest of the post could be endless praise towards you and these threads, but those sentences are still true, and Team 4chan's official position.

>>8704711
>problem was that our thread was pushed of the board within 15 hours due to the usual slow pace of these threads.
You people are joking, /vg/ is slow as hell. It actually has older threads than anything on /jp/ right now, GSG thread is steadily afloat for 4 days.
Threads do not disappear into oblivion there.
If you actually posted there it would work.

>>8704722
The one in Masinowa is 4:45, the other is 3:09. An extended version, I suppose. I'm still at track 09 of Masinowa.

>>8704722
Wait, it's some sort of rearrange. Ristaccia's is way better because Shikata.

>>8704746
> You people are joking, /vg/ is slow as hell.
This, and it's the whole point of /vg/. You have video game generals over a long period time, spanning hundreds of posts. This sort of thread is exactly what the board was created for. And it suits you perfectly--it will save chaining threads together and all the meta drama.

>>8704751
>>8704746
/vg/ was created for /v/ general threads clogging the board. Do you see the same problem in /jp/?, no. In fact, it doesn't involve any of you at all, you just want to make your dicks harder by causing needless trouble in /jp/.

>>8704736
Ristaccia
http://www.mediafire.com/?zmmcmmhzzlw
Piano Collection (mostly arranges from Ristaccia)
http://www.mediafire.com/?2tdmzzjmiee

There's the 3 CDs I know about.

>>8704769
Ristaccia has the file names all fucked up.

>>8704745
It doesn't contradict anything, you're just retarded.

>>8704768
>/vg/ was created for /v/ general threads clogging the board.
That's a funny delusion on moot's side, since general threads never actually clogged /v/. For every general there were dozen non-/v/ threads.
The real problem with generals was - people didn't like them and they caused meta shitstorms.
Which is exactly what's happening here.

Also, see KS threads being cleaned from /jp/.

>>8704746
>>8704748
>>8704751

I searched through the archive for you

http://archive.foolz.us/vg/thread/1076386

another thread from 4 days ago on /vg/ got deleted altogether

and yes,
in the end it is you guys who are causing a shitstorm,

we didn't ever harm you in two years,

we are keeping our stuff inside this thread and don't disturb any other threads,

just hide our Gust threads and ignore them

Is it really that difficult?

>>8704769

thank you!

>>8704783
>we didn't ever harm you in two years,
We never liked you in two years. If you remember, two years ago we had plenty of shitstorms going.
It was pointless to try to get you out before, so people calmed down.
But now you have a perfect chance to get the fuck out.

>>8704782
Then stop causing meta shitstorms, just because you don't like something you don't have to go shitting all over it. What exactly is frustrating you?

>>8704792

Do you people really enjoy insulting each other that much? How lowly. The way I see this is:
Party AT wants their general threads of X games that are "/jp/-related", even more so than regular jp games, mod and janitors said so, I can't argue with that.
Party "no fun allowed"(2) want these threads deleted arguing general threads belong on /vg/, which is true, plus, that AT is NOT /jp/-related or at least that it shouldn't get special treatment for just being a jp game, even if Mods said otherwise.
The arguments falls in the fact that it seems that Party 2 doesn't even know what AT is and only knows about it's genre and such, which is by no means a valid point. On the other hand Party AT is indeed making general threads, and there's /vg/ for that. But given that /vg/ was only meant to counter the influx on general threads on /v/, I don't even see why a perfectly fine and slow thread on a slow board would affect the board itself.
Conclusion, you're both wrong, but Party AT is less wrong and there's no reason to delete these threads. Party 2 should just go argue over all those shitthreads going on lately, if they're actually trying to defend /jp/'s rules as they say, that is.

>>8704783
I made that thread (and the others).
See what I mean? None of you try. I had to make a thread for you, despite a mod telling you these threads belong on /vg/. And even though I spoonfed you, everyone just flamed and whined (rather hypocritical).

That particular thread is notable because I made it after the mod first declared video game generals should be kept in /vg/ (and locked the GUST thread).

>>8704792
You're doing ALL this just because you don't like the threads? what the fuck are you, 12 yo? Hide the thread and go shitpost somewhere else.

>>8704792
Please pick up a trip so I can easily view all of your silliness in the archives.

I really hate when I miss some of it because you get deleted.

>>8704773
Even my Windows shell reads the filenames and tags properly. I'd have to say the problem's on your end.

>>8704799
>But given that /vg/ was only meant to counter the influx on general threads on /v/, I don't even see why a perfectly fine and slow thread on a slow board would affect the board itself.
Generalization. It was also meant to get KS threads out of /jp/ and that pleased everyone.
And /vg/ ended up way more than just a gulag for generals. There is plenty of discussion going that was never happening on /v/ before, they are their own board now.

>>8704814
>It was also meant to get KS threads out of /jp/ and that pleased everyone.
Good, case closed.

>>8704816
I don't see which side of the argument you're trying to support...

So how stable is PS2 emulation these days? I really want to play AT2 again but I lost my copy a while back. From what I am hearing it's not as CPU intensive as some people make it seem.

>>8704964
My Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @2.70GHz is not enough for 100% speed. Just take that as a reference.
As for stability, I hear things like AT are perfectly playable.

>>8704769
I like you.

Relevant post for this thread basically echoing the previous post on the matter: >>8705382

>>8705039

Well I will give it a shot on my Laptop (i5 2.5Ghz, 6GB RAM and 512MB GPU). I have seen some miracles happen on it before.

I am usually not up for pirating stuff but since I do own the game I think I can justify it.

>>8705434
I'm glad.

>>8705503
That should be enough.

>>8705434
>>8705504

I'm really glad about this,
hopefully the spamming and shitstorm will die down based on this in the near future.


But back to AT.

Today my copy of the Limited Edition of Ar=Ciel Ar=Dor arrived,

I was really surprised when I found out that one single copy was sold by Amazon.de,
and so I bought it.

And moreover next week my copies of all 6 hymmnos concert CDs will arrive from Japan.

I am really proud for finally purchasing these masterpieces myself.

>>8705549
Where'd you order the Hymmnos Concerts from? All I have is Mio because my /jp/ powerlevel sucks and for some reason the ONLY disc on Amazon.com was Waterway Mio. It's my favorite disc so that was cool, but I still want the rest for completion's sake.

Also, dat Soma, holy hell.

>>8705527

Indeed it is but there are still huge bouts of slowdown, tearing and other stuff. It's bearable but still a pain.

>>8705727

Four of them via cdjapan.co.jp but due to the fact that they didn't have Homura in stock I also ordered two CDs via amazon.co.jp.

The amazon price on the CDs is cheaper,
but the international shipping cost is expensive as hell (and there ist only one shipping method)

cdjapans individual pricing is a little more, but you can choose between different shipping methods (reaching from fast and expensive to slow and cheap), so in the end it seems to be more reasonably priced overall.
(Oh and if you are a new customer you can redeem your cdjapan customer points you get for creating an account to lower the price for about 400? yen)

And why didn't I order everything at amazon.co.jp?
Well they ran out of SAKIYA=RUMEI copies.

Also I want to ask this again. Is the Ar Tonelico Visual Book worth it? It's on Amazon right for like $25 and I am thinking about buying it since I am a sucker for art books.

>>8705937
YES

>>8705937
I actually just bought it not too long ago. I haven't had the time to read through all of it yet, but I think it's amazing, and I'm rarely one to pay for extras like art books and whatnot. It sits on my table now as I play AT3 and it reminds me of all the great things from AT1 and 2.
I know most, if not all of the art, has already been scanned and uploaded, but having the book has its own special quality. The artwork has a different feel to it in print than electronically, especially the backgrounds.

So, short answer; YES

>>8705937
Definitely. I just bought it a couple weeks ago myself. I'd been meaning to get it for months but wanted something else to include in the order so I picked it up along with Devil Survivor 2. It's very nice.

>>8705727
> All I have is Mio
It's funny that the only Blue side disc I wasn't able to get is Mio. But god damn it, in my personal opinion Mio is the single bestest AT concert CD so far.
I do mean a lot of hope in that "so far" ;_;

Goddamnit, one of my friends lied to me, saying that AT2 had a New Game + mode. I really wanted to play through again with my broken-tier characters, but I guess that wont happeらほーい！らほーい！らほーい！らほーい！らほーい！らほーい！らほ
ーい！らほーい！らほ～い！らほーい！らほーい！らほーい！らほ～い！
らほーい！

>>8706239
>>8706260
>>8706281

Alright I bought it. Thanks for your input.

>>8706239
>>8706260
>>8706281

Alright I bought it thanks.

I'm playing Neptunia Mk.2, and right now I'm at chapter 3 about after you help Falcom in that island.
When will I get some decent unit to replace IF, and are there better healers in game than Compa? IF I'd like to replace because she misses so damn often, and Compa is just annoying to use but she's so good.

Also it annoys me that characters aren't really true to their companies. IF should be complete idiot, or alternatively totally insane. As should Compa, but maybe less so.

>>8707725
IF can either be given an item later on that will increase her hit chance (some patch) or be replaced by a CPU/Candidate of your choice. Compa is good occasionally, mainly if the boss or creatures seem to have a vendetta against a single party member, but Rom is a good choice for a healer upgrade. I believe she come in with a Revive, cure all status ailments, and a 75% group heal.

I think I have every official albums there are.

But I'm curious. Are there some songs that weren't included in the OSTs and such? I think I recall some here say that there were a few songs that are either alt/remix or just not included. So, does anyone know what songs those are? If possible, please share them if anyone has them.

>>8710017
First one I could think of is the battle theme Ec Tisia.

Posted?

Posted? May 22nd release.

>>8710355
Excellent. Ordering now and steeling my body for the inevitable NISA shipping delay.

>>8710355
>large only
Why

>>8710355
I'll definitely be getting the game, but I don't know if I'll bother with the LE. I didn't for Neptunia 2, and I'm kinda running out of room for all these big boxes, and I don't really ever bother looking at the art books more than once.

>>8710057
>>8710017

Well at least they put the last part of that in Ar=Ciel Ar=Dor.

There's a music box version of Au GuMu (The second part) included in Nijiiro Crayon. If you want the for-realsies Au GuMu it needs to be ripped off the disc itself.

Here it is on the youtubes if you need clarification on what I'm talking about. http://youtu.be/vsHhxmz4VTQ

There's also 虚, the first part of EXEC_over.METHOD_SUBLIMATION but that was included in the Harmonia Pamphlet. I dunno what kanji means, though. It might have escaped your attention if you don't look at Akiko Shikata's stuff. (Hahahahah)

>>8710355
Swell. Ordereded.
>>8710405
I feel your pain.

>>8710057
Noted.

>>8710409
>Ar=Ciel Ar=Dor
>Nijiiro Crayon
>Harmonia Pamphlet
Downloading, thanks.
>Au GuMu it needs to be ripped off the disc itself.
Wish I could do this...

Atelier Meruru LE isnow up for pre-order, guys:
http://store.nisamerica.com/Preorders/Atelier-Meruru-The-Apprentice-of-Arland-Limited-Edition

I just hope the tee fits me just right. I mean, it's Westerner-sized L, it may be XXL on me.

>>8710355

Pre-ordered instantly, thanks for the heads up. May is going to be a busy month...

>>8710573

>Wish I could do this...

Rip the music or obtain the track in question? I've uploaded the track before if you want it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?7td5w53ala966sy (Split version)
http://www.mediafire.com/?01677ib467h3p4g (Full version)

Oh lordy a barrel tshirt. That is gonna be amazing. I've had a thing for barrels since way back in Star Ocean 2 with Ashton and his barrel fetish.

The atelier girls made the fetish worse.

>barrel
>L size
It's like this tshirt is made for my obese self

>>8710743
>Star Ocean 2 with Ashton and his barrel fetish.

Hahaha oh god, that shit still makes me laugh

>>8710609
Much appreciated.

Theres a stream of Atelier Totori starting soon. twitch dot tv/mysteana

Anyone here played Meruru? Tell me about Meruru.

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>>8714093
Soon.

I'm stuck with Neptunia mk2.
I'm supposed to go to Leanbox, but there are no ships going.
I need a sail, anchor and a figurehead.
Where can I get those? I don't have any event markers on the map.

>>8716004
Quests at the guild

Just look at the quest rewards. They all require you to go to worlds maze second area

>>8716019
Thank you.

New atelier

>>8719179
It's here!

I can bet it will be for Vita.

>>8719203
I am hoping so.

>>8719179
Hope it's Vita, need more Gust in mine, holy goddesses.

>>8719179
Project...what?
Stupid light.

>>8719396
A14, which is the new Atelier.
Pretty sure it will be PS3/Vita.

>>8719396
Project A14.
アトリエ新作はのタイトルは、「リーゼンガングの錬金術師」っぽい。主人
公の名前は不明。コンテンツは新作のBGMが聞けるのと世界観が少し。実機
映像も見れるよ！

>>8719399

>PS3/Vita

Well that is kinda obvious,

but personally I'd prefer a PS3 release.
I still prefer "big" consoles to handhelds

>>8719406
Given how simple Atelier games are graphically, and by how Ciel nosurge manages to look, a PS3/Vita release wouldn't dumb down the console version at all.

>>8719401
>「リーゼンガングの錬金術師」
So new town, and PS3/Vita as I'm reading on some other jp site.

Does the Vita have localization issues? or can I play my weaboo games on a system from here?

The 3DS has this problem.

>>8719448
Region free

>>8719449
You just brightened up my slightly melancholic day. Thanks.

>>8719448
You can, but only if you buy it physical and also no DLC, since it's digital. Paid digital content is bound to the account while physical isn't, it's region free. It's not like I can get JP psn card to buy DLC anyway. If you make a JP account on the other hand, you'd have no problems at all.

Just recently got a PS3 and figured this would be the best thread to ask in, which JRPG should I buy first? I'm leaning towards Totori or Neptunia at the moment, the main thing I want in the game is cute girls, an option for subs instead of a dub would be preferable as well.

>>8719469

If you want to play the Atelier series you should probably start with Rorona, since it's Totori's prequel

http://andriasang.com/con0bp/gust_secret_game/

The PlayView content appears to have first details on Gust's new Atelier series game. This isn't verified, but we've heard some reports that the game is called "Rizengang no Renkinjutsushi," or Alchemist of Rizengang. (In Japanese, in case someone more familiar with the series wants to come up with a better Romanization, the name is: "リーゼンガングの錬金術師"). Apparently, the sneak peak consists of a bit of background music, a preview of the world, and a few bits of real time footage.

>>8719596
Didn't see the the PlayView on PSN. Anyway. Rizengang seems to be ok and andriansang is using it.

>>8719596
>The "book" contains a code that can be used to download an original custom theme and a PlayView content for your PSP and PS3.
Is there any way to get this code?

>>8719658

Well at least the PS3/PSP theme should be sharable, as long as some person uploads it

>>8719406
Ciel no surge looks awful. I won't take a modern Atelier game looking that awful.

>>8720144
But it looks about as bad as Arland; that is, not all that bad at all.

We have a new board just for these kinds of threads now.
It's called /vg/
Please check it out and never return to /jp/ - Otaku Culture.

>>8720508
Ciel no surge doesn't have AA. Anyway, more A14 news:

http://andriasang.com/con0bp/gust_secret_game/


So yeah, PS3. Good thing.

>>8720144
Vita screenshots always look terrible compared to the real thing.

Did the Arland series end with Meruru?

>>8720600
No. It's ended in Arls.

>>8720586
I noticed this to be true for many games.

http://andriasang.com/con0bq/project_a14_detailed/
So no Vita, huh. Kinda disappointed.

>>8720791
>The game's main character, shown at the event in silhouette form, will be voiced by Marina Inoue.
Bueno

>>8720791
Actually what's worse is: No Kishida Mel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWSVcQS5vw
Ciel nosurge PV from the Dengeki Festival

>>8720798
Holy
Shiiiiiiit

>>8720798
Oh wow, that was....amazing.
>Song magic
I seriously cried.

>>8720799
>>Marina Inoue
>>PS3

Just take my autism bucks.jpg

>>8720798
>Those backgrounds
HOW

>>8720798
Oh my god oh my god oh my god, it isn't a question of whether or not I will buy it, it is a question of how many copies. Song magic, that design, those backrounds... Oh lawd, please give me the strength to endure the anticipation until release date.

>>8720798
Oh god my wallet

>>8720798
Is the Vita going to be cracked and emulateable soon? Do japanese games work on non-japanese Vitas?

>>8720857
No way and yes, it's region free.

>>8720857
Haha oh wow, no.
And yes, it's not a shitty 3DS.

>>8720798
SO, I think we can agree the song is 100% japanese and no new language in there.

>>8720900
We've only heard the one song insofar so I wouldn't rule out the possibility of there being a new language/hymmnos. That being said, if CnS does have hymmnos or an equivalent I do find it odd the PV doesn't feature music with lyrics written in it.

All AT games, as far as I'm aware, had trailers accompanied by Hymmnos tracks; the most recent example being AT3 and Arphage.

>>8720950
Well there's definitely a new alphabet from what we've seen on the early materials. But maybe there isn't a new language, which I hope isn't the case.

>>8720586
Wow, I saved the screenshots on my Vita, they indeed look amazing. Damn screen is black magic.

>>8720815
congrats on the marriage

>>8720800

It was, sadly, just a matter of time. They always changed artists after a while. Thing is, you can't get much better than Kishida. Well, whatever. New series, new style. At least you won't be confusing "series" like that.

Project A14? Would be better if it was Project AT4, am I right?

Jokes aside, with me being jobless there's no way I can afford a Vita right now. Heck, even a PS3 pre-order is kinda pushi

>>8720798
... How much can I get for a healthy kidney on the black market?

>>8721442
When will we get another male alchemist? Any chance?

>>8721456
Never, hopefully.

Anyone here tried recreating AT3 battlesphere musics with the fragments from rah.cpk?
http://www.mediafire.com/?kea4dcuhe42hoec

Not sure how many of you Atelier fans have played Kamidori. Pardon me if i'm late.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AnsuPx-Zv0

A14 teaser (nothing much to see)

>>8720798

I am literally crying right now.

Knowing that this game will probably not be released on the western market is heart crushing for me

>>8721562
I don't know, isn't NISA quite faithful in localization of GUST games?

Ion looks like Shelanoir to me.

>>8721748
A. Tecmo-koei owns Gust now and it's up to them whether they hand over the license to NISA, translate the game themselves or do anything with it at all in the West. NISA really has no say in the matter unless they feel like handing over the license.
B. Ciel no Surge has episodic content, and that's something which makes a localisation less likely because of the extra and ongoing efforts involved in translating it.
C. The game is on an unpopular platform, is in an unpopular genre and would be extremely hard to market.

So yeah, overall it's pretty unlikely the rest of the world will ever see the game.

>>8721783
This should be a crime.

>>8721783
How many people will I have to murder in order to get this game translated?

>>8721798

Well on a more serious note I'm afraid we can't do anything about a localisation,

some threads ago someone suggested that we should start an online petition
but I think that this wouldn't achieve anything and is just a waste of time

so in the end the only option available is to import the japanese game;

But as someone already explained,
you won't be able to download the episodic content from the japanese PSN store,
unless you set up your whole Vita console with a japanese PSN account.

>>8721821
What I need to hear is a definite answer on whether it will be localized or not. So I don't go wasting my money importing, I already have it preordered though, I can always but the DLC for my JP account and switch accounts every now and then, it's a pain but you can do it.

>>8721821
the way they've locked that machine down to one account only pisses me off royally, it's basically a complete fuck you to importers. I really hope they screw up and someone gets a CFW running soon

>>8721760
>Looks like her
>Controls plants/flowers with song magic?
Yup

>>8720798
Yes... yes... YES! YES!

>>8710409
Well, isn't there also the ingame verion of METHOD_METAFALICA which starts from something like "kasokeki shin'en no soko...." ? I couldn't find it anywhere...

>>8721894
You said METHOD_METAFALICA/., but that's a line in EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZNj9NB38w#t=1m22s
Just sayin'.

>>8721858
Well fuck

>>8721760
It would make me really frustrated if the Surge Concerto series wasn't some kind of prequel to AT.

>>8721907
It's a line in 2 of 3 METAFALICA songs.

>>8721907
It's a line in 2 out of 3 METAFALICA songs.

>>8721908
Where's this image from? The Ar Ciel Ar Dor booklet?

>>8721919
Indeed.

>>8721908
Not a chance, if anything, it's just another planetary system in the exa_pico universe, due to the fact that there's song magic, and that's it.

I don't have a computer good enough to run the emulator, I think. damn

>>8721482
Awesome! I've been looking for those forever. Could you upload the other ones? Saki would be great.

>>8722577
I only like Finnel's. Saki is enough with all the buri hamachi on the OST.

The style of the eyes seem familiar, Fate/Extra artist Wada Aruko?

>>8722993
To me, it actually looks like George Kamitani art.
It could be anyone, really.

Make this thread >8723028

Then see this thread for the first time ever...

>>8723031
Hey /jp/ which series should I get into, Ar Tonelico or Mana Khemia? I've wanted to play both for awhile but idk which is best! Please help.

>>8723085
Ar Tonelico for music and setting, Mana Khemia for system.

>>8723106
What about story and characters? Are they both action RPGs? I don't like SRPGs.

>>8723085
Ar Tonelico is leagues better than any other Gust game imo.

>>8723132
Don't know if trolling...
Both series are traditional RPGs. Mana Khemia 1 has practically no story, and AT... well, its strong point is not exactly the story either, but the characters.
I'd say go with AT if you want emotion, and MK if you want fun.

>>8723204
Haha, not trolling, I'm always a bit confused when it comes to Gust games. Thanks. Think I'm just going to get Mana Khemia first since it's much cheaper and my gamestop has a limited edition copy. Wonder why Gamestop calls it limited edition and amazon calls it premium edition, are there multiple versions?

Ok before I go to GS, just tell me this: Is there anything in Mana Khemia as amazing as THIS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG9MGCoOBf4

>>8723276
No, it doesn't have those kind of innuendos.

>>8719483
Why is Rorona like £40-£60... ;_;

>>8723276
THIS is the game that people are defending as "/jp/ material"?
I thought it was supposed to be a VN...

>>8723296
You already tried this and it didn't work.

>>8723296
Thank you for proving you know shit about AT.

>>8723276
>dub
WHY
This should be a crime.

>>8723305
I never claimed to, hence my post. This is the first time I've seen the game properly (was just scrolling down the page).

>>8723326
Then you should know about not judging a book by its cover. I actually pity you for thinking that's all about AT, you don't know what you're missing.

Since when does gamestop close at 6! Wasted my time!

>>8723449
You could always play AT1 and AT2 while you wait. The torrents in the OP don't close early on a Sunday.

>>8723449
You poor Anon. Have a "Nee" for your troubles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9uiN6Cgp2g

>>8723326
Well, it is a hybrid of RPG and VN. Segments in the open world are typical RPG and the "diving"(accessing girl's mind to fix mental issues/craft stronger magic) are in VN format.
And frankly gameplay there is just... there. The focus is definitely not on it.

It looks like the translation of Art Tonelico 2 is mostly done.

So why there's no patch available? Even if it doesn't replace absolutely everything at least it could overwrite the US version with 99% of the new translation.

>>8723340
But that's dialogue between two characters. That's not how dialogue in VNs work. Final Fantasy is more of a VN than that...

>>8723709
That's great. I can finally play it soon.

>>8723715
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMJlFTxnaK8

Happy now?

>>8723747
Marginally.
I was happy to be proven wrong, I just didn't "get" the /jp/ness.

Don't lots of JRPGs do the character portraits thing though? I remember Tales of Symphonia did.

I wonder if it's on vndb... (Ar Tonelico is I think)

>>8723747
Feels so good being able to understand all the hymmnos in the lyrics.

>>8723752
Dives are like half the fun of the game. Then there's also "routes" (not just character relationships that many jRPGs feature) where you literally have to play nearly half the game again to see another character's Dives.

There's also the CGs.

>>8723752
Once you dive you can expect hours long dialogue in the manner like in that video. And in "deeper" levels you can expect even more text, and less of everything else.

It really turns into a VN. Once you "dive", that's what it becomes. And roughly half of the content of each game, are the dives.

>>8723752
Once you dive you can expect hours long dialogue as well as tons of CGs in the manner like in that video. And in "deeper" levels you can expect even more text, and less of everything else.

It really turns into a VN. Once you "dive", that's what it becomes. And roughly half of the content of each game, are the dives.

But primarily, it's a galge. You have real routes, where the entire story/game alters itself because you choose to devote yourself to a particular heroine. And the stories are also practically entirely about the heroines, they are the focus of both the game and the story.
So rather about you doing stuff related to a story, you have your heroines doing stuff related to a story, and you merely try to do whatever you can to help them. Crudely put.

>>8723928
And if it wasn't obvious. You fall in love, date, and eventually end up together.

>>8723888
>>8723928
This sounds pretty cool, actually. I want to play it now.
Can I turn the English voice acting off? Sorry if people like it, but it's awful.
Or is there an "undub"? I think that's a thing.

>>8723958
Every English game comes with both English and Japanese voices. You can switch between the two.

>>8723958
Nobody likes dubs.
If you see someone saying they like dubs, it's an AI designed to be stupid.
So yes, all undubs.

>>8723958
They're all dual audio. The second one cut out a lot of the voices for no reason so there's an undub for that, though.

>>8723958

AT1 has full dual language, outside of the anime cutscenes (and only one of them is voiced at all, IIRC, and it's just one line.)

AT2 has dual language, but for space and/or programming reasons a lot of the Japanese voice track was cut from the NA version. There is an "undub" that corrects this, I believe.

AT3 has full dual language support.

1 and 2 are for PS2 and can be emulated easily (see the links in the OP.) 3 (called Ar Tonelico Qoga in the US) is for PS3, you'll have to put down some money for it.

>>8723958
>>8723999

And the japanese VAs are of course really great.

I love Miyuki Sawashiro as Cloche in AT2
or Maaya Sakamoto as Tyria in Qoga

>>8724026
Forgot Eri Kitamura as Finnel, man.

>>8724026
>I love Miyuki Sawashiro as Cloche in AT2
She was my goddess in 2 and then reason I never looked bad after choosing her.
Sawashiro's dere is a true miracle.

>>8724071
Indeed she is.

As much as we all rage against the dub, I gave the trilogy a run-through in dub to see just how bad it was, and it actually kinda grew on me.

There's gotta be a way for me to keep Jacqli's dub voice when I switch everyone back to sub...

Damn, the PVs from the Istoria ~Kalliope~ DVD are fucking pretty.
I had to retry every day for a week until Mediafire chose to repair their server, but I'm glad I got it.

>>8724548
>>8724551
Agemind.

>>8722577
I would, the problem is, on the AT3 blueray, there are almost 2000 of 7 sec long fragments that make up these battlesphere songs and I would have to manually put all of them together.
I made 2 other I can upload.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sttbd049dco1zu5
On the other hand, all these stuff inside rah.cpk is like a really good samplepack.
http://www.mediafire.com/?phdgfqimog76hh2

>>8724548
It's difficult for me to choose between dub and sub.

On the one had, most of the dubs are really, really phoned in.

On the other hand, I can't actually stand the squeaky talk-without-vocal-cords voice most of the girls end up having.

But that fucking Mir...

They shipped Neptunia Mk II to the wrong address because when you pay by paypal there's no way to change the shipping address. Even though the address I use on Paypal is correct. They said they'd ship it again a week ago and I confirmed my address. Where the fuck is it? They didn't give me a tracking number.

>>8723999
> only one of them
As far as I remember there were another one when your party tried to go past the blastline and encountered Slepnir.

>>8723999
> only one of them
As far as I remember there was another one when your party tried to go past the blastline and encountered Slepnir.

Why doesn't Nagi design for the Surge series again?

>>8726663

Hmm actually I haven't read any reason,
maybe because there aren't as much mecha-girl elements as in the AT series,

but moreover,
I don't see any problem with the art of ciel no surge,
actually it does look really great in my opinion.

>>8726663
We can't have Gust become a one-trick pony, no matter how great the trick or how great the pony, and they know it. Same deal with Kishida Mel, Arland series, AT...

>>8726697
There is of course no problem with the Ciel no Surge, It's just that... you know, nostalgia at work here, since "song magic" has also been hard-wired to "Nagi's art" in my little mind for about six years.

It's good to see Shikata Akiko still takes care of our eargasms though. Tsuchiya Akira's world won't be the same anymore without her voice. Don't know if our other beloved Reyvateil singers will be there or not though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6drA6IQbDs&feature=watch_response&hd=1
Tsuchiya has a weird voice.

>>8726968
Waaaaaaait a second, that is NOT japanese.

>>8726986
>>8726968
Actually I don't think it's that bad

>>8726968
Those bgms, Akiko confirmed for voiced tracks as BGMs

>>8727064
You lost me, what was supposed to be bad?

>>8724924
Ah, I see. Too bad. Thanks for uploading those.

>>8726968
Meanwhile, on western games presentations:
"Well, you can kill people like this, and if you press this, you kill them like that...".
I can't wait for a video playthrough.

http://www.amazon.com/Ciel-Nosurge-Ushinawareta-Sasagu-PS-Vita/dp/B0073BHHO6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&
qid=1332175846&sr=8-2
What?

>>8726968
Ion gets cuter every time I see her.

>>8727262

What about it? Amazon sells imported stuff all the time but the prices are usually jacked.

Would NG+ make the platinum faster for mk2 or should I just complete all the routes on the same run?

>>8727521
You'll want to NG+ at least once to max all the lily ranks from chirper events.

>>8727497
Yes I know, but it's only selling one USED in VERY GOOD condition.

>>8723928
Interesting factoid regarding the media on the game disc. The Japanese version has since voice-pack files containing all the spoken word events in the game. Each file in the vpack dir is an AFS archive containing 1000 ADX files (though some are just a single sample of silence, so say 950 lines average per file). 00000-05000 contain the voices from the main part of the game (05000 is 1/4 empty). 09000 contains battle-related lines (also 1/4 empty), as well as all the shopkeeper lines. 10000-18000 contain all the *sphere contents (regular character Cosmospheres, Binary Field, Infelsphere, though 18000 only has 158 files, so call it empty). By line count, there's a 4:3 ratio of VN-type content to regular game storyline. By actual data volume, it's more like 5:3, since a lot of the VN-like content is (unsurprisingly) longer.

Also, it looks like there's no space; the title seems to be Ciel Nosurge. (The main title is probably not Japanese, not unlike Ar tonelico.)

>>8729277
Why did you suddenly start talking about Ciel nosurge?

Would you say there are any Gust games that are among the best games ever, or in other words must plays? All I've played is Atelier Annie, and man I wanted to love that game but I just couldn't.

>>8729377
Ar Tonelico, duh.

>>8729385
Is it? Some people would say Final Fantasy 7 is a must play. Why should I trust you?

>>8729403
FFVII is a must play unless you are just being a hipster because of the fanbase.
It's by no means a bad game and it's pretty fun too.

>>8729403
It's unarguably the best GUST game because fuck, we have a thread dedicated to it. We started discussing other GUST games as a bonus.
Just play it goddammit and judge for yourself, there's no way I can make you trust me, so trust yourself.

>>8729403
I couldn't get into the Atelier series either, but Ar Tonelico is the reason I'm in this thread replying to you. In terms of plot, characterisation, gameplay, music, etc. AT and Atelier are really very different. It's quite possible to like one series but not the other.

Just try it, the worst that could happen is you wast 4.5GB of bandwidth and some time. I'm sure if you're posting on /jp/ your time is not exactly a valuable resource.

>>8729423
You are wrong.
>>8729427
>>8729466
Thanks, guys. But I will not download it, I will BUY it! For I am a righteous faggot! I hear the second got a terrible translation, how does it stack up to the first?

>>8729377

Ar Tonelico 2 is pretty high on the list of my favorite games of all time. 1 and 3 are also pretty solid, but there's just something about 2 that makes me love it so much more.

>>8729403

The setting - gigantic computer-server-tower which can only be operated with certain songs to create "magic"

song magic and "hymmnos" - a whole autonomous language created for this video game series which is used in some of the most fascinating music I have ever heard.

The music - is really something special as I already mentioned.
Do you happen to know Akiko Shikata?
(Umineko no naku koro ni Opening for the VN and the Anime)

She contributed some great songs to the series.

Years after playing the games I still listen to the music on a regular basis,
and I bought all 6 hymmnos concert CDs and Shikatas Ar=Ciel Ar=Dor album.

The "VN" elements - choosing different routes based on one of your heroines
It's something common in Eroges and VNs, but rarely seen in RPGs

The different routes, and, of course the different endings result in a high replay value, too

>>8729504
AT2 has a bug in the localization that will prevent you from 100%. Also no undub. Highly advisable to emulate AT2 with the patch. AT1 is ok to buy.

>>8729504
>I hear the second got a terrible translation, how does it stack up to the first?

Most of the really bad parts translation-wise are in the side content where it doesn't matter too much. You can clearly tell that QC ran out of time once you get to the late game, but it's not like any serious scenes are ruined by "all your base are belong to us"-level lines.

In addition due to space and/or programming concerns a lot of the Japanese track was cut from the NA release. There is an undub that fixes this.

There's also a crash bug that happens if you don't kill a particular boss by the third or fourth round, but you can easily kill it before that point even if you put absolutely no effort into min/maxing.

Despite the fucked localization it is still IMO the best game in the trilogy.

>>8729511
Yeah I know Akiko Shikata! I've heard some of the songs from the games before and really liked them. Thanks again.
>>8729518
>Also no undub.
Ew...

>>8729554

Wait >>8729518 is telling bullshit

as >>8729551 mentioned the original japanese dub is available on the disc.

>>8729563
Nope, it's there but it's incomplete because nonsense.
Download the undub from the torrent and shut up.

Do note that the Raki bug is fixed in the recent PCSX2. So don't worry about it.

Who is the Seiyuu for Ion?

>>8730958

Kakuma Ai.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-q3HcSflek

>>8729504
> I will BUY it!
I pirated both AT 1 and 2 but bought all the Hymmnos Concerts.

>>8731641

Honestly I think most of us did. It's just too hard to pass up a chance on buying such glorious music.

is the chance of it coming as good as shining blade's? ;_;

is the chance of it coming as good as shining blade's? ;_;

>>8738676

An anime? There's already a shitty OVA available if that counts.

Do you guys think Ar Tonelico could work as an anime? In my head it works because the setting is marvelous, the lore is good, and anime with constant songs make me hard.

>>8740877
The AT anime OAV mostly didn't work, at least for me. An anime set in the same world might work, but would need to use different characters.

>>8741307
It didn't work because it had nothing to do with the actual game's plot. I don't know what they were thinking.

You know, some Shinichiro Watanabe thing will work flawlessly with the Ar Ciel world.

So I've had Neptunia Mk II sitting on my shelf for a week now, but I didn't start with it yet since I don't know if I should wait for all the DLC to be released first or not.

>>8744119
Do a first play-through without DLC.
Then come back for all endings and shit with the DLC.

>>8744119

The game is good enough to play without DLC and there's still a handful of free DLC available right now anyway like some colosseum battles and extra events.

How long is MK2 again? I have been getting distracted with a bunch of things ever since it came out and I want to see if it's possible to at least maybe go through a decent amount of the game over the weekend.

Did anyone else get an email from NISA? Is it legit? Seemed kind of random.

>>8745956

Apparently it's shorter than usual. I've put in about 12 hours into the game (though some of that may have been spent away from the game) and I'm on chapter 3 of a potential 7.

>>8746357
Got 2 of them with the same message, weird stuff.

Was gonna open in my VM later.

>>8746437
I got three identical e-mails from NISA.

>>8745956
Depends on what ending you go for. People claim to have spent very long hours grinding the shares for the bad end. I did my first playthrough in a little over 20 hours. My NG+++ is 75 hours.

>>8746595

>grinding the shares

I'm so glad that share grinding this time is so much easier and faster. Grinding in the first game was such a pain.

So, Meruru's English voice is the same as Nepgear from mk2. I don't want Idea Fuck shit in my Gust, so it looks like I'll have no choice but to play with Japanese voices.

>>8750395
Sounds like they did you a favor.

>>8750395
Why would you consider the English dub in the first place though?
Also >>8721894
http://www.mediafire.com/?hgz9nnrf6uc9o8j

>>8751860
Because the Totori one was great.

>>8751884
Not this troll again.

>>8751887
What? I seriously think it was great and not as annoying as the Japanese one.

>stoplikingwhatidontlike.jpg

>>8751891
>Liking dubs
I guess some people have mental problems.

Totori's English voice was fucking cute, and none of the other characters were offensively bad or anything. I'm fine with it.

>>8751915
chill man, it's not like he forces you to play with the dub.

I play with the english dub too, as I liek to understand what people are saying

>>8751860
That's quite a delayed reply (I wasn't the one who asked for it anyways), but thank you very much. The first few seconds are priceless.

>>8753447
I'm kind of busy with my university those days, so sometimes I might as well skip an entire Gust thread even though our thread can usually last for more than ten days. That sucks, but I'm in the last half of my undergrad life so it can't be helped.

>>8753101
guess you can't read then.

>>8753101
After all these years and you don't even know basic japanese nor can't even read. You should be ashamed, preferring some shitty fake over the original product.

>>8753935
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/25/atelier-arland-trilogy-gets-bargain-edition-boxes-with-premium-
figures-in-japan/
Nggghhhoohmygod

>>8754092
There's a good chance we can get those figs separately.

Also, I have always, always disliked the butcheries that are the PS3 the Best's game covers. The downsized cover art just doesn't do the art justice.

http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=26088310

>>8754566

>>8754566

It's a shame it'll never be purchased and uploaded, just like the AT3 one.

>>8756843
If I had a credit card I would.
And even upload it for all of you.

Is mk2 a lot more grindy than the first, or am I doing it wrong?

Help, GUST Thread. On Atelier Rorona, what triggers the Friendship Level 100 trophy? I already got everyone to 100.

Sterk, Tantris, Cordelia, Liona, Cole, Gio, Iksel, Hagel, Tiffany and Pamela. I'm not missing anyone right?

>>8757866

You probably are missing something. Check them all again. Maybe you lost some friendship with someone. (Not getting their request done in time, skipping Iksel's cooking event. there are possibilities for that)
If you really have 100, the only thing you can try is lowering someones friendship just to raise it later again.

>>8757951
Rechecked, and yes, everyone's at 100. I'll try what you suggested. Thanks!

I didn't know Haruka Shimozuki sang for Sound Horizon in Moira, the concert was so fucking awesome.

>>8758175
It is fucking awesome, yes. They have Wakamoto as a seiyuu too (obviously you heard him in Moira), and other known people.

>>8758229
Yeah, I almost literally pissed my pants in excitement. That Jimang is a cool dude.

>>8758296

Jimang's biggest accomplishment was "OH DESIRE" though.

>>8757534

Depends. For the normal/true route there's not much grinding honestly. The ruler end requires you to grind each country to 50%+ shares then grind 85%+ for Planeptune and 55%+ for world shares which is quite considerable but I'd say it's still less than what Neptunia required since guild quests can be stacked and done extremely easily.

>>8758307
Holy shit I didn't know that was Jimang but now it's so fucking obvious. Why the hell do I never check these things.

>>8758330
You can't mistake his voice for anybody else's, Anon.
I'll just leave this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea_fAmpeZWI

>>8758365
This is the best day ever