Paper Moon

Next up, for Disgaea fans: A preview of that PSP game with the exploding penguin-demon-thingies. From Playstation volume 427.

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(By the way, DigiFlonne has been updated with a lot more PSP/DS/cell phone game artwork, here.)

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Also, a quick shameless plug: DigiFlonne has been carefully archiving all of the promotional artwork related to the various portable versions of Disgaea - including the PSP and DS versions, and the two cellphone games. (Yes I'm including "Makai Gakeun" under that umbrella, even though it doesn't star Laharl, Etna, or Flonne.) Most unfortunately, the artwork for these games will probably never be collected in an artbook, hence my collecting and archiving it online. Hope that you'll find the gallery page useful. /end shameless plugging.

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( Behind the cut: Only ten pages this time. I guess the magazine coverage is finally starting to taper off. )

I also found a (slightly water-damaged) copy of the Disgaea anime artbook at a bookstore, and have thus consequently uploaded a bunch of new scans to DigiFlonne.

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( Behind the cut: Over twenty pages. AGAIN. I'm still not kidding you. )

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( Behind the cut: Over twenty pages. I'm not kidding you. )

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( Behind the cut: More Disgaea 3 goodness, a Disgaea Portable comic, and shiny boobies. )

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This issue of Dengeki PS2 also came with a bonus DVD loaded with game trailers, including the trailer for Disgaea 3. I know that you've all seen it before, but here's a high-quality VOB rip (52 MB) of the trailer. It's all widescreen and everything. ;)

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I live to serve Overlord charmwitch. ;)

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Shin Petshop of Horrors?! One of my all-time favorite manga is in the midst of getting the sequel treatment and I was totally clueless?! Wow, I am really behind the times. Also of note: The original Petshop of Horrors manga is being re-released, and thank God because it sucks being a fan of a manga that's been out of print for fifteen years. I still have vivid memories of the days I spent combing every Book-Off in Nagoya and surrounding areas trying to find all ten volumes of the Petshop of Horrors manga. Eventually I got seven out of ten, which isn't too bad, if I do say so myself.

Finally, Akino Matsuri just released a fantastic and long-overdue Petshop of Horrors artbook. I picked up my copy today in Heiando and it was like, fangasm after fangasm. Fangasmic.

Also, you know what I love? The fact that the two most recent fandoms I've jumped into (Fate/Stay Night and Disgaea, respectively) are owned by creators that encourage and publish official doujinshi anthologies. Disgaea has four volumes of official doujinshi anthology, Disgaea 2 has two, and there are more on the way I believe. I have the first three Disgaea anthologies and they are made of awesome. (Yes, scans are coming.) Fate/Stay Night is up to... What, like, fourteen volumes by now? Maybe more. It's too overwhelming to try to keep up with all of the officially-endorsed Fate/Stay Night doujinshi anthologies, so today at Heiando I randomly picked up three that looked like they had good cover art. Grrrr shrink-wrapped comics I can't browse through in the store. How am I supposed to know if it's any good?

Finally, it's official: The anime VAs are going to be doing the voiceover work for the Ah! My Goddess PS2 game. Scan of new advertisements should be on my site ASAP.

EDIT: The new Kujibiki Unbalance anime and manga blows. /judgemental.