Anime Boston and Sakura-Con Speculation and Announcements thread

[Crayten]

5 minutes ago, Down said:

The best or worse, I don't know which, that can happen is an 18+ restoration patch. Which would make the internet explode if it reaches a bit too far.

inb4 fuwanovel restoration project including h-scene translation?

[KuroganeHomura]

It's not completely impossible for an 18+ version to happen, btw. As far as western releases of hentai in general go, there's this, which I'd say is unequivocally worse by pretty much any standard.

[kyrt]

Sekai Project continuing to piss off fans (probably) by licensing games it does not have the balls to release properly. I could care less about the game but I can't help but be a bit curious on whether it will be getting a indiegogo or a kickstarter...not that an 18+ version will appear even if it did end up on gogo. Why did they license this? Why didn't Loss/Lose partner with Mangagamer or even JAST (lol) who actually can release the game properly? Very strange title for Sekai Project to pick up and it makes me wonder who wanted to reach out to this particular company.

As for Mangagamer this is to be expected considering the first con they go to is always their weakest for titles getting announced. Imouto Paradise 2 is not a huge surprise and they have to save the best titles for the places where they make the most money and get the most advertising (since for some reason announcing things via the internet isn't a good way to announce things?). It also shows that they want to wrap up a few more projects before announcing some more (which they likely will at the next con they go to but some more titles should have gotten released by then).

[Crayten]

1 minute ago, kyrt said:

Sekai Project continuing to piss off fans (probably) by licensing games it does not have the balls to release properly. I could care less about the game but I can't help but be a bit curious on whether it will be getting a indiegogo or a kickstarter...not that an 18+ version will appear even if it did end up on gogo. Why did they license this? Why didn't Loss/Lose partner with Mangagamer or even JAST (lol) who actually can release the game properly? Very strange title for Sekai Project to pick up and it makes me wonder who wanted to reach out to this particular company.

As for Mangagamer this is to be expected considering the first con they go to is always their weakest for titles getting announced. Imouto Paradise 2 is not a huge surprise and they have to save the best titles for the places where they make the most money and get the most advertising. It also shows that they want to wrap up a few more projects before announcing some more (which they likely will at the next con they go to but some more titles should have gotten released by then).

Because the most important thing for a company is money? Most of them dont care if its uncut/cut out of japan as long is generates money.

[Satsuki]

So...any guess about this "new partner" of MG?

[Maxel]

Let's not spill more salt than needed... They were just first announcements, gotta wait for AExpo/Otakon to get some proper ones.

Time to sleep... And dream, definitely not about announcements. 

[Darklord Rooke]

1 minute ago, Satsuki said:

So...any guess about this "new partner" of MG?

Doujin *slaps 10 dollars on the table*

[Tyr]

5 minutes ago, littleshogun said:

Oh, another announcement from Mangagamer is Bokuten will got Steam version. Although I wonder how Overdrive cut the H-Scene for Steam though, and yes I'd knew that Overdrive also did cut H-Scenes for Kira Kira release for all age version. But as far as I knew, I think Overdrive sex scene not that good according to some review I'd read and only tackled on so maybe Bokuten was the same case. Maybe.

The hentai scenes in BokuTen are absolutely ESSENTIAL. Those are some of the most important moments in the story and there is no way to cut them and still get the original feeling and message of this work across.

BokuTen without the hentai is utterly shit and nobody should support this abomination. Shame on you, Mangagamer.

[Crayten]

1 minute ago, Zenophilious said:

I doubt they'd even do that.  Considering that they won't even release 18+ versions or patches under their own name, I sincerely doubt they'd release anything 18+ with a strong focus on lolis under a company that's remotely related to them.  Denpasoft being SP is one of the most poorly kept secrets I know of; it takes about 5 seconds to find it out with a google search.  If that ever hit mainstream news it'd utterly ruin them.  Best option I can think of is them secretly paying people to do the patch and having them "leak" it on the internet, so they can claim to not be responsible, and I really doubt SP has the balls to do that, either.

 

This!

Only chance to get a english uncut release for Maitetsu would be a fan made patch.

[KuroganeHomura]

1 minute ago, Zenophilious said:

Except nobody gives a crap about 2D Market or has ever really heard of them.  SP sells their games on Steam.  Imagine the shit that would go down if parents found out that their kids were buying games from a company that was also selling a loli fucking game (obviously not true, but we all know how the media would report on that).

Ok then. http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/07/16/how-one-website-is-convincing-people-to-pay-for-cartoon-porn/ https://www.fakku.net/manga/ruri-ageha-english https://www.fakku.net/manga/hina-chan-the-walking-atm-english https://www.fakku.net/manga/summer-play-english

Does that count? Plus, I'm not too sure the potential outrage is really reduced that much by not selling the 18+ version in English. There's still "this game is on Steam, the original version has loli fucking". If you want to write an article about how morally depraved SP is for releasing the game, you've still got more than enough material to work with.

[Tyr]

1 minute ago, Zenophilious said:

Uhhh...why?  They're still making the 18+ version.  That's all I care about.  Shaming them for trying to reach out to a bigger audience is stupid.  Some people don't care or are too lazy to buy games off of Steam, and there's no real reason to not put it up on there.

Because, like I said, the pron is an essential part of the story and they can't do a Steam version without ripping out the heart of this game.

[Suzu Fanatic]

While I'm sorely tempted to start antagonizing everyones various opinions on the releases, and the circumstances those releases will be under. I'll just sum it up as "what a fucking disappointing lineup"

 

one step forwards, two steps back~

 

EDIT: @Zenophilious He mad 'cuase the man's always keepin' him down~

[Kanbe]

Oh man Maitetsu. No chance of seeing 18+ version (which is fine tbh cuz I dunt like fucking lolis)

[Darklord Rooke]

1 minute ago, Suzu Fanatic said:

While I'm sorely tempted to start antagonizing everyones various opinions on the releases, and the circumstances those releases will be under. I'll just sum it up as "what a fucking disappointing lineup"

 

one step forwards, two steps back~

ImoPara 2 was the announcement I was most disappointed in. I was hoping for Otoboku 2  

[Crayten]

Fred stepped up for us!

Never forget his sacrifice! 

[Suzu Fanatic]

Just now, Rooke said:

ImoPara 2 was the announcement I was most disappointed in. I was hoping for Otoboku 2  

lol, out of the two choices, i'd agree~ I mean, Imo para doesn't really need a TL to get it's job done...at least for me

[KuroganeHomura]

1 minute ago, Zenophilious said:

Uhhh...what does Fakku have to do with this?  I was talking about the site whose twitter account you linked to.  Everything but the first link results in errors, probably because I don't have a Fakku account.  Fakku doesn't release stuff on Steam.

I guess, but the potential for much more moral outrage and child porn accusations is infinitely greater if they have anything to do with an 18+ patch.  Google the name of the game off of Steam, see a link to Denpasoft's site for the 18+ patch/version, google Denpasoft, find out it's SP, and boom, mainstream controversy.

Yeah, you said 2D Market is too small and unknown to matter, so I picked a few loli chapters Fakku has published and linked them along with a Forbes article to show Fakku does get into mainstream press sometimes. Point being, releasing something on a similar level as Maitetsu in the West is not without precedent, it's something other publishers have already done.

True, but on the other hand, google the name of the game off of Steam, see a link to a CG rip of the Japanese version and I'd say boom, mainstream controversy.

I mean, I realize the chances of SP actually releasing an 18+ version are slim given their track record. I'm just arguing there's a possibility and doing it wouldn't be without precedent. I'd really like to be happy about the announcement and looking at that possibility at least lets me be kinda indifferent instead of pissed off.

[Nosebleed]

It's weird, though, because SP already pulled the plug once when Youjo Simulator had that easter egg where you find a ragdoll girl model you can toy around with. Considering something as silly as that made them take the game down from Steam once, I don't know why they decided Maitetsu was the way to go given the developer is famous for its loli content.

[Darklord Rooke]

6 minutes ago, Crayten said:

Fred stepped up for us!

Excellent job, Fred. Now ask if the announcement of a Sakura Spirit manga was about Sekai acknowledging Winged Cloud’s poor writing ability, and responding to that by attempting to shove them into a medium that doesn’t value ‘the written word’ as highly (or at all ...)

[Nosebleed]

3 minutes ago, Rooke said:

Excellent job, Fred. Now ask if the announcement of a Sakura Spirit manga was about Sekai acknowledging Winged Cloud’s poor writing ability, and responding to that by attempting to shove them into a medium that doesn’t value ‘the written word’ as highly (or at all ...)

Actually, I think ecchi manga does Sakura Spirit more justice than the VN, so it might not be such a silly decision to make. It's still absolute crap in terms of story, sure, but at least manga has a wide variety of illustrations and panels to gaze at, whereas VNs like Sakura Spirit have a few CGs and that's it. If there's something everyone agrees Winged Cloud is decent at it's making art, and what better medium to bring that out than manga (I guess they cpuld make art books but who would buy those lol)? Sure, the story will keep being bad, but at least you get some diversity in terms of what you're looking at.

This is all assuming they want to make GOOD fanservice manga, of course.

[Darklord Rooke]

Yeah, same. They sell pretty well for Mangagamer, so it's a bit disappointing seeing the female community getting 'no love' once again.

[Suzu Fanatic]

5 minutes ago, Zenophilious said:

Not denying that, but it could seriously end them if it ended up hitting the news that they were making an 18+ version or patch for it.  Hell, if someone makes a restoration patch they might get shit for making a version that could be patched in the first place.  Remember Hot Coffee and Oblivion's re-rating for a topless mod?

Just looked up some CGs, and Holy Mary, Mother of God.  There's no way that's ever going to get an official 18+ version, not unless they still gut the loli content and leave the rest of the post-pubescent character h-scenes in the patch.  I really question if even MangaGamer or JAST would try to touch that, "unofficial" patch or not.

Never played the +18 version of Little Witch by Jast? Can't see it getting any more controversial then that - yet nary a sound was made on the net.

 

Besides, people are freaking out about the cencorship (or lack of) SP's title before factoring one key thing - SP will want to start up a Kickstarter for it probably - so anyone wanting it will have to contend with that barrier first.

 

EDIT: words are hard - cleaned up attrocious typos and grammar.

[Decay]

Lose's lolis are even younger in appearance than Romanesque. There were some characters with h-scenes in Monobeno who had the appearance of six year olds. They go that far.

[Nosebleed]

1 minute ago, Suzu Fanatic said:

Besdies, people are fereaking out about SP's title before factoring one key thing - SP will want to start up a Kickstarter for it probably - so anyone wanting it will have to contend with that barrier first.

I wonder if the game would even be allowed on KS to begin with though, pornographic content or not.

The Kodomo no Jikan manga licensing project was not allowed on KS despite being a narrative driven work which was even licensed in the US once before. It also has way less fanservice than Maitetsu, so this seems like it would follow a similar fate.

[Suzu Fanatic]

28 minutes ago, Decay said:

Lose's lolis are even younger in appearance than Romanesque. There were some characters with h-scenes in Monobeno who had the appearance of six year olds. They go that far.

Point being, the sort of people that would start a holy crusade against such content, aren't the type to split hairs on this matter - a loli is anything that "looks under 18" to them, regardless. So, if it hasent made waves yet - can't see it starting now. SP just has to play it safe, SELL the +18 version seperately, as a age-gate - not offer a patch.

 

Mind you, SP offered patches for both nekoparas right? And those characters were pretty questionable as far as looks go. (remove the cat ears and tails, and you can pretty safely call 3 of them lolis)