[JP] Carnival Phantasm (OVA)

[MelancholicMariya]

Originally Posted by Nork22

Hopefully the EX episode. Or maybe a sequel to the PhantasMoon movie.

Did you not get the Take-Moon set which has the EX Season within it?

[MelancholicMariya]

Turns out that special disc is a 12 minute digest of a Fate/Stay Night novel which one of the founders of Type-Moon, Kinoko Nasu, wrote in highschool before they even founded the company.

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-6264.html

The cast is entirely different, I'm very surprised how much of a secret this has been kept.

Kana Hanazawa as Ayaka Sajō, Saber's Master
Takahiro Sakurai as a male version of Saber
Yūichi Nakamura as Archer
Kazuya Nakai as Lancer
Chiwa Saito as Misaya Reirōkan, Lancer's Master
Megumi Ogata as Rider's Master
Mamoru Miyano as Rider
Takehito Koyasu as Sankureido Faan
Aki Toyosaki as Aika Sajō
Hiroki Touchi as Sajō's father

(source)

[Nork22]

Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

Did you not get the Take-Moon set which has the EX Season within it?

Nope sadly. But then again, it's on DVD and I make it a point now that if I import any anime from Japan, it has to be on BD. Watched the episode though and had a good laugh at Karen's nonchalant antics when she goes around flashing her money. And the banter between Lancer and Bazett was golden.

[Nork22]

Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

Turns out that special disc is a 12 minute digest of a Fate/Stay Night novel which one of the founders of Type-Moon, Kinoko Nasu, wrote in highschool before they even founded the company.

All I can say is awesome and a very nice surprise.

[MelancholicMariya]

Does anybody know if I would actually be able to play the Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code on my non-Japanese laptop? I mean I have all of the requirements are fine on my laptop, and I'm able to play Japanese visual novels on it, this game should work the same right? I just need to change my language options and stuff (it's been a while since I played a visual novel honestly.)

[Razzuel]

I got season 3 in the mail today. It came in a gigantic box, haha. I took some pictures for anyone that's curious what everything looks like.

Everything Laid Out
Season 3 Case
Melty Blood Case
Fate/Prototype Booklet with Wraparound Cover
Artbox Side 1
Artbox Side 2
Artbox Backside
Artbox Full

I did notice some weirdness with Melty Blood. I installed it and took the DVD out, but whenever I tried to run it, the process would hang. I couldn't even kill the process forcefully; I had to restart my computer to get rid of it. However, I tried running the game with the DVD in the drive, and it started working. Then, I tried running it without the DVD and it runs fine now. So who knows what was going wrong.

Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

Does anybody know if I would actually be able to play the Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code on my non-Japanese laptop? I mean I have all of the requirements are fine on my laptop, and I'm able to play Japanese visual novels on it, this game should work the same right? I just need to change my language options and stuff (it's been a while since I played a visual novel honestly.)

Yeah, you'll be able to play it. If you want Japanese characters to display properly, I recommend using HF pAppLoc. It's a modified version of Microsoft's AppLocale, which adds an option to your context menu to run any program in the Japanese locale. Also, this way, you won't have to change your language options and all that nonsense if you want to install/run a Japanese game/program.

[MelancholicMariya]

Originally Posted by Razzuel

Yeah, you'll be able to play it. If you want Japanese characters to display properly, I recommend using HF pAppLoc. It's a modified version of Microsoft's AppLocale, which adds an option to your context menu to run any program in the Japanese locale. Also, this way, you won't have to change your language options and all that nonsense if you want to install/run a Japanese game/program.

Thanks, I'll get to that when my copy comes in. I've never played Melty Blood before but I know it's a fairly complex fighting game. Well the people at EVO make it look complex.

[Nork22]

Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

Thanks, I'll get to that when my copy comes in. I've never played Melty Blood before but I know it's a fairly complex fighting game. Well the people at EVO make it look complex.

It got slightly complex when they introduced the 3 fighting styles (Full Moon, Half Moon, New/Crescent Moon) akin to Street Fighter Alpha 3 system. Aside from that, the game plays fast and furious and is rather fun. Back before Actress Again, I main Kohaku and alternate between Red Arcuied and Miyako. Can't wait to try them out again in this new version.

[darktruth]

Just translated the 2 special 4-koma comics that are in the BD booklet for the 3rd season in case anyone's interested.

Link

Have yet to do the one for the 2nd season, maybe when I feel like it lol

[WTK]

Amazon Japan listing

via ANN

Type-Moon 10th Anniversary BD to Add New Carnival Phantasm Bonus
posted on 2012-10-11 04:20 EDT

Anniversary event's opening video streamed to mark January 16 Blu-ray set

The official website for the "Type-Moon Fes. -10th Anniversary Event-" announced on Wednesday that Aniplex will release a Blu-ray Disc Box of the event with about 26 minutes of new Carnival Phantasm footage as a bonus. The Carnival Phantasm anime adapts an anthology of Type-Moon manga short stories by Kannagi creator Eri Takenashi to celebrate the game studio's 10th anniversary. The box will include footage from both days of the July 7-8 event, including the musical artists' live performances and the videos that were screened there. The performances include the Yuki Kajiura Live concert; the stage events for Fate/Zero, Carnival Phantasm, and Hibichika Radio; live performances by several musical artists; and the encore performances that ended the event.

Type-Moon is creating an exclusive illustration for the box art, and the box will contain a 36-page booklet, the new Carnival Phantasm footage, the promotional video that announced the Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin anime film epilogue, the "Next Type-Moon Contents Trailer," and an original drama CD supervised by Kinoko Nasu.

To mark the upcoming Blu-ray box release, the website is streaming the event's opening video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83nPn0IThJU

The four-disc set (with two feature discs on Blu-ray, one Blu-ray for bonus extras, and a CD) will ship on January 16 for 9,800 yen (about US$125).

[Via 0takomu]