Touhou 12.8 – “The Great Fairy Wars” Announced

According to the latest blog post from game developer ZUN, a new title in the Touhou Project doujin series was formally announced — entitled 「Touhou 12.8 ~ The Great Fairy Wars」.

The story is in relation to ZUN’s (author) and Hirasaka Makoto’s (illustrator) manga, 「Touhou Sangetsusei ~ Strange and Bright Nature Deity」. Apparently the ice fairy Cirno has declared a war against the Three Mischievous Fairies: Sunny Milk, Luna Child, and Star Sapphire.
In the game you play as Cirno and enjoy freezing bullets that you’re suppose to dodge. Also interesting to note is that TH12.8 will feature artwork from Hirasaka Makoto. A full version of the game will be released at Comiket 78 — August 13th-15th.
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Steins;Gate Game: Gets TV Anime

5pb. head Chiyomaru Shikura reveals anime adaptation of his company’s game.

Chiyomaru Shikura, the head of the 5pb. game production company, has announced via his Twitter account on Sunday that 5pb. and Nitroplus‘ Steins;Gate game is being animated for television. More details (which Shikura cannot reveal yet) will be provided in the September issues of Kadokawa Shoten’s Newtype and COMPTIQ magazines, which will both ship on August 10. Singer/voice actress Halko Momoi also posted about the television anime adaptation in her Twitter account.

Yen Press Adds Highschool of the Dead & UraBoku

The North American manga publisher Yen Press has announced at its Comic-Con International panel on Friday that it licensed Daisuke Sato and Shoji Sato’s Highschool of The Dead, Hotaru Odagiri’s Betrayal Knows My Name (Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru/Uraboku), Kaoru Mori’s Otoyome-Gatari (The Bride’s Stories), and En Kitou’s Higurashi: When They Cry Demon Exposing Arc (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onisarashi-Hen). The publisher will also release Aron’s Absurd Armada by Misun Kim online.