20/11 B’s-Log news & misc

This… Got longer than I expected.

sugarbeans‘ VAMPIRE SWEETIE is delayed to 2011. So is Snapdragon‘s Tsubasa no Oka no Hime, from December 17th to April 22nd.

Akazukin to Mayoi no Mori is planned for 2011, with 西緒十琉 (Nishio Tooru? Google-sensei gives no results, might be an alias?) in charge of artwork.
The main heroine, Teana, gets sent by her evil stepmother to the ominous forest of no return; knowing that her chores are just a pretext to get her lost and hopefully dead, Teana decides to put herself out of misery as soon as possible and goes on merrily into the forest to find a wolf willing to eat her. The one she does find, however, refuses deeming her too much of a kid… They didn’t even try to make her sound intelligent, did they?
Main characters so far include a wolf, a lynx, a fox, a hunter and seven dwarfs, with possibly more to come. Apparently the writer chose Little Red Riding Hood as the theme because she learned the fairytale could be interpreted as an allegory of a girl led astray and taken advantage of, and she thought it was perfect for this genre… Yeah.

MIO‘s Asaki, Yumemishi will be ported to the PSP by QuinRose with an added route for Yasutsuna and extra events for all other characters. MIO itself will be in charge of extra content. Note that both MIO and Cyc Rose (company that made Bara no Ki ni Bara no Hana Saku, which is also ported to the PSP by QuinRose) belong to the same parent company, Cyc-Soft.

AMEDEO‘s new project turns out to be a fandisc, Dare ni Demo Ura ga Aru Happy Gift, set for release in spring 2011 for 6090 yen. The theme this time is comedy, and the heroine has to form a comedian unit with her chosen guy to perform at the school festival. Extra route added for Kurou (the fat otaku). First press edition comes with a soundtrack and a drama CD.

Cast announced for Kago no Naka no Alicis:
Harvey: Maeno Tomoaki
Francis: Sakurai Takahiro
Kaito: Suwabe Junichi
William: Namikawa Daisuke
Darren: Yusa Kouji
Effy: Majima Junji
Gerald: Takatsuka Masaya
M & L: Mizuhashi Kaori
Alastair: Kondou Takaaki
Vivi: Kaida Yuki
Maximilian (mystery man): Midorikawa Hikaru

Looks like Rejet is following honeybee’s release strategy; their new game, TOKYO Yamanote BOYS, will be a three-parter:
TOKYO Yamanote BOYS HONEY MILK – 04/2011
TOKYO Yamanote BOYS SUPER MINT – 06/2011
TOKYO Yamanote BOYS DARK CHERRY – 08/2011
The heroine gets chosen as the national “princess” in a yearly contest and she becomes the trophy in a seven day long struggle between nine boys called the Love Royale.  Direction by Iwasaki Daisuke, artwork by Maeda Hirotaka, music by Mitsuda Yasunori (!). Cast is as follows:
Ninomiya Yuuto: Suzumura Kenichi
Misaki Kotarou: Morikubo Showtaro
Momose Ayumu: Yonaga Tsubasa
Kirishima Iori: Suzuki Tasuhisa
Isono Rui: Kaji Yuki
Kujou Takumi: Yusa Kouji
Ryuudou Jesus: Namikawa Daisuke
Morohoshi Satoshi: Toriumi Kousuke
Hamada Shinnosuke: Suwabe Junichi

Otomate will be adapting IM Label’s popular Are you Alice? series of drama CDs into a game, coming on sale in March 2011. No idea if they are going to get original writer Ninomiya Ai to adapt the scenario, but the artwork is going to be handled by someone called Meji, with Takura Toworu only credited for original designs. By the way, due to the nature of the drama CDs, it will most likely be neither otome nor BL.

honeybee homepage is back up; looks like they settled the plagiarism case paying royalties for the photos Kazuaki had referenced. Also, here’s a definitive release schedule for Starry Sky products, including delays:
26/11 Starry Sky ~in bitter season~
26/11 → 10/12 Starry Sky ~After Spring~
22/12 Starry Sky ~in Autumn~ Portable
24/12 Seiza Danna Series Starry Sky ~Scorpio & Sagittarius~
25/02 → 25/03 Starry Sky ~After Summer~
24/03 → 28/04 Starry Sky ~in Winter~ Portable
27/05 Starry Sky ~After Autumn~
26/08 Starry Sky ~After Winter~

Luckily, looks like none of this affects the release of the next Starry Sky x Itou Kanako single (￣ｰ￣) Amaranthine goes on sale on 22/12 from Media Factory and contains the titular ED theme for Starry Sky ~in Autumn~ Portable as well as two versions of Star-Crossed  used in the Spring and Summer PSP games.

See also lots of Starry Sky updates on their blog, including an option to (finally!) turn on the heroine’s face in After Spring and the cover to the After Autumn material collection.

The first volume of the Garnet Cradle manga will be out on 10/12, which is also when Katagiri Yuuma will spill the beans about the new Garnet Cradle project. I’m personally expecting a visual fanbook.

Also, the OPs for Starry Sky ~After Spring~ and Kaeru Batake de Tsukamaete – Natsu Chigira Sansen! are out.

CDs coming out on 26/01/2011:
Armen Noir drama CD (includes game OP, ED by Rey)
MIYAKO Original Soundtrack (again, includes game OP, ED)
Vitamin X The Animation Character Song Datenshi Honey (Makabe Tsubasa CV: Suzuki Tatsuhisa)
Vitamin X The Animation Character Song 100V no Ai Kougeki (Kusanagi Hajime CV: Ono Daisuke)

Sites open for Hana Oni ~Koisomeru Ken, Eikyuu no Shirushi~, Hakuouki Zuisouroku DS and VitaminXtoZ.

Release countdowns have started for MIYAKO and Crimson Empire PS2.

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