Otome & BL news 1/3

I'm sure none of you have missed it, but yet another otome game is going to be turned into anime this year! The newly announced is Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku. I'm not sure which studio will be doing the adaption, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed and planning to play the game before the show airs.

Popular STORM LOVER is getting a remake for PSP called STORM LOVER-Kai-.

Custom Drive does not only feature the opportunity to change hairstyle/clothes of your bishie of choice, you can also change personality. This was personally a big turn-off for me since it means the character ends up being a pretty empty shell that acts the way you want them to, instead of well...actually being a characters.（ಠ_ಠ） 

QuinRose releasing yet another game, this one is called Grimm-Bounty Hunter-. 

Kiriya Takashi, famous for her artwork in Death Connection and Musketeer is working with Otomate on a new game called Confidential Money. Looks very interesting!

 Don't forget to go and grab the new wallpapers at Amnesia Later. Just thinking about Orion's route makes me go ｡ﾟ+.o((*´∀`*))o｡ﾟ+

A company called Tyrant will release a new BL game called Tokyo Onmyouji. Planned release isn't until next year, but the site has already opened and judging from the teaser picture I think it might be nice!

A sudden update with new wallpapers and yet another voice sample was updated earlier this week at DRAMAtical Murderer.

A trial for the long-awaited Lucky Dog 1 sequel is here. Download and try the game today. Release date is April 8th.

March and April has got to be one of the most busy and most expensive months for us otome-ge players. There are so many titles getting released the upcoming weeks. I'm torn between what to buy/play and not. If you still got some money to spare, treat yourself with a limited edition or first press edition with bonus item from AmiAmi or CDJapan. Bookmarks, posters, special Drama CDs or more are always included in those.

Last but not least...

I'm honestly more of a Masato fan myself, but god damn, Ren ( ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｱﾊﾊ八八ﾉヽﾉヽﾉヽﾉ ＼ / ＼

Otome & BL news 8/10 *Updated*

Games
A company named Straight is currently working on a 18+ PC game named Kimi ga Tame, Koishi Midareshi Tsuki no Hana (Picture on the left). The heroine looks really cute and I'm looking forward to hearing more about it.

Rejet announced a new game called Black Wolves Saga, using the same artist the did for Gekka Ryouran Romance. No rating or station have been announced, but it looks pretty dark to me, so maybe 15/18+?
The game is about Fiona, a princess locked up in a tower, until she one day meets a wolf on the run. She escapes together with him and their adventure begins. Thanks to Rin for the translation~

A game that has been on everyones lips lately is Beyond time - fix the time arrows. The site is being updated very often, adding more informations and goodies as the days go by. The game is planned for PS3 and PSP 12/1 2012. My only question is if there will be any actual gameplay?

Starry Sky - After Winter have been changed from it's set release date to TBA for unknown reasons.

Horror and thriller BL game Shingakkou – Noli me tangere is getting a fandisk called Shingakkou - Noli me tangere ~ The gift.

Another game which is also getting a fandisk is Rewrite, Rewrite - Harvest festa!

Omerta is getting a re-release with new skip functions and fix some bugs. I'm not sure if they will add any new story or CG, but the new cover art alone makes me want to buy the game again.

Sanctuary recently released a PV for the Miyako fandisk, you can watch it here

Utapri creators Broccoli is releasing a new game called Koisentai LOVE & PEACE. Super hero theme sounds fun, but I'm not liking the designs of the guys.

Otomate is porting more mobile games to PSP, this time it's Kimi Kare.Which boyfriend do you want?

Last but not least, DMMD got a big update, including wallpapers, character data and CG. I really love Aoba in this picture.

Merchandise
Omerta is releasing 3 new drama CDs; first one is with TachibanaxJJ, second one is LukaxJJ and the last one is JJxKiryuu.

The Amnesia poll was (to my surprise) won by Toma. I guess japanese girls really love yandere guys? Here is his special illustration for winning the poll.

*UPDATE*
So I got Cool-B magazine this month, and thought I might as well write about some of the content.
Big feature on Mebiusline, both the announcment of seiyuus (you can check the website) and a very distracting picture of Iori licking the wounds of the main character. I'm not really into blood-fetish so I didn't really get it, but I'm sure it's very popular with some people ^^;

Nitro+Chirals DMMD also announced their cast (once again, check their website if you're interested). Some new CGs were promised but it turns out to be...a gang rape picture. Three random guys holding Aoba down and pulling off his clothes, and I really hope this is some bad route ending or else I'm gonna be pissed.

Beside from that, a new CG from upcoming otome game PersonA was included. This as well turned out to be a rape picture where the prince-like type of character is pinning the girl down the bed. Honestly, why can't we have a 18+ otome game without rape? It's ridiculous.

First impression: Amnesia

Made by: Otomate 

Genre: Otome, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Summary: You (the heroine) wake up to find a little spirit talking to you. His name is Orion and when he was traveling between different worlds he accidentally bumped into your consciousness, messing up all of your memories and even throwing your existence out of balance. Together you will have to work with Orion to get your memories back and find out who you really are

Otome & BL news 19/8

So I thought it might be fun to write some sort of news update every now and then, since I don't have much spare time and making review takes a while.Anyway,  here is some recent and upcoming otome & BL news.

Games
OtomeMate's AMNESIA was finally released yesterday and is expected to be a big hit. I'm really looking forward to reading reviews of it!

After the PC port of Miyako sold well a fandisk is now coming to PSP. I'm currently playing it and I'm extremely jelly.

A new and recently announced game is OZMAFIA. It's created by a company called Poni-Pachet (which I don't think I've heard about before?) however the art looks promising and they just added the main characters to the website.

Upcoming yaoi game Mebiusline finally added some new CGs. I'm crossing my fingers for this one.

Long awaited DRAMAtical Murder got a date set, 2012.2.24. So far away, but I guess it's worth the wait.

Following the popular theme of yaoi mafia, And's new game Sis-Ni-Kanto also got updated. The artwork by Yamada Sakurako really looks gorgeous.

Merchandise
Yet another Lelouch figure is up for pre-order. This time he wears the popular emperor costume, complete with his usual dramatic pose. Where is my Suzaku?

Popular UtaPri gets more merchandise, this time it's a compact mirror with the bishies on. Which ones are your favorite?

If you are a fan or JRPG like me, you've probably played one or two of the famous Tales of - games. These cute chibi's is something for you then! All of the popular male characters for the Tales game comes with a haning clip attached so you can wear it wherever you go. I'll try my best to get my favorites~

Closing up this little new segment is the handsome looking Ichigo from Bleach. I'm not a fan myself, but this figure is definitely worth having in your bishie collection. Long hair, nice effects and see-through bandage. Yummy~