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21:52:13 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Welcome
21:52:23 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Thank you everyone for coming out tonight to the Mangagamer visual novel panel
21:52:48 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> I'm John Picket, PR director and head translator at mangagamer
21:55:15 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> We do have a bunch of guests tonight... first accompanying me is our marketing manager and another translator... Goodharo
21:54:16 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> First guest joining us tonight, Ran Yamakaze, the artist for Princess Evangile
21:54:38 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Next up joining us tonight is a guest I think you didn't expect us to have
21:56:01 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> But joining us tonight is Itaru Hinoue
21:54:59 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Illustrator for Air, Kanon and Clannad
21:56:16 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Another guest...
21:56:24 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Scenario Writer for House in Fata Morgana
21:56:28 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Hanada Keika
21:58:08 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> (going over background of company)
21:58:34 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> In the past couple of years, we've expanded a lot on steam
21:58:37 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> we have quite a number of titles
21:58:47 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> we've also recently changed our policy on adult patching
21:59:18 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> (missed)
21:59:23 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Now available - Physical Editions
21:59:48 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Free Friends 2, ef deluxe edition, Funbag Fantasy, Rance VI + Rnace
21:59:51 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Digitally...
21:59:58 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Da Capo III R was finally released
22:00:05 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> The Shadows of Pygmallion
22:00:27 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Highashi When they Cry Kai chapter 5 - chapter 6 will be released soon
22:00:16 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Sweet Young Bride
22:00:37 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> D.S - Dal Segno
22:00:56 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> released last night on website and steam
22:01:07 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> spritial successor of da capo
22:01:55 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Kuroinu is split up into 3 chapters.. chapter 1 is out, chapter 2 is just out of beta, so it should be coming soon
22:02:23 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> D.C. III R
22:02:28 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> now available on website and steam
22:02:39 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> translation years in the making, one of the longest games we've released
22:03:20 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Trinoline
22:03:28 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Minori's newest title...
22:03:32 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> working on translating it right now
22:03:35 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> it's getting there
22:03:54 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> it's coming to steam...
22:04:00 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> and our other animeboston announcement
22:04:03 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> another BL title
22:04:09 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Hashihime of the Old Book Town
22:04:32 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> coming to both steam and mangagamer with all ages version for steam and adult for manga gamer with the patch version we've been talking about
22:04:59 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> one of our other recent announcements that's coming soon
22:05:07 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Marina's Cuckolding Report
22:05:36 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> so this is technically NTR where the main character asks his wife to go sleep with someone
22:05:56 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> we also have the sequel to Funbag Fantasy coming
22:06:05 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Funbag Fantasy Sideboob Story
22:06:18 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> it's a direct sequel despite the name
22:06:30 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> One more thing...
22:06:48 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Umineko When They Cry
22:06:40 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> August 18th
22:06:54 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> all 4 together in hardcopy
22:07:03 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> should be able to preorder that on our website any minute now
22:07:29 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> How many out there have been following our social media feed looking for news of Princess Evangile Double Happeiness?
22:07:37 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Wondering why we haven't said anything...
22:07:44 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> That's because pre-orders open tonight
22:07:46 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> July 28th release
22:07:51 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> will be available on our website and steam
22:07:58 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Secret Projects...
22:08:07 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> #1 TL and Edit 100%
22:08:12 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> #2 TL 78% Edit 52%
22:08:18 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> #3 TL 60% Edit 58%
22:08:24 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> (missed #4)
22:08:30 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Announcements
22:08:50 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> First announcement is one all of you fans of Evangile will enjoy a bit
22:10:51 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Magical Marriage Lunatics!!
22:11:06 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Secret project #3
22:11:13 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> another moege from moonstone
22:12:37 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> since we have the illustrator here tonight
22:12:42 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> would you like to give us a few words
22:13:22 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> it's a story of different types of girls.. they may not be human.. they are all already in love with the main character
22:13:42 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> so all these girls have a promise they made when they were little with the main characte, and they came back to fufill the promise
22:14:14 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> and as a character designer, i had to thinks of drifferent types of clothes for all these differnet types of girls who may not be human, or may be human
22:14:22 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> and that was one of the most fun parts of the working on the project
22:14:43 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Before we move on to our next announcement...
22:16:49 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> who enjoys RPGs? who enjoy Senran Kagura?
22:15:10 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Alicesoft...
22:15:27 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Evenicle
22:17:03 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> secret project #2
22:18:58 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> gameplay wise, the game is a 90s rpg
22:19:15 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> anyone who has played dungeon crawling games will find things to like
22:19:52 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> next announcement for this evening
22:19:58 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> it's a bit of a classic VN
22:20:02 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> that might be famous
22:20:07 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Hermit....
22:21:32 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> (Sekai de ichiban NG na koi)
22:21:40 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> The Most Forbidden Love in the World
22:21:44 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Secret project #4
22:22:30 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Written by maruto(?) from Whilte Album2
22:22:59 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> This is the 18+ version, I don't think we're doing the console version
22:23:08 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> next up ...something pretty new
22:23:25 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> it wouldn't be interesting if all we were doing is announcing titles that have been published in japan
22:23:33 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> so tonight we're announcing something that hasn't been announced in japan
22:23:38 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> we've been working on it with circus
22:23:41 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> nobody has heard of it yet
22:23:43 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Space Live
22:24:16 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> who is an idol fan... who thinks it would be great to see your browsers compete as idols...
22:24:47 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> everyone has moved on to netspace.. and the netspace is controlled by zones ...
22:24:54 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> (goes to answer which girl is which browser)
22:25:23 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> all these browser girls are competing for popularity to win their share of netspace
22:25:34 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> there are these competitions they go through
22:25:53 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> we're hoping for simultaneous relase
22:25:57 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> the translation is already complete
22:26:02 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> it will be coming to steam and our site
22:26:11 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> while it's technically all ages, there is racy stuff
22:26:28 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> now it's time for our last and maybe most interesting announcement
22:26:36 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> if any of you have been wondering what our guest itaru has been working on
22:27:27 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> well.. we're getting into game development
22:27:30 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> and she will be working with us
22:27:21 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> the tentative title is... (koropokuru?? could barely hear it)
22:29:20 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> since we have her here with us tonight.. is there anything you would like to say about the game?
22:29:18 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> It's my first time to think of a character who is already dressed in a maid uniform
22:29:32 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> in the past, all i did was work with characters in school uniforms
22:30:10 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> one of the things that made it a little difficult was their request to think of a character separated between colors... but i think it turned out very well according to my tastes.. especially the blonde one
22:30:34 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Before we move into Q&A
22:30:44 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> we're going to call up one of our translators in the audience to answer Fata Morgana questions
22:38:03 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: (first question was about the research that went into fata morgana for the writer)
22:40:12 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: When developing a visual novel, what do you do to overcome writers/artists block?
22:44:09 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> (Answering)
22:47:03 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: How do you deal with self-critism or the part of you that's holding you back from an idea?
22:50:05 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> (Answering)
22:50:35 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> (Omitting these answers)
22:53:20 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: Working with Project Navel again?
22:52:44 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> A: I wouldn't say with have no relation.. I'd just say it's complicated...
22:53:01 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> As far as we're concerned, if they want to work with us again, we'd love to
22:53:12 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> There are some titles we'd like to work on
22:54:38 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: For Itaru... What brought you to work with mangagamer?
22:57:04 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> A: I was promised to be taken to Disney Land.(didn't seem like a serious answer?) This is my first time working with a company other than i used to work with.. so it's going to be my first time for this thing, so I'll do my best
22:58:15 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: For Itaru... what types of girls do you enjoy drawing the most... what traits?
22:58:53 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> (Skipping)
22:59:49 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: For Itaru... regarding to the new collaboration between you and mangagamer...
23:00:25 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> who is the writer?
23:00:19 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> A: Nitromio(?)
23:02:23 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: How closely do artists work with the writers in designing their characters?
23:06:43 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: (Question about projects they are working on currently)
23:07:58 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: Any updates on Black Maggot Baits(?)
23:08:52 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> A: (lost)
23:09:34 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: House of Fata Morgana music is in portuguese.. but there are no portuguese characters... how did you decide this?
23:11:19 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> A: There is a singer named gao and she used to live in Brazil ...so actually... it's portuguese, but it's brazilian portuguese... but it's actually japanese brazillian portuguese...
23:12:26 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: What are you working on now if you already finshed all these translations?
23:12:38 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> A: We have projects that aren't announced as secret projects yet among other things
23:13:07 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: Thoughts on VR in visual novels
23:18:14 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: Include the Japanese text in future release?
23:18:24 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> A: That's an issue with some things.. like adult titles that are uncensored
23:18:34 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> When it's only English text, it's clear it's not meant to be distributed in Japan
23:19:13 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> with Japanese text, they might get in trouble
23:24:19 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Q: Has what happened with Muvluv affected your willingness to work with fan translators?
23:25:18 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> A: Since then, we're more cautious... we're open to working with fan translators
23:24:51 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> (paraphased)
23:33:19 <bay|AX|Mangagamer> Thank you all for coming out