MangaGamer lists goals for Supipara funding

Earlier this month at Otakon 2014 MangaGamer had a lot of news to share, including the announcement of an extended partnership with visual novel developer minori whom they have previously…

Sukisho! First Limit partial patch released

Today, JOAT Translations has released a partial patch for the 18+ yaoi VN Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai!! First Limit, the first visual novel in a series of…

VN/RPG hybrid Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters is westbound

Publisher Aksys Games has announced that it’s opening pre-orders for the Japanese Visual Novel/RPG hybrid Mato Kurenai Yuugekitai: Tokyo Twilight Ghosthunters (under the title Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters) from the…

Key Visual Art’s @ Japan Expo (Aug 22 – 24)

Hot on the heels with the announcement from Sekai Project about the localization of Planetarian, they have also announced in partnership with Key that they will run a booth together…

MangaGamer’s Otakon announcements

Today, MangaGamer held a panel at Otakon (at midnight, apparently.) They had some interesting announcements to make. I’ll be quoting a live transcript of the panel throughout the post. First…

OZMAFIA!! getting official localization

On 27 June, the creator of the female-oriented visual novel OZMAFIA!!, Poni-Pachet, announced that an English localization of the title was in the works. Dear our English-speaking friends and overseas otome…

Tears to Tiara II getting English localization

On June 19, Siliconera reported that the PS3 gameplay/VN hybrid Tears to Tiara 2: Haou no Matsuei is being localized for North American audiences. The title has SRPG gameplay interspersed…

Sekai Project launches kickstarter for fault milestone one -director’s cut-

On June 18, Sekai Project launched a kickstarter for a translation of fault milestone one -director’s cut-. Right now, the campaign is almost funded at $4,713/$5,000. The novel was created…

WORLD END ECONOMiCA -Complete- kickstarter launched by Sekai Project

Sekai Project has launched a kickstarter for a translation of WORLD END ECONOMiCA‘s second and third episodes. After only about a day, it is ~80% funded ($18,269/$22,000 as of the…

Island Days Official VN Opening Posted

Island Days, a story in the same series as School Days is set to be released on July 3rd 2014. The release date has already been pushed back once since…