#basara's an insane game.

[crepes-suzette-373]

I want to vent out this crazy craaaaaazy total utter reach that have been haunting in my brain for weeks.

Unlike my previous analysis posts this is not really a logical theory with strong basis, and I absolutely don't think Oda-sensei is actually doing this on purpose. It's just an observation of "this has the same vibes" that has been bothering me for a while.

In my Germa theory post, sangerie mentioned "what if they used to be good, but is now evil + WG propaganda nonsense made it worse", which is relevant to my crazy thought, so I decided I might as well just let it out.

There... there is actually someone like that in Japanese history and pop culture. A very famous someone who even little 4 year old kids (in Japan) would know who that is.

As in. In his lifetime this person was maybe not as bad (I'm no historian so I'm in no position to say), but over time he gained terrible reputation and decades of fiction just outright turned him into a demon.

His name is Oda Nobunaga.

(different kanji from Oda-sensei's name, but I wouldn't be surprised if he feels conscious about the name sounding the same even with the different kanji spelling)

Nobunaga is evil/demonic in anime and games like Sengoku Basara and a ton of other media (movies, novels, other manga and anime, etc) too numerous to name. Sometimes literally not human at all, not just him using evil demon powers ("demon powers").

He was called Dairokuten Maou, or translated as "demon king of the sixth heaven" (hey look, number 6!!!!!), and this name stuck so strongly to the point that if you try to search just what is a Dairokuten Maou in Japanese you will just get pictures of Nobunaga all over.

But that's all just fiction. Not necessarily done out of malice, but maybe the original creators just thought "wouldn't it be cool if I do this", but the audience didn't know that and thought the fiction embellishments are real.

The true historical accounts supposedly says that he was, in history, someone who wanted to "conquer" the nation for the sake of bringing peace to the war torn nation (the Warring States/Sengoku period). His methods were extreme, even cruel, but the goal is "noble".

The story just gets distorted over time because of poor transmission of accounts, propaganda and fiction. Only recently do all these random ancient ancestral documents with more trustworthy accounts start popping up because now even the general public are helping to look out for them.

Again, I don't say Germa is consciously designed based on this, but gah, this is just driving me insane.

The reason why I started having this wild thought was that Judge's birthday is the date celebrated in Japan as "Nobunaga's birthday". Supposedly this came from a fan submission, but this is the one that sensei greenlit. Surely there must be others he could've picked? I just keep thinking, is someone just trying to be funny here or is this really purely coincidence?

Other vaguely thematic similarity is that Nobunaga's army was famous (in pop culture) for being the only professional soldiers of the time, when his rivals regularly have to conscript peasants for the wars (probably not actually historically true).

It's also (very erroneously) commonly thought that Nobunaga was more advanced-minded than his rivals, the first to utilise guns in mass scale in wars (this is also not true, but that's what a lot of people thought).

Compare this to Germa's advanced science and renowned military forces.

Judge hating Sanji's weakness/uselessness is also somewhat similar to the stories of Nobunaga also detesting worthless vassals. There were stories about how he mercilessly threw out vassals who have served him for decades because he thought they aren't useful anymore.

Like I said the connection is very flimsy, that's why I doubt there's relevance. Just thought I'd still mention it since I'm just throwing everything at the wall and hoping something sticks.

Also, the one vaguely relevant image I might be able to point to. Reiju's butterfly wings is the swallowtail butterfly. A rather iconic symbol related to Oda Nobunaga.

The butterfly could mean other things, though, that's why this is just wild flailing.

#conspiracy theory #germa 66

[yumi-tamura-fan]

My top 3 90's shojo manga reccomendations (I'll try to keep them spoiler free as possible)

1.Basara by Yumi Tamura (27 volumes)

Synopsis from Viz: Basara is a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure series and one of the most popular shôjo manga of the 90s in Japan. It is the story of how a young girl becomes "the child of destiny" and finds the strength to free her people and seek revenge for the death of her brother.

Basara is a story that can't be classified into just one genre. It's a romance of course, but it could fit also fit into other genres such as fantasy or adventure, as well as tragedy. There's bloody battles throughout the manga, as well as political corruption and even pirate fights! It might sound like a shonen manga but we also get romance, forbidden romance at that. Think Romeo and Juliet. We get to see star crossed lovers fight for what they think is right all the while not knowing each others identities. Everyone in the series is fleshed out, with motivations, wants and needs. By the time you reach the end of the series, even the smallest characters will have you feeling for them.

The only criticism I can give is the art at the beginning of the series is subpar, but the quality of it picks up quickly and by the end of the series the author's art is undeniably gorgeous. My all time favorite shojo manga and whether you can hunt down all the out of print series like me (it took forever) or read the scans online, I think almost anyone would be drawn in to this series.

Red River by Chie Shinohara (28 volumes)

Synopsis from Viz: Yuri, a pretty Japanese girl, is ecstatic after passing her college entrance exam and having her first kiss with her childhood friend-turned boyfriend. However, her luck soon changes. She starts to notice that water becomes agitated whenever she goes near it. One night, hands appear out of a puddle on the street and drag her into the water! Transported to an ancient village in the Middle East, she is then captured by armed troops and taken to the Queen's palace for a human sacrifice. Adventure and good-looking boys fill this great first volume!

I've always been fascinated by Ancient Egypt so this manga was right up my ally. It has beautiful art, an intriguing story, and unique side characters. I also didn't hate the fact that the author dropped details and facts about history into the manga.

Overall it's an amazing historal manga, with just enough action as there is romance. I would encourage anyone who enjoys history to check out this title (most likely through online scans as it is out of print).

Angel Sanctuary by Kaori Yuki (20 volumes)

Synopsis from Viz: Why is Setsuna so mixed up? Despite his attempts to be noble, he'll fight anyone anytime; he ignores all authority; and he harbors feelings for his sister that can only be described as "incestuous." Why is he such a mess? The reason may be found with two demons from the underworld and their enemy, an insane angel who is distributing an insidious computer game called Angel Sanctuary.

Angel Sanctuary is about a female angel who rebelled against God, and in turn had her soul separated from her body, and sent to earth to endure tragic human lives until the end of time. The female angel currently inhabits the body of a teenage boy who is troubled by the love he has for his sister. Like Flowers in the Attic, incest is a common theme throughout it, however, it is never fetishized nor glamorized, and we don't see that much of the physical side of it (just go with it and it will all make sense in the end). The sinful love isn't the only focus, as there are also demons, sword battles, even angels with guns, as well as plenty of interesting side characters that add to the story.

I will say that the first few volumes are slightly mediocre, but Kaori Yuki quickly picks up in the later volumes, and by the time I finished the series, I could say it was one of the best ones I've ever read. I've never read a 20 volume manga series as fast as I have this one.

I wouldn't recommend Angel Sanctuary to everyone, since it has a warped view on religion, as well as incest, drugs, murder and genocide. But all in all, it's a excellent series for those with an open mind who enjoy beautifully drawn series with a complicated plot.

#angel sanctuary #legend of basara #red river #kaori yuki #yumi tamura #chie shinohara #shoujo manga #90s manga #90s shoujo #book recommendations #manga reccomendation

[tianhai03]

hi baby i love you. what if we spread sengoku basara propaganda on tumblr dot com together

yeas . everyone please go to pcsx2's website, download the emulator and then get a rom of the insanely underrated Sengoku Basara 2 or Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes developed and published by capcom right now theyre good games and every character is insane (positive) please play the games and show capcom that people are still interested in the series and they need to do something with it soon instead of just putting masamune and yukimura in anniversary art or smth. yes the games are only in japanese except the 3rd one but theyre so fucking good and funny you dont need to completely understand whats going on to have fun im on my knees begging rn

#allyanswers #dmc5se #ask #alternatively. sb 4/4 sumeragi is on the ps4 you can play that too #you can do local co-op!!! you can play with a friend or a sibling!!!!!! its a fun game!!!!!!!!!!!!

[babygray-dam]

Character designs from the Gintama x Toei Kyoto Studio Park collaboration from 2018, to promote the second live-action movie.

Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura are dressed like common foot soldiers, while everyone else (apart from Yamazaki) are dressed like famous figures of the Sengoku era.

Kondo as Naoe Kanetsugu, a retainer of the Uesugi clan. On his helmet is the character for ‘love’.

Hijikata as Date Masamune. Is this a gag because Nakai Kazuya voices both Hijikata and Sengoku BASARA’s version of the One-Eyed Dragon? “Let’s Party!!!!”

Okita as Oda Nobunaga, who has an evil or demonic reputation in pop culture. If I remember correctly, one of his introductions in BASARA had him drinking wine out of a human skull.

Yamazaki’s a ninja. Just a ninja.

Katsura as Izumo no Okuni, who is considered to be the creator of the kabuki art form. She’s said to have performed her new theater style by the Kamo River.

Sakamoto as Saint Francis Xavier, a Jesuit missionary who was determined to convert the Japanese to Catholicism. He was notable for the being the first Jesuit missionary to come to Japan.

Kamui as Miyamoto Musashi, a famous swordsman known for his double-bladed style and his undefeated record of 61 duels.

Takasugi as Sasaki Kojiro, a genius swordsman in his own right and Musashi’s long-time rival. Most well known for his duel with Musashi, which ended in his death.

#gintama #sakata gintoki #shimura shinpachi #kagura #hijikata toushirou #kondo isao #okita sougo #yamazaki sagaru #katsura kotarou #sakamoto tatsuma #takasugi shinsuke #kamui #sengoku basara #the only one that isn't a regular character is sasaki #and i don't think izumo no okuni ever made an appearance #i mean. it's not impossible #basara's an insane game. #sengoku basara is the fucking bestest game #i love it. #LET'S PARTY! #... sorry got distracted.

[princess-sengoku]

Hey! I need some help, me and my friends been trying to get nobunaga oda on the game "samurai heros sengoku basara", but we arent sure exactly how, we know we're supposed to play oichi, but after playing her story (like 2 times) it didnt work. could u help us, my mighty queen ?

I have explained this in one of my posts but i will summarize for you.

After you complete Oichi's story once (whether it was red or blue) you will see the green path open up which will give you a choice to versus Harumasa Nanbu or Yoshihiro Shimazu (basically on other sides of the map) choose one and go forward until the end of the green path which is Karasu Castle vs Hideaki and Tenkai. Beginning of the stage, go forward until a cutscene will show them running away. Hideaki will go to the obvious way which is behind (don't follow him or else you will lose the path to Nobunaga). There is a side road which Tenkai takes to his part of the stage. Go to that road and defeat him to get another cutscene, which he his true plans to Oichi about reviving Nobunaga. It isn't the end of her story, but transitions to her secret one battle purple path against Nobunaga at Honnoji. You know to save the world from her brother. She beats him up and drags him to hell and end of Oichi's green/purple path. It will say after it ends you have unlocked a gray path for the rest of the characters to face Nobunaga. Some gray paths will be in red path and some will be in blue. Choose your character to go through their story again. I chose Magoichi for reference. Now is a good time to use guide and path history before you do anything. This will show you which paths and battles you've taken for each playthrough and which ones you've missed. The gray path should be open now and it's near the end of the path. Go through whichever path has the gray path normally (don't personally defeat Oichi if your characters territory is by her). Before you select the final battle of your path that you're on it will say something troubling is happening in Kanegasaki (or something like that). Go there to start gray path, stop Oichi from going insane. After you beat her, she actually regains her senses, trying to find Nohime, Ranmaru, and most importantly Nagamasa. All of a sudden, Tenkai will kill her himself from behind and tried to revive Nobunaga by using her blood because they are brother and sister. Kill Tenkai for killing poor Oichi, then he'll die. Oichi gets dragged down to hell and Nobunaga's revived. Now go to Honnoji and save the world again. You should have Nobunaga after all that.

#ask #sengoku basara #sengoku basara samurai heroes #character help #did you get all that #took me 15 min to write everything #added some story #sorry for spoilers #oichi #Nobunaga Oda #Tenkai #Hideaki Kobayakawa #path help #my post has something like this so dig in

[nightcoremoon]

Top 10 Badass Female Characters in Fire Emblem Fates (in my opinion)

10- Reina/Peri

Okay so the reason why there's two people in this slot is because they're literally the same archetype. They love blood and killing and violence and blah blah blah, BUT ALSO they have at least some levels of depth and complexity to their character to keep them from being boring one note death machines. Problem is Reina doesn't have any supports with anyone so you don't get to know much more about her, but she protected your mom. Peri protects your older brother. Anyone who keeps your family safe is definitely badass.

9- Kagero

Ah Kagero. You get captured all the freakin time but that's not your fault. You're still the best dread fighter hands down, and definitely my favorite ninja (Kaze is too fragile and Saizo is too slow and Soleil is unavailable to a path). Plus she's an artist and while she may not be the best painter she still loves it and enjoys her hobby. She's a loyal servant and an even more loyal friend, and would put her own life on the line to protect your brother.

8- Anna

Can't fault a girl for war profiteering. Strong independent woman don't need no man, been around the block for centuries and across kingdoms, crack shot with a bow, gold farmer, feisty redhead, runs circles around the L crew, I could go on. She's always on my team and is supported by MC for dem stats and the unity ability in pretty sure procs make a killing but idk. Regardless she's still gr9.

7- Arete

She gets killed like four times before finally going down, and that first time was fairly heroic honestly. Definitely one of the most important people in regards to lore.

6- Camilla

What list would be complete without the best sister??? No not because of her giant tiddies (awesome to look at they may be) or the giant ass window (also awesome to look at) or even the weird incest thing going on (I guess from a Japanese lens that's awesome too but eeehhh) but because she's actually a great combat unit especially if she spends a couple levels as a hero getting those skills. Axes AND magic AND an attack buff means she should always be out on the field. She may be insane and has a lust for blood rivaling Peri, but she's a good sister, a good ruler, and a good unit.

5- Soleil

Oh yes. FUCKING SUPERB YOU FUNKY LITTLE LESBIAN! She's a big glass cannon so I always make her a master ninja and god is she a good ninja. She never gives up even in the face of innumerable odds, she's got great stats all depending on who her mom is, she's SUPER FUCKING GAY FOR GIRLS, oh yeah and she's a teenager leading a band of mercenaries; how fucking cool is that?

4- Rinkah

Stomp on me like you stomp on enemies. Oni savages are like fighters with better stats and both blacksmiths and chieftains have some top notch skills and she's the only one in the game who can do that naturally. She's an adamantly staunch advocate for her people, and makes leaps and bounds of character development through her supports. She's also clearly the most visibly sculpted lady sans for maybe Effie and anyone packing that much solid muscle has got to be pretty fucking awesome.

3- Hinoka

Real talk tho Hinoka is the actual best sister slash mom. Proof? Setsuna and Azama are both still alive somehow. The providence that protects them from traps and getting choked to death has got to be the pegasus knight. She's the second best female offensive lance user in the game (excluding knight/cavalier/merchant/basara/etc who have different roles than pure adjacent physical lance-based dps), especially if she A+'s either Camilla or Setsuna and S's either Xander or Silas. She's got enough variety to her that I feel the Lucina seal would simply be wasted on her. My only complaint is that without reclassify she kinda sucks but hey, just buy a freakin heart seal.

2- Scarlet

VIVA LA REVOLUCION! Tragic you can only use her in one path. I romanced her in my very first playthrough to give stats to my Kana (and also because I knew it would be my only chance to really use her). She deserves so much better than to just be fridge stuffing to give Ryoma that manpain. Dammit Japan. At least she's got the coolest armor design.

HONORABLE MENTIONS TIME!

Azura: the fucking queen of Valla who carries the plot on her shoulders. literally the most important person in canon. deserves better.

Felicia: accidental badassery still counts, right? slap on a flame shuriken and watch heads roll.

Hana: best samurai. like lon'qu but actually with personality. rough and abrasive but has a heart of gold.

Beruka: cold blooded contract killer trying to learn how to feel. similar to Reina/Peri but she doesn't kill for fun, she kills to survive. she's just really good at it.

Lilith: f

Cassita: she bakes you cookies. SHE. BAKES. YOU. COOKIES. okay. when will your fave ever? except for camilla, she baked you cookies too, but camilla has crippling depression, mommy issues, a whole lotta weird borderline incest stuff going on (even though you're adopted so it's okay according to japan... oh, who am I kidding, I fucked leo to have dragon forrest and because FOLGERS COFFEE COMMERCIAL). anyway. cassita only knows that you're armed, dangerous, here to kill the king, and once knew her darling elise, but she shelters your entire fucking army and then BAKES. YOU. NICE HOT FRESH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. bless her big beautiful heart. you can be badass without kicking someone's ass.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST

1- Oboro

fuck, man, she is just the best. best outfit, best stats, best combat ability, best class, and has a personality and hobbies and interests and likes and dislikes and flaws... I literally cried a little bit when I had to kill her in conquest. she is my favorite character in the whole game and she just kicks so much ass. I can't adequately put it into words, it's just... agh, she's great. 10/10

[manygalaxiesinone]

3rd Party...Xehanorts?((A crossover discussion))

((Greetings Hee Hoo Dood, Prinnyfrost reporting for duty! I wonder how many people are still excited that Kingdom Hearts 3 is finally coming out.

After so long of waiting, the 3rd main title in one of everyone’s favorite crossover gaming series is finally coming out! In the meantime, I decided to look over the trailers of the confirmed worlds.

Some I’m excited about,

others, not so much.

The one trailer that caught me the most off guard was the Winnie the Pooh trailer, and that’s for two reasons.

The first is the fact that, unlike previous entries, you’re going around and actually fighting heartless in them instead of playing mini-games. This is one thing that actually disappointed me. I loved the fact that not every world in the games has to be about combat. It shows that Sora is capable of helping others even when there aren’t any heartless or nobodies involved to mess things up.

https://www.deviantart.com/inkoto/art/YourHeart-577335208

It was one of the arguments I made as to why an Undertale world WOULD work if they ever bothered to include 3rd party worlds, as unlikely as that sounds; however that’s still not as jarring about the second thing they showed in that trailer.

Eeyore becomes a Xehanort!

Yup! Everyone’s favorite donkey with a constantly missing tail that needs more love gets taken over by Xehanort. This blew my mind because I thought Xehanort was only going after characters that originated from the Kingdom Hearts series like Riku and Roxas, but this clearly shows that he’s up for nabbing anyone in his grasp. So that got me thinking, “Who else might he target as he go through other worlds getting ready for the upcoming keyblade war against Sora and friends?”

Now like before, I’m only sticking to possible candidates on the off chance of third party involvement. While I haven’t seen any videos about people theorizing who might be next on Xehanort’s list of people to infect with his heart virus (pun not intended), I do like to stick outside the box from time to time. Plus, there’s also that chance where someone could make a crossover fanfic and could take notes from this. And remember, when I mean “3rd party” I mean strictly “3rd party”. As in anything owned by either Disney or Square won’t count for this.

Which might be for the best considering that if Thanos were to be controlled by Xehanort while holding the infinity gauntlet with all the stones, I’m pretty sure we’ll have more to worry about than losing just half the universe. I’m also not going by just the villain characters in each of the worlds either. Anyone, hero, villain, or neutral could be under Xehanort’s radar on where to spread his infection. Basically anyone from a series that pops up to mind. Now with that out of the way, let’s get started. First let’s begin with the easiest one I could come up with,

Flowey from Undertale. The reasoning for this should be pretty obvious. Flowey has no soul inside of him, and considering that souls in Undertale work pretty much the same way hearts do in Kingdom Hearts, he would be considered a Nobody, the husk of Asriel Dreemurr.

As Xemnas pointed out in Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, nobodies are the easiest to take over since they’re born without hearts. While he did lie about nobodies never having one, he was telling the truth that they didn’t start out with one and it’ll take time for a new one to develop.

Xemnas: “A heart is never lost for good. There may have been variances in our dispositions, but a number of us unquestionably showed signs of a burgeoning replacement. Once born, the heart can also be nurtured. Our experiments with the heartless were attempts to control the mind and convince it to renounce its sense of self. But understand, one can banish the heart from the body, but the body will try to replace it the first chance it gets, for as many times as it takes.”

Asriel didn’t become whole again until he absorbs the souls of all the monsters in the underground as well as the 6 human souls Asgore obtained. So I’d say his best bet take over Asriel is to implant his soul into him while he’s still Flowey or wait until Flowey starts taking everyone’s soul from the underground, become one of the souls he takes without him realizing it, and become the dominant one.

Actually, now that I think about it, it’s actually pretty damn dark when you realize this means by doing this, Xehanort has pretty much taken the ENTIRE underground hostage just to make Asriel his vessel, leaving only Frisk and Chara (who’s resting inside of Frisk’s soul) remaining. Ugh...and I thought the genocide route was fucked up. Speaking of crazy people and broken hearts, let’s head over to another series I mentioned might work for Kingdom Hearts,

Orphen. Considering that this is an old show that not a lot of people are familiar with, let me give you a quick refresher.

Orphen is the tale of a talented sorcerer named Krylancelo Finradi (or “Orphen”), who left a school of magic in order to save his sister Azalie after she transformed into a dragon by stabbing herself in the chest with a magic sword.

And believe it or not, it’s that sister whose going to be targeted by Xehanort next. Why?

Well, Xehanort seems to be able to control those that show darkness seeping into their hearts as if it found cracks and begins to flow through them, like water leaking through a whole. That’s the case in how he controlled Aqua, Terra, and Riku.

I bring this up because in the anime, Azalie was very nice and sweet. While she was the #1 student in the Tower of Fang, she never let it go to her head.

That is until one day where she confessed her feelings to her teacher, Master Childman (yes, that IS his name), the person who brought her and Orphen in while they were out in the winter on their own.

Surprise, surprise, Childman rejected her proposal stating that he only considers her his student.

It’s at that point the drove Azalie more into her studies. She became obsessed with power, aiming to become strong enough to impress and possibly surpass Childman. Orphen even says it when bringing up their backstory in episode 8 of the anime.

Orphen: ”Sometimes I could see a different side of her. Something that frightened me. She was intense, almost fanatical about her studies. Her curiosity was insatiable. I tried to tell myself it was just ambition, but deep down, I knew it was something else. Something dangerous.”

This got to a point where she attempted to experiment with the forbidden Sword of Baltanders. While it wasn’t clear of what she was trying to do with it, considering she stabbed herself in the chest with it, I believe she was trying to turn herself into an all powerful sorceress, since the sword has the power to turn anyone it cuts to anything the user wishes.

It didn’t work... It also didn’t help that her former colleagues began hunting her down and tried to kill her, which drove her even more insane, so she starts killing people! Do you get what I’m trying to point out here? Her obsession for power, her lack of sanity, she’s a prime target for Xehanort! Darkness has definitely found its way into her heart and it’s growing stronger overtime. The only issue I can think of that Xehanort might have is the fact that Azalie is well adverse with white magic. This includes mind manipulation and soul transfer, so there’s a good chance she could be at least somewhat resistant to him.

In which case, I guess he would try to take advantage of that Gaia machine in the video game. Alright, let’s see what else we could come up with.

Hmm, while I do think Shantae could work as a possible world, I can’t really think of anyone that could become a Xehanort. Then again, I should get back to playing Shantae 3 soon.

Hmm...the only possible candidate I could think of is Satsuki, and even then, that’s a huge maybe.

Pretty sure they already have their own true Organization XIII.

Okay! Now we’re talking! Sengoku Basara! Granted, while I only played the 3rd game in the series and watched the movie ���Last Party”, I’m pretty sure we have a perfect candidate to become another Xehanort puppet.

At first, I was thinking about Mitsunari, considering his grumpy attitude and carries a huge vengence against Ieyasu (or Masamune in the “Last Party” movie). Clearly someone like the Dark Prince himself would definitely be a Xehanort...that is until I recall one important detail that Ieyasu points out in Oichi’s story in Sengoku Basara 3.

Ieyasu: “Back in those days, Mitsunari seemed to possess...qualities. Both darkness and light. People admired his exceptional abilities. He gained respect for fearlessly showing his true nature. I’ll admit, I was envious of him because of this.”

Although it may not seem like it, Mitsunari has a balanced heart. He’s cruel, and cold, but loyal to a fault and isn’t afraid of his true self. Xehanort tends to struggle when it comes to dealing with people with more balanced hearts. That’s how Riku was able to break free from his control without the aid of Namine’s lock. So, that’s fine and dandy, but you know who doesn’t have a good balanced heart?

Oichi Oda! After the fall of the Oda clan, Oichi became mentally unstable. She wanders around to different areas without much of a clue and in different hands, she could be kind and helpful or a threat to anyone she comes to contact with.

It’s almost like if she herself became a heartless or nobody, like she loss her sense of self.

That is until Nobunaga comes back to life, realizes what she must do, and she sacrifices herself to save the world. So, Xehanort may want to act BEFORE that happens. Like Xemnas said, a heart doesn’t stay lost forever. Okay, this is starting to get long so, I’ll bring up just one more possible candidate. For this, let’s head over to one of my favorite franchises,

The Disgaea series. I’ll be honest with you, this was more difficult for me than I expected. I kept debating about who could be the ideal candidate to work with.

At first, I was thinking Etna around the time she loses her memories due to the fact that she discarded them after so much frustration in terms of Krichevskoy marring another woman, having a child with said woman, and dying by the hands of Tyrant Baal. Guess everyone has their drastic ways of handling rejection.

Then I thought about Fubuki, a guy obsessed with seeking vengence against the fake Zenon after the destruction of the clan, no matter what the means.

Then there’s Mao, whose heart became in flux for years due to Geoffry pushing him to become the strongest overlord just to he can have a good fight.

Finally, I thought of Void, a guy who literally let a dark heart take over his mind after being jealous of Killia and accidentally killing his sister. I thought any one of these people would be a prime target for Xehanort, that is until my friends on Amino convinced me about what could possibly be the perfect candidate out of everyone in the entire franchise...

Nemo from Disgaea 4. And if you’re thinking that I’m just saying that because his name means “No one” in latin, like Desco points out in the game, you’re not wrong. It IS a major reason considering that he’s literally discarding his sense of self just to be a nobody. Remember what Xemnas said! That’s what the experiments he did with the heartless were all about! Also, remember that Artina spent her time as an angel trying to get Nemo to let go of his hatred, but overtime, he stopped hearing her voice and stopped believing, as if Artina failed to nurture his heart to see the brighter side.

Hell, knowing that Xehanort can time travel, I would be surprised if in Kingdom Hearts continuity, he would go back in time to try to convince Nemo to give into the darkness just for that reason. Kind of like if he’s another voice in his head telling him to ignore Artina and seek vengeance against the humans and demons. I can picture him doing it now actually, getting Nemo to turn away while giving Artina a fiendish smile as they leave. That’s how evil Xehanort is! It makes too much sense. So, those are the possible 3rd party Xehanorts I could come up with. Anyone you can think of?))

#kingdom hearts #the mun has spoken

[probablyottrpgideas]

Game Recap Series: EIS 3

Well, it’s been 14 weeks since I was DMing last, and I am so so happy to be back in the chair. I’ve had a great three session-long period with Av/Cleo’s player running a Norse Myth inspired game, and now the Empires Intelligence Services crew are back at it.

So we begin as we left off, in the underground tunnels beneath the lake, over the spider-filled corpse of Marzia Teresi, a village girl from Brattenhome. The crew continue forward, ever vigilant for traps, and discover the tunnel takes a turn further south at a sharp bend, and at the outside edge of the bend they find a door. Investigating, they discover the room is filled with a Darkness spell, and deeper inside they can discern a Silence spell is layered over the top, creating a total sensory deprivation chamber. Jimothy heads in to explore, but unsure as to what he might find he abruptly changes his method of exploration and hurls his sharp grappling hook forward. As he does, the spells end and he discovers that his hook was buried in the collarbone of one of the missing villagers. Stunned and horrified, the group begin to argue about what to do, but before they get a chance to do anything, thousands of tiny, white baby spiders pour out of the wound in the villager’s neck and along the rope on the grappling hook. Alketh, reacting on impulse, fires off a fireball, shaping it around Jimothy but forgetting to spare the villager. He sets most of the room on fire, and as they back out to escape Jimothy is forced to abandon his grappling hook.

They keep moving around the facility, finding a few more cells, these ones empty, and over time begin to realise that the caverns are shaped like a spiders web. After a brief diversion where Relic gets caught in an overblown pit trap that sealed shut behind him (eventually they freed him when they realised that the trap was designed to hold, not kill, and they discovered the reset switch hidden behind a camouflaged panel in the wall), they find a guard bunk room with chests of cultist robes, which they each don, and a single silver necklace shaped like a dangling spider, which Av puts on after she gets the okay from Arner and Alketh, who find nothing especially cursey about it. Celia, exploring a side corridor using her magical coatl tattoo, reports the discovery of another set of stairs leading down. They group decide to leave further explanation of the facility for later and push on to find the cult.

They head downstairs, hearing the sounds of a crowd, and exit the tunnel onto a ledge over a massive underground chasm. Over 200 cultists and 50 mutated villagers---around half of which are hulking, chitinous, fully-formed spider-men---stood arrayed in front of a stage, on which a small group stood. As they watched, a single figure with a large staff separated herself from the group and moved to the front of the stage, flanked by two huge blazing braziers. She speaks, and when she does the sound seems to come from right in front of every person, not raised in a shout but audible from everywhere in the room.

“It seems that we are to have...guests. They come to end our great work; this cannot be abided. 

We came here, so long ago, to complete a great work. Those who came before us have broken, have wallowed in debasement and heresy, and we will bring them to heel. 

Go now, into the town, and bring me everyone you can find. With our army a thousand strong we will spread underground, and no-one will know peace again. Go, now.”*

As the cultists move for the doors down the side of the room, the figure turns to a few of the fully completed mutations, and says;

“They’re here, now. Go and bring them to me.”

8 of the mutants rush across the room, moving blisteringly fast, but the room is over 600 feet long and so it still takes some time. Arner uses his giant Repeating Hand Ballistae (massive crossbow) and drops two feet of iron and wood into the shoulder of the figure on the dais, who turned and fled through a set of double doors behind the stage. The rest of the group readied themselves to engage in combat with the mutants.

However, in the two rounds of movement required to reach the party, the spidermen were preparing, using one-shot magic crystals to cast a modified version of Immunity to Fire and Haste on themselves. They blasted into the group and scattered them, dealing horrifying amounts of damage in short time. After two rounds, which nearly killed Relic and forced Nerra, Celia and Avoyelles to use whatever means they had to get off the edge of the cliff (rope, ninja skillz and a flying broom, respectively) and forced Relic, Arner and Alketh to flee back towards the stairs, leaving Jimothy out in the open. They managed to kill one of the mutants but six of them crowded Jimothy, and in no time at all he was on death’s door. Rather than kill him outright, however, one grabbed his body and started to flee, while the rest jostled for position to chase the others up the narrow tunnel.

Working quickly, Av casts Healing Word to bring Jimothy back to consciousness, and then when she is next able to cast a spell she uses Hold Person on the mutant, which is thankfully still classed as humanoid and not aberration (my fault). Celia Misty Steps (I love Eladrin) over to the two of them, wrenches open the mutants paralysed arms, and frees Jimothy, the two of them jumping out to a rope Celia had suspended from the broom. 

In the tunnel, Alketh for the third time had the same terrible idea, and finally decided to go for it. He touched the Glutton’s Fork (I use a modified Fantasy CostCo list as a shop list for the capital city) to an Arcane Core (based on the TAZ one but far more versatile and, frankly, insanely overpowered), and ate it. In his little Dragonborn tummy terrible, terrible things began to happen, all fuelled by about five pounds of pure, undiluted crystalline magic. He fell to his hands and knees and let loose a breath weapon that was less a stream of acid and more a jet of superheated plasma, turning all six remaining spidermen in the tunnel to smoke shadows and burning through so much of Alketh’s vitality in the process that he was immediately dropped to 1 hit point and fell unconscious. 

Despite their best efforts, Av, Jimothy, Celia and Nerra were unable to kill the last spider-man before he escaped through the double doors, so they instead used their stones of farspeech to warn the Mayor of Brattenhome that a small army was on its way. Worse still, Av and Jimothy were both certain they had heard the voice of the woman who spoke some time before, but they couldn’t figure out where. They regrouped, backtracked out of the facility and raced to town after as short a rest as would allow them healing, knowing that every moment wasted risked tragedy.

When they eventually made it back to the town around dusk, they found the citizens of Brattenhome were mounting a brave defence against their own families and friends and the monsters they had allied themselves with. But although initially outnumbered and overpowered, the citizens used every trick they had to corral the invaders away. The Krok stablemaster marshalled his gigantic crocodillian steeds into blocking off the North road, the barricaded Town Hall rained magical attacks on the West Road by way of office clerk and level one sorcerer Ifraan Basara and his Firebolt spells and Avoyelles and her Call Lightning. In the south, the fishermen had pulled their boats out into the centre of the river to blockade the cultists approaching from the water, and the homesteaders had overturned carts to block the bridge and were holding their barricade their. And on the East road, Sheriff James and what remained of his guard outfit were using pistol and bows to thin the approaching hordes. Alketh awoke to find the war going on around him and echo-like spasms of raw magic overload twitching through his body. For a short time, his magic was wild and unpredictable, randomly producing different variations on the spell effects and even sometimes casting from his hands without his command. While the effects of the Arcane Core were beneficial, they were too unpredictable and wild for Alketh to feel fully comfortable with them, and he instinctively knew that trying something like that again might kill him, and possibly everyone around him.

Jimothy took directly to the streets, carving swathes through the cultists with his terrifying Daedalus Blade, meeting up Celia---who had come by river using Krearshe’s water skimmer---as he did so. He saved a contingent of villagers, the three workers at the Temple of Avandra and one of the school teachers, from the chains they had been placed in by some cultists, and something nagged at his head. After a time the fighting stopped, and the town, though thankful, were more interested in picking over the dead, although the innkeeper did offer to waive their charge for their rooms. 

Suddenly, as he helped the clerics and the teacher back to their respective flocks/classes, Jimothy realised; the voice of the woman on the stage, the one he knew; it was Ashe Corria, the schoolmistress. She was the leader of the cult.

Alketh went to check up on his old friend, the oddball thri-keen thaumaturgist Bakar al-Haque. He found an empty, vacant lot where Bakar’s shop had been, and an envelope on the ground where it had been. Inside was a card, which read;

“Alketh, 

You were a good friend.

I’ll see you again.”

That night, everyone slept, even the elves who didn’t need it, such was their exhaustion. Alketh, still twitching from the magic overload, laid down and closed his eyes, only for bizarre dreams to invade his mind. 

As follows is the exact description of the dream given to Alketh’s player:

“As you fall into a restful sleep, images and sounds clatter around your head.

You see a polar tundra, and the roaring scream of some gigantic creature

You see a mine, long abandoned, ivy growing around the supports and a pair of red glowing eyes, six feet high, deep within

You see a tower, spearing up into the sky

You see a human man and an eladrin woman, dressed in fine clothing, holding hands and looking worried

You see a beautiful elven figure, sitting on a high backed chair

You hear a maniacal laugh

You hear a terrible scream

You hear a beguiling, implacable voice, saying the words “Interesting. Very interesting. Bianca; attend…”

Tune in two weeks from now as they finally go to end Ashe Corria and destroy the Cult once and for all.

*I tried to get this out in person, but my group just cannot shut the fuck up. I hope they read this because it’s important information.

#game #EIS with OTT #long one #lots to think on for my players

[nekkyousagi]

Sengoku basara for the anime meme!

haven’t heard of it | absolutely never watching| might watch | currently watching| dropped| hated it | meh| a positive okay| liked it| liked it a lot!| loved it| a favorite

don’t watch period| drop if not interested within 2-3 episodes| give it a go, could be your thing| 5 star recommendation

fav characters: I adore more than half of the entire cast of characters!!! Date Masamune continues to be my #1, along with Sanada Yukimura. Love Kojuro, Motochika, Uesugi Kenshin!!! Shima Sakon, Mitsunari, Ieyasu, Keiji and some side characters like MUSASHI (please love the crazy beach bum) and Kanetsugu the Invincible!! I’ve even got a growing love for the baddies like Hanbei, Matsunaga (only bcuz he’s super fab dressed but still gross tea uncle) and well the list goes on…

least fav characters: A few. Not a big fan of Otomo Sorin (he makes me laugh sometimes but ehhhh), Goto Matabei (his design is interesting but the way he fights in the game is horrific), Pontiff Zabi (do i need to explain why?), Itsuki (she has a good story and cause for fighting but playing as her is difficult and her design is meh), and a few others that are kinda in the middle on my list. Baddies like Akechi Mitsuhide, Oda Nobunaga, Maria They are necessary ‘bad guys’ for the story, and very important to Sengoku history, but they can be so…disturbing.

fav relationship: #1 by far is Date Masamune and Sanada Yukimura!!! AZURE X CRIMSON FOREVER!!! I’m pretty sure their rivalry was what got me hooked in the first place. Also, I really love the master/retainer/brotherly relationship between Masamune and Kojuro. Season 2 solidified that dragon bond. Ugh…the tragedy that is Ieyasu and Mitsunari’s broken friendship! Shed many tears over those two! Nagamasa’s love for Oichi is beautiful! Also a big fan of Motochika and Saika, especially the way she can smack him around when he’s being dumb. Ieyasu’s bond/friendship with Motochika! Hanbei’s desperate loyalty to Hideyoshi, and how he passed it on to Mitsunari!! I kinda also like the odd friendship between Tenkai and Hideyaki, to throw in something different. Oh dear, I could go on. I love all the relationships!

fav moment: Out of basically 3 seasons of anime I have a lot! Of course all the times when Masamune and Yukimura fought, flames and sparks! Season 2 had the most gems I think. Hanbei tempting Kojuro then kidnapping him! The men of Date piling on Masamune to shield him from Hideyoshi (also Hideyoshi PUNCHING THE OCEAN!) Just a lot of Date feels because they portrayed Masamune as more responsible to his men and clan in the second season. All the retainer feels with Kojuro!! Yukimura stopping Mori’s enormous Sundial machine WITH HIS BARE HANDS! A lot of favorites in Judge End, Mitsunari’s speech atop Osaka castle, the flash back of Ieyasu and Mitsunari working TOGETHER! Kojuro punching sense into BONTENMARU! Masamune reeling back realizing he almost killed his rival Yukimura and then later they basically have a surprise date at a tea house! Omg I have so many more!! TAT

headcanons/theories: I haven’t really thought about this much, because I like the stories as they are. I guess I could say I have some thoughts about Ieyasu’s true feelings about the whole betraying friends and bonds in order to create bonds, and the darkness he hides behind his sunshine smile. I know lots of fans either love Ieyasu or hate him for what he did. Personally I’ve just tried to understand from his point of view. Looking at the bigger picture and being willing to sacrifice things for the greater good. And that really he’s crying so much on the inside over the things he’s chosen to do. But it’s for the best, for the future. Also I have so many thoughts about Kenshin and Shingen’s origin story that I’d love to flesh out someday. Like their early days as young hot-blooded rivals. I’m not sure if these count, but as I said I haven’t really put much thought into it.

unpopular opinion: Not sure about this one. Maybe my views on the different relationships?

how’d you find it: I forget which came first, the game or the anime, since I found them at pretty much the same time. But I can say I played the game “Sengoku Basara 3: Samurai Heroes” first. I’d never played a hack-n-slash game before, but I loved the fast paced crazy energy and then it translated into the anime too. I owe it to my sister who found it initially and told me about it since she knew how much I loved samurai.

random thoughts: I have been in this fandom for years, don’t think I’ll ever leave it. It’s exciting and crazy with such a huge cast of characters and designs and element powers and motorcycle horses and solar eclipses and punching and shouting and TM Revolution and rivalry bromance and fabulous and dragons and tigers and LET’S PARTY!!!! It’s insane and I love it so much!

note: if i haven’t watched, then i’ll try to answer the questions based on assumptions from what i know

Source: X

#usagi replies #sengoku basara #anime asks

[recentanimenews]

5pb. Shares "Occultic;Nine" Visual Novel's Opening Movie

Japan doesn't have too much longer to wait for the digital release of Occultic;Nine, which is coming to PS4, PS Vita, and Xbox One in the region on September 28. With the visual novel right around the corner, 5pb. went ahead and shared the opening movie. 

  Occultic;Nine OP (PS4/PS Vita/XboxOne) by pKjd

  Here's a synopsis of the anime:

The multitude of small, miniscule “discomfort” later develops into a case so large it is beyond imagination... Yuta Gamon is a 2nd year in high school. He runs "Kiri Kiri Basara," an affiliate blog that rounds up occult forum posts, for a shot at quick money, and challenges himself to the occult night and day to "hack and slash away!" the many supernatural phenomena existing in the world from a scientific standpoint. However, with that blog of his as a catalyst, a group of downright maniacal and insane comrades have gathered about.

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS, every week at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: [email protected]

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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Aniplex Announces Blue Exorcist Western Blu-Ray Set & More

Aniplex of America will bring a complete first season Blu-Ray set of popular series Blue Exorcist, as well as WWW. Wanari, and Occultic;Nine:

SANTA MONICA, CA (May 20, 2017) – Aniplex of America announced that the extremely popular action anime series Blue Exorcist first TV series will be released as a complete box set on Blu-ray for the first time at their industry panel at Anime Central in Rosemont, Illinois today. The box set will feature all 25 episodes plus the OVA episode “Kuro Runs Away from Home” and bonus short animation “Ura-Eku.” Pre-orders begin Monday May 22nd at www.BlueExorcist.com with a release date set for June 27, 2017.

Based on the critically acclaimed manga series by Kazue Kato, the anime series has been credited for boosting sales of the manga series by almost seven-fold, according to an article on Yahoo! Japan, resulting in an unprecedented first print run of one million copies for their seventh volume by publisher, Shueisha. Voted top 5 Best Anime Series Streaming on Netflix and #1 Best Supernatural Anime of All Time on Ranker, the series is produced by highly-acclaimed studio A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Your lie in April, Erased).

The box set will feature both the original Japanese dialogue and English dialogue, featuring Bryce Papenbrook (Sword Art Online series, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) as Rin Okumura, Johnny Yong Bosch (Durarara!!, Gurren Lagann) as Yukio Okumura, and Christine Marie Cabanos (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sword Art Online) as Shiemi Moriyama for the dub.

• Spoken Languages: Japanese & English • Subtitles: English • Aspect ratio: 16:9 widescreen • Episodes: #1-25 and OVA Episode • Number of Discs: 6 Blu-ray discs • Total Run Time: Approx. 590 min. • Rating: 13 UP • Bonus OVA Episode “Kuro Runs Away from Home” • Bonus Short Animation Ura-Eku” • Textless Openings & Endings • Web Previews • CM & Trailer Collections * Bonus contents subject to change. * Bonus contents include English subtitles • Rigid Box with Illustrations by KEIGO SASAKI (Character Design) • Mini-pinup poster

Product number and UPC bar code Title Street Date SKU # UPC SRP Store price Blue Exorcist Blu-ray Disc Box 6/27/2017 AOA-1807 816546020989 $199.98 $159.98 Blue Exorcist Blu-ray Disc Box will be available through the official Aniplex of America site. For a list of our retailers, please visit: www.AniplexUSA.com/retailers About Blue Exorcist Assiah: the realm of humans. Gehenna: the realm of demons. Normally, these two dimensions would never intersect, but having possessed all material substances, the demons are now intruding on the human world.

Fortunately, among the human race there are those who have the ability to exorcise such demons – the Exorcists. Among these humans is Rin Okumura, an energetic, young man who has been raised by Shiro Fujimoto, an eminent priest, with Rin’s twin brother, Yukio. One day, he discovers the shocking truth that his biological father is in fact the most powerful demon of them all – Satan. As the border between “Assiah” and “Gehenna” is threatened by intruding demons, Rin vows to become the ultimate exorcist and defeat his own father and hone his skills as an exorcist at True Cross Academy with other exorcist candidates.

At their industry panel at Anime Central in Rosemont, Illinois, Aniplex of America announced that they will be releasing WWW.WAGNARIA!! on Blu-ray this summer. WWW.WAGNARIA!! was originally simulcast on Crunchyroll and streamed on DAISUKI in 2016. Pre-orders will start on May 22nd with Volume 1 scheduled to be released on July 18th and Volume 2 on October 17, 2017. WWW.WAGNARIA!! is adapted from the widely popular webcomic “Web-ban Working!!” by Karino Takatsu, who is also the creator of the manga series WORKING!!.

The series centers around a group of individuals with eccentric personalities working at a restaurant and boasts an impressive cast including Yuuichi Nakamura (The irregular at magic high school, DURARARA!!, Oreimo) as Daisuke Higashida, Haruka Tomatsu (Sword Art Online, Anohana, MAGI) as Hana Miyakoshi, Kouki Uchiyama (NISEKOI, Charlotte, The Anthem of the Heart) as Masahiro Adachi, and Sora Amamiya (ALDNOAH.ZERO, The Anthem of the Heart, Plastic Memories) as Shiho Kamakura.

An uproarious comedy, WWW.WAGNARIA!! will make your belly ache from laughing – and not just because the food on the show looks so delicious!

About WWW.WAGNARIA!! Daisuke Higashida is an intelligent high school student who starts working part-time at a family restaurant due to financial difficulties at home. Between a strong-willed shift manager who is hopeless when it comes to cooking and the rest of the staff consisting of a peculiar girl with a sixth sense, a wealthy heiress with a seemingly endless supply of money at her disposal, and a dimwitted manager in charge of the hiring, it seems this restaurant doesn’t have a single normal person working there! For details on WWW.WAGNARIA!!, please visit: www.wagnaria-www.com

<BD Features> • Spoken Languages: Japanese • Subtitles: English • Aspect ratio: 16:9 widescreen • Episodes:#1-#7 (7 Episodes) • Number of Disc: 2 Discs • Total Run Time: Approx. 166 min. • Rating: 13 UP <Bonus Contents> • Never before seen Bonus part in each episode! * Bonus contents are subject to change <Bonus Materials & Package> • Illustration Post Cards • Package Illustrated by Mayuko Nakano (Character Designer)

Clear Cases with 2-Sided Wrap Product number and UPC bar code Title Street Date SKU # UPC SRP Retail Price WWW.WAGNARIA!! Blu-ray Set Vol. 1 7/18/2017 AOA-10101 816546020866 $ 89.98 $ 69.98 All SKUs will be available through official Aniplex of America retailers. For a list of our retailers, please visit: www.AniplexUSA.com/retailers WWW.WAGNARIA!! Blu-ray Set Vol. 2 includes:

<BD Features> • Spoken Languages: Japanese • Subtitles: English • Aspect ratio: 16:9 widescreen • Episodes: #8-#13 (6 Episodes) • Number of Disc: 2 Discs • Total Run Time: Approx. 144 min. • Rating: 13 UP <Bonus Contents> • Never before seen Bonus part in each episode! * Bonus contents are subject to change <Bonus Materials & Package> • Illustration Post Cards • Package Illustrated by Mayuko Nakano (Character Designer) • Clear Cases with 2-Sided Wrap

Product number and UPC bar code Title Street Date SKU # UPC SRP Retail Price WWW.WAGNARIA!! Blu-ray Set Vol. 2 10/17/2017 AOA-10102 816546020873 $ 89.98 $ 69.98 All SKUs will be available through official Aniplex of America retailers. For a list of our retailers, please visit: www.AniplexUSA.com/retailers

– Aniplex of America Inc. announced at their industry panel at Anime Central (Rosemont, Illinois) that they plan on releasing popular horror suspense anime series Occultic;Nine on Blu-ray this year. Fans of the series were thrilled to learn that the Blu-ray set will also feature an English dub for the first time ever. The set also includes a deluxe booklet, illustration pin-up cards, and special package design illustrated by Character Designer Tomoaki Takase (Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend). Pre-orders begin on May 22nd with Volume 1 scheduled to be released on September 26th and Volume 2 on December 26th.

Based on the light novel series written by Chiyomaru Shikura (creator of Steins;Gate), Occultic;Nine is animated by renowned studio A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Blue Exorcist, Persona franchise, Magi franchise) and directed by Kyohei Ishiguro (Your lie in April). In addition, the OST is composed by Masaru Yokoyama (Your lie in April, WWW.WAGNARIA!!). The Japanese cast stars Yuki Kaji (Magi franchise, KIZNAIVER, DURARARA!!) as Yuta Gamon, an otaku with a rather pretty face who dreams of quick cash and Ayane Sakura (Nisekoi, Charlotte, Your lie in April) as Ryoka Narusawa, a pale and innocent girl who is very well endowed. The English dub features an all-star cast including Erik Scott Kimerer (Asterisk War, Magi franchise), Robbie Daymond (God Eater, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works), Erica Lindbeck (ALDNOAH.ZERO, Your lie in April), Cristina Vee (Magi franchise, Puella Magi Madoka Magica), Michelle Ruff (Sword Art Online, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, DURARARA!!), and Max Mittelman (Your lie in April, ALDNOAH.ZERO).

About Occultic;Nine: Yuta Gamon is a second year student in high school. For a shot at quick money, he runs “Kiri Kiri Basara,” an affiliate blog that rounds up occult forum posts. He challenges himself to the occult night and day to “hack and slash away!” the many supernatural phenomena existing in the world from a scientific standpoint. With that blog of his as a catalyst, a group of downright maniacal and insane comrades gather together. Their lives mysteriously intertwine, despite destiny’s original plans; and a multitude of small, miniscule “incidents” starts to happen around them. Over time, they become a giant swell and later develop into a case so large, it is beyond imagination… For more details on Occultic;Nine, please visit: www.occulticnine.com Occultic;Nine Blu-ray Vol. 1 includes:

<BD Features> • Spoken Languages: Japanese & English • Subtitles: English & Spanish • Aspect ratio: 16:9 widescreen • Episodes:#1-#6 (6 Episodes) • Number of Disc: 2 Blu-ray Discs • Total Run Time: Approx. 144 minutes • Rating: 13 UP <Bonus Contents> • Textless OP & ED

* Bonus contents are subject to change <Bonus Materials & Package> • Deluxe Booklet • Illustration Pin-up Cards • Special Package Illustrated by Tomoaki Takase (Character Design) • Clear BD Case with 2-sided Wrap

Product number and UPC bar code Title Street Date SKU # UPC SRP Retail Price Occultic;Nine Blu-ray Vol. 1 9/26/2017 AOA-10001 816546020804 $ 99.98 $ 79.98 All SKUs will be available through the official Aniplex of America retailers. For a list of our retailers, please visit: www.AniplexUSA.com/retailers

Occultic;Nine Blu-ray Vol. 2 includes:

<BD Features> • Spoken Languages: Japanese & English • Subtitles: English & Spanish • Aspect ratio: 16:9 widescreen • Episodes:#7-#12 (6 Episodes) • Number of Disc: 2 Blu-ray Discs • Total Run Time: Approx. 144 minutes • Rating: 13 UP <Bonus Contents> • Original Japanese Trailer • English Dub Trailer * Bonus contents are subject to change

<Bonus Materials & Package> • Deluxe Booklet • Illustration Pin-up Cards • Special Package Illustrated by Tomoaki Takase (Character Design) • Clear BD Case with 2-sided Wrap

Product number and UPC bar code Title Street Date SKU # UPC SRP Retail Price Occultic;Nine Blu-ray Vol. 2 12/26/2017 AOA-10002 816546020811 $ 99.98 $ 79.98 All SKUs will be available through the official Aniplex of America retailers. For a list of our retailers, please visit: www.AniplexUSA.com/retailers