METAL GEAR SOLID TOUCH!

I posted my blog about "A NEXT METAL GEAR IS..." before. I didn't know about next Metal Gear, but I had the answer!

http://www.konami.jp/kojima_pro/mgst/?ref=kjp_jp

This means that next Metal Gear will be released on iPhone and iPod Touch in the spring of 2009!
We will be able to play it using multi touch interface.

My opinion that next Metal Gear Solid is on Xbox 360 was wrong...
But, I have iPhone. So, I will be able to play it!

I'm looking forward to METAL GEAR SOLID TOUCH!

Relevant sites
About METAL GEAR SOLID TOUCH(Japanese only now)
KOJIMAPRODUCTIONS's site(English)

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A new manga, Bokkesan, started from this week.

A new manga started on Weekly Jump from this week.

The title of new manga is "Bokkesan". It is written by Yoshiyuki Nishi.
Yoshiyuki Nishi wrote Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation before.

The story seems about Japanese ghosts which appear at modern city.
I think Yoshiyuki Nishi likes ghost stories like Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation.

I glad to read a new manga, but I'm a little sad.
Because, Hunter x Hunter which I love didn't pulish from last week again...

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Square Enix introduced release date of Dragon Quest 9.

Dragon Quest 9 (DQ9) will be released on on March 28th, 2009.

Dragon Quest series is most popular RPG in Japan.
I think it is more popular than Final Fantasy series.
But, It is not popular in foreign countries.
So, Square Enix want to sell a lot of DQ9 all over the world.

And, Dragon Quest 10 is developed on Wii now.

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A NEXT METAL GEAR IS...

KONAMI published a curious page on KOJIMAPRODUCTIONS's site on December 5th, 2008.

http://www.konami.jp/kojima_pro/mgst/?ref=kjp_jp

This Logo presenting on the web looks like Xbox 360.
I think that Metal Gear Solid will be sold on Xbox 360.

KOJIMAPRODUCTIONS's site(English)
http://www.konami.jp/kojima_pro/english/index.html

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Nintendo Wii was sold 7 million units in Japan.

According to ENTERBRAIN, Wii was sold 7 million units in Japan between December 2nd, 2006 and November 23th, 2008.

Wii was already sold 5 million units until January 20th, 2008. I heard that this is earlier then PS2 sales.
And, Wii is the best-selling the game machine (without the portable machines) recently all over the world.

A lot of wii will be sold from now because some famous games which work in it will be sold(for example Monster Hunter 3).

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Grand Theft Auto 4 was the best-selling video game for a week!

According to Famitsu, Grand Theft Auto 4 became the best-selling video game from October 27th through November 2nd.
(Famitsu is the most famous in game magazine in Japan. It is publshed by ENTERBRAIN.)

Rank	Title	Game Machine	Maker	Unit Sales
1	Grand Theft Auto 4	PS3	CAPCOM	112,058
2	Valkyrie Profile	DS	Square Enix	73,779
3	LittleBigPlanet	PS3	Sony Computer Entertainment	47,086
4	Grand Theft Auto 4	Xbox 360	CAPCOM	38,281
5	Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode	DS	Nintendo	38,251

Grand Theft Auto 4 was sold 150,339 units in total. It is great for foreign video game's sales in Japan.

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Paintings of Dragon Ball

I found a video which has many paitings of Dragon Ball.



This video has a secret. Actually...

All of paintings in this video were drawn by Akira Toriyama who is the author of Dragon Ball.
They were drawn by various manga artists(cartoonist) who like dragon ball.

I have looked for the manga artists and manga titles in English as below.

1. Taito Kubo(BLEACH)
2. Yoshio Sawai(Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
3. Yuusuke Murai(Eyeshield 21)
4. Yasuhiro Kano(M x 0)
5. Nakaba Suzuki(Rising Impact)
6. Sinya Suzuki(Mr.FULLSWING)
7. Norihiro Yagi(CLAYMORE)
8. Masashi Kishimoto(NARUTO)
9. Kentarou Yabuki(To Love-Ru)
10. Eiichiro Oda(ONE PIECE)
11. Mikio Ito(Nazo no Murasame-kun)
12. Kenjiro Takeshita(Happy World!)
13. Kouta Hirano(HELLSING)
14. Ken-ichi Sakura(Dragon Drive)
15. Arina Tanemura(Gentlemen's Alliance)
16. Ryo Azuki(ラビダビスター(I'm sorry, but I couldn't find English manga title.))
17. Koushi Rikudou(Excel Saga)
18. Masakazu Katsura(ZETMAN)

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Nintendo DSi was sold 170,779 units for 2 days.

According to ENTERBRAIN, Nintendo DSi was sold 170,779 units in Japan from release date (November 1st) through Nobember 2nd.

The sales of Nintendo DSi is more than the sales of PSP-3000.

But, PSP became best-selling game marchine in Japan for the first half of the fiscal 2008. So, I think Nintendo DS is as popular as PSP in Japan.

By the way, Nintendo DSi will be relased in other countries in 2009.

About DSi news(Japanese)
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1219467_1124.html

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Grand Theft Auto 4 was released in Japan.

Grand Theft Auto 4 localized by Capcom was released in Japan on October 30th.

Grand Theft Auto 4 was sold 10 millions in the world until September 6th. And, Grand Theft Auto series was sold 700 millons in the world.

Foreign video games often have a poor sale in Japan. But Grand Theft Auto 3 was sold 300 thousands in Japan. Maybe you feel the sales is low, but it is more than other foreign video game's sales.

I will look the sales of Grand Theft Auto 4.

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Metal Gear Solid: Lupin III Style

Today I will introduce a video related to Metal Gear Solid from YouTube.

[GIF]Metal Gear Solid - Lupin III Style / メタルギアソリッドでルパン三世OP


This movie is based on the opening song of Lupin III. (I wanted to show you the opening song of Lupin III for comparing. But I couldn't find it. Maybe, the video was removed because of copyright issue.)

I was amazing when I watched this video. Because last image said below.

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Tools for making this video
- Windows Paint
- Easytoon(Line drawing of video)
Only hand painting by thses tools and mouse
- Giam
Saving from GIF animation to avi

Resolution
- 512x384

File size of gif animation
- 8.27MB

Total images
- 576

Making period
- one-and-a-half months

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These images that is used in this video was painted by mouse only! I won't paint images well like this video.

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