Photos of the Lloyd T-Shirt Revealed

The actual reveal of the Lloyd t-shirt was right around the time of the Offline Meeting, when Kamicha was seen wearing it. There were talks on twitter about making it available beyond a limited item…

Well, Falcom has posted photos of the t-shirt that arrived. They also posted a photo of the back of the shirt, as seen below.

[ @NihonFalcom on Twitter ]

Mishie Reel-Passcase Revealed??

Falcom was talking about receiving the prototype for a Mishie version of the reel passcase. When will this be for sale? No clue yet.

To get the Pom reel passcase, you will need to be in the first 100,000 preorders of Nayuta no Kiseki.

[ @NihonFalcom on Twitter ]

JDK Band Super Live at Nico-Farre to be Streamed on NicoDouga

The JDK Band Super Live concert at NicoFarre on 5/12 will be streamed live on Nico-Live. This show will feature the debut of the Nayuta no Kiseki theme song, as well as feature Zero no Kiseki Evolution and the 25th Anniversary of the Ys series.

As there are two performances, this will be a live stream of the second performance. The doors open at 18:00, and the show starts at 18:30. (Japan time, of course. This is 5:00 and 5:30am Eastern)

The participating members will be:
Icarus Watanabe (Vocals)
Kanako Kotera (Vocals)
Masaru Teramae (Guitar)
Inoue Terakazu (Guitar)
Enomoto Atsushi (Bass)
Toshiharu Okajima (Drums)
Noriyuki Kamikura (Keyboard)
Mizuki Mizutani (Violin)

The concert costs 1500 points to view on NicoDouga. That would be 1500 yen. NicoDouga, I believe, has issues taking foreign credit cards, so you will need to go through using a service such as bitcash or webmoney.

The Falcom JDK Band website shows that there’s still another event coming this year.

[ Nico Live - JDK Band Super Live 2012 ]
[ Falcom jdkBand Live 2012 ]

Falcom Radio Episode 30 Now Live

This week’s episode (and next week’s) features Yuu Asakawa, the voice actress of Ilya Platiere in Zero no Kiseki Evolution. In the episode, they throw the regular quiz challenge (on alcohol) at Asakawa-san, and KoteKana has an announcement to make… that causes Mizuhashi to burst out laughing? What sort of news can it be?

Episode 31, next week, will be a continuation of the interview with Asakawa-san. Then Naomi Shindou, the voice of Sonya from Zero Evolution, will be the next guest!

[ Tio's Falcom Radio - This is a Pain, but I'll do my Best ]

Nayuta no Kiseki Website Updated – Demo Movie vol 1 Posted

‘Volume 1?’ Well, that or part 1. That’s what it says, though. It seems that we will definitely see another in the upcoming future. This one shows gameplay, parts of the opening, and an interview with President Kondo, as well.

As for the rest of the website, the shop list was, once again updated. There was also a new character update.

Laila Barton (15 years old)
CV: Ryou Hirohashi
A girl who lives on Remnant Isle. She is a childhood friend of both Nayuta and Signa.

Ys Origin Gameplay Footage Posted on Facebook

Are you excited about Ys Origin’s Steam debut being around the corner? A lot of people are. And to help build the hype for it, XSEED posted a gameplay video on the Facebook page to give everyone a little taste of what to expect coming up. The video features a boss fight with Yunica and parts of a stage with Hugo.

[ Facebook Post on Ys Series - The Official Page ]

jdkTV Episode 9 Now Live on NicoDouga

Episode 9 of jdkTV has been uploaded to NicoDouga and is now live. The episode begins with KoteKana planning to draw Ash from Dinosaur, and with Kamicha and Okaji giving her grief over calling him ‘Ash Yohei-san.’

After the intro, it cuts to everyone in the meeting room, joined by President Kondo, Mizuki (playing Ys on her PSP), and Mishie. They spend time talking to Kondo about previous Falcom Magazine issues, and reminiscing over how Falcom likes green haired girls (after KoteKana mistakes Romancia’s Princess Selina as Ao no Kiseki’s KeA), and that Okaji and Mishie have a thing for green haired girls (like Sonia in Dragonslayer: The Legend of Heroes).

Afterwards, it cuts to the regular segments of KoteKana’s adventures with the Ys series. She’s currently up against the first boss of Ys I, and her death against said boss. Aww. It then jumps to her waiting at a recording studio, still playing… joined by Shiori-chan (of the Falcom Radio SSS) who is also playing on a PSP. Her game? Sora no Kiseki SC! KoteKana’s playing is accented by her singing along with the music, and mimicking the game’s sound effects, to great amusement.

It is separated with a very funny remix of First Step Towards Wars, with the melody being performed by the ‘vocaloid’ KoteKana that was revealed at the Offline Meeting. (Disclaimer: Not a real Vocaloid.)

This episode’s installment of jdkTV News is about the upcoming JDK Band Super Live concert being held this weekend, and points people to Falcom’s website for more information. Mizuki talks about how it will have the debut of Nayuta no Kiseki’s opening theme.

And of course, to close it off, is the JDK Band acoustic version of Somebody Loves You from Popful Mail, featuring KoteKana with vocals, Kamicha on keyboard, Okaji on percussion and Enomoto/Bass-Ouji on bass.

To see the full video, click on the link below to check it out on NicoDouga.

[ NicoDouga: jdkTV Episode 09 ]

Nayuta no Kiseki Package Art Up on Amazon

According to Falcom’s twitter, the new artwork showing up on Amazon.co.jp is the package artwork for Nayuta no Kiseki. Remember, this Friday is the promo video, as well.

As the image is so large, clicking on it goes to the gallery2 archive instead of just to a larger version.

[ @NihonFalcom on Twitter ]
[ Amazon.co.jp Product Page ]

Nayuta no Kiseki PV to be Released on 5/11

According to Falcom’s regular mail magazine, they will be releasing the Nayuta no Kiseki PV this Friday, May 11th. Then Saturday night, at the JDK Super Live at NicoFarre, they will be doing the grand debut of the theme song to Nayuta no Kiseki.

Major Site Changes Coming Up

In my work to combat spam on my wiki, I will be temporarily shutting it down at some point this week, so that I can make some major changes to it that will help chase off the spambots. Hopefully, this will help a significant amount.

The big change is that I’m considering on using OpenID, in order to allow you to use the same login name for commenting on here as you do for the wiki. This way, it will be less logins to worry about. I also believe that I can implement it to gallery2, so that you’re able to use that login information on the gallery at the same time.

Part 2 is that I plan on shutting down open registration to the wiki, and only permitting registered users to do edits. Don’t worry, this won’t mean the end of working on the edits. The only difference is that you will apply for registration and I will be able to respond and approve the account via email. This isn’t too bad of a thing, because I can handle this entirely mobile, as well, so the only period when I won’t be able to worry about account registration will be when I’m sleeping.

Hopefully, this will help cut off the issues I’ve had with my wiki. (I’ll also probably be moving it to a different directory that doesn’t scream ‘HEY, I’M A WIKI! COME SPAM ME!’ or something.