[AOW] Ben-to (3/10-16/2013)

I can't believe it has already been over a year since Ben-to season 1 debut to the world, yet there is no season 2!! *sigh* Good anime seems to not be getting more than one season for long periods of time. I know I'm waiting for season two of Mushi-Uta (that will never happen), High School of the Dead Panty & Stocking, and a few others. I'm lucky though because my all time favorite anime Oreimo has a second season starting next month. Anywhosils nettaversers, back to the topic of this weeks AOW BEN-TO!!

Type: Novel Adaptation

Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Martial Arts

# of Episodes: 12

Synopsis:

Sato Yo is a high school boy who likes SEGA games. One day, he enters a grocery store to buy some food for dinner. When he tries to take a bento box, he loses consciousness. He comes around to find all the bento sold out. He notices there is a war game going on at grocery stores and players called "Wolves" compete for the half-priced bento. Yarizui Sen, the leader of the Half-Pricer Club, forces Yo to join the club and he enters the bento war.

High School of the Dead Returns

If there is one anime that people keep saying "Hey Alicia, do you know if High School of the Dead is going to get a second season? That anime is kick ass!" well... the anime was named in the question. Now I can finally answer with "possibly". Still no solid green-lit for a second season of the hit zombie anime HSoTD buuuut after a 2 year hiatus the manga is finally returning to serialization via Dragon Age manga mag in Japan. This could only mean if the manga gets popular enough, or the demand for season 2 is just so overwhelming, we could see a second season by 2014. Fingers crossed.

[source: Sankaku Complex]
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New Vault Hunter coming to Borderlands 2

Been a while since I've found some solid news on Borderlands 2. While there has not been a confirmed level cap increase despite predictions one would arrive in March, there has been some even more interesting news circulating the net...

During a SXSW panel, Gearbox revealed 

a new vault hunter would be joining the mix:

 

 

I personally wish a level cap increase would be implemented. I have one character who has hit level 50 and one who is almost there, but most of my friends have at least 3 characters who have been at level 50 for a while. I also want some news on the next DLC but haven't seen anything for that either. Oh well.

 

I honestly hope this new character isn't another "girlfriend mode" one made to make the gaming experience easier for those who have not really played Borderlands or FPS games in general before. Only 1 of those kind of characters is needed!

Aku no Hana Anime slated for Spring

I've been reading the Flowers of Evil (aka Aku no Hana) manga lately as Vertical has been releasing it buuuuut I only have 3 of the volumes out so far. It's one of those manga that takes some used to getting when reading. Very emotional series with some deep deep character interaction that is rarely seen in manga outside of the Vertical line.

An anime adaptation is slated for release on April 6th, 2013. I haven't seen any solid trailers for it and according to animenewsnetwork the series will not be animated traditionally. I'm hoping this will help keep the creepy feel of the series!

Gintama anime Might End in March

There was a tweet that went out from Gintama's supervisor that Yorinuki Gintama-san run will end in March. The supervisor, Takamatsu thought the series would run through the summer but TV Tokyo advised him Aikatsu! is slated to take over Gintama's time slot starting April 4th... so if Gintama will still continue is up in the air at this point. The tweet has since been deleted.

Seems like a lot of bigger anime series that have been running for years now are either ending or up in the air if they will be continuing. There was a small period of time that people were speculating that Bleach would end soon as well, but nothing solid to that effect has been announced.

[source: ANN]

[PS3] Gundam Breaker

I know what you're thinking- "Why does RX-78 have Sinanju's legs?" Well Gundam enthusiast, the answer is simple. You are looking at some concept art for a new Gundam game in the works called Gundam Breaker. Instead of just recycling the age old method of making Gundam games that just feature a bunch from different universes and series, Gundam Breaker will allow you to take pieces from different Gunpla and meld them together to make a new mobile suit. How cool is that!?

Accodring to Japanator "Instead of actually controlling mobile suits, players will select from different model kits, mixing and matching parts to create a chimera of Gundams. Even cooler? Gundam Breaker allows for a huge degree of customization, from the amount of gloss you want, damage, air brush, and even decals. If you've ever enjoyed building mobile suit models, this is going to be one hell of a good time."

It's been a really long time since I've been this excited to play a Gundam game. You can bet your booties that I'll do my utmost best to get this one and review it on a future r//w[g] entry... for now I just have to wait for a demo.

[Road to Miku Day] Who are the Kagamine Twins?

Ahhh, the twin vocaloids. I honestly was not going to do them second, but my friend Ron who is a huge fan of Rin asked me to do them next so as I like to do things for people they are second in this 5 part series! They have lovely blond hair don't they?

 Len's voice was achieved by singing within the chest, while Rin's at the top of  head.

Originally following Miku there was only suppose to be a vocaloid with a low teen voice, but there was also high demand for a male voice- so Crypton Future Media (the company the creates the vocaloid software) decided to make 2 voice packs using the same voice actress. Kagamine Rin was released November 8th 2007 containing a voice bank for Len as well, but on December 3rd 2007 Len was officially unveiled. Even though the first release contained two voice banks, the program was still the same price as Miku.

The twins are modled as 14 year olds, have blond hair, Len is taller than Rin and weighs a little bit more. There are currently 3 versions of the Rin/Len software with a planned  English one on the way but there is no official release date or demos set for it.

There is a very special day coming up in El Paso Texas being hailed as Miku Day El Paso 2013 aka MD39. The event will be held on March 9th 2013 at the UTEP Hilton Garden Inn from 12-9pm.  The event is very small with a few Miku related events. It is only $5 to attend. For more info, be sure to visit the event page.

Rin and Len are featured in all 3 of the concerts that will be showing at MD39 El Paso!