We are just having fun reviewing and discussing comic books, graphic novels, manga, anime/animation, music and movies that we have recently read, listened to or watched.
Most of you will be picking this up, especially those that follow The Legend of Zelda. Hyrule Warriors: Legends is set for a North American release for March 25, this Friday. Nintendo’s YouTube channel is streaming a gameplay video of the character Linkle for everyone to watch. Hyrule Warriros: Legends is available for the Nintendo 3DS, so everyone enjoy your gaming!:
Kanomi has set some release dates for new product in thier Yu-Gi-Oh! card game, so start saving up know. First up is the Rise of the True Dragons structure deck – it will have new high-level dragons, dragon devotee monsters, and spell cards that will be able to summon dragons from the graveyard with no restrictions – this set has a July 15 release date. Next is the Dark Illusion core booster set – it will have 100 cards to the set to include ten new themes and ten never before seen cards – these boosters have an August 5 release date. Last is Dragons of Legend Unleashed booster set – this set will have several foil cards from the manga and anime that have never been used before – which has an August 19 release date. So have fun chasing all of these down this summer.
Here is something you probably didn’t think you would ever see. AnimeNews Network reports that CAPCOM recently announced Musical Biohazard: Voice of Gaia. The company has tapped Reon Yuzuki (pictured above) to be the lead in the musical, that will feature elements of ballet and action. The first run of the musical will be at Tokyo’s Akasaka ACT Theater from September 30 to October 12.
Pokemon keeps rolling! It has been announced with the video below, from Pokemon’s YouTube channel, that in late 2016 the Nintendo 3DS will have Pokemon Sun and Moon released for game play. I can see several more announcements in the future for this property, which is a proven success.
We just had a great interview with the creator of the new card and dice game Vampsylvania. Those that have been long time listeners will recognize the creator, C. Michael Hall. Michael is one of our friends that submitted this on KickStarter to see if there would be interest and he received tremendous support. We are working to have the interview up by this Friday. There is still time left to support Vampsylvania by jumping over to KickStarter and making a pledge: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/115666883/vampsylvania-a-card-and-dice-game-of-cute-cartoon?ref=nav_search . Congrats to Michael and thank you for coming on the show with the ComicPop Crew.
Bushiroad has announced it’s latest TCG game, Luck & Logic. The English release of Luck & Logic is set for a Summer date and one has to wonder if the anime series that is a companion piece in Japan will to far behind for a North American release. But one never knows with distributors…if nothing else our TCG fans will have their new cards to get. Here is the two ads for both the anime and card game through their YouTube channel:
Cardfight Vanguard will be adding to its collective with the upcoming Moonlit Dragonfang booster packs. These booster packs are planed to be released in the last part of January. So start check your local shops or see if they can order them in for you:
TCG Collectors and specifically Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Collectors will have something “old” but “new” to look for this April. The New Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Packs is planned for an April 15 release from Konami. This booster set will be a set of 48 cards with added fan favorite cards from the TV series like Card of Demise and Egyptian God Card, The Winged Dragon of Ra – Immortal Phoenix. There will also be 20 variant art cards for classic cards, Thousand Dragon, Kunai with Chain and Celtic Guardian will be part of those 20 variant art cards. The 48 card set will be made up of 20 Commons, 10 Rares, 6 Super Rares, and 4 Ultra Rares. Each pack will be a mixture of revamped and new cards. Thanks to ICv2 for the heads up.
For all of our table top gamers HeroClix is planning on bringing out The Superior Foes of Spider-Man set. The set will include classic and modern foes. There will be 70 figures to include: 16 common; 16 uncommon; 16 rare; 12 super rare; and 6 chase figures. WizKids has set July as a release time frame, so you have a little time to save up for the new pieces for you game or collection.
Bandai Namco Entertainment America is streaming the trailer for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: Secret Technique Jutsu on their YouTube channel. Naruto fans will be happy for this one to see their favorite characters in action and the Reverse Sexy Jutsu is great. The release date for the video game will be: Japan, February 4; Europe, February 5; and North America, February 9.