April fools stuff
Note: April fools’ ended so many of these links may no longer work.
Queen’s Blade Live action movie announced
America is pumping out a lot of these live action adaptations today!
Kazuo no daibouken game announced by Syangrila
That story from Akatsuki no Goei is finally made into a bishoujo game!
Navel: Taka wa mai orita BBS
Totally awesome for people that played Oretsuba and totally worthless for people that didn’t play the game!
Basil: Office 2009 Professional
Selling price: 100,000,001 yen
Evangelion live action drama project
You’re supposed to submit what you think would be the ideal cast for the drama and the results will be posted on the page, and some special footage (for the anime movie?) will be posted up at 10pm tomorrow.
Irem store has been taken over by Black Irem Dan
Black Irem Dan T-shirt for sale at 10,600 yen (sold out)
Alicesoft: American version of Toushintoshi 3 announced
Named Death Colosseum III Evolution
“As the original creator, the game really made me go “huh?”, but the staff working on the game are all top caliber. The right way for fans to appreciate this game is probably to treat it as a Toushintoshi III from a different dimension. It might become a masterpiece from all the power that is being put into this game! I’m having high expectations for this!”
Type-moon: moon cinemas.jp
Movie line-up available here. That’s a whole bunch of movies that I really want to watch! They’re putting too much effort into this one day festival!
ufotable/Type-moon: Kara no kyoukai recalled out summer
Make that movie! Announced on ufotable’s website too.
SNK Playmore: Star Radish announced for the MVS
The music is kinda nice.
The Colonel Sanders statue found was a prop from the Higurashi movie 2 set
The curse of the Colonel is not yet lifted!
Nekonekosoft: Nendo-iro
Clay version of Mizuiro. Awesome description for Shindou.
Techgian: Machoclock
Parody of uniclo’s awesome uniqlock.
Irem: Black Irem Dan browser game
Irem never fails to deliver every year! They even brought this stuff onto Playstation Home.
Good smile: Nendoroid Deka
Special detective Nendo Iko solves crimes with her nendoroid partner
Interlink: Obama applied for a .obama top level domain
He’s going to use it for all about himself, and possibly free .obama email addresses for all.
Overflow: Kotonohasama days
Kotonohasama Kotonohasama Kotonohasama. Vid can be downloaded from their site or viewed via nico video
Lass vs Rosebleu Ultimate Shooting Star Fighting 2009
Characters from 11eyes vs Stella Theatre.
Nitro+: Sumaga Special - Sumagaevolution
“As the director, the scenario and the game system made me feel “stop that crap!”, but the seiyuu, artist, and scripters are all top caliber. The right way for me and the fans to appreciate this game is probably to treat it as a Sumaga from a different dimension. It might be a masterpiece with all the overtime work that is being put into this game! I’m having high expectations for this!”
Everybody loves Dragonball Evolution.
Giga: BALDR SKY Dive801 LostAnal
“My crotch is having open combat!”
Minori: Weight loss drink Mot Fatter
You’ll lose 30kg just by drinking it and going to sleep immediately
KeroQ: Itasha business started and closed and tattoo business started
When are they going to release a new game anyway! Been ages!
Alicesoft: Recruitment
Too much to translate so you’ll need to understand Japanese for this. But it’s awesome.
Melonbooks: Neo Hong Kong store
70 stories up and 10 stories down, only open during 1st April.
Impresso Watch Headline
Lots of funny stuff like in previous years
French Bread: Near Fantasy Space
The homage to Sega’s Fantasy Zone appeared in an episode of index and French Bread made a playable demo out of it!
Ashinaga Ojisan: Retro version Idolmaster
Ai$Master was released on the PC-8801, mkIISR, FM77AV, and PC-9801 in the 80s.
Katatema: Kawashimochi kai, Mamomo mainland chapter, Irisu Syndrome kai
Sequels to all his more recent games, man I really want to play a sequel to Maou monogatari monogatari.
Mamomo doumei: Maou monogatari monogatari eiyuugoroshi no shou
On the other hand Mamomo doumei made a real game!
Sono higurashi no naku koro ni vs Touhou UNIVERSE
Full live action fights between Rika and Shameimaru! This is evolution!
Mana: T-shirt Factory Mana
T-shirts handmade by world renown T-shirt artists such as Hinoue Itaru and Na-ga will custom make T-shirts to your liking for between 500 yen to 2,000,000 yen per shirt.
World Pizza throwing Association 2009
“It’s surprisingly not very well known in Japan, but pizza throwing is a pro sport league that is even bigger than NBA, MLB, or NFL in the USA.”
Henjinkutsu: 589 Production
589 Production is an agency filled with idols that wear anime masks.
Intermezzo: Wii Height
Using Wii Height you can do exercises that will help you grow taller! If you buy two of these in a set you can even set them up for high jumps or pole vaulting.
Byoukan Sunday: World Byoukan Card
The WBC is being held to decide the strongest man on earth, featuring awesome match ups such as Ichiro vs North Korea’s Taepodong missile and Yoshinoya vs Sukiya.
Famitsu: Weekly Famitsu is now Daily Famitsu
Stuff such as a secret trick to get Kimikiss characters in Amagami and a scoop on the new console “Super Ultra DX Multi Drive”
7th Dragon: 7th Dragon movie in the works
Maybe it’ll be a movie about damage tiles.
March 31st, 2009 at 10:08 am
And, just like every year, Type Moon doesn’t pull any punches and makes multiple strikes…
I think this year they made more nonsensical stuff than last years, and some of it is pretty awesome / incredible / desirable. Like “recalled out summer”. DAMMIT! WE WANT THAT MOVIE!! T_T
March 31st, 2009 at 10:13 am
This is by far the best shit in this April Fools:
http://www.techgian.jp/official/machoclock/
MACHOCLOCK
March 31st, 2009 at 10:22 am
OMFG MACHOCLOCK IS THE BEST SHIT EVER
March 31st, 2009 at 10:34 am
Damn it ufotable! Why’d you have to make it an April Fools joke!
Meanest thing ever this year, regardless of whether or not you know it’s an April Fools joke…
March 31st, 2009 at 11:18 am
http://www.phi-age.com/sirabe/index.html wow big change!
http://blog.livedoor.jp/geek/
March 31st, 2009 at 11:53 am
Last two for me before I hit the sack. Delete my comments to keep things tidy!
http://www.sumaga.net/
http://www.pangya.jp/event/april2009wWw/index.html
March 31st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
The Nendo-iro HCGs are hot.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Star Radish looks fucking good!
And teasing me with a never-to-be fighting game, that’s just cruel.
And of course, the customary yaoi game being announced. For a while there I thought there wouldn’t be one.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:57 pm
plz no evolution
March 31st, 2009 at 7:52 pm
>> T-shirts handmade by world renown T-shirt artists such as Hinoue Itaru and Na-ga will custom make T-shirts to liking for between 500 yen to 2,000,000 yen per shirt.
Some hardcore fans may *actually* pay that much for a handmade T-shirt from Itaru…
April 1st, 2009 at 12:22 am
Another April fools here if you recognize it > http://www.instant-ramen.net :)
April 1st, 2009 at 4:04 am
@Fat Cat Lim: Actually, the shirt that was sold for 2,001,000 yen was the one drawn by Na-Ga one. The one from Itaru was sold for 1,049,000 yen http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d92717077
That’s the joke.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I’m really afraid of DragonBall Evolution movie!!! >___________<
April 1st, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Nico Nico Douga did their own thing where they had a “high speed version” of their movie player. This version had a red overlay, all the comments were in red, and the scrolling speed for comments was set to (you guessed it) 3 times faster.
Bit of a pain in the ass, but it’s funny on hindsight. Might have been funnier if they sped the movies up 3 times as well.