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EDIT 1: Former Otakon con chair Jim Vowles claims in a forum post that he has spoken to studio Madhouse's founder/producer Masao Maruyama (a frequent guest at Otakon), who confirmed Kon's death. According to the post, Kon died yesterday, though no mention of cancer is made. This certainly lends credence to the other stories we've been hearing, but I'll stay on top of any further updates.
EDIT 2: Anime News Network has reported on Vowles' confirmation, leading me to finally lay to rest my doubts about the death. Ani-Gamers will likely run coverage in the near future to pay tribute to the beloved, award-winning director.
EDIT 3: Anime News Network has published a letter from Kyōko Kon, Satoshi Kon's widow, that was originally posted on the Madhouse web site. It confirms that Kon died of pancreatic cancer on August 24 at 6:20 a.m (Japan Time). He was 46 years old, not 47, as many reports — including ours — have stated.
We are currently hearing widespread, unconfirmed reports of the death of anime director Satoshi Kon (Millennium Actress, Paprika, Paranoia Agent). It all began with a Japanese tweet from Gainax producer Yasuhiro Takeda alleging that Kon had died today at age 47. From there, the rumor snowballed across Twitter in multiple languages, but due to the time difference between North America and Japan, there has been no official Japanese confirmation as of yet. Nevertheless, Anime culture researcher Alex Leavitt translated a tweet from Takeda that confirms his confidence in his prior statement and provides a possible cause of death ("Seems real, heard it was cancer").
There is little that can be done now but wait for an official report out of Japan, but if this news turns out to be true, it represents a powerful blow to the anime industry. Rest assured, Ani-Gamers will keep on top of this emerging story and update this post as more information surfaces.
I can't be sure of the credibility of this source, but I just received a PDF containing a list of what seems to be all of the games and game franchises currently slated to appear on Nintendo's new 3DS handheld, which (as reported on Ani-Gamers) features 3-D video game graphics without 3-D glasses.
After the break I have included the full list of titles, which includes those confirmed during Nintendo's press conference (a Metal Gear Solid game, a Batman game, and Kid Icarus: Uprising, among others) and many not mentioned, such as DJ Hero, Super Street Fighter IV, and a Paper Mario game. There is also a link to the PDF itself if you're interested. I would check the Nintendo press site myself to confirm the validity of the document, but my login has expired. When I have access again or another outlet confirms/denies the list, I will edit this post to let you all know.
Additionally, you can look forward to my full write-up of Nintendo's rather exciting E3 press conference later today.
[Thanks, Patz]
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Activision Publishing, Inc.
- DJ Hero® 3D AQ INTERACTIVE
- cubic ninja ATLUS
- Etrian Odyssey
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Capcom
- RESIDENT EVIL® REVELATIONS
- SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 3D Edition (name not final) Electronic Arts
- FIFA Soccer
- Madden NFL
- The Sims™ 3 Gameloft
- Asphalt GT Harmonix
- Music game HUDSON SOFT
- Bomberman franchise
- DECA SPORTS franchise
- KORORINPA franchise KONAMI
- Baseball franchise
- Contra franchise
- Frogger franchise
- HIDEO KOJIMA’S METAL GEAR SOLID SNAKE EATER 3D “The Naked Sample”
- PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER franchise
- WINNING ELEVEN franchise LEVEL-5
- Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (name not final) Majesco Entertainment
- BloodRayne: The Shroud
- A Boy and His Blob
- Face Racers: Photo Finish
- Lion’s Pride: Adventures on the Serengeti
- Martha Stewart
- WonderWorld Amusement Park
- Marvelous Entertainment BOKUJYOUMONOGATARI 3D (name not final) NAMCO BANDAI Games
- Dragon Ball® franchise (name not final)
- Gundam® franchise (name not final)
- PAC-MAN™ & GALAGA™ (name not final)
- RIDGE RACER® (name not final)
- Super Robot franchise (name not final) Nintendo
- Animal Crossing™
- Kid Icarus™: Uprising
- Mario Kart™
- nintendogs™ + cats
- Paper Mario™
- PilotWings Resort™
- Star Fox 64™ 3D
- Steel Diver™
- ROCKET Crash-City GP
- VS-robo SEGA
- Sonic (name not final)
- Super Monkey Ball (name not final) SQUARE ENIX
- CODENAME: Chocobo Racing® 3D
- DRAGON QUEST® franchise
- FINAL FANTASY® franchise
- KINGDOM HEARTS franchise Take-Two Interactive
- Carnival Games® franchise TECMO KOEI GAMES
- DEAD OR ALIVE® 3D (name not final)
- DYNASTY WARRIORS® (name not final)
- NINJA GAIDEN® (name not final)
- SAMURAI WARRIORS® 3D (name not final) TOMY
- LOVELY LISA 3D
- NARUTO SHIPPUDEN ACTION THQ
- de Blob 2
- Kung Fu Panda Kaboom of Doom
- Marvel Super Hero Squad Infinity Gauntlet
- The Penguins of Madagascar
- Puss N Boots
- Saints Row: Drive-By Ubisoft
- Assassin’s Creed™ Lost Legacy
- Battle of Giants™: Dinosaur Strike
- Driver® Renegade
- Hollywood 61 (name not final)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon™
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory™ Warner Bros
- Batman franchise
- LEGO franchise
CLICK HERE to read the original list. (PDF format)
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At roughly ten o'clock on Monday in Japan, the official Haruhi site went down. It was replaced with a 404 error and pictures of the North High school grounds used last year at haruhiism.com with a scrolling message. The importance of the date (7/7/08) is based upon Tanabata, a Japanese holiday which has special importance in The Disapperance of Haruhi Suzumiya. The site returned on Tuesday, but if you wish to see the July 7th version, it is avaliable on Google's cache.
[via haruhi.tv]
Done wetting your pants little kiddies? According to a post on anime blog Canned Dogs, an announcement in Newtype (the Japanese one) says that new information about the second season of Haruhi Suzumiya will be released in the July issue of the same magazine.
Also, as reported by an SOS-Dan forums poster, the official Haruhi fan club has confirmation that the new season will be based on The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, the fourth novel in the series. News will be released as it comes.
EDIT 1: Early scans of the Newtype July issue have been released on 2chan. They can be found here. The magazine will be on sale June 10th in Japan, so we can expect the article to be translated that week.
[via SOS-Dan]
Kotaku's Flynn De Marco braved Square Enix's Closed Mega Theater presentation today at the Tokyo Game Show, and after watching the Final Fantasy XIII trailer, he was treated to text at the end stating "For PS3 Only." There it is, my friends: plain as day. Final Fantasy XIII is a Playstation 3 exclusive, at least according to this TGS video. Of course, fully official confirmation still needs to be given, but lets consider 360-Final-Fantasy-XIII rumors to be effectively punched in the face and subsequently beaten with a SIXAXIS.
The collective groans and sighs from fanboys on the 360 and PS3 sides respectively were accidentally registered as small earthquakes in observation stations around the world today.
[via Kotaku]
