Nitroplus

Not quite sure why Nitro+ would dig up a game that's over 10 years old and turn it into an anime...again, especially when the first attempt at adaptation did not cause a sensation of any kind, but whatever their reason, boys and girls, a new anime adaptation of Nitro+'s classic game Phantom of Inferno has been announced, the anime will be called Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom.

Phantom of Inferno was Nitro+'s first game, and is, in every way and form, a classic. The story revolves around a 15-year-old Japanese teen named Azuma Reijing travels to the U.S. to celebrate his graduation (who does that anyway?). While in the U.S., the poor guy witnesses a murder and is subsequently kidnapped by the criminal organization Inferno. Inferno brainwashes the boy and trains him into an assassin called Zwei. Zwei trains under Ein, also known as Phantom, a title given to Inferno's top assassin. The story has many routes, Zwei either goes with Ein as the two try to discover their true self, becomes the personal boy-toy of Inferno's top official Claudia as she tries to take over, or meets the little girl Cal who later become the assassin Drei.

Gish 2's official website was recently updated with something of an intro. Although it's not clear who's the creature that's doing the talking, it sure seem like something out of a Lovecraft novel. From what can be seen so far, comparing Gish 2, which looks dark and adult-like, to Gish 1, which seems cute and cuddly, is like comparing Silent Hill to Serious Sam (um how does that work out anyway?). Also, after having recently completed Nitro+'s Saya no Uta, I have reasons to believe that the creature on the frontpage is a distant relatives of Saya's.

Which brings us to the topic of this post (yes, it's actually not about Gish 2). Last night, staying up till 3am or so, I finally finished a extremely short but thought-provoking work called Saya no Uta (Song of Saya) from Nitro+, a Japanese eroge game maker known for works like Demonbane and my personal favorite, Phantom of Inferno.