Type-Moon

So Type-Moon Ace Vol.3 was released a while ago, and what's the big announcement? Mahou Tsukai no Yoru has been delayed until 2010!

The official reason goes something along the lines of "The delay was in part due to being over-optimistic about recreating a 13-year-old work, and in part because we can't suppress to our desire to pursue new stories." There was also words of the entire company working hard together to get the game done blah blah.

Hmm, okay, fair enough, guess TM pulled a Blizzard, will just have to look forward to both Mahoyo and Starcraft 2 in 2010.

Indeed, mG is still alive! It's just that real life is getting busier and busier =(

So many things to talk about, where to start? First of all, finalists for this year's IGF is out for a while. As (somewhat) expected, games like Blueberry Garden, Dyson and Night Game made it in, while some other unexpected entries, like You Have To Burn The Rope, also somehow ended up in there, lol. Congratulations to Cortex Command for finally making it in, and Machinarium is looking mightily good.

In other IGF news, the 2009 IGF Student Showcase winners are out, and voting for the Audience Award is currently underway.

Happy New Year (to whoever actually comes here)! May this little site be updated more frequently in 2009.

Anyway, the main purpose of this post, aside from the holiday greetings, is to update y'all with some Type-Moon news for the last couple months.

Let's see, first of all, Comiket 75 has come and gone, and there were a variety of TM goods sold. The best of the best, without surprise, came from the TM booth itself:

• CONCEPT artbook [2,000 yen]
• Poster set - 22 posters (150mm x 420mm) [3,500 yen]
• Ryogi Shiki bath towel [4,000 yen]
• AATM2 Neck warmer [2,000 yen]
• AATM2 Paper bag

Type-Moon Ace Vol.2 on sale January 21st! The announcements in TM Ace Vol.1 shocked the world, what surprise will Vol.2 bring us? Another new game? New info on Tsukihime 2? Or is it just a scheme to make more money...we will just have to keep guessing until it is released.

In other TM news, release dates for the Kara no Kyoukai DVD Vol.4 and 5 have been announced:

• Chapter 4: December 17th, 2008
• Chapter 5: January 28th, 2009

So Comiket 74 has come to a pass, and again history has been re-written! Hopefully after this post, I'll stop writing so many Type-Moon-related posts and focus more on other stuff so this place doesn't turn into a TM fansite. First of all, this summer the TM people attended the convention not in the industry area, but the doujin area surrounded by BL groups, and as it turns out, the line to their booth, Bamboo Broom, was so long that it was legendary (poor Ed), I'm sure there are going to be blogs talking about it somewhere (Edit: Here it is!).

Anyway, back to the meat of the story, the new Kara no Kyoukai chapter that was released, "Mirai Fukuin," is nothing short of amazing. Aside from the short comics included, the story is also very interesting (not just the tabletop conversation as told in the original manuscript). Without further ado, here's a brief summary of the story and the comics that came with it.

[ If you haven't realized already, the following content contains major spoiler! ]

[ Also, it is assumed that if you read this, you have at least some idea of what KnK is about and who the characters are! ]