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ef - a tale of memories.
Official site: http://www.ef-memo.com
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Basic information: ef - a fairy tale of the two. is a Japanese interactive novel created by the software house minori (Wind ~a breath of heart~). The first part of the game, ef - the first tale. got released last Christmas (2006/12/22) for 7140 en, while the release of the second part of the game titled ef - the latter tale. is still pending and is for now set to be released sometime this year. The anime is scheduled to be released sometime in autumn. A prologue DVD called ef - a tale of memories. ~prologue~ will go on sale 2007/08/24. Plot: The story revolves around the protagonist Hirono Hiro, a poor high school boy who draws shoujo manga for his living. One cold Christmas night after meeting a very strange woman in church, his bike gets stolen by another strange girl. He runs after her and finds her collapsed on the street. Her name is Miyamura Miyako and her bag got stolen by a man on a motorbike. Soon after, they start hanging out together, enjoying highschool life and whatnot. Hiro's life is also strongly dictated by Shindou Kei, his childhood friend. Selling points of the game:
Some information Sushi-Y found before the first part of the game was released: Quote:
I personally own the game but I haven't even continued past the prologue (I guess now I'll have to, eh). Some of the story telling seems quite fun, especially listening to Miyako's reporting of her actions expressed in 3rd person. Anyway, I'm quite sceptical about the quality, more like the selling points of the anime adaptation because angles and "movie-like" effects don't really matter when talking anime. They do in the eroge industry, however. P.S.: The game PV was released by Froth-Bite last year. It can also be found on YouTube. Last edited by cyth; 2007-06-04 at 06:06. |
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2007-06-04, 05:27 | Link #2 |
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Oh wow, really? OMGEEZERSS. I can't wait for this to come out. I gotta follow the news now.
I personally haven't played the game myself too. But the CG set (background) is beautifully done. Ahhh the (one) PVC is terrible too. This one here is fine. which is the latest PVC released for the Title. The colors are too glossy, IMO. This here, I found to be terribly done. Overall, from the forehead down it was decent, till it went uphill and proportion went all whacked. It has no dimension, seemed like their kid completed it from the forehead upward. ps: Shaft better not FU** this up like Negima, like Starchild. Otherwise, ohh... nvm. I love the story myself, cause the main character isn't focused on a trillion different girls, likewise... other games. Forgot the opening song sucks, IMO. The animation and background are quite well done though.
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2007-06-04, 08:20 | Link #6 |
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I don't have the exact figures (I'm sure someone knows where to find those), but Getchu's sales ranking for 2006 has it on 4th place. That's after D.C. II ~Da Capo II~ (by Circus), Really? Really! (by Navel) and Scarlett (by NekoNeko Soft).
I'm not sure how that particular sales ranking counts sales, but ef was released very late in 2006 (december 22nd) while the three games outranking it were released a lot earlier (two in may, one in november), not to mention ef kept the 19th spot on the January 2007 ranking chart. Impressive performance nonetheless. Still, one must never mistake success for absolute quality in the 18+ PC software world. nbkz-sakai is arguably an above-average producer (though seeing how he messed up some routes in Wind is quite disturbing), but there's no doubt he's a genius salesman. |
2007-06-04, 09:45 | Link #7 |
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Shaft is usually recognized for their weird, well... out of the ordinary animes. I hope Shaft don't take the artwork they credited with Pani Poni and Negima!?.
Who exactly is Sugiyama Nobuhiko? I don't really recognize that name. (ok, i know i didn't add that there) The DC series is really popular, so what did ja expect, same goes with shuffle. Artwork wise, it's really nice, but story as it goes, isn't all that. Though I did enjoy the story for DC II, somewhat...
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It's probably good that Sakai stepped back to let someone else plan and direct their recent productions. Quote:
Unfortunately, opinions on the actual scenario are rather mixed. Some complain that it's short and boring, while others say they can't feel a thing for the characters (not enough time to convincingly develop their relationships. Supposedly, total length is only ~6 hours, with this timespan split among two separate love stories). |
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2007-06-04, 13:43 | Link #9 | |
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2007-06-04, 16:04 | Link #11 | |
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...e.php?id=51932 There's also an Inukami! character named Shindou Kei (voiced by Mizuki Nana). |
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2007-06-05, 03:25 | Link #14 |
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Looking forward to this one (I have heard of a lot of good things about the game, only the lack of time stopped me from playing the game in any way).
However, I got a feeling that newcomers to the anime might take some time to avert their eyes away from one of Miyako's most attention-grabbing aspects (at least IMHO) >.> . The main concern this time will be on SHAFT this time, as it has been made known that their version of Negima!? received mixed responses, from both fans of Negima! and newcomers alike. |
2007-06-05, 06:11 | Link #15 |
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Nah, forget it. SHAFT and the supevisor are just going to do their job animating it, because the story doesn't allow for it to be stylized the way Negima?! was. And I'm sure minori and their fans wouldn't let such a preposterous thing to happen.
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2007-06-05, 14:56 | Link #18 | |
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Toua: You're right about that, I can see fans and Japan blasting SHAFT into pieces if Negima!? happens. Last edited by kct; 2007-06-05 at 17:16. |
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