should I get the Nozomi Entertainment Gundam Age blu-ray releases for the english dub? (which last time I checked its not uploaded to sites like Kissanime) or should I get the Deluxe versions of the Japanese blu-rays for the extra pack ins and audio commentary? (If there not available somewhere on the Japanese internet)

manwaifu:

Who thought getting Nagano Takuzou to design the Gundam AGE characters was a good idea?

Now, don’t get me wrong; I LOVE NAGANO’S CHARACTER DESIGNS. I love them. They just don’t work with a Gundam series. If we’re talking Level-5, Sonobe Jun (Danball Senki) would have been a better choice.

Actually Nagona only did the drafts, the actual character designer is Michinori Chiba, the guy who designed characters for IBO and 00 (correct me if I’m wrong) plus I think Sonobe Jun was sick at the time according to Hino’s bio manga (birth of Inazuma Eleven)

I’m just more interested in the diaglouge boxes on the bottom right corner, can someone translate them please

A sneak peak to that Inazuma Eleven DVD that you pre order Galaxy to get (I got mine from eBay) is such a great release that I hope Level 5 does something similar for there 10th anniversary (maybe even greater like a full art book like the Art of Professor Layton)

This is why I converted to a Level 5 blog, I don’t want Level 5 to be known for just Layton (ok Layton and Dark Cloud and some Dragon Quest games), and I will not let Yokai Watch go down like LBX before that (the marketing for that franchise is the definition of a sick joke)

I recently checked the website, freenovelonline and no one has uploaded a translated version of the Ushiro novels. (Heck i’m not even sure that shslscans is still doing the manga versions since only the first chapter was translated) 

Well if you’re a translator and you wanted spread awareness to Ushiro, here’s the raws you can download if you want to by clicking the link here (L5-Project)

Read the LostMedia article for more info (here)

I don’t think so, I think that’s just the app store updating a little bit late I guess

Speaking of which I beat the game a month ago (it’s the most relaxing game ever) and I got to ask 

I didn’t see a single event that would cause the game to get a B rating? Keep in mind that the Snack World despite having…well…this 

is rated A. (I don’t know how the CERO rating works)

Lucky for me I snag these concept arts from the Deluxe version of volume 9 before photobucket decided to hold them hostage (credit goes to HellCat for the actual scans) 

P.S I want an actual translation not a joke one from /m/

Gundam Age Raw sort of Masterpost

I know what you penguins and ducks are thinking, why waste time on making zip files on Gundam Age since it has are very few fans and that no one cares if its it’s translated or not?

Here’s the thing, even tho I considered the show a guilty pleasure of mine, it’s still a part of Level 5 history, granted a black stain on its resume and possibly one of the reason why Level 5 is not that popular in the west but still I can’t really give my full opinion on the thing cause the puzzles are still missing.

The show was supposed to run for a year and the half but depending on who you ask is either because of disastrous ratings (same amount of ratings as SD Gundam Force) or that Unicorn took most of Sunrise’s budget because there’s a ton of content in the novels. By translating the manga’s and the novels (and the PSP which I considered the definitive version but I don’t know how to data mine for every piece of dialogue ever written) I can piece together this 3d jigsaw and see what Gundam Age was originally gonna be like

Well here are the RAWs

1. Gundam Age First Evolution vol.1 (zip here)

2. Gundam Age First Evolution vol.2 (zip here)

3. Gundam Age First Evolution vol.3 (zip here)

4. Gundam Age Second Evolution vol.1 (zip here)

5. Gundam Age Second Evolution vol.2 (zip here)

6. Gundam Age FInal Evolution (zip here) Note there is no 3rd evolution

7. Gundam Age Novel 1 (zip here)

8. Gundam Age Novel 2 (zip here)

9. Gundam Age Novel 3 (zip here)

10. Gundam Age Novel 4 (zip here)

11. Gundam Age Novel 5 (zip here)

The rest of the manga like Treasure Star, Climax Hero and Sid is not available in ebook format so I have to get a scanner for high quality readable images

Bonus: Staff Interviews (zip here) credit goes to unoservix for scanning the entire Gundam AGE Mechanics and World book (Dropbox made by him for the whole thing) and Alexsena for that first scan (Mobile Suit Gundam AGE Book Devices)

I really want to know what the production was really like, as info is like all over the place, (Is Hino a fan since he was a child or did he know little? Was the staff of Level 5 really mad at him?) the most concrete thing I got is that Hino in an interview with Newtype hints that the staff often decides the direction of the show like a coin flip

Well thanks for checking that post anyway, if the work is fully translated contact me by messages or inbox. 

if you have any questions, concerns, or i’m I missing something, please tell me

Happy Translating

Penguins and Ducks, I have RAWs of the Ushiro Novels and parts of the Ushiro manga.

Here are the RAWs

1. Ushiro: Somber God of Death Manga adaptation chapters 2-4 (Chapter 1 was already translated by this fellow tumblr user shslscans (zip file here)

2. Ushiro Hero Magazine version chapter 1 and parts of 2 (zip file here) the reason why there is only two chapters is because the manga artist fell ill and they decided to try to finish it in volume form instead (the artist is getting better little by little)

3. Ushiro: Somber God of Death the Original Novel (zip file here)

4. Ushiro: After School of the Kingdom (Google Translated title) (zip here)

5. Ushiro: Grim Reaper and the White of the Saint (Google Translated) (zip here)

The may have been cancelled but these but the novels and manga are closest examples on what kind of game Ushiro would of have been. I have a few theories on why the game has been canned 

• Tech issues
• being a late PSP game
  
• being over budget 
• don’t know how to market it
• or their reputation as a kids company  

Thanks for taking the time to check out Level 5 history

If the work is fully translated contact me by messages or inbox

if you have any questions, concerns, or i’m I missing something, please tell me

Happy translating

UPDATE: Ushiro is getting resurrected on the Switch (source)

Glixel did an interview with Akihiro Hino and what was it like to work with Studio Ghibli was one of them and he said it’s not to difficult (They worked on the first Ni no Kumi game for those not in the know)

Other Questions Hino answered are as follows

• Hino felt that the first Ni no Kumi game focused a little too much to children so he’s maturing the second game to be more focused on the family.
• For the games Hino made for Sony like the Dark series and Rogue Galaxy he’s credited as scenario writer, director, and producer while his games nowadays he’s credited as producer. Hino says that despite what the credits says he’s still doing the same things
• The reason why Layton was a hit in the west was that they studied the color palette and elements of European animation and films despite being aimed at Japanese consumers.
• Hino says that Layton is a perfect example of a fantasy world coming alive, another reason why the games are successful.
• Hino thinks that RPGs main appeal is getting a new experience, new world, new story and new adventures.
• The reason why he changed the core battle system in between the Ni no Kumi games is again to discover something new.
• Layton started out as a clone of brain age based on the brain exercise books from Akira Tago but that name was trademarked so Hino decided to be a puzzle adventure with a story.
• How Layton survived the Brain Age fad is that the games are designed for everyone across the age spectrum, even if you’re not a gamer and not good at puzzles (like me) they will make sure there will be enjoyable aspects to the game.
• Level-5s mission is to make new IPs every year, being creative is there main goal, making revenue and profits is secondary though that’s good as well.
• Being the greatest game company no one has ever heard of is just the way it is for now (at least in the west, NA specifically)
• Hino’s approach to game design is that even though you might not be familiar to video games you can still have a good time.
• The biggest change to Level-5 is that they published their own games and doing there well known cross media projects which no one thought they would do.
• Hino’s biggest influence as a developer Yuji Horii, the creator of the Dragon Quest series.
• Hino would like to try out the horror genre sometime (maybe Ushiro will be uncanceled?)
• The Professor Layton series is Hino’s favorite games to work on
• Hino has so many regrets that he doesn’t know where to start and they all come from deadlines and time restraints.
• and the last one is that Hino doesn’t think that the rise of Japanese developers as a comeback but as a different movement in the gaming industry

Here’s the link to the interview that explains it better than my summary ever could (here)

It’s was nice of Level 5 Abby to make this pic for my support of the LBX franchise (the company said the show is in hiatus, leaving the fate of the Franchise in the west rather bleak)

Penguins and Ducks this petition is important to level 5s future. It’s important to the reputation of kodomo anime, and children’s video games in general.

We want Level 5 to get more recognition that it deserves, we want Inazuma Eleven (the Yokai Watch of the late 00s and early 10s) to be treated much better. We want LBX (a Cult hit in Japan and maybe America) to be treated with more respect and advertise better. Yokai Watch was a sleeper hit and that is a good thing in at least my book.

But in order for the company to be recognized being the best children’s games company of all time we must support Yokai Watches big brothers and create smiles to children everywhere in the world. Level 5 needs to be more known than just Layton, more known than just Yokai Watch, and finally wash off the dark stain that is holding it back from greatness that is Gundam Ages reputation. (I like to talk about it from a Level 5 fanatic Perspective and it’s a guilty pleasure of mine)

So please read the petitions goal and sign it like I did and let Level 5 be recognized as the greatest children’s company ever. Spread the happiness, and high quality escapism for the child at heart and soul like me.

Level 5 is pure, Level 5 is love, And finally Level 5 is life.

This is why I switched to a Level-5 blog as far as my original posts are concerned 

How Level 5/Hino views trucks 

Grand Master Yoda and your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Word for Level 5 they do.