Obsessed? Past time? Just killing time? Or it is just addictive? Survey shows.

Based on 2009 Today’s Gamers International Survey it reveals that the fact US citizens are more playing video games as their past time.

83% of the US citizens proclaimed that playing console games is the most primary activity or a past time, than TV Entertainment and surfing in the internet.

80% of female Americans also proclaimed that they are admittedly in playing games, and 87% for the males.

Female gamers prefer over to the PC with a percentage of 54% overall, female game portal players over 20 years old, 46% work full-time, part-time, or are self-employed, and 59% are married, while 44% for the males, it’s not even clarified if is MMORPG or just Facebook flash games.

Children with an age of 8-12 years old has an average playing time of 13 hours with only 10.2 hours watching television and an average of 9.1 hours using the Internet.

Europeans with a rating of 72% admittedly playing games, which is less than these americans.

A percentage shared by American respondents ages 50 and above.

Now, I’m amused that there are more girls playing than boys, girls pwning us.

- Game Guy Barry White bcwhite@news10.net

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Kazuya Minekura’s Saiyuki Series “Saiyuki Gaiden” manga has been anime OVA adapted.

It was revealed and announced at the Saiyuki Fiesta ‘09.

Saiyuki Gaiden is a manga prequel which had a few chapters adapted into the original anime.

Plot:
500 years before the story of Saiyuki, a heretic child with golden eyes is brought into Heaven. He is given into the reluctant care of a minor deity named Konzen, the nephew of the Merciful Goddess Kanzeon Bosatsu. Konzen eventually gives the child the name “Goku”. Goku becomes friends with two other minor gods, Marshal Tenpou and General Kenren of the Western Army of Heaven. He also meets a strange little boy who seems to be his own age, the War Prince Nataku. Although Goku is happy in his new home, Heaven is not kind to heretics. There are those who would use Nataku and Goku as tools in an attempt to seize the throne of Heaven, and Konzen, Tenpou, and Kenren may not be able to save them.

Official Website

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At the 10th Anniversary Live Event which was held on November 11,  Circus has announced a load of new releases related on the D.C. ~Da Capo~ series.

Circus confirmed that they will be getting a third visual novel, another VN entitled “D.C. Zero“, a new manga series and a brand new anime series (D.C. ~Da Capo~ III).

No further details yet on the making.

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Eden of the East Movie 1 Trailer.

The official website of the anime, and movie “Eden of the East” has released a new trailer.
Movie named as Eden of the East: King of Eden – I & Paradise Lost – II.

Movie premiere:

December 19, 2009 – Movie I

January 9, 2010 – Movie II

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The official streaming which is the site of Bakemogatari of “Tsubasa Cat – Part 3″ has been postponed, it will air on November 2 which will be late about 5 days later which has planned.

Official Website.
The delay is due to the production schedule.

Akiyuki Shinbo, the Director of Bakemonogatari announced that the 3 unaired episodes of the mini series will be streamed on the official website of the anime.

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Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga has been announced to get a Theatrical movie.

According to the Weekly Shounen Jump Magazine 48th Issue.

Official Website soon to be opened.

Namco Bandai’s Gen. Manager, Makoto Yoshizumi about making a sequel for “Tales of Vesperia.”

It has announced on Famitsu that they are decided to go for making a sequel for the game, while celebrating the theatrical release of “Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike.”

In favor of Production I.G’s Producer “Hidekazu Terakawa”, Namco Bandai Games’ Makoto Yoshizumi, and Vesperia Producer Yoshito Higuchi, and First Strike Director of the movie, Kanta Kamei.

It is doubt they will be making nonetheless the sequel but without a confirmation whether when they will be making.

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It was a close fight between the two contenders but Yui falls 2nd place in the tournament and Taiga getting the crown for this tournament.

Legend:

1st – 1332 votes | Aisaka Taiga @ Toradora!
2nd – 1278 votes | Hirasawa Yui @ K-ON!

Yui did have a good fight, but still she wins out our hearts!

Tribute for the moé contenders

Further on, recapping the final 16 people in this tournament.

Taken at the thread on AnimeSuki

Mihoko of Saki has been defeated by Yui of K-On! and Nodoko Haramura of Saki defeated by Taiga Aisaka of Toradora on the Quarter finals of the Japan’s Saimoe Tournament 2009, comes the finals between air.. err Simple minded, and cute versus the Tsundere: Yui and Taiga for the Finals.

Seems Yui of K-On! has an advantage for this since the fury of Taiga can’t reach the fellow voters, oh well. I might as well take on the vote of mai ex-waifu.

DON`T DANCE STIFFY! IT`S NOT EVEN STARTED YET!

How to vote:

Code Generator Link: Code Generator – same as before, the 55th minute of the hour is the threshold this time though. Remember, you have to wait at least 1 hour + extra minutes to reach the 55th minute before you get your code – so long as your IP does not change, you don’t need to keep this tab open all the time. There is also nothing wrong with waiting 16 hours between reserving your code and getting it, so you can reserve in the evening and vote in the morning if you are in appropriate timezones.

You can only choose one candidate for you to vote then add the “Code” which you have got on the “Code Generator” so that the vote will get valid.

Finalist #1 : <<逢坂大河＠とらドラ!>> (Aisaka Taiga @ Toradora!)
Finalist #2: <<平沢唯＠けいおん!>> (Hirasawa Yui @ K-ON!)

Round 7  — “Finals” — October 17

You can refer to this, on What is Saimoe?

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Announced on the GA Bunko Official Blog, Light Novel by Manta Aisora, 『Haiyore! Nyaruko-san / 這いよれ! ニャル子さん』 has been announced to get a flash anime adaptation.

Under the production of DLE Inc.

Synopsis:

The story starts when the protagonist “Mahiro Yasaka” an ordinary high school boy has been saved by a mysterious girl on the road that night, and proclaims herself as the Nyarlathotep of Cthulhu Myth…

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