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New Art and system screenshots courtesy of Dengeki Online. It introduces Mao and Raspberyl as characters, and there's delicious art of them on the last page. :9 It looks like Disgaea Infinite has a database feature where you can look at all of their portraits and game information.

... Although, really, this game is kind of a time warp on it's own as everyone is ... the same age they were in their original games. (Which doesn't make sense at all seeing how Mao and co. meet Fallen Angel Flonne in Disgaea 3 when she's still an Angel here. What is going onnnnnn.)

Anyway, enjoy!

Oh yeah, The Raspberyl Nendoroid came out today! Mine shipped earlier last night, she's so cute omg. :(

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a good week, here's some news from the NIS front provided by Dengeki Online.

New Antiphona screenshots and character information, today the feature involves Mirabelle's prince and the duet they share. Unfortunately, it looks like her young prince has no name of his own yet.

+ There's a convinient information system in the game too. Here, you can check information on you characters, look up songs and scenes as you progress through the game. Unfortunately, all of the information won't be available right away, you'll have to continue down the game to find out more.

+ ... Apparently Toro and Kuro also have cameos in the game.

+ Antiphona will showcase all four seasons throughout the world. That's pretty neat!

The rest of the page features misc. screenshots for your eyes. :D

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As for Zettai Hero Reconstruction Project or whathaveyou- there's five pages of new characters, screenshots, and gameplay content. From the ultra customizable characters to their family members, Zettai hero looks... uh, really interesting! I mean, I don't know what to say. It's just rather quirky in it's own way...

Characters featured :
- Main character! This loser is you!
- MC's Family- Dad (Mitsuo), Mom (Anko), and little sister (Choco)
- Makerennojya, the previous hero who was defeated. He watches over the main character to make sure he's not screwing up. Real name : 一文字ピロ彦
- Etoranze (Meaning : Stranger?! ) Hero Training School Instructor, apparently. That girl, yes. She yells and forces the MC to do hero drills, she's one strange heroine.

There's also a sample of some of the enemies and how battles are conducted in the game. Awesome. I'm a little confused on the battle system myself, but it looks interesting! :D

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EDIT I forgot to mention:
Ar Tonelico III has been announced.

Gust’s next big game is Ar Tonelico III and it’s a PlayStation 3 exclusive. The game stars Aoto, a strapping lad who is accompanied by two reyvateils, Saki, a lab born Reyvateil on the run, and Phinnel, a pure blood Reyvateil. These characters live on a third tower known as Sol Cluster. (

Japanese Articles on Dengeki Online : 1 2

Hymn Princess of Antiphona incorporates musical events in it's story scenes. Much like Rhapsody, it's based on a mix of light-hearted scenes with hidden meanings to them. What are the themes in this game? We may find that out once the game is officially released, but for now let us break down information about the game that has been brought to light.

Story

The story of Hymn Princess of Antiphona revolves around three sisters who love music very much. The main character of this story is Miabelle, the youngest sister of the three. These three girls love music very much, and it seems like Lily, Miabelle's eldest sister, is set to become a song priestess due to her heavenly voice. The story of this game involves an overlord's fascination with Lily's voice.

The kingdom they live in is called something like the Echoing Country of Antiphona, アンティフォナ響国, Antiphona hibiki kuni. It seems that every resident in this world has their heart, their energy, their very soul spun into music. It is their way of life. Songs and music are used as a form of electricity, a powerful source of energy to be harvested and used. According to Dengeki, Lily is set to be the Song Angel of their world.

Much like Rhapsody, this world uses puppets or marionettes to aid people on their quests.

Characters

Miabelle Drofa
- Youngest daughter of the trio, she always has a look of determination and longing on her face. She seeks many dreams and she loves music very much. She loves her family more than anything.

Kulala Drofa (Unsure on how the first name will be translated..)
- Middle child of the trio, she gets along very well with her sister Miabelle. She does things at her own pace and seems to be rather laidback. On her head is her puppet, Lenton. He seems to hold an eccentric sort of energy.

Clef
- Miabelle's guide and mentor, he seems to be a sort of ... puppet himself?! Most puppets are not as well built as he is, but he is still in essence only a man-made doll. His speech can be awkward at times, and he was created by a world famous doll maker. His model is exceptionally rare.

Freshia and Animatt(?)
- Freshia is Kulala's classmate and friend, she's the straight man of the group. Her emotions are upfront and she can be a loud one, but she's always true to her words. She's blessed in the art of composing, apparently? Her puppet is the vigorous and energetic Animatt who's a boy model puppet.

Ignatz
- Lily's classmate from their days at school. He seems to have some sort of famed house but I can't tell whether he's trying to run away from it or be holed up inside of it? 家出中

Overlord Auros
- Stole Lily's beautiful voice?! He seems to devestate churchs and produce large outbreaks of monsters in their land. He doesn't seem like a very nice guy.

Lily Drofa
- Her voice was stolen by Overlord Auros at the big song festival of their kingdom. Her voice is heavenly, but it seems her sisters will have to help her get it back at this point.

That's it for now! I hope that was helpful for some of you. I apologize for the lack of updates as of late, there's been a lot going on with NIS and I'll post soon about any updates and images I may have missed in the past few weeks. Thank you for sticking with us for so long, if you guys have any questions or comments please feel free to tell me. I'm very novice at Japanese right now, so if there's anything you'd like to add I would gladly edit this post to include it.

Thanks so much everyone!

I'm sleepy, lets make this quick...

New Screenshots.

I. I think they speak for themselves. Iyaa, Raspberyl-sensei, please be my teacher.

I feel a little sorry for Mao.