A comic series of GREE’s in-house social game “Tanken Dorirando” (Explore Dori-Land) has begun for Shueisha’s monthly comic magazine JumpSQ. (Square) [J] as of August 4th.

“Tanken Dorirando” is a popular social game developed and managed by GREE from 2008.  It consists of adventuring through a series of dungeons, defeating monsters and getting treasure, and from last month it begain to air as a TV animation. [J]  This time the comic series is a comicalization of the anime version of “Tanken Dorirando,” but it will include episodes not presented in the game or the anime.

Jump SQ. (Square) September 2012 issue [Magazine] [J]

TV Anime “Tanken Dorirando” Theme Song “Together” [J]

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DMM.com, [J] whose business includes weekly distribution of digital contents and DVD sales, has opened DMM.com Online Game [J] and begun distribution of PC online games.

They are already distributing mobile and smartphone casual games and social games, but now additionally they’ve entered into online game distribution.  The titles now offered are as follows:

・Pink Great Battle Pairo for DMM
・Solitaire Gold
・She Makes The World Spin!
・Fish Quest
・Love Girl!!
・Floral Playing Cards Battle Royale for DMM

Basic free play is possible for any of these titles.  They plan to continuously distribute new online games moving forward.

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SSS LLC [J] and Frontier Works Inc. [J] have set up a shopfront 3D display demo installation of “Hako Ani” [J] (Box Sister), that lets you enjoy three dimensional images of virtual idols at home.

This 3D image installation has been developed by ALBEDO Inc., and it has succeeded in reforming and miniaturizing large scale conventional type projector installations for business use and exhibitions.  By projecting images from a smartphone or tablet, It makes 3D images possible without using a projector, and this time SSS LLC and Frontier Works together have made “Pako Ani,” an installation for enjoying virtual idol concerts at home, into a commercial product.  Already this year at the Tokyo Anime Fair a trial version was opened to the public and for sales, and 3D images are being shown on YouTube and NicoNico Douga from among the volunteers.  The shopfront demo is going on at Animate Akihabara and Gamers Akihabara, and AHS Inc. is displaying a demo of their voice roid / vocaloid “Yuizuki Yukari.”  Both companies have opened “Hako Ani” compatible with iPad and equal size Android tablets for sale from August 1st, at a price of 36,750 yen (including tax).

VOICEROID+ Yuizuki Yukari
   
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Ambition Inc. [J] has released “Gijin Kareshi Comic Anthology” (Simulated Boyfriend …) based on their social game Gijin Kareshi. [J]

“Gijin Kareshi” is a nurturing anthropomorphic romance social game for girls currently offered for Mobage, entagl, pixiv, and mixi.  As well as having made collaborations with various corporations, from March of this year they have started up [J] “Kemomimi☆Radio ~Gijin Kareshi~” and developed media mixes.

“Gijin Kareshi Comic Anthology” is a collection of many authors’ comic-ization of “Gijin Kareshi,” and also included are bonus virtual items which you can choose as you like from the three types of items in the game: “Animal Fire,” “Mauve Pink Moment,” and “Over Dive Reach.”

App Navi 2012 March Edition (Magazine)
   
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Bandai Namco Games Inc. [J] has announced that they are developing advertising of their social game for Mobage Idol Master Cinerella Girls [J] at the JR Akihabara station and the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Akihabara station.

This time they are posting advertisements from this title in many places at once, and they’re “Hijacking the advertising space in Akihabara station.”  Starting August 1st they are posting the advertisements in the station, and advertisements featuring characters from the game will be posted in many places between August 6th and 19th

THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 006 Kanzaki Ranko

THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 007 Maekawa Miku

THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 008 Moroboshi Kirari

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