I was less than ecstatic to see that the first manga offering for the Wii would be Princess Ai Monogotari, a series co-created by Courtney Love, as that type of thing just isn't my cup of tea. Leiji Matsumoto is more my thing, thanks to a little show called Space Battleship Yamato that made a big impact on me way back in the early eighties, and his new manga is on the way to the Wii on both Japanese AND English!
Kotaku reports that the series is called Out of Galaxy Koshika and goes on sale April 14th. Like Princess Ai Monogotari, it will have Japanese and English text options and retails for 500 points for the first chapter and 200 for each chapter afterwards. Of course, you'll need a Japanese Wii to get your hands on it. Personally I prefer to read scans of manga until it is released in the US (or if it ever is), so I'm not sure I would use this service even if it was available on my Wii. Would you?
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11:20 AM on 03.17.2009
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqyqd4Bums8
I made a LBP Starblazers level:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Q0dqFH0so
Just sayin'
It's pretty expensive, too. You could pick up full volumes of manga at cons for five bucks.
And fuck Courtney Love's gay ass manga. >:
when I researched this game I came across this old series. I believe it's the same artist/concept artist. (The game was based on "Galaxy Express 999")
Now to go and find a copy of the old Anime. ^_^
here's an article about it:
http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/pages/ffr.asp
And after a little digging, it's the same artist/author.
I have a HUGE soft spot in my heart for Leiji Matsumoto.
Plus he made an animated movie based on a daft punk album. That is just pure amazing.