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Anime Expo 2009 wasn’t exactly the greatest rendition due to a lackluster guest list, but if there was a bright spot to be had during that convention, I’d definitely have to peg the Daisuke Ishiwatari/Toshimichi Mori Panel as being one of the higher points.

For those who don’t know, Daisuke Ishiwatari and Toshimichi Mori worked together on BlazBlue (which we seem to have a lot of in-depth coverage on here at VN-Net) with Mori being in charge of the design and Ishiwatari being the composer. Ishiwatari also designed and composed to the music to the Guilty Gear series and voiced Sol Badguy.

As for the panel itself, there was an eclectic group and whether it was filled with curious onlookers or general fans, it’s hard to tell. The panel also had at least a 2:1 male to female ratio, which was kind of surprising to me. I’d chalk them up to being girlfriends or something if it weren’t for a girl cosplaying as Sol Badguy (Syke note: Damn you rule 63!). I laughed, but wasn’t able to get pictures of her though. In any event, the panel mostly consisted of a Q&A session that turned out to be pretty informative. Both offered their insights into the games themselves as well as some thoughts about game design in general. So here’s what I found to be of interest: (continue reading…)

Like Syker before, Zero (in all of his laziness) asked me to put together a character bio for Litchi, because I’m the only person here at Visionary Nexus that actually plays as her. Not that I mind, I love me some Litchi.

Look at those big juicy litchis... I'm having a hard time making good punchlines after making two posts in a row.

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All right, since Xéro’s being a lazy-ass again, he told me to write up Jin’s entry because “[I'm] the best Jin player [he] knows.” I might get some things wrong, since Xéro is the resident Guilty Gear/BlazBlue guru, so fuhgive me, Zero.

In any case, here is the profile for Major Jin “Win” Kisaragi, BRRROTHER!

JIN WIN

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Alright, since daily updates for BlazBlue were impossible at the time, I decided to go ahead and do them after the game, but add in some strategies and tips for newer players. So today we start off with Ragna the Bloodedge.

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As promised, we return to the character bios with Bang Shishigami! Thankfully, this entry will have a lot more information than the last.

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