DGS Hibiki goods

Went to Animate in Akihabara where they were selling the newly released DGS Hibiki goods. These goods were released on 7/22, the same day as the September issue of SYLPH.

The new items include a couple clearfiles, and a couple seal mousepads. Both the front and back of the clearfiles are shown in the photo to the left (there are only 2, not 4). The clearfiles retail for 368 yen and the seal mousepads for 315 yen.

I really like the illustrations used for the clearfiles. The ending illustration on one of the mousepads is very nice too. The other one of HiroC and OnoD I’m not too fond of because their fingers are kind of bending up, which looks really unnatural. ^^;

More goods are scheduled to be released August 5th and 26th.

シルフ 2010年 09月号 [雑誌]
Price: JPY 680

4 used & new available from JPY 200

New DGS Hibiki goods to be sold at CharaHobby were announced in the latest issue of SYLPH. These goods include:

• DGS Hibiki Special Goods Set 2010 (3000 yen)
  Includes float pouch, mini hand towel, A3 clear poster, nail file set w/ pouch, and Teraike scrunchie, all inside a Hibiki shopping bag
• B3 Big Tapestry (1500 yen)
• Umi no Ie “HiBiKi” Tokusei Nyaa san Osenbei (1000 yen)
  Includes 5 senbei (rice crackers) and 2 packs of green tea
• Stacking Mug Cup HiroC Ver. & OnoD Ver. (1000 yen each)
• Radio Show-Produced Tshirts
  Kamiya Hiroshi produce “Drink Girl Smoke and Violence”
  Ono Daisuke produce “I ♥ DG”
  Do S Kousei Sakka produce “Kokatsu S-O-S!”

More information on the radio show-produced goods will be announced on the radio show. As usual, the ASCII Media Works booth will have a display of DGS good set up.

This issue’s bonus is a little mirror strap of Kuro Nyaa san. Not the best mirror in the world, but you can’t expect too much. Also included in this issue is the form to apply for the public recording at CharaHobby.

The latest chapter of DGS Hibiki has HiroC and OnoD at the beach. They finally get a vacation!? …Not exactly. They are forced by Teraikemen Shireikan to work a food stall to make some small change. Black Hibiki shows up and when HiroC asks Nozomu why they quit Hibiki, Nozomu tells him that as Hibiki, there are some rules that must be followed, and that there will come a time when HiroC and OnoD, too, have to make a decision. We’ll have to find out later what Nozomu means by this.

シルフ 2010年 08月号 [雑誌]
Price: —

15 used & new available from JPY 400

The cast of Black Hibiki was revealed in the latest August issue of SYLPH (released 6/22). Sakuya will be voiced by Okiayu Ryoutarou and Nozomu by Yonaga Tsubasa. A release date has still yet to be announced for the new drama CD. This issue’s bonus includes a mascot figure strap of OnoD. Very cute! The detail on it is quite amazing.

More DGS goods will be released in July and August. Included are new fastener accessories, clear files, mini clocks, seal mousepads, and more! They will be available at anime shops and Animate. Preorders are already open at the Animate Online Shop and Movic. Personally I think it would have been nice if they used new illustrations instead of recycled images from the game and previous goods.

Oricon 2/23

The opening single of the NDS Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki – Hibiki Tokkun Daisakusen! game, Netsuai S-O-S!, ranked #16 on Oricon’s daily singles chart on its release day. It moved up to #12 on its second day and now on its third day, is ranked #14. Originally planned for release on January 27, the single was delayed and released on February 24.

Those who purchase the single at Animate stores will receive a promotional poster while supplies last.

DGS Hibiki goods which are currently being sold at Dengekiya, Amazon Japan, and Animate are now available for purchase at Chara-Ani.com.

December 31st’s Gundam 00 Festival 2009-2010 A trailer for the trailblazer event at the Tokyo International Forum will be released on DVD June 25. It will be two discs totaling 150 minutes and retail for 6090 yen, tax included. The preview for the movie screened only at the event will be included on the DVD, but the DVD will not include live performances by the bands who sung the opening and endings songs.

comic SYLPH (コミックシルフ) 2010年 03月号 [雑誌]
Price: —

2 used & new available from JPY 400

In addition to the alternate clear cover for DGS Hibiki vol.2, SYLPH vol.11 also comes with a form to buy Nyaa san slippers! They are similar to the ones Teraikemen Shireikan can be seen wearing in the comic. More information can be found here. Also, both DGS Hibiki vol.2 and SYLPH vol.11 have forms to get a DGS Hibiki Kotoshi mo Peak charm. The deadline for both the slippers and the charm is March 19th.

An official visual book for the DGS Hibiki game, titled Gachi de Visual Book, will be released March 13 and retail for 1890 yen, tax included.

See Kamiya and Irino Miyu on the Kiramune Staff Blog. The Kiramune Special issue released by Pick-Up Voice was released February 5.

Kamiya was guest on Sugita Tomokazu’s radio show, Sugita Tomokazu no Anigera! Diduun #23. Information can be found here.

KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT SPECIAL EVENT【DVD】
Price: JPY 4,647

16 used & new available from JPY 4,280

The Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Special Event will be released on DVD on July 21. The event took place January 11 at Shinjuku Bunka Center. Cast includes Suzuki Tatsuhisa, Matsuda Satoshi, Haga Yuria, Kaji Yuuki, Komatsu Yuka, Yusa Kouji, Sugita Tomokazu, Yamamoto Shouma, Kamiya Hiroshi, Murai Ryouta, Ishikawa Hideo, Sakurai Takahiro, Sawashiro Miyuki, and Koyama Tsuyoshi.

Original Entertainment Paradise “おれパラ”2009 LIVE DVD
Price: JPY 5,096

23 used & new available from JPY 4,755

Old news, but because I haven’t mentioned it yet, OrePara 2009 will be released on DVD April 7. Performers include Iwata Mitsuo, Ono Daisuke, Suzumura Kenichi, Morikubo Shoutarou, and Hirakawa Daisuke.

comic SYLPH (コミックシルフ) 2010年 03月号 [雑誌]
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2 used & new available from JPY 400

SYLPH Vol.11, to be released January 22, will come with a bonus DGS Hibiki clear substitute cover for use with DGS Hibiki Vol.2 which will be released the same day. It makes your comic look like Black Thunder! Photos can be seen at the SYLPH editors’ blog. The cover of SYLPH Vol.11 will be Hakuouki and the issue will not include a chapter of DGS Hibiki.

In other news, the release of the single for the NDS Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki – Hibiki Tokkun Daisakusen!, Netsuai S-O-S!, has been delayed until February 24. It was supposed to be released January 27.

The DGS game was introduced on the latest FamitsuTV, hosted by Kamiya and Kaneda Tomoko, with guest game director Iwasaki Daisuke. The digest video can be viewed above. To view the full episode, you must purchase it at the FamitsuTV website.

There will be a FamitsuTV public recording on January 28, 2010 at WinPa. Participation will be by lottery. To enter, you must be a FamitsuTV+ premium member. 200 people will be chosen. Submissions are open until 2010/1/12 at 17:59.

• Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki vol.2 will be released January 22, 2010, the same day as SYLPH vol. 11. SYLPHvol. 11 will have Hakuouki on the cover and the furoku will be a substitute dust jacket for DGS Hibiki vol.2.
• CCP goods sold at Dengeki Character Festival 2009 will be  sold at certain Animate stores starting December 10. Goods include Kamiya’s Now Peak tshirt and Nyaa san shippo strap, Ono’s wkas tshirt, Limelight keyholder charm, wkas phone strap, and Do S Suwa Sakka’s DG5 tshirt and Do S nabeshiki (pot stand). They will be sold at the following Animate stores: Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Akihabara, Tachikawa, Kichijouji, Yokohama, Oomiya, Sapporo, Niigata, Senda, Machida, Tsudanuma, Chiba, Shizuoka, Nagoya, Tennouji, Sannomiya, Kyoto, Kyoubashi, Nihonbashi, and Kokura.
• Dengekiya also started selling DGS Hibiki goods from December 1 over here.
• It has been decided that Dear Girl Sandā will be released in salt (wkas) flavor. They are now accepting suggestions for catch phrases and package designs for this flavor. A few examples are on the blog.
• New wallpapers and photos of the special bonuses for the DGS Hibiki game have been added to the website.
• DGS Hibiki game director IwaD (Iwasaki Daisuke) will be guest on the 12/12 airing of DGS.
• Kamiya and Ono will be guests on the radio show Recomen! again on December 16.

Kamiya Hiroshi News

• Kiramune Music Festival 2009 will be released on DVD on February 24, 2010. It will include a CD with the full version of the event theme song, EVER DREAM. I will write a report when I have time.
  

  Kiramune Music Festival 2009 [DVD]
  Price: JPY 6,128

  23 used & new available from JPY 5,210

comic SYLPH (コミックシルフ) 2010年 01月号 [雑誌]
Price: JPY 580

3 used & new available from JPY 400

SYLPH vol.10

The cover for SYLPH vol.10 has been publicized! This cover is “Sa-ya ga Kaku Arienai Series Dai 2 Dan (Impossible Series #2 Drawn By Saya).” Looking at it um… Yeah… It’s pretty impossible. Even more so than #1 (the cover with HiroC and OnoD making the heart mark together), in my opinion. There’s no way Kamiya would touch OnoD’s face or let OnoD touch his, LoL. Where does Iwasaki sensei get these ideas from anyway? Haha.

Black Thunder will be making an appearance throughout this new chapter. Try to find them all!

Again, SYLPH vol.10 will be released November 24. Furoku is a Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki drama CD which will include a drama track and voices from the game. Purchase the magazine at Animate or any of the participating SYLPHmate stores and you’ll receive a DGS Hibiki postcard of the cover illustration.

The 2010/1/21 issue of Dengeki Girl’s Style will include a Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki Christmas pin-up poster. It will be an original illustration by Iwasaki sensei. The magazine will be released December 10.

On the Theater page of the Durarara!! website, you can watch the Perfect Guide which includes interviews with the cast. Both Kamiya and OnoD make an appearance. OnoD’s comment at the end is funny. He’s so M…

A couple photos of Uta Hiroshi during KiraFes rehearsals can be found at the Kiramune staff blog. It was announced a couple days ago that the event’s theme song will be “EVER DREAM.” The song will be available for early streaming via mobile phone starting November 25.

DGS Hibiki goods are now available for purchase at Amazon Japan.

From November 24 to December 24, there will be a SYLPH reproduction genga exhibit at the Culture Station Chiba branch of Sanseidou Bookstore in the comics section. (Blog entry here.) At the exhibit, you’ll be able to see reproductions of panel drawings from your favorite series published in SYLPH magazine. It does not say specifically, but one can assume the display will include panels of the Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki comic.

UchiP sent in a couple DG Sunder package design suggestions to Yuraku. The first one is rather normal with a photo of Kamiya and Ono. The second, however… .^^;;; He added “De” into the product name so that it reads “Deburakku” (burakku = black, debu = chubby) and there’s a photo of Chanko chan eating. The catchphrase was changed to “Over 150kg of deliciousness!” HAHAHA!!! Yuraku is still accepting submissions for designs and catchphrases and they hope there will be ones that have a bigger impact than “Deburakku Thunder.”