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Tears to Tiara in animation – faithful?

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Tears to Tiara cast

So I’ve heard that Tears to Tiara is coming in animated form. Being in the middle of playing its PS3 incarnation, Tears to Tiara – Kaikan no Daichi, I decided to take a look at some images that have been recently published on news.dengeki.com. It was already known that the anime would be an adaptation of the PS3 game, which is a good thing (I didn’t like the original character design). Animation is done by Oriental Light and Magic (OLM), and the same staff who adapted another Aquaplus game, Utawarerumono (or should I say Underwater Ray Romano ? *snicker*).

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Japan – Day 5

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It’s been a hot day here in Kyoto. And I don’t mean lame second meanings, just that the temperature was really over the top. As a consequence, we changed our plans: we were supposed to visit the so-called “path of the philosophy” but instead we set for Nijo Castle. Nijo Castle was the Kyoto residence of Ieyasu Tokugawa (I suspect to tell the emperor who was the real person in power) and it can be visited. The palace and its surroundings are truly magnificient.

After that we stopped for lunch in the Kyoto Station, a rather controversial piece of architecture built in the ninieties of the last century. I can say it’s huge, and filled with stores and even a hotel(!).

In the afternoon, we went gain for shopping, targeting the local Animate, Gamers, and Melon Books stores. My brother snatched up a non-H, FFXI-related dojinshi from Melonbooks, and I grabbed a limited edition of Aquaplus’s latest PS3 title, Tears to Tiara (photos coming up tomorrow). Tomorrow, we’ll be (weather permitting) heading for Nara to view the Todaiji Temple. That will be our last day in the Kansai region, as the day after that we’ll return to Tokyo via shinkansen. New photos have been uploaded to the gallery, of course.

By the way, I managed to view Slayers Revolution last night on TV Tokyo, and here is the obligatory photo:

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Japan – Day 2

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I’m aching all over but I managed to write this entry. Today I went to the Ueno area first, hoping to go to the National Museum: however I forgot it was closed on Mondays, so I had to go to the National Science Museum instead. It turned out that it wasn’t a bad choice after all, as the museum is rich with exhibits and has a very good presentation.

After that we moved to the Toshogu Shrine in Ueno Park, a shrine that was dedicated to the shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa. It’s not an “active” shrine anymore, but you can visit it for 200 yen. As the heat was killling us, we went back to Tokyo Station for lunch.

The afternoon was spent in Akihabara, the famous “Electric Town” district in Tokyo. It’s a real chaos, in my point of view, as there are so many stores it’s overwhelming. I went to Gamers and Melon Books, and got a hold of some stuff (which you’ll see in the image at the end), although I could not find a keyboard cover for my Eee. I’ll be back later this week to get other things.

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Tomorrow we’re going out of town, in Nikko, to see the Toshogu shrine, the mausoleum of Ieyasu Tokugawa and the famous nemuri-neko (sleeping cat). The train leaves at 9.30 and I stilll have to claim my ticket, so it’ll be an early morning.

Now it’s time to get some sleep. The gallery has been updated with new photos, by the way.