Monthly Archives: June 2018

YoRHa Musical/YoRHa Boys Blu-ray does NOT have English Subtitles

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A fellow user on Twitter recently asked the official account for the YoRHa stage plays whether or not the up-coming Blu-ray release will have English subtitles, and here was their reply:

Unfortunate for sure but not entirely unforeseen. I have yet witnessed a release by DearStage that includes any subtitles whatsoever. Then again, my only experience is with the initial DVD release of the YoRHa Ver.1.0 stage play, which was strictly a barebones release with not special extras. The video itself was horribly rendered with interlacing codecs that made it sort of ugly to even watch. *sigh* Here’s to hoping at least the production quality of this release will be better…

There could still be hope for an international release that includes English subtitles (and maybe others as well), depending on how well this first release does.

Lastly, if you look closely at the image that they posted, you can see that the region encoding of the Blu-ray is “region free”… which would make this playable internationally. That’s at least one small step that they took to make at the very least importing it more plausible…

I also tweeted the following information:

It amused me that the official YoRHa Twitter account liked it. lol

YoRHa Musical & YoRHa Boys Blu-ray Screening on July 21 and 22 in Akihabara

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This just announced, the special two-day screening event of the YoRHa Musical Ver.1.2 and the YoRHa Boys Stage Play Ver.1.0 will be held at the UDX Theater in Akihabara on Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and 22. This is about a week before the official release of the blu-ray sets on July 27.

Ticket information for these special screening events will be announced via Twitter in the days to come! Aside from merely screening the blu-ray, they will also have a talk event with the cast members!

Recap from Yoko’s Birthday Livestream by Famitsu

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＊ This is going to be a brief post for right now, but I intend on adding more to it soon!
Updated: June 7, 2018 – 7:24am

We heard about a couple new NieR goodies that will be released later this year. Here’s a quick look at what to expect!

  • NieR Music Concert – Memory of Dolls – Premium Musical Notes
    This was originally available earlier this past February, I believe, but only for a limited time. This time around, however, will be unlimited. They didn’t state whether the same login bonus that gave you the special NieR:Automata PS4 avatars would be made available again. It ought to be available now, but unfortunately, I can’t find it yet…
  • NieR:Orchestra Concert 12018
    A fully orchestrated NieR concert will be held at Pacifico Yokohama on September 17 for afternoon and evening performances. Finally a concert that I can actually WALK TO from my house!! <3

     

▲ The key visual for the concert was illustrated by Koda Kazuma yet again!! He does some amazing work!! Here’s a high res version, although I don’t think the quality is very good.

Famitsu Livestream for Nier and Yoko Taro’s Birthday, June 6!

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There will be an official livestream by Famitsu to celebrate the birthday of NieR Replicant/Gestalt’s titular character, Nier… as well as Yoko Taro himself.

Yoko has stated in past interviews that Nier sharing his own birthday was actually a mistake. He originally used his birthday as a place holder but forgot to change it later, and by then it was too late.

The livestream will be on Wednesday, June 6 from 8:00-10:00pm (Japan Standard Time). You can watch live via the following sites:

Scheduled guests include:

After the broadcast, they will switch over to the Famitsu Channel on NicoNico Douga for a 30 minute bonus segment for subscribed members. Here’s the direct link to the bonus segment.

Source: Famitsu

As a side note, there was an old issue of Famitsu magazine (No.1120 6/3 2010) in which the interviewer asked Yoko why he used two different birthday dates for Nier in Replicant and Gestalt. I was working on translating this entire article before the hard drive on my laptop died  and I lost everything… But here’s a brief excerpt regarding this point:

ーOne of the differences between “Replicant” and “Gestalt” is Nier’s birthday on 6/6 in Replicant and 9/11 in Gestalt. What were you intending with this difference?

Yoko: The 9/11 date comes from the release date of the first Drakengard. Regarding the 6/6 date, however… That was entirely a goof in the character setting. (haha) I forgot to change the temporary place holder, and before I knew itー it had become reality. I saw some people online were speculating that it was meant to be a reference to the holiday “Brother’s Day” in Japan, so when I searched about it, I discovered there really was such a holiday on that day. So, please write that this was how the date became an official part of the setting. (haha)

Just for a little additional clarity on this, he used 6/6 as a place holder because that’s actually HIS birthday. He meant to change the date later, but obviously forgot and kept it that way in spite of it all. One of many Yokoisms. (haha)

  • Notable Happenings on June 6 (Japanese)
    Big Brother’s Day: Established by Kunio Hatada, a sister/brother researcher. Comparatively, March 6th is “Little Brother’s Day”, September 6th is “Little Sister’s Day”, and December 6th is “Big Sister’s Day”.