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NieR:Orchestra Concert Blu-ray Screening

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To celebrate the NieR:Orchestra Concert 12018 Blu-ray release on February 27, there will be two special theatrical screenings of the Blu-ray in Tokyo next week!

Special guests for the talk portion of the event include Yoko Taro and Okabe Keiichi (scheduled appearances are subject to change).

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Santa Saito’s Christmas 2018

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Saito Yosuke hosted a lengthy livestream talk show for Christmas, showcasing a bunch of idol projects he’s working on as well as various gaming projects.

About three hours into the program, Yoko Taro, Okabe Keiichi, and Taura Takahisa joined the show to discuss a little bit about Yoko’s series “Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare / Thou Shalt Not Die” before switching gears to NieR:Automata.

Below are a couple images and the various information that we were given about each topic!

“Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare / Thou Shalt Not Die” Vol. 7 to be released on Friday, January 25!
“Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare / Thou Shalt Not Die” – Yoko Taro & Moriyama Daisuke Digital Live Drawing & Signing Event – February 11 at Gamers in Akihabara. To participate, you must go into the store and pre-order this issue of the manga to receive a lottery ticket. Those selected to participate will be announced online and at the store on February 1st. More information here.
“Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare / Thou Shalt Not Die Zero_KAI” Blu-ray Release Spring 2019
Orders will be directly through Dear Stage (including bonus item) and Amazon
“Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare / Thou Shalt Not Die Zero_KAI” Theme Song “Senkou no Hana” to be released [digitally] in 2019!
“NieR:Automata” Game of the YoRHa Edition to be released in Japan on Thursday, February 21 for 4,800 yen!
The GOTY Edition features a reversible cover of the characters with and without the visors.
NieR: Orchestra Concert blu-ray cover.
NieR: Orchestra Concert 12018 to be released on February 27, 2019 for 6,300 yen (plus tax). A bonus script book will be included if you pre-order the blu-ray.

Source: NicoNico Douga

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!

YoRHa Musical / YoRHa Boys Stage Play Blu-ray

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Tonight was the special live broadcast to celebrate the up-coming release of the YoRHa Musical Ver.1.2 & YoRHa Boys Ver.1.0 blu-ray. It was hosted by Sekiya Makoto from ILCA, the same man who helped me immensely with my report on the YoRHa Musical dress rehearsal.

Left: Sekiya Makoto (ILCA), Yoko Taro (Bukkoro)

Nearly the entire cast of the YoRHa Boys Stage Play appeared on the show in complete costume:

Unfortunately, only a handful of the girls from the YoRHa Musical were able to appear.

They weren’t in any specific outfit, but a few of them brought the YoRHa blankets and draped them over their legs to resemble the classic YoRHa dresses. Did it work?

We learned a couple new things regarding the release of the blu-ray, including some interesting… hints, perhaps?

  • The blu-rays will be released on Friday, July 27. Pre-orders will be available from the DearStage website, and at a later date on Amazon as well.

The following tweets make some clarifications regarding the Blu-ray releases:

There is no difference between the Standard Edition and Premium Edition in regard to the actual video of the plays. They are exactly the same. Simply, the Premium Edition comes with a special box packaging as well as the 2 photo books of the cast.

The Premium Edition will include 2 photo books for each play, each with over 100 pages. The majority of the photos will be “other” bromides (pin-up shots of the cast that weren’t selected for release at the shows) but there will also be additional photos included as well.

  • Upgraded Video – The video recorded for the NicoNico livestream will be edited and will include additional cuts and color correction. There will be different shots and the like on the blu-ray that was not included in the NicoNIco livestream.
  • 5.1 Channel Sound – The scenes with the Resistance on the stage, the voice of SS, etc. will sound great as though you’re sitting in a front row seat.
  • Audio Commentary – The entire cast recorded audio commentary.

  • Standard Release – YoRHa Musical Ver.1.2 & YoRHa Boys Stage Play (2 discs)
    Price: 10,000 yen
  • Premium Release – YoRHa Musical Ver.1.2 & YoRHa Boys Stage Play (2 discs)
    Includes a 100+ page photo book from each show. This will include additional shots of bromides (pin-up photos) of the cast members that were not sold at the show.
    Price: 20,000 yen*

*  This price seems extremely expensive for just 2 photo books, but considering that a single set of 2 photos that were sold at the plays cost 500 each… I can sort of understand where this price comes from.

  • Due to the contract with SQEX, online orders for the merchandise from both plays will conclude at the end of May. If you haven’t ordered what you wanted yet, do it now from the DearStage site here!!

  • There will be a fan event held at UDX Theater in Akihabara to screen both the YoRHa Musical and YoRHa Boys Stage Play on a Saturday and Sunday this summer (exact date has not yet been decided). Yoko Taro will be present at the event, although he seemed a little concerned that he might be in America… Could this be a hint that he will be attending E3 this year?

  • Author Eishima Jun returns to pen yet another novel in the NieR/DOD franchise. This time she’ll be novelizing the YoRHa Boys Stage Play with supervision by Yoko Taro. The book will be released on Friday, July 27 for 928yen. You can pre-order* this book from the following:
    • SQEX e-STORE
    • Amazon*
      • Please note that the pre-order from Amazon is currently not available. You can sign up for an e-mail alert when it becomes available.

SQEX e-STORE

More information regarding any future announcements will be added to this post, so please stay tuned for more!