Wednesday 25 March 2015

Jelly Factory

Jelly Factory
Some games, are designed to be nothing more than fan service. Take Senran Kagura for example. The entire premise of that game, revolves around beating your opponent so badly that their clothing manages to explode into threads. Threads that somehow manage to keep certain bits of their anatomy covered. And of course your opponents are mostly busty girls. It’s a rather titillating sub-genre that has managed to carve a niche out for itself in Japan and the west. And the creators of Senran Kagura are going for something even more salacious in Valkyrie Drive.
Marvelous has a new franchise on the way, which will be hitting several media platforms. Valkyrie Drive was shown off at the AnimeJapan Expo on the weekend, with its creators announcing an anime series, console and mobile game launch. Starring several plucky anime girls, the series revolves around who can transform into weapons, through various methods. Kagayaki Mirai has the launch trailer, which may NSFW due to more jiggle than a jelly factory and the fact that this video may set off amber alerts. If you’ve ever watched anything that Kenichiro Takaki has had a hand in producing, you’ll know what to expect here: