Our production staff is still hard at work on our current game projects in Japan. But, we will have staff from our San Diego warehouse and production facility on hand who’ll be happy to talk about our games, T-Shirts, and other wacky Japanese swag they’ll have on hand – you can find them at J-List, booth 117. See you there!

The latest title from G-Collections is now available for purchase via download! Download orders can currently be made at the J-List website, and download options will be in place at G-Collections, Peach Princess and of course here at JAST USA by this time tomorrow. The download is priced at $5 off the package edition, and of course there’s no shipping cost, so this is a great opportunity to pick up our newest release.

JAST USA Sits on Games Panel at San Diego Comic Con

From the Comic Con 2009 Program Guide:

6:30-7:30 The Wonderful World of Computer Games in Japan— An overview of computer gaming as seen from Japan, with a focus on Japan’s amateur “doujin” games, dating-sims and games that explore themes of love, and an overview of recent trends in computer gaming in Japan, including “otome” games (games made specifically for girls) and other areas in which gaming in Japan differs from those in the West. Room 32AB

Unlike our past two panels at Otakon and Anime Expo this one is all ages, and the focus is more broadly on electronic games from Japan; Peter Payne will be there presenting, so if you’re at the con on Thursday, July 23rd, stop by and check it out!

At the panel we gave a run down of what’s new in our game lineup, as well as a status report on current productions. We introduced Family Project (now on sale!)  and confirmed that Cat Girl Alliance will be our next release, as well as talking about the exciting plans for our partnership with Japanese entertainment powerhouse Nitroplus.

JAST USA also had a presence at the boy’s love panel, where the possibility of licensing some of the yaoi titles from the Nitro+Chiral brand was discussed. We don’t have any official announcements in that regard quite yet, but given the overwhelmingly positive reaction we’ve had from BL fans to the idea of bringing one or more of these popular games to English speakers we’re hoping to have more news for you soon.

Though Otakon is over there’s no rest for the wicked, as the JAST USA staff will be heading back to San Diego for this week’s Comic Con! We’ll be at Booth 129 in the exhibit hall through all days of the event, so if you’re planning to be at the world’s biggest industry-organized celebration of comic media, stop by and check us out! More information on our Comic Con activities will be coming up – same bat time, same bat channel.

Finally – some great Demonbane cosplay was spotted at Otakon. Check it out over at Nitroplus USA!

Again, the time is:

11:30 PM tonight (Friday), panel room 2. Otakon 2009. Hope to see you soon!

You don’t have to buy anything to stop by and say hi to JAST USA president Peter Payne though, so if you’ll be  at the con be sure to check out booth 432 – we’d love to see you there! We also plan to sit in on at least one panel during the three days of the event; we don’t quite know when yet, but keep an eye out here and we’ll update when we have the details.