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[El Chaos]

http://valkyria2.jp/

I'm sorry I cannot read the subtitle (ガリア王立士官学校). The first part reads something like "Gallia-Ou".

[lock]

It reads "ou-ritsu do-kan gakkou".

[Bradford]

For 戦場のヴァルキュリア2 ガリア王立士官学校, I get (in revised Hepburn):

Senjō no Varikyuria 2: Garia Ōritsu Shikan Gakkō

or, translated fairly literally, "Valkyria Battlefield 2: Gallian Royal Officer School". Wikipedia apparently wants us to translate it as "Valkyria Chronicles 2: Gallian Royal Academy".

[El Chaos]

Well, the Japanese Wikipedia spells 士官 as しかん (shikan), so I'll take that one for the time being.

Thanks, guys.

[icycalm]

A rather informative blog post (never heard of the site before, but judging from this single page it seems to be quite a bit better than Siliconera et al.):

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2009/0 ... onicles_2/

Valkyria Chronicles 2 takes place in 1937, two years after the original Valkyria Chronicles. You take control of Aban Hadens, a student who joined Ranseal Royal Military Academy following the death of his older brother.

Shuntaro Tanaka
Chief producer. Worked as chief director on the first Valkyria Chronicles. Also has past experience on Sakura Taisen 1&2 and Eternal Arcadia.

Shinji Motoyama
Producer. Previous work as producer on the Sega X Bleach series, and also past experience on Kunoichi and Dororo.

Take Ozawa
Director. Served as main planner on the original Valkyria Chronicles. Also worked on Doraemon Nobita no Shinmakai Daibouken for DS.

Raita Honjo
Character designer. Did character work on the original Valkyria as well.

Hitoshi Sakamoto
Music. Also did composition for the original Valkyria and has worked on a long list of other classics.

Tanaka said of the game's student characters, "When not in battle, they're normal students who take classes, play, and fall in love." However, he noted, once the battle begins, the students are exposed to the extremes of war life.

lol. You just gotta love those fuckin' otaku.

[icycalm]

[icycalm]

http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/zbxe/1231395

[El Chaos]

North American release confirmed for summer, 2010.

http://psp.ign.com/articles/102/1025295p1.html

[El Chaos]

Extended trailer: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-0 ... cles/57516

There is some actual in-game footage near the end. Not much, and not at fullscreen, though. Animu clips comprise the bulk of most of these.