Manga characters meet in new Konami PSP brawler
How well would Inuyasha fare in a fight against Project Arms' Ryo Takatsuki? Will Samurai Deeper Kyo be able to handle GetBackers' Ban Mido? Who's more of a punk, Air Gear's Ikki or Cromartie High School's Shinichi? You'll be able to find out in a brand new manga mash-up fighter, reminiscent of DS's Jump Ultimate Stars. Konami's fighter, called Sunday x Magazine: Taisen Action, brings characters from two different Shonen anthologies: Shonen Sunday and Weekly Shonen.
Considering the wide variety of licenses required for a project like this, it's unlikely this game will ever see a stateside release. You can check Siliconera for a full listing of characters.
Considering the wide variety of licenses required for a project like this, it's unlikely this game will ever see a stateside release. You can check Siliconera for a full listing of characters.










Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nineteen88 @ Jan 29th 2009 10:40PM
An InuYasha Open World game on the PS3 with gorgeous cel-shaded graphics similar to "Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm" would be great.. I'm a fan of this anime in particular. PLEASE SUPPORT CEL SHADING!
cksdayoff @ Jan 29th 2009 10:49PM
could be an awesome fighter.
need to see some screens.
Josh @ Jan 29th 2009 10:52PM
Ah, so the two lesser shounen magazines get lumped together in the shadow of Shounen Jump?
(kekeke)
The_Punisher @ Jan 29th 2009 11:00PM
Actually sounds pretty awesome.
It'll probably bomb, but it still looks good. I mean, does America really have an audience for this?
deusmecha @ Jan 29th 2009 11:01PM
If it has Ikki from "Air Gear" in it, I'm sold.
Setai @ Jan 30th 2009 2:57AM
Ditto. I hope they have Spitfire or Simca in it also.
Also, its awesome that Kenichi is in it. That was an awesome show.
Joe @ Jan 29th 2009 11:01PM
If this game turns out to be cool it might be a cool import game. But if I am really lucky it will come out of Japan. But I do not think I will be that lucky.
Deadpool @ Jan 29th 2009 11:15PM
Who is in the game? Here’s a list of announced characters so far.
Shonen Sunday
Inuyasha from Inuyasha
Hayate Ayasaki from Hayate the Combat Butler
Ueki Kosuke from The Law of Ueki
Takizawa Noboru from Blazing Transfer Student
Ryo Takatsuki from Project Arms
R from Kyukyoku Choujin R
Kenichi Shirahama from Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
Yoshimori Sumimura from Kekkaishi
Kaoru Akashi from Absolutely Lovely Children
Aoi Nogami from Absolutely Lovely Children
Shiho Sannomiya from Absolutely Lovely Children
Weekly Shonen
Ippo Makunouchi from Hajime no Ippo
Kyo from Samurai Deeper Kyo
Ban Mido from GetBackers
Kotaro Shindo from Kotaro Makaritoru
Negi Springfield from Negima!: Magister Negi Magi
Natsu Dragonil from Fairy Tail
Ikki Minami from Air Gear
Shinichi Mechazawa from Cromartie High School
Ippo Makunouchi is in?! INSTANT BUY! INSTANT BUY!
cksdayoff @ Jan 29th 2009 11:26PM
hmmmm...i dunno any of those characters mentioned other than the hajime no ippo guy.
i'll probably be importing this though
Chinpo (BRING BACK RUROUNI KENSHIN !!!) @ Jan 30th 2009 1:11AM
This is so friggin awesome man! Now someone please release a new Rurouni Kenshin game as well.
Acteon @ Jan 30th 2009 7:00AM
PSP - the platform of choice for anime/manga licenses ^^
I'm so in on this I'd pre-order it now if I had the option.
dom @ Jan 30th 2009 8:55AM
IKKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!
that mofo motivated the shit out of me! Fly crow, fly!
To bad they never concluded the series. But he did smash that record!
RockerAnimeFreak @ Jan 30th 2009 12:38PM
Hayate from Hayate No Gotoku? count me in! ^-^