Chapter 3 (More or less) translated!

Just reached the bottom of the script for Chapter 3. The line counts won't have updated (they've now been updated --Yirba), but I've translated nearly every line in that script. Some lines are beyond my comprehension, but I might try a super-liberal translation for those. Gonna read over it in the next few days for spelling errors and general edits.

Now I'm deliberating as to whether to go ahead and do the long chapter 4. I think instead I might tidy up the super-short Chapter ?, and then do chapter 5, which should make the translation about 45% complete.

--Pascal

The Second Night translation resumes!

Thanks to all of you who are waiting patiently. 

I'm sorry that progress has been as slow as it has been these past couple months--I've been swamped with exams and university applications and stuff. This is just a quick update to let everyone know that I'm going to start translating regularly again now. I'm aiming for at least 30 lines a day, but hope to manage as much as 50-100, depending on how free I am. Not making any promises though.

Also, please bear in mind that this is just the first step. Once the script is translated, I or someone else will need to edit and do a QA on it.

Regardless, please be excited. I have every intention of finishing this.

--Pascal. 

PS: We're still looking for translators. Contact info by the line counts to the right.

Higanbana - The First Night - English Patch 1.2

Apologies for the wait with the translation of The Second Night, and thanks for everyone's support despite of that. We are gradually making progress and are committed to seeing this translation through to the end. Unfortunately, as is the nature of these kinds of projects, we cannot provide an estimate as to how long it will take.

However, for people who have yet to read The First Night, today we are releasing an updated translation for it:

Release changes

• Windows and Mac installers
• Detection of incorrectly-installed patches
• Save/load system improvements
• Music room enhancements
• Minor bug fixes
• Typo/grammar fixes

Warning: Saves in-between chapters can become corrupted. If you're changing patch versions, wait until you've completed your current chapter to avoid corrupt save problems.

Download
[Windows] [Mac OS X] [Installer-free patch]

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In addition, we are currently looking for additional translators. If you have a good grasp of the Japanese language and would be willing to help us out, we'd really appreciate it. There's no obligation to translate a certain amount of text, so you can try it out and if it's not for you, you can stop whenever you want. Please contact us by sending an email to:

contact (AT) spiderlilytranslations (DOT) com

Many thanks!

07th Expansion character popularity polls now open [updated]

07th Expansion have opened their character popularity polls. Running until the end of October, a series of four polls will allow fans to vote for their favourite characters from Higurashi, Umineko, Higanbana and Rose Guns Days.

The schedule is:

• Higurashi (5 October ~ 10 October)
• Higanbana (12 October ~ 17 October)
• Rose Guns Days (19 October ~ 24 October)
• Umineko (26 October ~ 31 October)

You can place your votes at 07th Expansion's website.

For a guide on how to vote, check out our video below:

 

Higurashi is now available on Desura!

As of today, you can now purchase Higurashi When They Cry from digital download service Desura!

Hopefully this will encourage more people to experience this wonderful story.

Be sure to check it out!

(Go! Go! Nippon! is also available on the service, and Eve Burst Error will probably be available in the near future, too.)

From Witch-Hunt: Rose Guns Days demo is available in English today.

Now that 07th Expansion’s new franchise has its demo released, a lot of people are probably quite curious about what kind of story it is.

That said, what’s better than just having to rely on summaries and the likes? Do you remember the “surprise” I was mentioning during Epitanime?
Bingo: that would be reading the demo yourself, and that’s what we gonna make it happen… right here right now.

In other words: We, Witch Hunt, are proud to announce that Rose Guns Days demo is available in English today.
Please download the demo of the game (Special thanks to teus, Message and Roto for hosting the patch-compatible version of the Japanese game) and the patch can be found at our website, as usual. Installers for both Windows and Mac OSX are available.
www.witch-hunt.com/stage_rgd_demo.html


As a little reminder, Rose Guns Days is a completely new and fresh series written by 07th Expansion’s Ryukishi07. It is however drastically different compared to Naku Koro ni and Higanbana series, being defined as a hard boiled action series, with mini game to spice things up.
Therefore, you won’t have anything akin to mystery talk and whatnot.

Speaking of minigame, please note that we advise you not to use any screen resolution change, such like a cfg file. The reason is that we noticed that such change often lead to a delay for the strike zones, despite the time counter stays the same, which might makes things harder in this case, or more frustrating for high scores.
Full screen however shouldn’t affect that, so you might try it.

As usual, should you encounter any glitch, typo, etc, please let us know!
Anyway, please enjoy Ryukishi’s newest story.

From Klashikari. Post originally on AnimeSuki forums.
Post via Fuckyeah07thexpansion

Rose Guns Days Trial is out!

07th Expansion, the writing circle behind Higanbana no Saku Yoru Ni, Umineko no Naku Koro Ni, and Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, have put out a demo for their latest novel, Rose Guns Days. RGD is a hard-boiled action novel expected to be released next month during the Comic Market at Tokyo Big Sight between August 10th and 12th. Witch-hunt, the group behind the English translation of Umineko no Naku Koro Ni, will handle translating RGD into English.

Check out the Japanese demo [480mb] here!
Update: Mac version (courtesy Yirba) here!