The Sega Saturn is a 32-bit fifth-generation home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe. The successor to the successful Sega Genesis, the Saturn’s release was seen as one of the biggest blunders in gaming history.
The initial U.S release for the console was intended to be September 2nd 1995 but with the higher ups at sega , most notably its president hayao nakayama, fearing the upcoming other console releases in the form of the atari jaguar and sony’s first foray into the console market, the Sony playstation.
those working at sega were forced to move up the release date from the originally planned September 2nd, what would have been dubbed Saturn Day to may 11, the first day of E3 1995.
Although the Saturn had great success on its initial 1994 japanese release, performing very well and boasting a roster of strong titles with Virtua fighter in particular being the most popular arcade game in japan, the saturn’s announcement and release happening on the same day made it quite difficult for magazines and retailers to publicize the launch, making it hard to advertise.
This launch also limited the amount of retailers that would receive the console at first, mostly due to its limited stock on release, resulting in various other retailers becoming very upset to the point that some downright refused to stock the console in response.
Despite the launch of the Saturn, most of the games on it are actually pretty good, so good that even through this day there is still a very well devoted fanbase that appreciate and love the Sega Saturn, myself included.
So it is why this STAGE of the Retro VGM Revival Hour we honor the 25th anniversary of the sage Saturn with these selected tracks from various Sega Saturn Games.
Full track listing:
===========Game – Composer – Title – Company========
1.) Guardian Heroes – Katsuhiko Suzuki & Norio Hanzawa – “FIGHTERS OF PAIN & ROUGH AND LADY” – January 25, 1996 – Treasure/Sega – Sega Saturn
2.) Mega Man X3 – Kinuyo Yamashita, Toshihiko Horiyama & Makoto Tomazawa – “OPENING STAGE, FROZEN BUFFALIO STAGE (Blizzard Buffalo) & GRAVITY BEETBOOD STAGE (Gravity Beetle)“ – April 26, 1996 (Japan & Europe Only) – Minakuchi Engineering & Capcom/Capcom – Sega Saturn
3.) Thunder Force V – Hyakutarou Tsukumo – “Steel Of Destiny, Guardian’s Knight, Legendary Wings & Duel Of Top“ – July 11, 1997 – Technosoft/Technosoft & Working Designs – Sega Saturn
4.) Policenauts – Tappi Iwase, Masahiro Ikariko & Motoaki Furukawa – “Living in the Real World, Icy Offense and Defense & End of the Dark” – September 13, 1996 (Japan Only) – Konami – Sega Saturn
5.) Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete – Noriyuki Iwadare – “Second Overworld, Toward the Horizon, & Battle Theme“ – October 25, 1996 (Japan Only for Saturn) – Game Arts & Japan Art Media/Kadokawa Shoten – Sega Saturn
6.) Blast Wind – Hyakutarou Tsukumo – “Strato Guard & Justice Ray“ – January 17, 1997 – TechnoSoft – Sega Saturn
7.) Astal – Tatsuyuki Maeda & Tatsuya Kousaki – “Sea of clouds & River of dreams” – April 28, 1995 – Sega – Sega Saturn
8.) Virtua Fighter 2 – Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Takayuki Nakamura & Akiko Hashimoto – “ Man of the Fist, BLACK CAT MOON & Ride the Tiger“ – December 1, 1995 – Sega AM2/Sega – Sega Saturn
9.) Earthworm Jim 2 – Tommy Tallarico – “Subterranean (Lorenzens Soil / ISO 9001), Continue to Rock & Anything But Tangerines“ – October 31, 1996 – Screaming Pink, Inc/Playmates Interactive Entertainment – Sega Saturn
10.) Shinobi Legions (Shinobi X) – Richard Jacques – “Miyako (Stage 1), Kazuma (Stage 9 Boss) & Kouryuu (Stage 7 Boss)“ – June 30, 1995 – Sega – Sega Saturn
11.) Sega Rally Championship – Takenobu Mitsuyoshi – “WELCOME TO SEGA RALLY, GETTING MUDDY & CONDITIONED REFLEX“ – December 19, 1995 – Sega Hitmaker/Sega – Sega Saturn
12.) Sonic 3D Blast – Richard Jacques – “ Boss Theme, Rusty Ruin Zone/Act 2 & Panic Puppet Zone/Act 1“ – November 1996 – Traveller’s Tales & Sonic Team/Sega – Sega Saturn
13.) Silhouette Mirage – Katsuhiko Suzuki & Masami Nakatsukasa – “Awaken Shyna (Opening), Night Flight & Are You the Boss? Or Just a +1” – September 10, 1997 – Treasure/Entertainment Software Publishing – Sega Saturn
14.) Virtual On: Cyber Troopers (Cyber Troopers Virtual-On) – Kentaro Koyama – “Get Ready (In the Blue Sky), She’s Lost Control (S.L.C.) & Fade to Black“ – November 29, 1996 – Sega AM3/Sega – Sega Saturn
15.) Panzer Dragoon II Zwei – Yayoi Wachi, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Junko Shiratsu & Tomonori Sawada – “The empire’s giant carrier, Hanuman & The unexpected enemy” – March 22, 1996 – Team Andromeda/Sega – Sega Saturn
16.) Radiant Silvergun – Hitoshi Sakimoto – “RETURN, REMINISCENCE & EVASION” – July 23, 1998 (Japan Only) – Treasure/ESP – Sega Saturn
17.) Deep Fear – Kenji Kawai – “Visitation (Opening), Confusion/Perplexity & Surfacing (Ending)” – June 30, 1998 (Japan & Europe Only) – Sega AM7, System Sacom, SIMS & ISCO/Sega – Sega Saturn
18.) Burning Rangers – Naofumi Hataya, Fumie Kumatani & Masaru Setsumaru – “Request For An Immediate Rescue, Rising Pressure, We Are Burning Rangers & Burning/Ship To Take Off“ – February 26, 1998 – Sonic Team/Sega – Sega Saturn
19.) Panzer Dragoon – Yoshitaka Azuma – “Opening Theme, Sudden Turn, Conclusion & The Empire” – March 10, 1995 – Sega – Sega Saturn
20.) Shining the Holy Ark – Motoi Sakuraba – “Over the Horizon of Wind/Dust, Festival of Evil (Part 2) & Endless Winter“ – December 20, 1996 – Sonic! Software Planning/Sega – Sega Saturn
21.) Sonic R – Richard Jacques (w/ Vocals by Teresa Jane Davis) – “Can You Feel the Sunshine? (Resort Island), Living In the City (Radical City), Diamond In the Sky (Radiant Emerald) & Super Sonic Racing”- November 18, 1997 – Traveller’s Tales & Sonic Team/Sega – Sega Saturn
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In the story, Mitsuyoshi Tada, a boy who has never known love, is taking pictures of the cherry blossoms in full bloom when he meets Teresa Wagner, a transfer student from Luxembourg. Upon arriving in Japan, she got lost, separated from her travel companion. Mitsuyoshi helps her and brings her to his grandfather's coffee shop.
Alternative Titles
English: Tada Never Falls in Love
Synonyms: Tada Doesn't Fall in Love
Japanese: 多田くんは恋をしない
Information
Type:TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 5, 2018 to Jun 28, 2018
Premiered: Spring 2018
Broadcast: Thursdays at 21:00 (JST)
Producers: Media Factory, AT-X, Docomo Anime Store, BS11
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Doga Kobo
Source: Original
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
https://myanimelist.net/anime/36470/Tada-kun_wa_Koi_wo_Shinai
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Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai – 06
New Post has been published on https://animeindo.org/blog/2018/05/12/tada-kun-wa-koi-wo-shinai-06/
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai – 06
「雨男、じゃないぞ」 (Ame Otoko, Janai zo)
“I’m Not a Rain-bringer”
This is a good romantic setup. When I was previewing this series, I called out how there were four main male characters and four main female characters—convenient. But that cast list did not contain Charles. Now the equilibrium has been thrown off, and it adds needed uncertainty to the series. Pin x HINA and Yui x Yamashita Ken are still potentially fine (though Yamashita Ken’s current crush of an older woman still means trouble ahead for that one), but Teresa x Mitsuyoshi now has a major roadblock, and we can’t be sure how it will end up. Will Teresa go back to Larsenburg and marry Charles as she planned? Will she date Mitsuyoshi for a while? Will they want to but never do? Something else? The suspense is killing me! Which is a spice this series needed. An excellent addition.
Better yet, it appears I was completely wrong about one pairing. Alec x Kaoru was never working for me, and it now appears that they weren’t meant to be—or, if that’s going to develop, it’ll happen later on rather than them being forced together due to plot. No, there’s a new ship in town, and it’s Alec x Charles, and I’m so on board! Anything that can get Alec blushing is a good thing, but they also have such great chemistry. (And Kaoru knows what’s up, and looks poised to act as a shipper on deck (trope!), yeeeesss!) Not that there isn’t some for Charles and Teresa, but it really does seem more like that of childhood friends, or perhaps cousins (I’m still giving odds to them being somehow related, especially after Kaoru’s comment about the two looking somewhat alike). They seem like platonic friends, and while friendship is an excellent foundation for a married relationship, “platonic” ain’t ideal. There are far more sparks flying between Teresa and Mitsuyoshi—and if he were a ruffian, I’d say that Teresa should stick with Charles. But Mitsuyoshi is a good man too. Chemistry is important.
And they really do have chemistry, which is why I wish Alec hadn’t crapped all over the moment by letting her fears get the better of her. She’s being ruled by both her duty and her fear for Teresa’s safety, and in doing so she’s putting Teresa in a cage. She’s unable to see Teresa as the adult she is, to truly internalize that, because she’s still afraid of the almost-drowned girl she once was. The sad thing is that Alec’s fear is bending Teresa’s life in a direction she may not want it to go, and though Alec is doing it with the best of intentions, they’ll both end up less happy if Teresa can’t break the spell. It’s like when your parents urge you to take the safe job rather than the fulfilling (but riskier) one you’d be better at. They’re doing it because they love you, but they’re still wrong.
Next episode looks like it might be a Yui x Yamashita Ken time. Hopefully, because I suspect the Teresa x Mistuyoshi angle will remain on a slow boil until it suddenly boils over.
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Teen Romance is Feisty in "Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai" TV Anime Trailer
Young love is full of energy in a new trailer for Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai ("Tada-kun Will Not Fall in Love"), an upcoming original TV anime about a romance that crosses international boundaries.
The story of Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai follows Mitsuyoshi Tada, a Japanese high school student who is out taking pictures of blooming cherry blossoms when he encounters a beautiful foreign girl named Teresa Wagner. Teresa came from the European country of Lansenburg to study abroad in Japan, but as soon as she arrived she became separated from her traveling companion and was immediately lost. Mitsuyoshi decides to help her, so he and Teresa head to his grandfather's coffee shop.
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai is directed by Mitsue Yamazaki and features animation by Doga Kobo (Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun). The series will broadcast in Japan on AT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, and BS11 beginning on April 05, 2018.
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai will also be digitally distributed in Japan via AbemaTV and d Anime Store beginning on April 05, 2018. Additional digital distribution via Niconico Channel, GYAO!, Hikari TV, Video Bus, J:COM On Demand, U-NEXT, Anime Houdai, FOD, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Bandai Channel, and Ani TV begins on April 12, 2018.
Source: Official Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai TV anime home page
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