Over the weekend I went down to Tokyo to attend a musical event put on by NitroPlus. It was a blast: a 5-hour live performance by 15+ artists that make the music for the company’s amazing games, from Demonbane to Saya no Uta and of course Steins;Gate, as well as anime series the company helped create, like Psycho-Pass, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Fate/Zero and Madoka Magica. The company’s official mascot Super Sonico also made an appearance, performing while being projected on a thin curtain in front of the stage. The event was really an amazing thing to see: the sprawling Tokyo International Forum filled with dedicated fans of a company famous for awesome games and visual novels, most of the eroge variety. The idea of a live concert for music from computer games makes sense considering their popularity in our culture, but to see it on such a massive scale was really something else. We’ve been working with NitroPlus for four years by now, and I’ve been incredibly impressed with their dedication to the quality of every aspect of their games, including visual elements, game music and BGM. Now we’re hard at work on the English release of Steins;Gate, designing the artbook and package and producing the metal “lab member” pins that come in the limited edition set, for release in early 2014. Did you order your copy yet?
We had a blast at the NitroPlus x Super Sonico live event.
