Wonder Con '13 - Bravoman Returns in Brand-New Game for 25th Anniversary This Summer

NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., a subsidiary of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. (TYO: 7832), announced today at its WonderCon Anaheim panel that it will releaseBRAVOMAN®: SUPER-UNEQUALED HERO OF EXCELLENCE!, a follow-up to its 1988 arcade platformer, for smartphones and tablets Summer 2013. The new title will continue to re-imagineBRAVOMAN® under the supervision of NAMCO BANDAI Games' ShiftyLook project, which currently produces webcomics and animation for the franchise. For the latest information, visit ShiftyLook.com.

“We've been honored to present our vision of Bravoman to fans for the past year as a ShiftyLook webcomic, and been extremely humbled by the outstanding reception to the title,” said Rob Pereyda, NAMCO BANDAI Games' ShiftyLook Producer and Editor-in-Chief. “It's only fitting that now, as he turns 25 years old, our favorite stretchy hero gets his own game.”

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Wonder Con '13 - Shifty Look and Bravoman

NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., announced today its lineup of events for WonderCon Anaheim 2013. Events will include appearances by Emmy® Award winner Rob Paulsen (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain), Annie Award nominee Dee Bradley Baker (Clone Wars, American Dad), Romi Dames (Winx Club, Hannah Montana) and many of the Bravoman animation creative talent. ShiftyLook will be located at WonderCon Booth #845 from Friday, March 29th to Sunday, March 31st. For the latest information, visit ShiftyLook.com.

Highlighting the convention will be the ShiftyLook: Bravoman panel, which takes place Saturday at 11:00AM in Room 207 of the Anaheim Convention Center and includes appearances by voiceover artists Rob Paulsen, Dee Bradley Baker and Romi Dames, as well as the opportunity to see an episode of the Bravoman cartoon for the first time ever! The full schedule of public events is below.

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PR: ShiftyLook Announces Cast, Music and More for Upcoming Bravoman Cartoon

Well this looks cool. We've got a punch of stills from the animation after the jump so check it out.

NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., announced today the voice cast, musical lineup and more for its upcoming cartoon Bravoman: Super-Unequaled Hero of Excellence. Emmy® Award winner Rob Paulsen (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain) as Bravoman, Alpha Man, additional voices, Annie Award nominee Dee Bradley Baker (Clone Wars, American Dad) as Doctor Bomb, Anti-Bravo, additional voices and Romi Dames (Winx Club, Hannah Montana) as Waya Hime, additional voices will bring the world of Bravoman to life when the cartoon releases Spring 2013. For the latest information, visit ShiftyLook.com.

“Bravoman is one of our most popular web comics, and we are excited, grateful and humbled that such an amazing group of actors has come together for the cartoon,” said Rob Pereyda, Producer and Editor-in-Chief of ShiftyLook. “It is through the passion and dedication of this voice cast that Bravoman and his world have come to life, and through their efforts and commitment that the rest of us have been inspired to make Bravoman something special for all to enjoy.”

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PR: And Shifty Look's Next Web Series Is... Galaga!

During one of its recent livestreams, ShiftyLook announced a webcomic adaptation of Galaga, written by a giant cardboard cutout of Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics), illustrated by Christopher Hastings (The Adventures of Dr. McNinja) and colored by Anthony Clark (Beartato). Good news everyone! ShiftyLook has since secured the real, live Ryan North and the new Galaga webcomic has just launched today on ShiftyLook.com!

Based on the retro arcade classic from NAMCO BANDAI Games, Galaga delves into the lives of Penelope and Betty as they do what gamers do best: protect the earth from alien invaders! Galaga is the latest in ShiftyLook’s ever-growing line of retro games-turned-webcomics. Ryan, Chris and Anthony join the ranks of the ever-growing line of creative superstars working with ShiftyLook, including Alex Culang and Raynato Castro (Buttersafe), Scott Kurtz (PvP) and many more.

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PR: ShiftyLook Premiers New Web-Comic Wagan Land

ShiftyLook Premiers New Web-Comic Based on NAMCO's Retro Video Game Series, WAGAN LAND!

The holidays are almost over and, while most of you may be finished opening your gifts this year, ShiftyLook has one more in store for you: the premier of our latest ShiftyLook web-comic, Wagan Land!

Based on the classic Namco platformer, Wagan Land follows the adventures of the mechanical dinosaur Wagan as he attempts to thwart the evil schemes and puzzles of Dr.Devil. Much like Bravoman this long-running game series has remained a Japanese exclusive to this day, making ShiftyLook's comic Wagan Land's official international debut!

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Retro Review: Dead To Rights (OGN)

Some of you might actually remember the Namco 2002 release of the game Dead to Rights. It was an over the top action game that met with mixed reviews; it eventually spawned a sequel in 2005, but I’m going to talk about the comic book tie-in from the first game. To be honest, I haven’t played either of the games, but I enjoyed hearing about other people’s experiences. I was sent the trade to read which it’s more of an oversized issue with a self-contained story, but I found the story to be very intriguing.

Why am I talking about a book that is now a decade old? Well, because most video game tie-in stories try to fill in the gaps of a game. Sometimes they’ll take place right smack dab in the middle of the game's story or they’ll take place before or after the events that everyone just got done playing. This comic is unusual in that takes place just before the game begins and continues until just after it’s kicked off, but what’s very strange is that it doesn’t follow the main character of the game at all. In fact the main character Jack Slate is only mentioned in the story, but never shown.

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Finally The Shifty Look Comic I've Been Waiting For... Katamari

I'm a pretty big fan of Katamari if you can't tell by the picture of my cat holding my copy of the first game. It's a series that I love and feel no need to pointless ramble on about. I'm very excited that Shifty Look has announced that it's next free web comic will be Katamari. The full press releases is after the break, but over at Destructoid (who we think is the bee's knees), they grabbed some exclusive info on the series and some extra images so check it out. After the jump you'll see the awesome T-Shirt that I will fight you to the death to purchase. P.S. I know I'm going to hear shit for this picture.

NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., a subsidiary of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. (TYO: 7832), announced today the addition of a new webcomic based on the iconic Katamari series to its ShiftyLook media platform. The new webcomic, simply titled Katamari, will be written and drawn by Alex Culang and Raynato Castro of Buttersafe and will updated Mondays and Wednesdays starting September 17, 2012. Katamari and many other hit webcomics like Wonder Momo can be read free on http://shiftylook.com.

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SDCC '12: Shifty Look 3 New Web Comics and 2 Web Animations

NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., a subsidiary of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. (TYO: 7832), announced during the ShiftyLook Panel at San Diego Comic-Con this week three new webcomics titles and its first two web animation series. Announcements coincide with the re-launch of the ShiftyLook website and new retro-inspired logo. New titles will join nearly a dozen webcomics already available through ShiftyLook, including Bravoman, Dig Dug and Wonder Momo. All ShiftyLook content can be accessed online, free of charge at shiftylook.com.

“We have been extremely pleased with the rapid growth of ShiftyLook,” said Rob Pereyda, Producer & Editor-in-Chief of ShiftyLook. “As such, it was time to take the next step in our progression and move to creating original animation. Just like with our webcomics, the talent we have lined up for web animation is incredible and we know the fans will love it.”

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Shifty Look and Area 11 At London Comic Con MCM Expo

I love bringing everyone events to check out in their local areas. We cover L.A. and California a lot, Oregon, New York and even Belgium. Well today we have an event that Shifty Look is putting on for free next weekend at MCM Expo. The event starts at 8:00 pm and besides having games, comedians and other cool Shifty Look/ Namco Bandai stuff you can check out the Gaijin Rock band Area 11.

Really if you're going to a comic con you want to attend as many events as possible and sadly this one sounds like more fun then any of the ones I've been too. Like a lot more fun... I probably need to go to more than one event before I start rating them. They'll also have a designer from Aradman Animations who will bringing Wallace and Gromit puppets... you Brits love that right? Yeah... you do. Anyways, check this out and in the meantime enjoy an Area 11 video and stop by Shifty Look's sign up page for more info.

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PR: Dig Dug Web Comic From Shifty Look, Fucking Awesome!

The first video game I ever played on the Atari was Dig Dug, I fucking loved it. I even broke my Sidekick II playing Dig Dug on it, I think got to level 40 and then it rest from the beginning which was a bummer. I love Dig Dug, so when Shifty Look and Namco Bandai let me know that there were planning a mega collaboration of comic creators for another of their web comics I had a little kid moment of joy. They announced the news today on their podcast and of course with a press release. The talent lined up is intense and hopefully enough people check out the webcomic so that Namco Bandai says, "Hey Dustin, we'll totally clean up those graphics and give you a "Mega Man X" inspired Dig Dug for your X-Box, because we know you don't touch your PS3 ever." Here is all the info you need and be sure to check it out on ShiftyLook.com.

NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., a subsidiary of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. (TYO: 7832), announced today during the inaugural ShiftyCast podcast a webcomics collaboration project to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the legendary Dig Dug franchise. Appearing on its ShiftyLook webcomics platform, Dig Dug comics join NAMCO BANDAI Games's extensive line-up of webcomics re-imagining classic arcade games including smash hits Bravoman (writer: Matt Moylan; artist: Dax Gordine) and The Five-Dimensional Adventures of Dirk Davies (writer: Ben McCool; artist: Dean Haspiel). ShiftyLook can be accessed at SHIFTYLOOK.com. 

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