Dragon Academy licensed

In between all the AX news from JAST and Mangagamer and MAW2 and Shira Oka, here's something which (AFAIK) hasn't been mentioned.

From Anime News Network [ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...n-bound-beauty ]: "Go! Comi also previewed Dragon Academy, the first episode of the original Oplay software effort inspired by the romance simulation games and visual novels of Japan. The story will be released in online, downloadable episodes for 'around or below US$10.00.'"

I haven't heard the name Dragon Academy. And I'm not sure what company created it. But for the longest time, I've been wondering "what is O-Play? and when will it be more than a 'coming soon' page?" At least we're closer to an answer.

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The wording makes it sound like an original development rather than a licensed product.

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Gia's blog (a geek by any other name) has a few more details on this, including a small screencap-photo. It looks pretty interesting, actually.

Just a few minutes after I posted the original message, I started thinking, "hmm... sounds more like an OEL game." And whattaya know, it is.

GoComi explains how their content works here: http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?modu...=what-is-oplay

Click on "games," and you'll see Dragon Academy as well as "new series coming soon." So I guess the company believes in this idea enough to have more than one team on board.