Nana Mizuki talks about Symphogear GX's story

This week on her radio program "Smile Gang," Nana Mizuki talked with her co-host, Misato Fukuen, about her work on Symphogear GX. She had a few comments about her experience writing the lyrics for the opening theme and how it related to the story.

Nana Mizuki and Ayahi Takagaki comment on OP/ED

In a surprise to absolutely no one, Nana Mizuki (Tsubasa) and Ayahi Takagaki (Chris) were confirmed to once again perform a new opening and ending theme for Symphogear GX. In addition to the announcement they both had blog posts with some commentary regarding GX. In addition, the Symphogear twitter has been making more and more frequent posts. Hit the jump to see translations.

New GX designs revealed and more

The June issues of Newtype, Animedia and other magazines were just released in Japan today. Inside were some new looks at the designs in Symphogear GX. You can see comparisons of the new gear designs after the jump. Additionally, Nana Mizuki posted on her blog describing some of her experience recording Tsubasa's songs for GX.

Symphogear GX Character CD release dates announced

The Symphogear GX website updated today, on Kirika's birthday, with information and release dates for all the new character CDs. There will be 8 of them in total, and follow a similar pattern to G's releases.

The Symphogear twitter account also confirmed that all the characters will have their birth dates officially announced in the near future.

The Complete Symphogear G Keyword Compendium - WIP

A (work in progress) complete collection of all 62 translated keywords from Symphogear season 2!
When watching, read the associated keywords only after completing the listed episodes.

Translation Corner: Kaneko's April Fools

Kaneko posted about GX on his company's blog yesterday. He talks a bit about the reason behind why it was named GX, and also the dark nature of the story. Of course, he also posted it on April Fools day...so it's hard to say we can take it at face value. It's an interesting read none the less. The title of the post, and the mention of "Go" and "Shin" at the beginning, are all references to Getter Robo.

The mythology of Symphogear's relics

During my translation of the keywords I had done research into the mythological basis for each of the relics. This information was scattered in various posts on this blog and on my tumblr blog. I decided to compile it into one post for easy access.