While Tecmo Koei may be the U.S. publisher for Atelier Ayesha, NIS America still hold the rights to the previous Atelier games that they’ve already released.

We saw the top three PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita games for girls according to Japanese developers. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f got first prize. The readers of SPA! Magazine also took the same poll, and made some surprising selections.

Meruru from Gust’s Atelier Meruru game is getting a statue figurine, courtesy of the Good Smile Company, and they showed images of her off today.

Udon will be releasing an art book for the Arland trilogy of Atelier games by Gust, the publisher announced this week.

Gust are repackaging the Arland games into different bargain edition boxes for Japan.

Gust grouped illustrations from Atelier series artist Mel Kishida into a premium art book scheduled for release in Japan next week.

Five years have passed since the events in Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland. The game’s sequel stars Totori, a new character in search of her adventurer mother.

NIS America put up a new batch of English screenshots for Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland.

Fans can pick up a limited edition bundle which includes Atelier Totori, a soundtrack CD, and art book bundled in an oversized box on September 27.

Director Yoshito Okamura celebrates the milestone with a blog post on the Atelier series.

Our focus in this interview with Haru Akenaga, President of NIS America, is how NIS America can further expand in North America. As usual, I brought along reader questions to our talk.

Along with the Atelier Totori announcement, NIS America shared artwork with most of The Adventurer of Arland’s lead characters

Totori and Rorona are smiling because they are heading overseas. NIS America will publish Atelier Totori on PlayStation 3 in North America and Europe this fall under the name Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland.

Mario, of course. Numbers 2, 9, and 10 may surprise you though.