have impacted the reported decision.

The source said that the change is currently limited to AKB48 . For example, Avex Pictures sells gravure images of high school senior Yūno Ōhara and fellow high school senior and Super Girls member Nana Asakawa . The source believes that Hello! Project plans to continue releasing swimsuit gravure images of its idol group members. Second-year high school student and Morning Musume member Maria Makino, as well as third-year junior high school student and member of the Angerme and Country Girls groups Musubu Funaki have modeled for swimsuit gravure photos for manga magazines.

Asakawa appeared as Detective Conan 's infamous "Shadow Person" in gravure photos last year.

[Via Yaraon!]last console shift, moving from the PS2 to the PS3, was very stressful for the staff: "the period that Naughty Dog had its darkest days and we lost people on a weekly basis - people just couldn't get through it," said Wells.

Despite their concerns, Naughty Dog managed to survive that last transition and thrive: The studio recently created a second team to start work on their new game, The Last of Us, which may well be the last game they develop for the PS3. It also means that they studio may be gearing up to face their fears and begin working on their own next-gen project in 2012.