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Houbunsha Reveals Kirara Fantasia Smartphone RPG
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Houbunsha revealed at the "Manga Time Kirara Festa" event on Sunday that it is releasing a smartphone role-playing game titled Kirara Fantasia. The official website for the game also began streaming a trailer on Sunday. (Note: the video on the official website is region-locked to Japan.)
The "Manga Time Kirara meets Fantasy RPG" all-star game will feature characters from manga that run in the various Manga Time Kirara manga magazines. The game will be free to play with in-game items costing extra. Houbunsha plans to release the game this year. Drecom is developing the game alongside Meteorise.
The game will feature characters from the following manga:
- Sunshine Sketch (Hidamari Sketch)
- Magic of Stella
- New Game!
- Urara Meirochō
- A Channel
- School-Live!
- Kin-iro Mosaic
- Yuyushiki
The website will reveal more characters and manga series joining the lineup at a later date. The game will be voiced.
A Channel's bb Kuroda and Madoka Magica/Hidamari Sketch's Ume Aoki are also designing original characters for the game.
Tomori Kusunoki as Kirara (designed by Ume Aoki)
Marika Kōno as Lamp (designed by bb Kuroda)
Suzuko Mimori as Match (designed by bb Kuroda)
The official website has also launched a web manga based on the game. Arima is drawing the full-color manga.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the embedded video.
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