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Exist Archive RPG's Promo Previews Story, Characters

The official website of Spike Chunsoft and tri-Ace's upcoming Exist Archive -The Other Side of the Sky- sideview role-playing game began streaming a promotional video for the game on Thursday. The video highlights the game's story and introduces the cast, and also confirms the game's new December 17 release date in Japan.

Spike Chunsoft previously streamed the game's first teaser video in August.

The game was originally slated for release on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on November 26, but was delayed. The game's PS4 version will cost 7,200 yen (around US$56), while the PS Vita version will cost 6,800 yen (around US$54).

Those who pre-order the game will receive a soundtrack CD compiled by composer Motoi Sakuraba, as well as an art book with illustrations by character designer Tarō Minoboshi.

The game's story revolves around Kanata, a young man who is caught up in a mysterious explosion incident in Tokyo. The explosion causes the ground to collapse down to the subway level, and Kanata, his fiancée Ranze, and their two friends are part of a group of 12 people who are unaccounted for afterward. As they lay dying, Ranze — who has seemingly had a good relationship with Kanata — says, "I don't want to die together with you." The next thing he knows, Kanata wakes up in an unknown place that is obviously not Tokyo, or the Earth: a giant tower pierces the heavens and the trees are all crystalized. Kanata finds himself alone, wondering if he is dead. As he ponders this question, he wanders around this new world, and meets a lone young woman.

Ryota Ohsaka as Kanata Kujo

Aya Endō as Ranze Miwakawa

Ai Kayano as Mayura Tsukishiro

Tetsuya Kakihara as Tokihisa Kiriya

Sora Tokui as Koharu Nagi

Shinnosuke Tachibana as Mitsuhide Yasakata

Tsubasa Yonaga as Ren Ogami

Shizuka Itou as Suzaku Himuro

Tomoaki Maeno as Namero Todoroki

Rumi Ookubo as Yui Mitosagi

Yūichi Nakamura as Kagato Myoji

Ami Koshimizu as Ema Myoji

Kikuko Inoue as Amatsume

Takehito Koyasu as Yamatoga

Wakana Yamazaki as Zenobia

tri-Ace's Masaki Norimoto (Star Ocean, Valkyrie Profile series game design) is helming the project, and is also writing the game's scenario. Current tri-Ace representative director Yoshiharu Gotanda (Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria main R&D programmer) is serving as the project's lead R&D programmer. Tarō Minoboshi (formerly LovePlus character designer Mino☆Tarō) designed the characters, while Motoi Sakuraba (Star Ocean, Valkyrie Profile, Tales of series) is composing the music. Spike Chunsoft's Yuichiro Saito (Fushigi no Chronicle) is credited as producer.