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New Danganronpa V3 Game's 2nd Character Trailer Previews Kiibo, Gonta, Shūichi, Tsumugi

Spike Chunsoft began streaming the second character trailer on Monday for its New Danganronpa V3: Minna no Koroshiai Shin Gakki (New Danganronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing) PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game. The video introduces the following characters:

• Tetsuya Kakihara as Kiibo, the super high-school-level Robot
• Shunsuke Takeuchi as Gonta Gokuhara, the super high-school-level insect expert
• Megumi Hayashibara as Shūichi Saihara, the super high-school-level detective
• Mikako Komatsu as Tsumugi Shirogane, the super high-school-level cosplayer
• Kouichi Yamadera as the Monokuma Monosuke

The first video introduced the following characters:

• Sayaka Kanda as Kaede Akamatsu, the super high-school-level pianist
• Hikaru Midorikawa as Rantarō Amami, the super high-school-level ???
• Haruka Ishida as Miu Iruma, the super high-school-level inventor
• Hiro Shimono as Kokichi Ōma, the super high-school-level President
• Kouichi Yamadera as the Monokumas Monotarō and Monokiddo

The rest of the game's cast includes:

• Kenichi Suzumura as Korekiyo Shingūji, the super high-school-level folklorist
• Sora Tokui as Tenko Chabashira, the super high-school-level aikido martial artist
• Kikuko Inoue as Kirumi Tōjō, the super high-school-level maid
• Maaya Sakamoto as Maki Harukawa, the super high-school-level day-care worker
• Akio Ohtsuka as Ryōma Hoshi, the super high-school-level tennis player
• Ryōhei Kimura as Kaito Momota, the super high-school-level astronaut
• Aimi Tanaka as Himiko Yumeno, the super high-school-level magician
• Minori Suzuki as Angie Yonaga, the super high-school-level art club member
• TARAKO as Monokuma, the Saishū Academy principal

Kouichi Yamadera also plays Monodamu and Monofanii.

The game will ship in Japan on January 12. A limited edition will be available on that day with the brand-new original anime Super Danganronpa 2.5 Kamaeda Nagito to Sekai no Hakaisha (Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World) on Blu-ray Disc. The game's limited edition will also include the New Danganronpa V3 Saishū Academy Transcript, a Danganronpa Calendar 2017, a New Monokuma strap, a soundtrack and cast comment CD, and a card with a code to download an original custom theme.

The regular PS Vita edition will cost 6,400 yen (about US$64), while the limited PS Vita edition will cost 12,400 yen (US$124). The regular PS4 edition will cost 7,400 yen (US$74), while the limited PS4 edition will cost 13,400 yen (US$134).

The game is set at an academy fenced in by a massive cage. While New Danganronpa V3 will inherit the mascot character Monokuma and the basic system from previous games, it will not take place at Hope's Peak Academy and will not feature any other returning characters.