Hakuōki Shinkai: Tsukikage no Shō Switch Game's Promo Video Streamed

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Hakuōki Shinkai: Tsukikage no Shō Switch Game's Promo Video Streamed

Idea Factory began streaming a promotional video for Otomate's Hakuōki Shinkai: Tsukikage no Shō Nintendo Switch game on Tuesday.

The game will ship in Japan on September 26.

Hakuōki Shinkai: Tsukikage no Shō and Hakuōki Shinkai: Ginsei no Shō are new games in Otomate's Hakuōki series. Hakuōki Shinkai: Ginsei no Shō is also slated for Switch.

The story of the game franchise and its anime adaptations centers around the historical Shinsengumi samurai group in Kyoto during the 19th century.

Idea Factory International released the Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds game in North America and Europe in May 2017 for the PlayStation Vita, and later released the game for PC via Steam in August 2017. Idea Factory International released Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms for the PS Vita in March 2018 in North America and Europe. The game also launched for the PC via Steam in the same month.

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Funimation Screens Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul S, Kingdom Film at Anime Expo

Funimation announced on Monday that it will screen the Tokyo Ghoul S and Kingdom live-action films at Anime Expo this year. Both screenings will be the United States premieres for the films.

Tokyo Ghoul S will open in Japan on July 19. It is the second live-action film based on Sui Ishida's Tokyo Ghoul manga.

Masataka Kubota is returning as Ken Kaneki, but Maika Yamamoto is replacing Fumika Shimizu as Tōka Kirishima. (Shimizu retired from acting to join the Happy Science religious organization in 2017.) Shota Matsuda is joining the cast as Shū Tsukiyama, a character who appears in the manga but was not in the last film.

The first film premiered on July 3, 2017 at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. The film then opened in Japan on July 29, 2017, and ranked #5 in its opening weekend in Japan. Funimation screened the first film in theaters in the United States in October 2017.

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Funimation will screen Kingdom in theaters in the United States and Canada this summer.

The film opened in Japan on April 19 and sold 506,861 tickets to earn 690,219,500 yen (about US$6.17 million) in its first three days. The film has sold a total of 4.11 million tickets for a cumulative total of 5,471,938,400 yen (about US$50.42 million).

Kento Yamazaki reprised his role as protagonist Shin (Xin) from the manga's earlier live-action short.

The film is based on Yasuhisa Hara's Kingdom manga. Shinsuke Satō (live-action Gantz, Death Note Light up the NEW world, Bleach) directed the film. Sony Pictures Japan produced the film. ONE OK ROCK performed the theme song "Wasted Nights" for the film.

This year's Anime Expo will take place from July 4 to 7 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and the surrounding area.

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Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Game Adds Final Fantasy VII's Tifa

Square Enix announced during a livestream on Tuesday that Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII will join the Dissidia Final Fantasy NT PlayStation 4 and PC game on July 3. The character will debut in the arcade version of the game on June 27.

The free version of the game launched last November. The free version does not have a story mode, but includes a tutorial and online battle features. The version has four playable characters to choose from that change each week. The free version launched in the West on March 12.

The paid PlayStation 4 version shipped in Japan and the West in January 2018. The game previously added DLC characters such as Vayne from Final Fantasy XII, Locke from Final Fantasy VI, Rinoa Heartilly from Final Fantasy VIII, Kam'lanaut from Final Fantasy XI, Yuna from Final Fantasy X, Snow from Final Fantasy XIII, and Zenos from Final Fantasy XIV.

The Dissidia Final Fantasy arcade game launched in Japanese arcades in November 2015. The game features a 3 vs. 3 battle system, and also includes a summons gauge that players can use to summon Ifrit and other popular Final Fantasy summons when the gauge is full. KOEI Tecmo Games' Team Ninja (Dead or Alive series) developed both the arcade game and the PS4 version.

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