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CV: Casting Voice Game Adds Idolm@ster, God Eater Scenarios
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Namco Bandai Games producer Yūsuke Tomizawa, game producer Shinjirō Naitō, and voice actor Tsubasa Yonaga held a presentation for the CV ~Casting Voice~ PlayStation 3 game at the Machi Asobi event in Tokushima on Saturday. Tomizawa announced that the game will offer free DLC scenarios from The Idolm@ster and God Eater games, along with the previously announced Tales of scripts. Asami Imai, Chiaki Takahashi, and other voice cast members will not only reenact their own Idolm@ster characters, but also voice other characters from that franchise.
In the game, players play as a voice actor producer, and will work to cast voice actors for anime and live-action projects. Players will also serve as sound directors to provide direction and guidance to the voice actors during recording. The game has several modes:
- producer mode - selecting among the different anime, game, live-action scripts to create a dialogue soundtrack
- casting mode - choosing the voices for each character
- post-recording mode - the player can record his or her own voice for roles
- recording mode - the player can mix and release the dialogue soundtrack
The game will include scripts from the Tales of video game series. The game will feature more than 40 different fictitious voice actors, from rookies to veterans in the industry. The cast includes:
- Ayana Taketatsu as Saaya Uchiyama
- Kikuko Inoue as Kumiko Tojo
- Tsubasa Yonaga as Yukihiko Himeno
- Shigeru Chiba as Takashi Michiba
- Kensho Ono as Kengo Tohno
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Saori Ogiwara
- Tetsuya Kakihara as Ryujin Kleden
- Houchu Ohtsuka as Atsuo Ohnuki
- Kumiko Nishihara as Nanako Wakasugi
- Kaori Nazuka as Sayaka Fujinomiya
- Mariya Ise as Ruri Furukawa
- Kanae Itō as MOMO
- Takashi Kondo as Kosuke HIbiki
- Kenji Nojima as Daisuke Nakamikado
- Noriko Hidaka as Hana Shigino
- Yuji Mitsuya as Yoshiaki Sugawara
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kyoya Garyuin (special character)
- Rie Tanaka as Mirei Saiguji (special character)
- Wataru Hatano as Fumiyuki Kanzaki
- Kentarou Itou as Yukiya Nakajima
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Koichi Yojo
- Masaya Matsukaze as Hirokazu Sato
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Chitose Tokito
- Ryoko Shiraishi as Elena Klyuchevskii Todo
- Aya Hisakawa as Ami Hirasawa
- Ai Nonaka as Akira Namino
- Mai Aizawa as Izuki Yao
- Shiori Mikami as Kotone Isshiki
- Tomoaki Maeno as Suguru Seba
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Shun Narimiya
- Atsushi Kisaichi as Masaaki Kagamihara
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Toru Saotome
- Taiki Matsuno as Aki Onosaka
- Asami Imai as Reiko Sagisu
- Ai Orikasa as Megumi Toyama
- Satomi Akesaka as Natsumi Daikan
- Hisako Kanemoto as Hina Uzuki
- Satsuki Yukino as Nene Kogami
- Youji Ueda as Daiki Sanada
- Ryotaro Okiayu as Chris Shinotani
- Hideo Ishikawa as Ken Aiba
- Kenji Akabane as Yūji Ban
- Saori Goto as Meiko Hoshi
- Mitsuki Saiga as Mizuki Sakura
- Yu Kobayashi as Chōko Minamino
- Makiko Ohmoto as Kana Shizuki
- Yuu Asakawa as Reika Taki
The game will be released in limited and standard editions on June 19. Players can also purchase a USB microphone separately and cast themselves, too. The first copies of the game will include a download code for Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kyoya Garyuin and Rie Tanaka as Mirei Saiguji. The creators also plan to release additional characters and scenarios as DLC.
Source: Famitsu via Hachima Kikō
