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Liberation Maiden SIN Live Play Videos Streamed

Japanese video game developer 5pb. began streaming two live play videos for its Liberation Maiden SIN visual novel on Monday. In the video, former Hudson Soft executive "16-shot" Takahashi Meijin plays through the "Gourmet Edition" and "Historic Weapon Site Edition" videos.

5pb. also added the first countdown voice drama video for Liberation Maiden SIN on Sunday.

The game is a spinoff of Level 5 and Goichi "Suda51" Suda's Liberation Maiden shooting game, and follows Kiyoto Kaidō, a mind reader working for President Shōko Ōzora, who was the protagonist of the original Liberation Maiden game. The game's cast includes:

Tomoaki Maeno as Kiyoto Kaidō, a mind reader working for President Shōko Ōzora.

Kana Hanazawa as President Shōko Ōzora

Ken Narita as Saizō Kira

Ayane Sakura as Yoshino Sakuragi

Aoi Yuki as Chiruko Yuminami

Mamiko Noto as Hijiri Fuwa

Satomi Akesaka as Kaguya Akeboshi

Mikako Komatsu as Komiko Tamaki

Rina Satou as Miburi Annōn

Kaori Ishihara as Nagisa Sakonda

Noriko Hidaka as Chiaki Tokie

Sakiko Kawai as Shizuki Kyō

Tadashi Mutou as Satoya Nonaka

Suda (No More Heroes, Lollipop Chainsaw) contributed some of the game's scenario and is served as supervisor. Chiyomaru Shikura (Steins;Gate, Chaos;Head) acted as general producer, and Yuusuke Kozaki (Fire Emblem: Awakening, No More Heroes) designed the characters. Geto Koyamashi (No More Heroes) supervised and created the mechanical designs. Marina performed the opening theme song "Kimi wa Mō, Hitori Janai" (You're Not Alone Anymore), and Himeka contributed the ending theme song "Tsu-Ba-Sa."

The game shipped for the PlayStation 3 in Japan on Thursday. The limited edition with original drama CD and soundtrack costs 9,240 yen (about US$93). The regular version costs 7,140 yen (US$72) and the download version costs 6,300 yen (US$63).

The Liberation Maiden shooter game received a worldwide release for iOS devices in March. The game was originally released for the Nintendo 3DS as part of the Guild01 game compilation with animation by Studio BONES.