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Suikoden: Star Leap Manga Launches on November 5
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The November issue for Kadokawa's Comic Flapper magazine revealed last Friday that Aki Shimizu's manga adaptation of Suikoden: Star Leap (Gensō Suikoden: Star Leap), the upcoming game in Konami's Suikoden series, will launch in the magazine's next issue on November 5. The manga is titled Gensō Suikoden: Star Leap ~Hoshiboshi no Kiseki~ (Suikoden: Star Leap ~Star Trails~).
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The magazine teases that the manga centers on the realities and conflicts of a certain knight whose home country has long been embroiled in war.
Aki Shimizu drew the Suikoden III manga adaptation.
The game is slated for release for iOS, Android, and PC via Steam.
The official website for the Gensō Suikoden: Star Leap game describes the story:
The Rune of Change is one of the 27 True Runes that are said to have created the world. The story begins just east to the giant Scarlet Moon Empire, at a village located on the shore of a lake. One night, our hero, the village chief Hou's son, comes back home successful from his first hunt. The village is filled with celebration and brimming with hope for the coming days, but an assault is launched, and the fate of the village is changed in an instant. Our hero, along with Hisui, Shirin, and Shapur, embarks on a journey to restore peace to the village. In the midst of the great whirlpool of destiny, the Hero's small adventure turns into a large ambition,For our precious one.
Star Leap's story will take place prior to the first game and after Suikoden V. The main story will be fully voiced.
Kaho Nakamura wrote and performed the theme song "Campanella."
Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars, the HD remastered release of Konami's classic role-playing games Suikoden and Suikoden II, launched for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on March 6.
The Suikoden II game is getting an anime adaptation that will debut in 2026. Yūzō Satō (credited as just YUZO on the anime's English website) is directing the anime at KONAMI animation, the game studio's anime studio.
Norihito Nakayashiki will direct a stage play adaptation of Suikoden I. The stage play will run in December 2025 in Tokyo and Kyoto.
Konami released the original game for the PlayStation in 1995, followed by the sequel game in 1998. The series has five main installments and five spinoff games.
Source: Comic Flapper November issue and X/Twitter account
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