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Hamatora 3DS Game's New Characters Previewed in Video
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Japanese game developer FuRyu (Exstetra, To Love Ru: Darkness: Battle Ecstasy) began streaming a promotional video for its Nintendo 3DS game Hamatora: Look at Smoking World on Wednesday. The promo reveals the series' cast will return to voice their respective characters within the game. It also introduces the game's original characters:
- Takahiro Sakurai as the analytical specialist Sōken (with analyzing Minimum power)
- Sachika Misawa as the high school girl Yuika (unknown Minimum)
- Yoshihisa Kawahara as the passionate masked man Lucha (electrical charge Minimum)
- Ai Kayano as the song princess Sally (sound wave minimum)
- Yui Ogura as the maid Roll (sympathy Minimum)
- Ryōhei Kimura as the self-proclaimed performer Freeze (freezing Minimum)
- Marie Miyake as the glutton who knows no bounds, Kuromaru (absorption Minimum)
- Aya Uchida as the ever-changing smuggler Enu (transformation Minimum)
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kobe's strongest delinquent, Dragon (yo-yo Minimum)
- Ayumu Murase as the mysterious black cat and boy Pero (unknown Minimum)
The game is set in the streets of Kobe, where Minimum Holders (people who possess special powers) take care of missions. They also engage in simulation battles by executing combos. Shuhou Imai is directing the game.
The Hamatora mixed-media project was announced in Young Jump last November and began with a manga by writer Yukinori Kitajima (428 ~Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de~, Senran Kagura, Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) and artist Yūki Kodama (Blood Lad), with a television anime, video game, "and more" to follow.
The Hamatora television anime premiered on January 7, and Crunchyroll is streamed it into several countries as it aired in Japan. The sequel Re:␣Hamatora (Reply Hamatora) will premiere this July on TV Tokyo and other stations.
Hamatora: Look at Smoking World will ship in Japan on July 17.
