The Tales of Luminaria Show #1 has wrapped up both its English and Japanese broadcasts, giving a much more detailed look at the upcoming mobile title of the storied Tales series. You can watch the Japanese broadcast below, with the English one found here.
The cliffnotes:
- World setting
- The Jerle Federation and Gildllan Empire Factions
- Primordial Beasts: the Federation live in harmony with them, while the Empire extracts their mana to power their tech
- Adventurers who belong to neither faction want to investigate the beasts for themselves
- 21 Main Characters
- Each have their own episodes
- Character design by Shun Saeki (Shokugeki no Souma / Food Wars)
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- The Federation characters are Knights-in-Training, and their teacher of the Special Elite Class, “Blaze” at Aedis Knight Academy. They have an emblem that appears embedded with a gem with which they can use their powers
- The Empire’s characters consist of its chancellor, generals, and soldiers. Their powers come from a reactor on their person
- Characters with English voice actors (!)
- Leo Fourcade (Aaron Dismuke)
- Celia Arvier (Cristina Vee)
- Hugo Simon (Eric Vale)
- Gameplay samples
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- As we can see, the game is played vertically
- The middle button is the virtual joystick
- Characters can unleash their skills as per usual, employing a real time battle combat system
- Area of effect indicators, the circle around your character also shows direction of enemies, first-person shooting
- Staff
- Planning and production: Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Development: COLOPL
- Scenario: Sekina Aoi, Okina Baba, Shunsaku Yano, Takashi Tanaka
- Main music composer: Go Shina
- Theme song: Frederic, Keina Suda
- Tales of Luminaria – The Fateful Crossroad –
- 3D CG anime
That’s about the key highlights for Tales of Luminaria Show #1! We don’t have a release date yet, but certainly look forward to it!