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5th Sakura Taisen OVA Series Announced Date: 1/12/2007 |
On Friday in Japan SEGA / RED revealed plans for the 5th Sakura Taisen OVA series: "Sakura Taisen New York - Himo iku" (or "New York NY."). The stage is New York in the latter half of the 1920's. The story will share contemporous elements with the New York group that appeared in "Sakura Taisen: V-Murder, My Sweet-". Dairokuten Beelzebub and Ota Nobunaga have been defeated and now a new enemy appears before Shinjiro who is preparing to appear in a theatrical play presentation of Cleopatra. 6 Episodes are scheduled across 3 volumes. Vol. 1 is subtitled "Me And My Girl", followed by Vol. 2 "X - And The City". Look for Vol.1 subtitled "Me And My Girl" to street in Japan on April 4th, 2007, followed by Vol. 2 "X - And The City" in June and Vol. 3 "At Night When The Stars Twinkles" in August. Each will retail at 6090 Yen and feature 16:9 video and Dolby Digital 5.1ch Surround Sound. Running Time on each volume is 50 minutes (2 episodes). Staff includes: Director: Ryuichi Kimura, Script: Hideaki Koyasu, Music: Kouhei Tanaka, Original Character Designs: Kousuke Fujishima, Character Designs: Hidenori Matsubara, Animation Director: Nobuyuki Kitajima, Chief Producer: Ouji Hiroi, Series Supervision: Satoru Akahori, Sound Director: Keiichi Momose. Cast includes: Ayaka Saito as Rikaritta Aries, Hisayoshi Suganuma as Shinjirou Taiga, Junko Minagawa as Sagiitta Weinberg, Kaya Matsutani as Diana Caprice, Mie Sonozaki as Subaru Kujou, Sanae Kobayashi as Gemini Sunrise, Hiromi Konno as Servant, Hiroshi Kamiya as Brown-skinned young man, Sayaka Ohara as Brown-skinned young woman, Kaori Asou as Plum Spaniel, Naoya Uchida as Michael Sunnyside, Takehito Koyasu as Yuuichi Kayama, Tetsuo Goto as Gyouchi Ou, Youko Honna as Yoshino Anri. Animation Production by AIC, CG Production by Gonzo, Distribution by Pony Canyon, Music Production by Imagine. Sales through Sega, distribution through Sega/Pony Canyon Inc. www.sakura-taisen.com/ova5_newyork.html |
Source: Anime News Service |