Marvelous announced that it will release three consecutive story videos per week to convey the worldview of its upcoming smartphone RPG Sakura Ignoramus for iOS and Android. The first video, “Ruin and Rebirth” started streaming on its official YouTube channel.
The video introduces the City State Owari Country, the devastated Japan in which the game takes place, and the four Kunoichi main characters. The second official livestream will be held on February 1 and in-game screens will be shown as a game information disclosure special.
Sakura Ignoramus is the successor to gumi’s smartphone RPG Shinobi Nightmare, a 3D turn-based RPG featuring ninjas in a futuristic setting with demons and laser-beam-style weapons and sabres. The game was released in 2016 but was shut down later on.
The title isn’t a direct sequel to Shinobi Nightmare but will include a story collection to let you view and learn the stories of the girls from Shinobi Nightmare, as their stories run parallel to Sakura Ignoramus and may even appear in the game someday. The game is set to release in 2023.
▍Sakura Ignoramus Ruin and Rebirth Story Trailer
▍Sakura Ignoramus Story Chapter 0
Ohji Hiroi, the Sakura Wars franchise creator, participates in the game as a scenario and worldview designer, and a special website for Chapter 0, written by him, was launched at the same time.
▍Sakura Ignoramus’ Story Trailer Release Dates
■ Part 1: “Ruin and Rebirth” (Story PV release: January 12)
The setting is the devastated Japanese City State Owari Country, where a two-year war without a winner occurred 20 years ago, which someone will someday call the Third World War. The war was fought against a Kegare, and fear and suspicion covered the world as everyone fought against the unknown enemy. The cities of the surviving countries were isolated from the rest of the world, but they survived by creating city-states. To prevent doomsday…
■ Part 2: “Transformation” (Story PV to be released on January 18)
The only ones who can dispel the “defilement” are known as the Fire Clan. Deep within the Owari Shrine, “Toki Oribe” is a being who has been weaving time since ancient days. With its help, the girls of the Fire Clan travel through time. Aiming to correct the distorted past and create a world where the Third World War will never happen…
■ Part 3: “Encounter with Different Cultures” (Story PV to be released on January 25)
The Fire Clan uses time travel to gather their power, which is said to be the souls of those who fought against the evil gods in the past and to correct history and forge bonds with them in various times and countries. The first singularity found by Toki Oribe: “The year is 1789. The place is Paris, the capital of France”. The tale of historical change by four girls transcends time and space opens.
▍Sakura Ignoramus Characters and Cast
The main scenario will be fully voiced and no cast changes for characters from Shinobi Nightmare, including Ishikawa Goemon and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who also appeared in the previous game.
Samurais from the previous title will also appear in the main scenario, and the spirits of other heroes from various countries and eras, including Abe no Seimei, Momotaro, Lu Bu, Tutankhamun, Mona Lisa, and Cleopatra, will support the kunoichis.
The four main characters, from left to right:
■ Himawari – CV: Karin Takahashi
■ Sazanka – CV: Rihona Kato
■ Nazuna – CV: Erika Ishitobi
■ Azami – CV: Tomomi Jiena Sumi
▍Sakura Ignoramus Theme Songs
Revealed in the first livestream, the opening and ending themes for the game performed by the voice actresses of the main characters have been published on the official YouTube channel in the last days.
■ OP theme song “Owaranai Yoru ni” 90 seconds making video Ver.
■ ED theme song “Renai Aji Shiran.” Full Ver.
■ ED theme song “Renai Aji Shiran.” Himawari Solo Ver. (CV: Karin Takahashi)
■ ED theme song “Renai Aji Shiran.” Sazanka Solo Ver. (CV: Rihona Kato)
■ ED theme song “Renai Aji Shiran.” Nazuna Solo Ver. (CV: Erika Ishitobi)
■ ED theme song “Renai Aji Shiran.” Azami Solo Ver. (CV: Tomomi Jiena Sumi)
▍Sakura Ignoramus Gift Campaign
A Campaign to Commemorate the Release of the Story PVs will also be held in conjunction with the release of each Video. This campaign is based on the subscription to the official YouTube channel & Twitter followers RT.
Winners will be selected in a lottery to receive an Amazon gift card worth JPY $10,000.
▍Sakura Ignoramus Yonkoma Manga
A four-frame (Yonkoma) manga will be released on the official Twitter account that tells the secret story of the development of the game. A story about how the game is made as deep as the game itself. Producer Jun Imaizumi, as well as Ohji Hiroi, composer Kenta Matsukuma, and other cute characters tell the secret development story in a 100 episode must-see manga.
