Kamitsubaki City Ensemble Rhythm Game opening animation released

The Kamitsubaki City Ensemble In the introduction, the story's AI girl characters HARU, RIME, KAFU, SEKAI, and COKO are seen in various virtual urban environments, and there is a mesmerizing dance animation sequence featuring KAFU (who is also credited as the artist for the opening song “Yurikago”). A few seconds are used to announce the witch characters Haru Asanushi, Rime Tanioki, Kafu Morisaki, Sekai Yorukawa, and Koko Rinne.

The opening movie, which was already shown in the first trailer and the teaser trailer of the game, was animated by Hotel Yamashita And tower. The former, who works on animations such as Project Sekai's “journey” and Midnight-sized orchestraHe is also the director, storyboarder and compositer of the music video “Midnight Mission”.

Like “Midnight Mission” Randy Xtravaganza And GOMI are listed in the production as choreographer and dancer. Also part of the team are nim's Nate as CG producer, take it NXTERIUM as CG designer and Higashi no Sora created the Aini Dragon, Natsuhara, SarekoAnd Meso as background artist.

Kamitsubaki City Ensemble was announced in 2023 and will feature songs from Kamitsubaki Studio's music projects. The narrative premise of the Studio Lalala-produced game (HARDCORE TANO*C And Rocket Studios, Inc. are also mentioned in the opening credits) is described as follows:

Amidst the rubble and ruins of a destroyed world, the AI ​​girls have woken up and want to rebuild what was lost with their magical songs.
How did this destruction happen? Why do the girls exist? All will be revealed when the music stops, and it's up to you to find out the truth.

Kamitsubaki Studio describes itself as “a new generation creative label and artist management that produces cutting-edge internet culture with the next generation of creatives” with the intention of “exploring and developing the future of intellectual property and entertainment through artist development, original stories, future XR experiences, and metaverse development.” Kamitsubaki City Ensemble is part of his “IP project” Kamitsubaki City Under Construction, which includes an upcoming anime and NFTs.

The characters are inspired by the virtual artists of Kamitsubaki Studio KAF, EDGE, Harusaruhi – Paradise, ISEKAIJOUCHOAnd COCOthe members of VWP (-Virtual Witch phenomenon-).

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Source: Kamitsubaki Studio YouTube Channel