The official website for the Expelled from Paradise -The Stellar Angel- (Rakuen Tsuihō -The Stellar Angel-) game began streaming a promotional video for the visual novel on Thursday. The video reveals the game’s original story, systems, and the new characters Naamah and Aradia.
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Studio51 is developing the game. Shotaro Teshirogi, who wrote the Expelled from Paradise: mission.0 prequel novel for the original film, is writing the game’s story. The game includes voice acting in all major scenes.
The game’s website describes the game’s story:
A.D. 2400. Ever since the Nano Hazard, a catastrophic event that laid waste to the surface world, 98% of humanity has abandoned both the ravaged Earth and their own flesh and blood to migrate to the virtual world of DEVA. Now, a strange new lifeform has suddenly begun sprouting on the surface: the Paraflora. As it spreads at alarming speed, colossal worms have started to appear nearby, attacking people one after another. At the heart of the outbreak lies Svarga, a desert town that was long ago abandoned due to a plague. Meanwhile, an agent of DEVA’s Security Bureau has stolen Grey Goo, a top-secret file holding data on the Nano Hazard, and fled to the surface. Their trail, too, leads to Svarga. And now, in this ghost town shrouded in mystery and conspiracy, several competing agendas are about to converge.
The game’s story uses a system dubbed as “K2-System,” which divides choices players can make in the game’s story into “Kizuna” (Bonds) and “Kakugo” (Resolve) choices. Kizuna choices emphasize the bonds that Angela makes in the surface world, while Kakugo choices emphasize Angela’s resolve to see her mission through. Choices determine how the story branches into different routes, including bad ends.
The game will launch for the Switch and PC via Steam on November 26. The game is getting an English release. The game will have support in English and Japanese.
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Rakuen Tsuihō -Expelled from Paradise- Kokoro no Resonance (Heart’s Resonance), the all-new feature-length anime film sequel to the Expelled from Paradise film, will open in Japan on November 13.
While the original announcement of the film had featured the title Rakuen Tsuihō: Libera ted from Paradise, a later announcement listed the title as Rakuen Tsuihō -Expelled from Paradise- Kokoro no Resonance as well as Rakuen Tsuihō: Kokoro no Resonance instead.
The cast members are:
- Ayane Sakura as Gabriel
- Saori Hayami as Alma
- Yoshino Aoyama as Danel
- Sally Amaki as Raguel
- Sumire Morohoshi as Penem
Rie Kugimiya reprises her role as Angela Balzac in the film.
The film reunites the main staff of Expelled from Paradise, including director Seiji Mizushima, scriptwriter Gen Urobuchi of Nitroplus, character designer Masatsugu Saitō, and composer NARASAKI. Toei Animation is producing the animation.
The other staff members include:
- Mechanical Designers: Kanetake Ebikawa, Junya Ishigaki, Takayuki Yanase
- Animation Supervisor: Naoki Ogita
- Modeling Supervisor: Kento Kume
- Mecha Modeling Lead: Toyokazu Hashimoto
- Producer: Kōichi Noguchi
Expelled from Paradise debuted in 13 theaters in Japan in November 2014, and sold 110,000 tickets. The film’s Blu-ray Disc and DVD release in Japan sold more than 70,000 copies. The film won the Best Animation of the Year Award at the 24th Japan Movie Critics Awards in May 2015.
The film returned to theaters in Japan in November 2024 in 4K resolution as Expelled from Paradise -Impelled by 10th Anniversary- to commemorate the film’s 10-year anniversary.
Source: Expelled from Paradise -The Stellar Angel- game’s website via Gamer
