On April 28, a new character project called “LiveRevolt” featuring eight bishoujo girls with a confirmed cast to play theme was revealed by the Tokyo-based otaku content company known as TYDELINE.
At the start there were six girls that were created by artists that were chosen by an open audition that took place before the project’s launch, they are known as Yuki Sakura, Koruri, and Taniyaraku. Soon after the six girls were designed, there were two more more characters created by the artists bob and Nata Nakane.
The eight characters are named and played by the following:
Akane Fujiwara: Kasumi Taguchi
Kokomi Noda: Yuri Akiba
Marine Seto: Arisa Hirano
Chris Murasaki: Mao Aoki
Kana Hirai: Yu Ikeba
Rina Miyashiro: Marika Gomi
Madoka Shiraishi: Mako Niina
Hinata Tokine: Nana Matsudaira
A story has also been introduced for the project and it tells of a world where live music had began gathering more attention once again. In otrder to reach the top the girls attend a training school known as Kanadegaoka Jogakuin a.k.a. “Kanadegaoka Girls Academy”
In addition to the revelation of characters there will also be a comicalization to be illustrated by Yuki Sakura the artist behind the main visual, and a four-panel manga to be illustrated by Nata Nakata. There will also be concerts and events that will be featurin the characters.
As part of their promotion of the project, TYDELINE will be having a free distribution of a 60-page booklet titled “LiveRevolt Startup Revolution”, which will be including the first chapter of the comicalization, the first four chapters of the four panel manga, character references, support illustrations by popular artists,and it also comes with a CD containing short versions of “REVOLUTIA” and “Darling Soldiers.”
They will be distributed at the Animate and Melon Books stores, other major bookstores, and the ongoing Nico Nico Chokaigi and Machi Asobi events
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