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Jack Jeanne to launch on June 15th; more details about Sui Ishida’s involvement

Back in November, Aksys Games announced that Jack Jeanne (a Visual Novel x Rhythm Game from Broccoli) will launch in June in Europe and North America. And today, the company sent a press release to reveal the actual release date, which has been set to June 15th!

As as announced in November, the game will get no less than 3 different Limited Editions in North America (alongside the Standard and Digital editions).

Alongside that release date announcement, Aksys Games shared some more details about the involvement of Sui Ishida (creator of the Tokyo Ghoul manga series) in the creation and development of the game:

When developer Broccoli first pitched the idea for the upcoming visual novel and rhythm game Jack Jeanne, noted mangaka Sui Ishida was intrigued by the concept and took on the challenge of making it his own. A story about students in a highly competitive musical theater school might seem a dissonant setting for a video game from Ishida-san, creator of the popular dark fantasy franchise Tokyo Ghoul, but a passion for musical expression sparked his interest in the project.

Known for mentioning bands and music he enjoys on social media, and occasionally placing references in his work, Ishida-san found great inspiration in the song ‘Light Dance’ by Akira Kosemura, imagining how the main character Kisa would dance to it. With the help of Broccoli, Ishida-san was able to convince the modern classical composer to join the project, an experience he has called “very precious.”

While creating the characters and writing the script for Jack Jeanne, Ishida-san felt strongly that the lyrics and music needed to be rooted in how the characters were feeling. After reviewing the songs written by others, he felt they were not capturing the emotions in quite the right way and decided to write the lyrics for the entire game himself.

Jack Jeanne (Switch) comes out on June 15th in Europe and North America.

Source: Aksys Games PR (18/04/2023)

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