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Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Ruki Shiroiwa Makes Voice Acting Debut in 'As One, Square Enix' Anime Prequel to Starwing Paradox
In a new special video released on Wednesday, the crew of ' As One , Square Enix,' and 'Sunrise' in a feature-length theatrical prequel anime film to Square Enix's Starwing Paradox game revealed that JO1 boy group member Ruki Shiroiwa has been cast as the main character, Yō. Shiroiwa is making his voice-acting debut. After listening to 'Himawari' (Sunflower), the song he wrote and composed himself and released as the fourth single from his self-produced project 'PlanJ,' the staff decided to cast him. Set twenty years before the game's plot, the movie will tell an entirely original tale. The main character of the movie is Yō, a high school student who is losing touch with his bandmates and whose parents disapprove of his aspirations to pursue a career in music. One day, he is surrounded by a bright light and hears a voice in his head pleading for assistance. In another scene, two nations that have been at war for a long time over energy sources start an uncomfortable truce in a world called Meguriboshi. As a massive piece of space debris approaches the planet, robot mechanic Rako loses consciousness and contacts Yō while unconscious. Further, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion, Nadia—The Secret of Blue Water, Summer Wars) returns from the game to design the characters for the film, which is directed by Kobun Shizuno (Detective Conan films 15–21). Scriptwriters Shatner Nishida (Lupin III: Prison of the Past), Kana Matsui, and Masaya Honda (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations); mechanical designer Ippei Gyōbu (Gundam: Reconguista in G, Synduality), and more form the team of the movie. On August 22, the movie will be released in theaters.
Forbes
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘Starwing Paradox' Gets New Anime Movie, Despite 2021 Game Shutdown
The anime movie 'As One' is released theatrically in Japan this August. Square Enix, Sunrise The admittedly excellent arcade mecha game Starwing Paradox is getting its own anime prequel movie this Summer, despite the game's servers shutting down in 2021. Starwing Paradox was a fascinating arcade game. Developed by Byking, who also birthed the Gundam Extreme Versus games, it also featured character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and mecha designs by Ippei Gyoubu. The game itself had an amazing cabinet that moved around, and you also had quite comprehensive controls for your mecha. Naturally, I wrote a bunch of pieces about the game back when it was launched in the Japanese arcades in 2018. However, it didn't really find its audience and the online servers for the game were shutdown in 2021. That makes this movie rather strange, as it acts as a prequel to the events in the game, but the game is no longer around for anyone to play. My guess is that Square Enix planned a big media mix for Starwing Paradox, with the anime movie acting as a big part of its promotion. However, the movie got stuck in production hell, and it's only getting released now. Like the game, it still features characters by Sadamoto and mecha by Gyoubu, but the fact that the game is long gone means the whole context for this movie, called As One , no longer exists. The new trailer (shown below) looks promising, although the background art looks a tad basic, but the fact that the game is gone really begs the question of who this new anime movie is really for. In any case, As One will be released in Japanese theaters on August 22 and will probably get a Western streaming release not long after that. Follow me on X , Facebook and YouTube . I also manage Mecha Damashii and am currently featured in the Giant Robots exhibition currently touring Japan.
