XSEED Games and Edelweiss have announced Sakuna Chronicles: Parting Clouds, a new web manga based on the Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin game, will launch on February 17. New chapters of the Sakuna Chronicles: Parting Clouds web manga will be released on a monthly basis.
The announcement was made alongside the premiere of the new two-part Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin anime special, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin – Kokorowa’s Rice Farming Journal, on February 15. The second part will air on February 22 on TV Tokyo and five other affiliate channels.
Renowned voice actress Asami Imai voices Uketa Hime, Kokorowa’s rival, in the new Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin two-part special.
Masayuki Yoshihara directs the special at P.A. Works. Naomi Ōzora and Rika Kinugawa reprise their roles as Sakuna and Kokorowa, respectively. Keigo Koyanagi wrote the scripts, Ayako Kurome is the color key artist, and Mayumi Miyaoka handles art setting.
Additional staff members include:
- Original Character Design: Ryōta Murayama
- Character Design: Mio Fujishima
- Chief Animation Director: Sayo Mizuno
- Art Director: Tamako Kamiyama
- 3D Director: Motonari Ichikawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Tomo Namiki
- Editing: Ayumu Takahashi
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Music: Yoshiaki Fujisawa
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin – Kokorowa’s Rice Farming Journal is based on Keiji Andō’s spinoff novel for the game, and the anime special focuses on Sakuna’s best friend and genius inventor Princess Kokorowa. She joins Sakuna on Hinoe Island and takes up rice farming following an incident.
Edelweiss is also currently developing Sakuna Chronicles: Kokorowa and the Gears of Creation, a brand-new spin-off game.
