NIS America, Clouded Leopard Entertainment, Aiming and Team Caravan have announced The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes, a new roguelite action game based on Daisuke Aizawa’s The Eminence in Shadow light novel and anime franchise. The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes is the first console game for the series, and it will launch in 2027 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
In the meantime, The Eminence in Shadow – Lost Echoes will open in theaters in 2027 in Japan. Kazuya Nakanishi directs the film, and Kanichi Katōu is in charge of screenplay. Makoto Iino handles the character designs, which are based on the original character designs by Tōzai.
Seiichiro Yamashita reprises his role as Cid Kageno / Shadow in The Eminence in Shadow – Lost Echoes.
Additional cast members include:
- Yui Horie as Akane Nishino
- Inori Minase as Beta
- Takehito Koyasu as Mordred
Daisuke Aizawa’s The Eminence in Shadow light novel series debuted in 2018. A manga adaptation by Anri Sakano began serialization in Kadokawa’s Comp Ace magazine in 2019. The first season of the anime premiered in October 2022, and the second season ran for 12 episodes starting October 4, 2023. Both seasons are streaming on HIDIVE.
Lastly, here’s the anime’s official description from HIDIVE:
Some people just aren’t suited to playing the part of the flashy, in-your-face hero or the dastardly, mustache-twirling villain with larger-than-life panache. Instead, they operate in the shadows and pull the strings of society through wit and cleverness. That’s the role Cid wants to play when he’s transported to another world.
Cid spins a yarn or three and becomes the unlikely leader of the underground Shadow Garden organization that fights against a menacing cult (which he totally made up). However, there’s a catch even his wild imagination didn’t see coming: the cult he concocted actually exists, and they’re beyond displeased that his power fantasy just got in the way of their evil plans!
