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NIS America Announces The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes Game

NIS America announced during Sony's State of Play livestream on Thursday The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes, a new 3D action roguelite game based on Daisuke Aizawa's The Eminence in Shadow (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!) light novel series. The game will launch for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in 2027. The company unveiled the first trailer, which previews the gameplay:

The game stars Alpha, who can have different abilities through an Awakening system. The video also features Delta and Shadow.

Aizawa began serializing the story on the "Shōsetsuka ni Narō" (Let's Become Novelists) website in May 2018, and Kadokawa began publishing the story in physical volumes with art by Tōzai, beginning with the first volume in November 2018. Anri Sakano launched the manga adaptation in Kadokawa's Comp Ace magazine in December 2018. Seta U launched a spinoff manga titled Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Shadow Gaiden (The Eminence in Shadow: Shadow Side Story) in Comp Ace in July 2019.

Yen Press licensed both the light novels and the manga adaptation.

The first season of the television anime premiered in October 2022, and it ended in February 2023. The second season premiered in October 2023. HIDIVE streamed the anime as it aired in Japan along with a same-day English dub. HIDIVE and Kadokawa held a world premiere screening of the second season at Anime Expo in July 2023.

The Eminence in Shadow - Lost Echoes (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!: Zankyō-hen) film will open in 2027.

The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden game launched for iOS, Android, and PC in November 2022. Crunchyroll Games released the game in English.

Sources: State of Play livestream, press release