A newMuv-Luvseriesstream event was held on October 24, titled the Hakuryo aNCHOR Preparatory Academy Online Student Assembly. The stream revealed a new trailer and 2021 release for theMuv-Luv Alternativeanime, alongside new info onProject Immortal, Project Mikhail, andTDA04. We detailed everything below. Note that a subtitled English version of the stream will be coming later. All the slides on the stream are already translated.
Muv-LuvHistory byMLGeneral Producer tororo (Kazutoshi Matsumura)
The stream started with an explanation of theMuv-Luvseries for those unfamiliar with it. Only people who already knowMLclicked on this article though so I’ll only be going through the biggest points.
Everything started with Yoshimune Kouki writing the drafts forML(plot, characters, mecha design), a game with a school setting and cute girls, something popular at the time. Yoshimune didn’t understand “moe” so the project got temporarily stalled. Then, Baka-Ouji Persia (Masanori Sugihara), who was making the game with him, told him he wants to do something likeSentou Yousei Yukikaze. That’s how Yoshimune wroteMLwith a school + mecha setting.
After that, Yoshimune went to talk to a lot of Galge developers for research, but they all told him he’s wasting his time andMLwon’t sell. This actually motivated him even more, as he thought the game will have no competition.
The originalMLincluded two parts,ExtraandUnlimited. The third part,Alternative, was announced the dayMLwas released, and was supposed to release around six months later. But it took three years because of Yoshimune’s crazy attention to detail. When the release date ofAlternativegot announced, Japanese fans didn’t believe the date and thought it wouldn’t release.
New shots of the prototypes of the FREEing Meiya Sumika Bunny Figures
Before moving on to the next segment, the seiyuuMaria NodaandChisato Konnoquickly showed off the upcoming 2021 bunny figures of Meiya and Sumika by FREEing:
These are prototypes and weren’t painted yet.
Muv-LuvWorldwide Cosplay Contest, Akira Itsuki Becomes OfficialMuv-LuvCosplayer Ambassador
The next segment on stream focused on how aNCHOR is holding a cosplay contest along withWorld Cosplay, The segment featured cosplayerAkira Itsukicosplaying Meiya. The contest happened because Yoshimune realized a lot of people like theMuv-Luvcharacters and think they’re cool without necessarily knowing the series. The cosplay contest aims to makeMLmore popular worldwide.
Akira Itsuki is one of the strongest cosplayers ever, she pretty much made the whole costume herself. She said she first playedMuv-Luvwhen she was “really small” which implies a lot of implications. She’s incredibly happy to have been selected as the official cosplayer and ambassador and will try her best soMLgets more popular.
Project ImmortalStill Coming in 2021 But Won’t Get A Battle Demo In October 2020
The first big chunk of game info on thisMuv-LuvOctober 24 stream.Project Immortal(tentative title) isanAction RPG coming to PC, mobile, where you play as variousMLcharacters and their TSFs, fighting the BETA. On stream,Project ImmortaldeveloperKitakuou, who was crossdressing and cosplaying Yui Takamura fromTotal Eclipse, explained the game’s development is going well, showing some progress regarding the TSFs' motions and battle effects.
However, Kitakuou apologized because they won’t be able to release a free demo of the game’s battle part as planned this October. He admitted taking forever to get used to remote work, and being a bad manager, which resulted in a lot of communication errors. Kitakuou also jokingly said he realized he doesn’t care about theMuv-Luvstory at all. Initially he only proposedProject Immortalbecause he thought TSFs look cool as hell. He kept saying similar jokes, and how he was full of himself because people used to praise him and say he’s “so skilled despite being so young”. All of this resulted in the demo not happening.
Project Immortalis still launching in 2021 though.
Project MikhailFirst Gameplay Reveal, Pre-Alpha Footage
The second game related news announced on theMuv-LuvOctober 24 stream.Project Mikhail(tentative) is anMLaction game also coming to PC and mobile. UnlikeImmortalwhich is top-down view,Mikhailis 3rd person view like traditional mecha games likeArmored Core. It will use something akin to a monthly subscription instead of f2p gacha system.Project MikhailDirector Atsushi Kumano explained they are trying to overcome concerns born from accurately depicting theMLuniverse and its specifications, like how the tank-class BETA are too small for this type of 3D action gameplay.
The game’s story parts will be told in an Adventure format (what we call visual novel outside Japan), using the ingame models. Meaning all modifications made to your TSFs will be shown in cutscenes.
Project Mikhail is also launching in 2021.
New Illustrations and Information onMuv-Luv Unlimited The Day After 04,Which Actually Won’t be Called That
The next segment had Yoshimune Kouki reveal new stuff onTDA04. He explained the first illustration is the Susanoo flying, with the rainbow semi-circle being the surface of the dimensional boundary. He said he can’t reveal yet the artist’s name for this artwork.
Moreover, they explainedTDA04will change its name. The official title won’t be “Muv-Luv Unlimited The Day After 04”. TDA04will be a big and standalone story, so the new title will make it clear that you can play it even if you didn’t playEpisode: 00toEpisode 03.Fans can send in suggestions for the new title.
Yoshimune Kouki also explained he had conflicted feelings writingTDA04at first since he didn’t write all the previous stories inTDA. It felt as if he was stealing the story. But he is the original author ofMuv-Luv, so he realized it’s fine if he writes the finalTDAchapter, that everyone would accept it too, and got over it.
There you have it, theMuv-LuvOctober 24 event. Tons ofMuv-Luvthings are happening in 2021 alongside theAlternativeanime, so it really is a time to be aMuv-Luvfan. If you’ve missed it, check our reports on theSeptember 19 event, and theJuly 3 event. Lastly, we have multiple articles on the August 2019 âge 20th anniversary eventhere,hereandhere.
