Kimi ga Nozomu Eien: Next Season's Promo Video Posted
posted on 2007-12-05 13:36 EST
The official website for Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~, an alternate retelling of the Kimi ga Nozomu Eien or Rumbling Hearts romance adventure game and anime franchise, has posted a promotional video for its first DVD on December 4. The first DVD will ship in Japan on December 21. The Next Season video series and the earlier Kimi ga Nozomu Eien television series are based on a series of games about a boy (Takayuki Narumi) and his relationships with several girls before and after a tragedy.
Funimation released the earlier television series under the name Rumbling Hearts: KimiNozo. (Rumbling Hearts is the English subtitle of the Japanese PlayStation 2 version of the game, and "KimiNozo" is a nickname for the franchise.) The Rumbling Hearts: KimiNozo television series adapted the games' stories with an emphasis on Takayuki's close female friend (and secret admirer), Mitsuki. By contrast, the Next Season video series will retell the story with an emphasis on Haruka, a girl that Mitsuki tried to set up with Takayuki.
Source: Moon Phase
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