Namco Bandai has finally confirmed the release date for Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day in Europe, Australia, and the rest of Asia. The game is coming on April 18th across all the aforementioned territories.
The release in those territories will come in the form of a retail bundle that includes the four animated short films that make up part of the Short Peace compilation. They are as follows:
- A Farewell to Weapons – Directed by Hajime Katoki and takes place in Tokyo, in the near future. A five-person platoon visits the ruined city, in the middle of the desert; this leads them to fall into a battle with a single unmanned tank! One by one, all routes of escape are blocked…
- Combustible – Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo (the creator of Steamboy & Akira) – takes place in the city of Edo in the 18th century. Where Owaka, a merchant’s daughter, and her childhood sweetheart Matsukichi, find their differing social standings render their love impossible. In her mad desperation, Owaka does something that engulfs the entire city in a deadly inferno…
- Gambit – Directed by Hiroaki Ando and takes place at the end of the 16th century, as the Sengoku era draws to a close… A fortress in the northern region of Japan, Tohoku, is sacked by a giant, solitary demon. When Kao, a young girl from the village, meets a mystical polar bear who understands what she says, she turns to it for help!
- Possessions – During the 18th century. A man lost deep in the mountains in the middle of a violent storm stumbles across a small shrine. Entering it, he suddenly finds himself in a room from another world, where discarded umbrellas and unused kimonos come alive, possessed by spirits…
Unfortunately for us Americans, the game is being distributed as a standalone digital title via the Playstation Network, and it will not come with the animated short films. The game still lacks a release date in North America, but we expect that to break fairly soon following the European announcement.
