Misa-chan’s note: The game title Xillia is pronounced, Eck-shee-lee-ah.

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Exciting news revealed during 『Tales of Xillia』 15th anniversary party

● For character design, a double casting of Mr Inomata Mutsumi and Mr Fujishima Kousuke!

The title for the 15th 『Tales of』 series was revealed here to be 『Tales of Xillia』. This was revealed by Bandai Namco Games, at an anniversary party held 15 years after the date of release of the first game in the series. They have also revealed that they will be in charge of this game as well.

『Tales of Xillia』’s character design will be undertaken by a double cast of Mr Inomata Mutsumi and Mr Fujishima Kousuke. There will be 2 main characters, as in the first game. Players get to choose one character and experience that character’s story. The animation movies will be done by ufotable, who handled 『Tales of Symphonia THE ANIMATION』 OVA and 『Kara no Kyoukai MOVIE VERSION』.

● Hamasaki Ayumi takes on theme song

The theme song will be taken on by popular artist Hamasaki Ayumi, who is active not only in Japan, but internationally as well. A new song will be created just for 『Tales of Xillia』. Her grasp on perspective and lyrics and her unforgettable voice creates a magnificent world for the 『Tales of』 series.

Hamasaki Ayumi

Born in 1978 in Fukuoka. Debut single 『poker face』, released on 8 April 1998. Her first album 『A Song for ××』, released on 1 January 1999, achieved 1 million sales, and earned her the title of song princess. From 2001~2003, she received a record number of big awards, and even broke some big records. On 29 September 2010, she released her 50th original single 『L』, and became the first female singer to achieve top sales for 25 consecutive releases. On 22 December 2010, she released her 12th original album 『Love songs』.

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From Famitsu.com
Thanks to HTMSD@AHS.