Spike Chunsoft has released more info for AI: The Somnium Files, introducing six colorful side characters that police investigator Date will meet during his case. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
You can read more about protagonist Kaname Date and his AI companion AI-Ball here.
Renju Okiura (CV: Kenji Hamada)
The manager of the talent agency Iris belongs to, Lemniscate, as well as the maid café Sunfish Pocket. He’s been good friends with Date since 5 years ago.
Hitomi Sagan (CV: Sayaka Ohara)
Iris’ mother, who is without a husband. Her parents died when she was 17, and so she raised Iris all by herself. Thanks to past injuries, she can’t move her right arm.
Shouko Nadami (CV: Yuu Kobayashi)
A woman who was found dead at a merry-go-round at the abandoned amusement park Bloom Park on a certain Friday night in November. Her left eye was gouged out.
Sou Sejima (CV: Naomi Kusumi)
A self-made man who grew up poor. As such, he has a complex towards upper class people, who serve as the basis of his desire for wealth and power.
Mama (CV: Kenta Miyuke)
The owner of the bar Marble in Shinjuku. Date and Okiura are regulars there, so she knows them quite well. She’s also familiar with the criminal underworld, as she is also an information broker.
Mayumi (CV: Toshiko Sawada)
Ota’s mother, who opened the Matsushita Diner through loaning a lot of money over 30 years ago with her husband. Since then, the diner’s been thriving. Lately, she’s been really forgetful.
AI: The Somnium Files releases for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on July 25, 2019. You can read our interview with Uchikoshi here.
