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Catherine Horror Game Opening Streamed with Credits (Updated)

The opening credits for the upcoming Atlus horror game Catherine are currently streaming on the game's official website. (In the linked page, select either pendant, then select the "Movie" icon on top, and finally select one of the two resolutions under the "OP Movie" icon.) The cast list did not specify roles but includes:

• Kouichi Yamadera
• Kotono Mitsuishi
• Miyuki Sawashiro
• Takehito Koyasu
• Hiroaki Hirata
• Kishō Taniyama
• Norio Wakamoto
• Junko Minagawa
• Masaki Terasoma

The following staff members are also included in the credits:

• Producer, Game Director: Katsura Hashino
• Character Designer: Shigenori Soejima
• Sound Composer: Shoji Meguro
• Chief Designer: Kazuhisa Wada
• Chief Programmer: Yujiro Kosaka

Catherine was announced in August, and Studio 4°C (Tekkon Kinkreet, Genius Party, Mind Game) is producing the animated sequences.

The plot features a corporate employee named Vincent and a mysterious woman, the titular Catherine, whose appearance results in recurring nightmares for Vincent. Catherine is being created by the same team that created the Persona games, which spawned a television anime titled Persona -trinity soul- in 2008. The game will be first high-definition release from Atlus.

[Via Japanator]

Image © Atlus Co. Ltd.

Update: Hashino's spelling corrected. Thanks, Cloud668.