Kyoei Toshi narrative location Japan
Kyoei Toshi (巨影都市, lit. City of Giant Shadows), known in English as City Shrouded in Shadow, is a 2017 survival video game developed by Granzella and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. The objective of the game is to escape a city ravaged by battles between monsters, robots, and heroes from the Japanese kaiju and tokusatsu franchises Godzilla, Ultraman, Gamera, Patlabor, and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Kyoei Toshi is a spiritual successor to Granzella's Disaster Report series, and several characters from that series also make cameo appearances in the game.Plot
The game is set in the fictional Ichi City in Japan, which is attacked by mysterious giant monsters called kyoei ("giant shadows"). The player can choose between two player characters—a man named Ken Misaki or a woman named Miharu Matsuhara (the character may be renamed)—with the objective being to try to escape Ichi City with their partner Yuki. After witnessing a deal between yakuza, they must also escape a hitman who pursues them across the city. During their escape, the player learns more about Yuki's past and her connection to the kyoei.Cast
Takuya Sato as Ken Misaki
Satomi Akesaka as Miharu Matsubara
Reina Ueda as Yuki Kouno
Ryōta Takeuchi as Hideyasu Otsuka
Yuko Kaida as Risa Kashiwagi
Minoru Kawai as Ryoji Shibata
Toru Nara as Katsuhiro Muto
Madoka Shiga as Toru Fujiwara