Minoru Iwamoto designs sharp-tongued Heavenly Being for Namco Bandai's newest installment in the Tales of franchise

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This year's 16th issue of Shueisha's Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Misato Fukuen (Yozakura Quartet, Rosario + Vampire) will play a character named Edna in, Namco Bandai's newest installment in theseries for the PlayStation 3. Minoru Iwamoto designed Edna, a sharp-tongued girl who fights with her parasol. She likes making people anxious with her words, and states that she hates humans. Edna does not trust people very easy, and is often on her guard. She is a Heavenly Being, the same as Mikleo

Before Tales of Zestiria , Fukuen played the role of Aisha in Tales of Symphonia and its sequel.

Namco Bandai Studio's Daigo Okumura designed Alisha, while Kousuke Fujishima designed Sorey. Mutsumi Inomata is also returning to contribute character designs along with Minoru Iwamoto. The anime studio ufotable is once again contributing animation for cut scenes and the opening for the game under studio founder and producer Hikaru Kondo. Motoi Sakuraba and Go Shiina are composing the soundtrack.

Namco Bandai Games will release the game on the PlayStation 3 worldwide.