SeaBed Audio Novel Collection Now Available
August 19, 2023 - Fruitbat Factory is happy to announce the completion of the SeaBed Audio Novel Collection! The final two episodes, Episode 3 - “Silvergrass Station Cleaning” and the Extra Episode - “Night Flight” are now available on Steam.
SeaBed Audio Novel Collection
The fully voiced new SeaBed story tells a new adventure of Sachiko and Takako in their high school days, told through 3 separate episodes. Finally, an original short story "Night Flight" by Paleontology is available as a free Extra Episode to all owners of the SeaBed Audio Novel Collection.
“We've been heartened to see fans of SeaBed enjoy the new audio novel episodes”, Jakke Elonen, President of Fruitbat Factory, comments. “With the added layer of voices, the production of the audio novels turned into a deep journey into the characters' lives and personalities, and we're proud of the rich audiovisual environment we were able to develop around them. We sincerely hope this new collection of stories will bring happiness to many people around the world.”
Episode 1 - "Brick Incinerator"
Meeting at the school. A strange incident. A scary story. (Length: 13:15)
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2184980/
Episode 2 "Cafe and the Stone Port"
A Peaceful café. Photo album. A place for ourselves. (Length: 15:29)
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2184981/
Episode 3 - "Silvergrass Station Cleaning"
An unexpected visitor. A car ride. A quiet station. (Length: 17:56)
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2184982/
Extra Episode - "Night Flight"
The beginning of a journey. Private tutoring. Arrival. (Length: 8:28)
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2184983/
The episodes are delivered in both a subtitled video format, and a Japanese audio-only track in .wav format.
The video supports Japanese, Japanese (closed captions), English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean subtitles which can be switched at will.
The new Audio Novel scenarios are written by hide38 and directed by AKIRA, with beautiful key illustrations by Tonbu.
English Translation: Andrew Hodgson
Chinese Translation: Windyshine
Korean Translation: Moonbi
Starring
Sachiko has been given a cool and subtle voice by Kondo Yui, known as Biwa Hayahide in Uma Musume, Kiba Mikoto in Triage X, and Nath in 100% Orange Juice.
Meanwhile Takako's silly antics are brought to life by Matsui Eriko (Fuji Kiseki in Uma Musume, Maki Kyouko in Hōkago Saikoro Club, Kokuyou in Tsugu Tsugumomo, Kamiya Nao in The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls).
Aiya Saki (Yuki in 100% Orange Juice) voices Izuhana Midori, the easygoing teacher of Takako.
The gentle narrator of the Extra Episode, Kotani Fujika is voiced by Shioiri Asuka (Takagi Naomi in PuraOre! Pride of Orange).
Her young tutoring subject Sakura Aoi is voiced by Kita Natsuki (Mimyuu in 100% Orange Juice, Nene in The Ambition of Oda Nobuna).
Other voices
Maruyama Miki (Marie Poppo, Sora, Natsumi and Ellie in 100% Orange Juice, Shirosai in Kemono Friends) as Coffee Shop Waitress
Tokiwa Shouhei (Malt in 100% Orange Juice) as Weather Report, Coffee Shop Owner.
Price: $8.99 per episode. SeaBed Audio Novel Collection Episode 3 - “Silvergrass Station Cleaning” is available with a -10% launch discount for the first week. A further 10% discount is given though the SeaBed Audio Novel Collection bundle which includes the free Extra Episode.
SeaBed was released in Japan in 2016 and quickly drew the attention of visual novel enthusiasts in both Japan and overseas. The international PC version was released by Fruitbat Factory in December 2017 and has charmed countless players since. By popular demand, SeaBed was further released on Nintendo Switch™ in 2020 and also received a limited physical edition.
Synopsis
SeaBed is a critically acclaimed yuri-themed mystery visual novel told through the perspectives of three separate characters: Mizuno Sachiko, a designer plagued by hallucinations of her past lover; Narasaki Hibiki, Sachiko's friend and a psychiatrist researching the workings of human memories; and Takako, Sachiko's former lover who has been rapidly forgetting her past, including how or why the two women drifted apart despite being together since childhood.
All three live in different worlds, but seek the same goal. To separate truth from illusion. To make sense of their own lives.
Fruitbat Factory, Ltd
English version developer (Homepage, Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Discord & YouTube)
Fruitbat Factory is an independent localisation house focusing on bringing interesting Japanese games to English-speaking audiences.
Paleontology
Developer of original Japanese version (Twitter, Homepage)
Paleontology is an independent Japanese game circle creating yuri-themed games. SeaBed is their first game release. It was developed based on the characters of a 4-koma manga series created by their illustrator, hide38.
SOURCE: Fruitbat Factory
