{"id":718998,"date":"2026-03-26T14:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/upcoming-visual-novel-cocoro-which-has-monogataris-akio-watanabe-as-character-designer-reveals-teaser-trailer-and-visual\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:50:15","slug":"upcoming-visual-novel-cocoro-which-has-monogataris-akio-watanabe-as-character-designer-reveals-teaser-trailer-and-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/upcoming-visual-novel-cocoro-which-has-monogataris-akio-watanabe-as-character-designer-reveals-teaser-trailer-and-visual\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Visual Novel COCORO, Which Has Monogatari&#8217;s Akio Watanabe as Character Designer, Reveals Teaser Trailer and Visual"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Upcoming visual novel <em>COCORO<\/em>, which is scheduled for a 2026 release in Japan, has received a teaser trailer and visual. It was also announced that <strong>Hina Yomiya<\/strong> (<em>BanG Dream! It\u2019s MyGO!!!!!<\/em>\u2018s Tomori Takamatsu, <em>SHOSHIMIN<\/em>\u2018s Yuki Osanai) is voicing the heroine Cocoro.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u7279\u5831\u3011\u7f8a\u5bae\u5983\u90a3\u4e3b\u6f14\u30ce\u30d9\u30eb\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u300eCOCORO\u300f\u7d3a\u91ce\u30a2\u30b9\u30bf\u00d7\u6e21\u8fba\u660e\u592b\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jdbEMa81qCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The teaser\u2019s lines, as well as Yomiya\u2019s comment touching on voicing Cocoro in the age of AI development, suggest that the visual novel\u2018s heroine is an AI yearning to be a human.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" data-attachment-id=\"151448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/03\/26\/upcoming-visual-novel-cocoro-which-has-monogataris-akio-watanabe-as-character-designer-reveals-teaser-trailer-and-visual\/cocoro-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"COCORO visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?fit=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151448\" style=\"width:777px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?resize=1068%2C601&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?resize=747%2C420&amp;ssl=1 747w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image source: @cocoro_fw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The <strong>Frontwing<\/strong>-developed title was announced in 2024 and has the involvement of Good Smile Company. The staff includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Planning and scenario: <strong>Asta Konno<\/strong> (<\/span><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>ATRI -My Dear Moments-<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Character designer: <strong>Akio Watanabe<\/strong> (<em>Monogatari <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a>, <em>Grisaia Phantom Trigger <\/em>[anime and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>])<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 SD art: Mai Nanaka (<em>Grisaia Phantom Trigger<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Backgrounds: <strong>Waisshu<\/strong> (<em>ATRI -My Dear Moments<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Music: Fuminori Matsumoto (<em>ATRI -My Dear Moments-<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>COCORO<\/em> is a PC title and will be available on Steam and other sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cocoro_fw\/status\/2037001596350194161\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-1tl8opc\">@cocoro_fw<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n                (function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n          js.src=\"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=269442613521839\";\n          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n        <\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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It was also announced that Hina Yomiya (BanG Dream! It\u2019s MyGO!!!!!\u2018s Tomori Takamatsu, SHOSHIMIN\u2018s Yuki Osanai) is voicing the heroine Cocoro. The teaser\u2019s lines, as well as Yomiya\u2019s comment touching on voicing Cocoro in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":718999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COCORO-visual-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime-manga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}