One Piece's Portgas D. Ace, Sakigake!! Otoko Juku's Tsurugi Momotaro, Hunter x Hunter's Killua Zoldyck and Yu Yu Hakusho's Hiei are about to be confirmed as playable characters on Monday in this year's 13th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

Aside from that, Edajima Heihachi of Sakigake!! Otoko Juku will also be confirmed as a support character in the Namco Bandai Games' "team battle action" video game. Moreover, the game's Gallery Mode has been outlined and features an illustrated guide to all of the J-Stars along with their "fiery" voice samples and fighting patterns.

In addition, the issue is confirming that Sakigake!! Otoko Juku's Heihachi Edajima is a support character in Namco Bandai Games' "team battle action" video game. Also outlined is the game's Gallery Mode, which has an illustrated guide to all the J-Stars along with their "fiery" voice samples and fighting patterns.

The character rosters for Shonen Jump's 45th anniversary game are:

One Piece
• Monkey D. Luffy
• Boa Hancock
• Akainu

Dragon Ball Z
• Son Goku
• Vegeta
• Freeza

Toriko
• Toriko
• Zebra

Naruto Shippuden
• Naruto Uzumaki
• Sasuke Uchiha
• Madara Uchiha

Bleach
• Ichigo Kurosaki
• Rukia (support)

Rurouni Kenshin
• Kenshin Himura
• Makoto Shishio

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo
• Kankichi Ryotsu

Gintama
• Gintoki Sakata
• Kagura (support)
• Sadaharu (support)

Yu Yu Hakusho
•Yusuke Urameshi

Hunter x Hunter
• Gon Freecss

Chinyuki -Taro to Yukaina Nakama-tachi-
• Taro Yamada

Medaka Box
• Medaka Kurokami
• Misogi Kumagawa (support)

Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
• Tsunayoshi Sawada (with Reborn)

Beelzebub
• Tatsumi Oga (with Beelzebub)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Jonathan Joestar
• Joseph Joestar

Jigoku Sensei Nube
• Meisuke "Nuubee" Nueno

Assassination Classroom
• Koro-Sensei

Saint Seiya
• Seiya

Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar
• Jaguar (support)

To Love-Ru
• LaLa (support)

Nisekoi
• Chitoge Kirisaki (support)

Kuroko's Basketball
• Tetsuya Kuroko (support)

Sket Dance.
• Bossun (support)
• Switch (support)

Neuro - Supernatural Detective
• Neuro (support)

D.Gray-man
• Allen Walker (support)

Fist of the North Star
• Kenshirō
• Raoh

Dr. Slump & Arale-chan
• Arale Norimaki

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan
• Kusuo Saikio

Tottemo! Luckyman
• Luckyman

Haikyu!!
• Shōyō Hinata (support)


The game's theme song "Fighting Stars" would be sang by Kageyama Hironobu, Kushida Akira and Kitadani Hiroshi. A free augmented-reality (AR) lets you see the Jump heroes in your surroundings in the PS Vita.



One of the game's feature is the Adventure Mode wherein players assemble characters and go on a voyage throughout the "Jump World" using a ship. There's also the "J-Points" for cards in battles and adventures in which the characters collect. These cards are used as a deck to level up their characters and ships.

On March 19, the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita game will be released. The regular edition of the PS3 version costs 7,980 yen or about $80 USD, while the limited edition costs 10,980 yen or $110 USD. The regular edition of the PS Vita version costs 6,980 yen and the limited edition will be available for 9,980 yen or about $100 USD.

Pre-order of the game would include a J-Stars Victory Book, a Jump Comics-like book with information and visuals of Jump heroes over the years. An "Ani-Son Sound Edition" of the game will let the players to listen to 21 television anime theme songs in the game for a limited time.


via Anime News Network