Anime News - First Lollipop Chainsaw Game Trailer Streamed

The Gamespot website began streaming a 90-second trailer for the Lollipop Chainsaw zombie-hunting action game on Monday. In the game, the protagonist is a blonde cheerleader named Juliet who battles zombies with the titular tool.

Grasshopper Manufacture (Heroman, Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact) and Kadokawa Games are co-producing the game, which is due for a release on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in 2012. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will release the game outside of all Asian territories.

James Gunn, writer-director of this year's film Super, co-writer of the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead, and writer-director of the films Tromeo and Juliet and Slither, is supervising the game's story scenario. Suda51 (No More Heroes) is acting as creative director for the game.

(animenewsnetwork.com)