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Dessert de Otomate 2024 announcements roundup – Fuyuzono Sacrifice, Honey Vibes, Hakuoki Ibun: Berezinskii no Majo, more

From Gematsu

Idea Factory‘s Otomate brand announced new titles, updates on existing titles, and ports during its Dessert de Otomate 2024 event in Tokyo today.

Get the full roundup of announcements below.

New Titles

Fuyuzono Sacrifice

Platform: Switch

Genre: Otome romance visual novel

Tagline: A wish for a bride (sacrifice) in a frozen world.

Keywords: Heartrending Love, Western-Style Fantasy

Staff: Tsunekiyo Fujisawa (producer), Atori Shiina (director), Manuka Midou (character design), Sachi Arino (scenario writer)

Honey Vibes

Platform: Switch

Release Date: 2024

Genre: Otome romance visual novel

Tagline: In a tropical land where beasts (lust) and humans (reason) mesh, a hot and exciting love story awaits you.

Keywords: Beast Ears, Suits, and Three Factions

Staff: Kurage Ichi (character design), Yusuke Takahama (sound), Momoko Terashima (producer), Asami Saitou (director)

Hakuoki Ibun: Berezinskii no Majo

Platform: Switch

Genre: Otome dramatic visual novel

Tagline: “That” makes her both an angel and a demon.

Keywords: Rejuvenating Water, Hakuoki, Napoleon

Staff: Tsunekiyo Fujisawa (director), Sakigumi Shiki (character design), Kagero Usuba (guest designer)

Updates

Moeyo! Otome Doushi: Kayu Koigatari

Platform: Switch

Release Date: 2024

Genre: Otome romance visual novel

Keywords: Battle, Love Comedy, Manga

Staff: Tsunekiyo Fujisawa (producer), Chouko Tsuyuri (director), Ayu Nekoi (original design), Maro Sasaki (scenario), Ririka Yoshimura (scenario), and Satomi Nakayama (scenario)

Voice Cast: Shogo Sakata, Kazuki Ura, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

Trouble Magia: Wakeari Shoujo wa Mirai o Kachitoru Tame ni Ikoku no Mahou Gakkou e Ryougaku Shimasu

Platform: Switch

Genre: Magic academy visual novel full of trouble

Tagline: Girl meets boy in this adolescent tale of magic. Your year to seize the future is about to begin!

Keywords: Magic, Animals, Student Council

Staff: Suzunosuke (original design), Akira Natsuno (scenario writer), and Akira Ouse (director)

Voice Cast: Tomoaki Maeno, Atsushi Abe, Ryouta Oosaka, Yuuto Uemura, Kazuyuki Okitsu, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

Otomate Graffit: New Titles

Hiiro no Kakera Tamayori-hime Kitan: Omoi Iro no Kioku for Nintendo Switch

Platform: Switch

Release Date: June 20, 2024

Genre: Otome romance visual novel

Tagline: Destiny is with you once again…

Keyword: Swords, Guardians, Seals

Staff: Tsunekiyo Fujisawa (producer)

Voice Cast: Tomokazu Sugita, Kousuke Okano, Daisuke Namikawa, Daisuke Hirakawa, Hiroki Shimowada, Kazunori Nomiya, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

7’scarlet for Nintendo Switch

Platform: Switch

Release Date: 2024

Genre: Otome romance visual novel

Tagline: The truth of this town is illuminated by the moonlight.

Keyword: Mystery, Incidents

Staff: Chinatsu Kurahana (character design)

Voice Cast: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tetsuya Kakihara, Showtaro Morikubo, Chiharu Sawashiro, Shinichiro Miki, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

Natsuzora no Monologue: Another Memory

Platform: Switch

Release Date: 2024

Genre: Summer-themed time loop visual novel

Tagline: We see “dreams” in the summer sky.

Staff: Ijou (director), Yuu Nishimura (scenario writer), Rokumaru (original design)

Voice Cast: Atsushi Abe, Naozumi Takahashi, Shinya Takahashi, Tsubasa Yonaga, Kazuhiko Inoue, Nobuhiko Okamoto, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

Altergear: New Titles

Hypnosis Mic: Alternative Rap Battle – 1st Period / Hypnosis Mic: Alternative Rap Battle – 2nd Period

Platform: Switch

Genre: Rhythm and visual novel game

Tagline: This time the battle of right and wrong comes to Nintendo Switch!

Keywords: Rhythm Game, Hypnosis Mic, Rap

Staff: Kazui (character design and original draft), Otomate, King Records (original work), Evil Line Records (original world)

Voice Cast: Subaru Kimura, Haruki Ishiya, Kouhei Amasaki, Shintarou Asanuma, Wataru Komada, Shinichiro Kamio, Yuusuke Shirai, Soma Saito, Yukihiro Nozuyama, Show Hayami, Ryuichi Kijima, Kento Itou, Ryota Iwasaki, Kengo Kawanishi, Takaya Kuroda, Shota Hayama, Yuki Sakakihara, Eiji Takeuchi, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

Altergear: Updates

Rashomon of Shinjuku

Platform: Switch

Release Date: August 8, 2024

Genre: A bakumatsu reincarnation story visual novel refreshed for the modern age.

Tagline: Sever the everlasting karma on the road to carnage.

Staff: Sonoe Kazenomiya (planning, original draft, producer, script), Kanna Natsumi (script), Karin Entertainment (work), Jirou Suzuki (character design)

Voice Cast: Hiromu Mineta, Yukari Shimotsuki, Junichi Yanagita, Kouji Okino, Kouhei Amasaki, Chikahiro Kobayashi, Sho Karino, Atsushi Abe, Kentaro Kumagai, Kenta Nobe, Rowa Kamiie, Takeo Otsuka, Yoshitaka Yamaya, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

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Ion (CV. Azakami Yohei)

Paschalia (CV. Umehara Yuichiro)

Radie (CV. Nobuhiko Okamoto)

Vilio (CV. Yuma Uchida)

Zafora (CV. Enoki Junya)

Alest (CV. Yoshimura Kazuhiro)

Avi (CV. Tsubasa Sasa)

Jinnia (CV. Takashi Kondo)

Liyan (CV. Hiroshi Watanabe)

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Otomate Party 2019 Titles!!

[ 1 ] Spade no Kuni no Alice

1st Title created under the Sub-brand of Otomate [ QuinRose reborn ] New Title from the [ Heart no Kuni no Alice ] series 

Illustrator: Fujimaru Mamenosuke

Scenario Writer: Satsuki Kou

Theme Song: Hisano, Theme Song / BGM: Mari

Platform: Nintendo Switch Title

[ 2 ] Cupid Parasite

Cute, Happy and Nonsensical Goddess x Marriage Hunting Love Comedy!

Director: Tatematsu Fumiyoshi ( Jakou no Lyla )

Scenario Writer: Yoshimura Ririka ( Jakou no Lyla ) 

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: TBA 2020

[ 3 ] DAIROKU : AYAKASHIMORI

Connecting Hearts in a Parallel Universe Adventure Game

Director: Yukizawa Riku

Illustrator: Suoh

Cast: Toyonaga Toshiyuki / Suzuki Tatsuhisa / Sakurai Takahiro / Kobayashi Yusuke / Osaka Ryota

Theme Song: Toyonaga Toshiyuki

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: TBA 2020

[ 4  ] Tokei Shikake no Apocolypse

This is a Story that starts from the “Bad End”.

Director: Saito Asami

Scenario Writer: Amemiya Uta

Theme Song: Ogata Megumi

Platform: Nintendo Switch

[ 5 ] Pio Fiore no Bansho -Episodio 1926-

Sequel Title to Pio Fiore no Bansho

Director: Takamura Asahi

Illustrator: RiRi

Cast: Ishikawa Kaito / Morikubo Syotaro / Okamoto Nobuhiko / Kimura Ryohei / Toyonaga Toshiyuki / Tachibana Shinnosuke

Platform: Nintendo Switch

[ 6 ] Meiji Katsugeki Haikara Ryusei gumi -Seibai Shimaseu, Yonaoshi Kagyo-

Meiji Reform Romance Adventure Game

Planner, Supervisor, Scenario Writer: Takagi Ayumi ( Ichicolumn )

Illustrator: Suzushiro Karin

Theme Song: Shikura Chiyomaru / Sang by: +α /Alfakyun

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: TBA 2020

[ 7 & 8 ] AMNESIA & AMNESIA LATER×CROWD for Nintendo Switch

AMNESIA V Edition & AMNESIA LATER×CROWD V Edition  Nintendo Switch Port Memory loss x Suspense x Mystery

Illustrator: Hanamura Mai

Cast: Kakihara Tetsuya / Taniyama Kishow / Ishida Akira / Hino Satoshi / Miyata Koki

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: September 12th, 2019

 [ 9 ]  Collar×Malice for Nintendo Switch

Collar×Malice &  Collar×Malice -Unlimited-  Nintendo Switch Port 2 in 1 Game

Produced by: Shimra Reiko

Illustrator: Hanamura Mai

Cast: Morita Masakazu / Kaji Yuki / Saito Soma / Namikawa Daisuke / Kimura Ryohei / and others.

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: TBA 2020

[ 10 ] Olympia Soiree

This is another Mythical Tale that you could’ve come to.

Director: Watanabe Wataru

Illustrator: Satoi

Scenario Writer: Katagiri Yuma

Cast: Matsuoka Yoshitsugu / Sugita Tomokazu / Shimazaki Nobunaga / Uemura Yuto / Uchida Yuma / Horie Shun

Platform: Nintendo Switch

[ 11 ] Gensou Kissa Enchanté

Prallel Universe, Non-Human Café 

Director: Ninomae Joe

Illustrator: Yuuya

Scenario Writer:  Nakayama Satomi + Kojima Nao

Cast: Akabane Kenji / Umehara Yuichiro / Ishikawa Kaito / Ono Yuki / Suwabe Juinchi

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: October 10th, 2019

[ 12 ] Birushana Senki ~Genpei Hikamusou~ 

A New Genpei War will now, raise its curtains.

Director: Itou Ai

Main Character Drafts: Haneda Kouji

Theme Song: Amatsuki

Cast: Furukawa Makoto / Fukuyama Jun / Kawanishi Kengo / Umehara Yuichiro / Saito Soma

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: TBA 2020

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Horror Anime Yamishibai Returns for 7th Season in July

Yamishibai is a picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan.

Ghost stories are a summer tradition in Japan, and short form horror anime series Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories has been confirmed to return to TV Tokyo for a seventh season in July of 2019. Voice actor Kanji Tsuda reprises his role as the narrator, and the new season is directed by Kenichi Sugimoto (DRAWIZ) and features animation production by ILCA and production cooperation by IANDA and DRAWIZ.

The seventh season of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories features scripts by Hiromu Kumamoto, Sasaki Mitsuhiro, Ayako Yamaguchi, and Saki Kuniyoshi, and the series also features the voice talents of Ryouta Murai, Shunsaku Yoshimura, Ryō Shinoda, Nobuhiko Ōakami (Nanafushigi), Masaki Sawai, Rimo Hasegawa, Sena Horikoshi, Hikaru Kotama, Yuki Nishinoya, Ayaka Ota, Taku Nanase, Kumi Nakamura, Sae Izumi, Sachiko Nakagomi, Kazuo Andô, and others.

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Short Form Horror Anime Yamishibai Returns for 7th Season in July

  Ghost stories are a summer tradition in Japan, and short form horror anime series Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories has been confirmed to return to TV Tokyo for a seventh season in July of 2019. Voice actor Kanji Tsuda reprises his role as the narrator, and the new season is directed by Kenichi Sugimoto (DRAWIZ) and features animation production by ILCA and production cooperation by IANDA and DRAWIZ.

    The seventh season of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories features scripts by Hiromu Kumamoto, Sasaki Mitsuhiro, Ayako Yamaguchi, and Saki Kuniyoshi, and the series also features the voice talents of Ryouta Murai, Shunsaku Yoshimura, Ryō Shinoda, Nobuhiko Ōakami (Nanafushigi), Masaki Sawai, Rimo Hasegawa, Sena Horikoshi, Hikaru Kotama, Yuki Nishinoya, Ayaka Ota, Taku Nanase, Kumi Nakamura, Sae Izumi, Sachiko Nakagomi, Kazuo Andô, and others.

  Crunchyroll currently streams the first six seasons of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories, and describes the show as follows:

  Yamishibai is a picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan.

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

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Excerpt:

Melissa Groo, the photographer behind the stunning giraffe photograph that graces Smithsonian Magazine’s March cover, knows better than most how to draw people's attention to the wild and the majestic.

To expand her reach, Groo often posts her far-flung photos to her popular Instagram. Her images from the field bring people up close and personal with creatures they might never otherwise see, from the albino-like spirit bears of the temperature rainforest that spills over the coast of British Columbia, to the brilliant flamingos that color the southernmost island of the Bahamas.

Like many Instagram users, Groo uses geotags—location-based tags on a photo that reveal where it's shot—to get people even more excited about conservation hotspots. But sometimes, she and other wildlife and conservation photographers worry that geotagging can have unintended effects. Drawing more amateur photographers to certain sites can disturb species and, in the worst of cases, even bring poachers—particularly with species like elephants and rhinos in Africa.

“That’s something there should always be cautious about,” she says. “The information age in some ways has presented real challenges to the safety of our subjects.”

Now, conservationists are imagining a better use for location-based tagging: pinpointing the sites that draw engaged visitors and seeing how they match up with conservation priorities. "Visualizing accumulated human choices," says Nobuhiko Yoshimura, a graduate student at Hokkaido University and lead author of a study recently published in the journal Ecosystem Services, "could contribute to evaluating the invisible values of nature.” Down the road, we might even can use that information to decide where to allocate funds into nature, conservation and tourism infrastructure.

As iconic and crucial ecosystems like the Great Barrier Reef and the Amazon rainforest decline around the world, conservationists have turned to innovative new techniques to increase awareness—from putting a price tag on nature (or the entire ocean) to using social media to clean up the reputation of sharks. But capitalizing on location tags that already exist on social media images may be an underused way to figure out what landscapes people value—and how they may react to changes to these environments.

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Idea Factory Otomate brand announced six new titles and three ports for Switch, as well as offered updates on thrre existing titles, during its Otomate Party 2019 event.

Get the full overview below.

Alice in the Country of Hearts: Wonderful White World / Wonderful Black World (Switch)

The first title from Otomate sub-brand QuinRose reborn, this is illustrated by Mamenosuke Fujimaru, written by Kou Satsuki, and features a theme song sung by Hisano and composed by Mari.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162133266649088

Amnesia for Nintendo Switch (Switch)

A port of the December 2013-released PS Vita title Amnesia V Edition. A memory loss x suspense x mystery game with character design and illustrations by Mai Hanamura, and featuring voice actors Tetsuya Kakihara, Kishou Taniyama, Akira Ishida, Satoshi Hino, and Kouki Miyata. Launches September 12 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163009116954624

Amnesia Later x Crowd for Nintendo Switch (Switch)

A port of the October 2014-released PS Vita title Amnesia Later x Crowd V Edition. Two fan discs in one. Featuring voice actors Tetsuya Kakihara, Kishou Taniyama, Akira Ishida, Satoshi Hino, Kouki Miyata, and Hiromi Igarashi. Launches October 3 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163135332012033

Birushana Sensa: Genpei Hika Musou (Switch)

Otomate x RED. The curtain rises on a new Genpei War, directed by Ai Itou, with main character designs by Kouji Haneda, theme song by Amatsuki, and featuring voice actors Makoto Furukawa, Jun Fukuyama, Kengo Kawanishi, Yuuichirou Umehara, and Soma Saito.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163711516135430

Collar x Malice for Nintendo Switch (Switch)

A port featuring the original story and fan disc in one. Produced by Reiko Shima with character desgns and llustrations by Mai Hanamura, and featuring voice actors Masakazu Morita, Yuuki Kaji, Soma Saito, Daisuke Namikawa, Ryouhei Kimura, and more. Launches in 2020 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163268803092480

Cupid Parasite (Switch)

Directed by Bunetsu Tachimatsu (Jakou no Lyla: Allure of Musk) and written by Ririka Yoshimura, this is a “cute, happy, and nonsensical goddess x marriage love comedy. Launches in 2020 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162268595834880

Dairoku: Ayakashimori (Switch)

Illustrated by Suou, with a theme song by Toshiyuki Toyonaga, and featuring voice actors Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Takahiro Sakurai, Yuusuke Kobayashi, Ryouta Oosaka, this is a “heart-connectng adventure in another world.” Launches in 2020 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162419204935681

Gensou Kissa Enchante (Switch)

Directed by Ijoo, illustrated by Yuuya, written by Satomi Nakayama and Nao Kojima, and featuring voice actors Kenji Akabane, Yuuichirou Umehara, Kaito Ishikawa, Yuuki Ono, and Junichi Suwabe. Launches October 10 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163557878804481

Meiji Katsugeki High Kara Ryuuseikumi: Seihai Shimaseu, Yonaoshi Kagyou (Switch)

A Meiji era world reformation love adventure game planned, supervised, and written by Ichicolumn Ayumi Takazu, illustrated by Rin Suzushiro, and with a theme song written by Chiyomaru Shikura and sung by +α/Alfakyun. Launches in 2020 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162871782920192

Piofiore no Banshou: Episodio 1926 (Switch)

A sequel to Piofiore no Banshou, diected by Asahi Takamura, with character designs by Rri, and featuring voice actors Kaito Ishikawa, Showtaro Morikubo, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ryouhei Kimura, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, and Shinnosuke Tachibana.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162722763431936

Olympia Soiree (Switch)

A mythological story directed by Wataru Watanabe, illustrated by Satoi, written by Yuma Katagiri, and featuring voice actors Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Tomokazu Sugita, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yuuto Uemura, Yuuma Uchida, and Shun Horie.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163414097960960

Tokei Jikake no Apocalpyse (Switch)

Written by Uta Amemiya, directed by Asami Saito, with a theme song sung by Megumi Ogatam this is “a story that starts from the bad ending.”

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162577988677634

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Collar×Malice -Unlimited-

Genre: Love x Suspense AVG Keywords: Producer: Shima Reiko / Character Design: Hanamura Mai Catch: The fragments of the Future, that has passed the Malice Cast: Morita Masakazu / Kaji Yuki / Saito Souma / Namikawa Daisuke / Kimura Ryohei / Ono Yuuki / Nojima Hirofumi / Fukuhara Ayaka / Nagase Yuu / Komatsu Naoko / Terasoma Masaki / Yoshimura Kazuhiro / Takeuchi Ryouta / Eguchi Takuya / Aoi Shouta / Toriumi Kousuke / Maeno Tomoaki / Ueda Reina / Suzuki Yuto / Okamoto Nobuhiko / Yonezawa Madoka / Hanae Natsuki / Yamazaki Haruka / Hamada Kenji Title Summary: The Fandisk of [ Collar×Malice ] a title released on the August 18th 2017 Hardware: Unannounced Price: Unannounced Official Site: Unannounced Official Twitter: @CM_otomate Copyright: 2018 IDEA FACTORY/DESIGN FACTORY