Aniplex of America introduced on Friday that the English launch of Tsukihime -A bit of blue glass moon-, the remake of Sort-Moon‘s Tsukihime dōjin visible novel recreation, is heading to the west on June 27. The sport will probably be out there on the PlayStation 4 and Swap.

Aniplex of America beforehand streamed an English promotional video for the upcoming localization, which included the opening.

The sport launched in Japan for PlayStation 4 and Swap in August 2021, and has bought 300,000 items as of January earlier this yr.

The sport incorporates a totally different voice forged from the 2003 Lunar Legend Tsukihime tv anime adaptation:

• Ryōsuke Kanemoto as Shiki Tohno
• Ikumi Hasegawa as Arcueid Brunestud
• Kaede Hondo as Ciel
• Shino Shimoji as Akiha Tohno
• Yūki Kuwahara as Kohaku
• Kana Ichinose as Hisui

New characters and forged members embody Ai Kayano as Noel and Ayane Sakura as Mario Gallo Bestino.

Kinoko Nasu returned to put in writing the state of affairs and direct the remake, and Takashi Takeuchi additionally returned because the character designer. ReoNa carried out the sport’s theme songs “Seimeisen” (Lifeline) and “JUVENILE” with the label Sacra Music, and ufotable animated the opening.

The corporate describe the story:

Tsukihime follows the story of Shiki Tohno, a highschool scholar who begins to see ‘strains of demise’ after struggling an accident as a toddler. Following the demise of his father, Shiki strikes again dwelling to reside along with his sister, Akiha Tohno, and begins to uncover darkish truths lurking in his hometown. See the reimagined world of Tsukihime by means of Shiki’s eyes as he unravels mysterious killings and meets each fan-favorite and sudden new characters.

Aniplex launched the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Swap model of Sort-Moon‘s Mahōtsukai no Yoru (Witch on the Holy Evening) visible novel recreation within the West in December 2022, marking the primary time a Sort-Moon visible novel has ever launched formally with an English translation. Witch on the Holy Evening was one of many first collaborations between Kinoko Nasu and artist Takashi Takeuchi within the mid-90s, previous their founding of Sort-Moon. Initially a novel, Nasu and Takeuchi solely confirmed the draft to mates and didn’t formally launch it. Sort-Moon ultimately developed it into a visible novel with graphics by Hirokazu Koyama that shipped in April 2012, with two sequels deliberate. The sport is inspiring an anime movie by ufotable.

Supply: Press launch