Otomate Party 2024 announcements roundup – Mononoke Chigiri, Olympia Soiree Catharsis, 9 R.I.P. sequel, BUNNIES HIGH SCHOOL, more
All the news from the annual celebration.
Idea Factory‘s Otomate brand announced (2, 3) various new titles and updates during its Otomate Party 2024 event this weekend.
Get the full roundup of announcements below.
Otomate Titles
Mononoke Chigiri (Switch)
- Genre: Otome Visual Novel
- Tagline: After regaining your sealed power, take on your ancestor’s long-time rival, the Great Yokai…
- Keywords: Yokai, Onmyoji, Modern Japanese-Style Fantasy
- Staff: Nanami Takizawa (director), Mero (character designer), and Yumi Aihara (scenario writer)
- Title Outline: After one thousand years, the great yokai “Bakaneko,” who was sealed away by the protagonist’s ancestor Abe no Seimei, begins the process of resurfacing in the world once again. The protagonist, an onmyoji, confronts the Great Yokai alongside the yokai that appear before her…
Olympia Soiree Catharsis (Switch)
- Genre: Otome Visual Novel
- Keywords: Colorful Fantasy, Japanese Mythology
- Staff: Wataru Watanabe (director), Satoi (illustrator), Yuma Katagiri (scenario writer)
- Voice Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Tomokazu Sugita, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yuuto Uemura, Yuma Uchida, Shun Horie, etc.
- Title Outline: From the age of the gods to the age of humanity… a new colorful fantasy and Olympia Soiree sequel is about to unfold. What was the “thing” brought by the waves…
OVER REQUIEMZ (Switch)
- Genre: Otome Visual Novel Where You Must Choose Between the Truth and Darkness
- Tagline: No matter the pain that awaits, I will not regret this decision.
- Keywords: Kingdom of Oz, Murderer, Dark Fantasy
- Staff: Kogado Studio (production), Tayu Kazari (character design)
- Voice Cast: Youhei Azakami, Makoto Furukawa, Kaito Ishikawa, Ryouta Suzuki, Shun Horie, etc.
- Title Outline: The Kingdom of “Oz” is another world ruled by a king and four witches. After wandering into this world, you are unjustly sentenced to death. Your only chance to escape is through a dangerous “ruins” inhabited by monsters. Accompanying you on this journey are young men—murderers—also sentenced to death. The story splits into two routes: “The Truth Route,” where you confront the past, and the “Darkness Route,” where you lose your way. Your journey with the murderers towards the end is about to begin.
- Official Website: otomate.jp
- Release Date: 2025
BYAKKO: Shijin Butai En Renki (Switch)
- Genre: Otome Visual Novel
- Tagline: This is a story that opposes sadness.
- Keywords: Historical Fantasy, Age-Gap Romance, Tragic Drama
- Staff: Noel Sakurai (director), 2tk (character designer), Machi Shimano (main scenario writer), etc.
- Title Outline: A story set in the Bakumatsu period’s “Aizu Domain.” The fourth year of the Keio era. In preparation for a fierce battle against new government forces, the Aizu domain reorganized its military into a French-style system, forming “Age-Based Troops” with an emphasis on combat efficiency. The ultimate combination of “historical fantasy” and “age-gap romance” story is about to begin.
- Release Date: 2025
- Official Website: otomate.jp
9 R.I.P. sequel (Switch)
- Genre: A Peculiar and Amusing Otome Visual Novel
- Tagline: The more peculiar their appearance, the more lovable and maddening…
- Keywords: Peculiar Omnibus Romance, Various Romances, Nine Main Characters
- Staff: Afumi (director and scenario composition), Yuuya (original images)
- Voice Cast: Toshiki Masuda, Shunichi Toki, Ryouta Suzuki, Tetsuya Kakihara, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shinnosuke Tachibana, KENN, Youhei Azakami, Kouhei Amasaki, etc.
- Title Outline: A full sequel to the June 29, 2023-released 9 R.I.P. An omnibus romance story that intertwines various strange worlds and peculiar people. What will become of the romance with the one you long for…?
BUNNIES HIGH SCHOOL (Switch)
- Genre: School Violence Otome Visual Novel
- Keywords: Delinquent High School, Ultimate Protagonist, Violence Romance
- Staff: Mana Itou (director), Roku Rokugatsu (character design)
- Title Outline: A brand-new title made in collaboration between Otomate and Mana Itou. Tokyo’s most notorious delinquent school: Usagi Private High School. Also known by the name “Bunnies.” The ultimate protagonist arrives at this elite delinquent high school, which is also known as a quasi-gangster training school.
Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmei Kashokuden (Switch)
- Genre: Otome Visual Novel
- Tagline: This is a melody of love spoken between a pair.
- Keywords: Chinese Fantasy x Exquisitely Charming Romance, Happy Fan Disc
- Staff: Fumiyoshi Tatematsu (director), Ryou Hasumoto (original images), Ririka Yoshimura (scenario writer), Gesshoku Kaigi (Evil Line Records) (opening theme, ending theme, and background music).
- Voice Cast: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Seiichiro Yamashita, Shun Horie, Shinnosuke Tachibana, Wataru Hatano, Takuma Nagatsuka, etc.
- Title Outline: A fan disc to Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmeiin Iden. Gather more “good fortune” in the midst of “misfortune.” The days they spent together, both past and future, are connected by a light of happiness. A title by the Jakou no Lyla and Cupid Parasite series staff.
Fuyuzono Sacrifice (Switch)
- Genre: Otome Visual Novel
- Tagline: A wish for a bride in a frozen world.
- Keywords: Tsunekiyo Fujisawa (producer), Neko Tsumugi (director), Mawica Midou (character illustration)
- Voice Cast: Yuuichirou Umehara, Liura (Ireisu), Ryouta Suzuki, Junta Terashima, Shinnosuke Tachibana, etc.
- Title Outline: The world of Teidol is suddenly thrown into winter… Leticia, a girl blessed by the Goddess of Spring, spent each day continuing to pray to God for salvation for the people tirelessly awaiting the spring. And then one day, the Goddess of Spring finally descended and announced a solution—Leticia was to be offered as a “Bride of God” to the God of Winter. This meant the end of Leticia’s life as a human being. Will she be met by a dazzling, vibrant spring, or an eternal frozen winter? Her destiny is about to unfold…
- Release Date: 2025
- Official Website: otomate.jp
Altergear
Hypnosis Mic -Alternative Rap Battle- 1st period (Switch)
- Genre: Rhythm Game / Visual Novel
- Tagline: This time we settle things on Nintendo Switch!
- Keywords: Rhythm Game, Hypnosis Mic, Rap
- Staff: King Records / EVIL LINE RECORDS (original work), Kazui (character design drafts), Otomate
- 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.
- Title Outline: The smartphone game Hypnosis Mic -Alternative Rap Battle- makes its Nintendo Switch debut. This first entry, Hypnosis Mic -Alternative Rap Battle- 1st period, will launch this fall. Additional story written by Hypnosis Mic series creator Yuichiro Momose will also be added.
- Release Date: Fall 2024
- Official Website hypnosismicarb.com
Otomate Graffiti
Soukoku no Kusabi: Hiiro no Kakera – Tamayori-Hime Kitan for Nintendo Switch (Switch)
- Genre: Otome Visual Novel
- Tagline: A mirror reflects two worlds, and the wedge of fate that holds two people together.
- Keywords: Japanese-Style Fantasy, Blighted Love, Japanese Mythology
- Staff: Tsunekiyo Fujisawa (producer)
- Voice Cast: Tomokazu Sugita, Kousuke Okano, Daisuke Namikawa, Daisuke Hirakawa, Hiroki Shimowada, Kazunori Nomiya, Wataru Hatano, Tsubasa Yonaga, etc.
- Title Outline: A sequel to Hiiro no Kakera: Tamayori-Hime Kitan. During the summer one year after the Onikirimaru incident, Tamayori Princess Kasuga Tamaki and her guardians must once again throw themselves into battle to prevent a new disaster—“the end of the world”—that has occurred in Kifu Village. What is justice? And what must truly be protected? What decision will Tamaki and those precious to her come to…?
- Release Date: 2025
Suran digit for Nintendo Switch (Switch)
- Genre: Otome Visual Novel
- Tagline: When the ten numbers gather, the seal will be revealed and be a guide to the battlefield…
- Keywords: School, Numer-Themed Characters, Sword Battles
- Staff: Mero (character designer, original images)
- Voice Cast: Koutaro Nishiyama, Kōji Yusa, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tomoaki Maeno, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Masakazu Morita, etc.
- Title Outline: The private Soyogi Academy. The sons and daughters of the nine noble households—referred to as the “Suuke (Number Families)”—attend this school. Within the school, these students are treated as superiors by their peers. They have a secret—in this school, there is a war that only they’re able to fight in. It is called the “Suuransen (Number War).” Since the olden days, this periodically-fought war has been determining the rankings of the Suuke, as well as selecting a “Soyogi” who leads and controls the Suuke. This war was thought to never take place again after one number broke away. However, since the sudden re-emergence of “the number that should not exist,” the conditions for the Suuransen to be held have now been met… “When the time comes in which the ten numbers assemble, The carved seal shall guide you to the field of battle.” Her name is Reisaki Hiroka. She is the one who signals the beginning and the end. (via VNDB)
- Release Date: 2025