On the official page for the next OVA project based on the Otome video game franchise by Idea factory, Hakuouki, a new promotional image was published. The visual was created by the character designer Yone Kazukiwho has been part of this franchise since the first video game for PlayStation 2 was released in 2008.
The first publication of this OVAs project, “Tsubana Nagashi, Kumogakure no Toki”(South wind in early summer, the time to hide in the clouds) will be published on December 24th, 2021, then the second publication “Yoiyami, Yuugao Bettou no Tou”(Dawn, the light of the sweet potato horn worm) “And the third publication”Hoshimukae, Unkan no Shirabe”(Greeting the stars, The sound of the Milky Way) will follow on January 28, 2022 and February 25, 2022.
The most recent project in the franchise was the two-part film project Hakuouki: demon of the fleeting bloom, whose two feature films were shown in Japanese cinemas in 2013 and 2014. Idea factory launched the franchise’s first video game in 2008. Hakuouki: Kyoto Winds debuted on the console Play Station Vita September 2015 in Japan. International idea factory released the game for North America and Europe in May 2017 and then released it for the rest of the world on PC steam in August 2017.
Hakuouki synopsis
Chizuru Yukimura, who came to Kyoto City in search of her father, has been working with the Shinsengumi since she was rescued from a blood-seeking monster. In June of Keio’s first year, the Shinsengumi moved to Nishi Honganji Temple to continue their patrol in Kyoto and received reports of frequent appearances of “bandits who take the name Shinsengumi.” At the same time, the Shinsengumi is ordered to protect Shogun Iemochi, who is going to visit Kyoto, and Hijikata and the others are in a hurry to resolve the case. In the meantime, several Rasetsu escaped from the Shinsengumi post with the help of “a Chizuru-like figure”.
Chizuru, who went to town with Sakai, the treasurer, also gets into the fight and disappears. Satsuma’s domain receives information about a conspiracy to assassinate the shogun by the ronin from Tosa’s domain, and Kazama and the others set off for Kyoto. Are the various incidents surrounding the Shinsengumi a coincidence? As things get chaotic and the time for the Shogun’s arrival in Kyoto approaches, Hijikata and the Shinsengumi have to decide …
Source: Official Twitter account
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