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Utawarerumono Gets New Omnibus Manga Series on March 30
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The April issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki G's Comic magazine announced on Wednesday that Kōji Azuma will launch Utawarerumono: Chiriyukumono e no Komoriuta Shū, a new manga series based on AQUAPLUS' Utawarerumono franchise. The manga will launch in the magazine's next issue on March 30.
AQUAPLUS revealed that the manga will be an omnibus series that will feature a different main character each chapter, starting with Aruru.
AQUAPLUS released Leaf's original Utawarerumono adult visual novel for PC in 2002. The adventure simulation game takes place in a world where people have animal ears and tails, and rival generals battle for supremacy. Sting developed a PlayStation 2 port, titled Utawarerumono: Chiriyukumono e no Komoriuta, which AQUAPLUS released in 2006. A PlayStation Portable port debuted in 2009. The game is getting a remake for the PS4 and PS Vita that will ship in Japan on April 26 that will include an original anime on Blu-ray Disc.
The Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen (Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception) game shipped for PS4, PS3, and PS Vita in Japan in September 2015, and it shipped for PS4 and PS Vita in the West on May 23. Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth (Utawarerumono: Futari no Hakuoro), the third installment in the Utawarerumono trilogy, debuted in Japan for PS3, PS4, and PS Vita in September 2016. The game shipped for PS4 and PS Vita in the West last September
The original game inspired a 2006 television anime series, a 2007 manga, and a 2009 original video anime series. ADV Films originally licensed the first Utawarerumono television anime, but FUNimation later picked up the license. The television anime adaptation of Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen premiered in Japan in October 2015. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan, and Sentai Filmworks released the series on home video.
