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MangaGamer Announces Two Titles at Anime Boston

April 3rd, 2015--MangaGamer Announces Higurashi Hou and MYTH!

Today we have a couple very special announcements from Anime Boston: our acquisition of Higurashi Hou and MYTH!

The acquisition of Higurashi Hou means that our upcoming release on Steam will be the definitive version of Higurashi both for Japan and the West! This also means that we'll be releasing every single chapter of Higurashi contained in Hou: all four Question Arcs, all four Answer Arcs (Higurashi Kai), all three arcs of Higurashi Rei (which were previously never released in English!), Hinamizawa Teiryuujyo (the never-before-released original concept story for the Higurashi series), Higurashi Outbreak (a chapter formerly available only in drama CD format), and a brand-new arc exclusive to Higurashi Hou--the Kamikanshi Chapter. All 14 of these chapters will be released individually on Steam and our website as translation progresses.

What does this mean for the Steam version of Higurashi? It means a long list of new features will be included!

  • Options to switch between the new sprites and the old

  • New Higurashi Hou sprites will also be redone in the new sprite style

  • The BGM that were replaced in the initial release will be restored to the original versions

  • Options to switch between playing in English and Japanese on-the-fly



https://youtu.be/Rm8skBieGeQ

We're also happy to be adding doujin circle circletempo's MYTH to our offerings! Already Greenlit for release on Steam, MYTH is another title that fans of Higurashi are sure to love.

In the highly acclaimed doujin title MYTH, players follow a protagonist who lives in the "world of light", a world without shadows. He encounters a girl with a shadow and begins exploring the darkness of another realm with her. The deeper you dig, the more mysteries and terrors you'll find hidden beneath the bright surface. Drawing on Norse mythology, this intricate tale holds many surprises waiting to be uncovered.

Though only partially voiced, MYTH also features a strong soundtrack composed by Luck Ganriki, who previously worked on Umineko, Higanbana, and Rose Guns Days.

The adult version of MYTH will be available on our website, and the all-ages version will be available both on MangaGamer and on Steam.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imhs7t3RcDU

And finally, last but not least, we're proud to announce that Higurashi Ch. 1: Onikakushi is now slated for release this May 15th! You can pre-order from our website now to get 10% and get a free Steam Key too!

Don't forget to check out our new 07th Expansion page either:

http://www.mangagamer.org/07thExpansion/

Higurashi When They Cry Hou
he 58th year of Shouwa, early summer
It's June, and the summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years.
By day there are crickets, and by night there are cicadas.

We're in Hinamizawa, a small village in the countryside.
There are fewer than two thousand people here. But every year, there is an event.

This event is a mysterious death.
(The series has run from 1979 to 1983)

On a certain day in June, someone dies, and someone else goes missing.
The series of deaths is connected to the upheaval surrounding the dam construction project.
A murder case that was covered up is being reenacted.
Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence? Or perhaps a curse?

Someone who was supposed to be there isn't.
Someone who wasn't supposed to be there is.

Someone who was alive last night is dead now.
And someone who is here right now isn't alive.

So, there is no way to avert tragedy. There is no choice but to give up.
But don't give up.

Only you can stand up to this.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou Ch. 1 - Onikakushi
Developer: 07th Expansion
Genre: Adventure
Price: $5.99
OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
Text Language: English, Japanese
Age Rating: Teen
Release Date: May 15th, 2015

MYTH
In the distant future...
Was a world enveloped in light...
One without conflict or hatred.
No shadows existed there, as though symbolizing that fact.

A boy lived in that world.
Just like everyone and everything else there, he too lacked a shadow.

One day, the boy met a girl.
However, that girl had a shadow.
It was as if her shadow rejected that world of light, as if her
very existence contradicted it.

A voice that seemingly came from nowhere and the girl's appearance
tempted the boy to follow her.
He ended up stepping foot into the foreign land that girl resided in as a result.

A peaceful village filled with shadows, surrounded by nature and vast stretches of grasslands where warm winds gently blew.

That village would serve as the stage for their story.

MYTH
Developer: Circletempo
Genre: Adventure
OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
Text Language: English
Voice Language: Japanese
Age Rating: 18 and over

MYTH All-Ages Version
Developer: Circletempo
Genre: Adventure
OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
Text Language: English
Voice Language: Japanese
Age Rating: Teen

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