Kodoani.com – Aniplex Online Fest 2023 announced the visual novel “Mahōtsukai no Yoru” (Witch on the Holy Night) by TYPE-MOON will be released on Steam on December 14. This version will support Japanese, English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese text.
Previously, Aniplex released the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions in the west in December 2022, concurrent with the release date in Japan. The PS4 and Switch versions have sold more than 150,000 copies worldwide.
The game supports text languages such as Japanese, English, and simplified and traditional Chinese. The new version on Steam will be fully voiced and have HD graphics.
The game’s cast includes:
Haruka Tomatsu voice Aozaki Aoko Kana Hanazawa voice Alice Kuonji Yūsuke Kobayashi voice Sōjūrō Shizuki Chika Anzai voice Kojika Kumari Toshinari Fukamachi voice Tobimaru Tsukiji Shōhei Kajikawa voice Hōsuke Kinomi
The story of “Mahōtsukai no Yoru” is set in the late 1980s and focuses on protagonist Aoko Aozaki, one of two sisters who inherit a long line of modern magicians. Despite having no interest in magic, she is suddenly declared heir to their family’s magical arts, and reluctantly begins her apprenticeship under Alice Kuonji, a young witch living in a Lonely manor on top of the hill. Aoko balances the task of learning complex magic while also serving as the school’s student council president. She also becomes acquainted with Sōjūrō Shizuki, a new transfer student unfamiliar with much of the modern world, and struggles with the machinations of her older sister Tōko Aozaki, who feels that her birthright has been denied her. deny.
“Mahōtsukai no Yoru” was one of the first collaborative works between Kinoko Nasu and artist Takashi Takeuchi, before they formed Type-Moon. Originally a novel, Nasu and Takeuchi only showed the manuscript to friends but did not officially release it. Type-Moon later developed it into a visual novel with art by Hirokazu Koyama in April 2012, with two sequels planned.
This game series is being adapted for an anime series by ufotable. The story of “Mahōtsukai no Yoru” is one of the few obvious connections in the “Nasuverse,” the shared universe for Type-Moon works such as “Tsukihime,” “Fate/stay night,” and “The Garden of Sinners.”
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