Voltage and Toei Animation Plan Otome Game Kakan Ruirui for Switch in 2027
Voltage and Toei Animation are developing Kakan Ruirui: The Caged Lantern of Yomi, an otome game set for digital release on Nintendo Switch in 2027 under Voltage's AmuLit console brand. The dark fantasy game will support Japanese and English.
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Why it matters
Toei Animation joining an otome game built around a Hakuoki illustrator and a bilingual Switch release puts a television animation studio behind a console romance title aimed at both Japanese and English players.
Key Facts
- Voltage and Toei Animation are developing Kakan Ruirui: The Caged Lantern of Yomi for digital release on Nintendo Switch in 2027.
- The otome game will support Japanese and English under Voltage's AmuLit console brand.
- Yone Kazuki, illustrator of Hakuoki, is handling the game's illustrations.
- Ririka Yoshimura writes the scenario, with Naohiro Yuki on background art and Yamato of Heart Company composing.
- The first teaser video will be shown at Animate Girls Festival 2026 in Ikebukuro on November 7 and 8.
Yone Kazuki, illustrator of Hakuoki, handles illustrations, Ririka Yoshimura writes the scenario, and the first teaser video arrives at Animate Girls Festival 2026 in Ikebukuro on November 7 and 8.
The game's tagline is "It all begins with a life lost." Voltage's Rei Misaki directs alongside Yoshimura, and the soundtrack comes from Yamato of Heart Company, with Arika performing the theme song. Background art is by Naohiro Yuki. Voltage's Satoshi Nohara and Toei's Hiroaki Shibata and Honoka Kishi are producers.
AmuLit will reveal the main characters on November 7 at 12:00 p.m. JST. Booth visitors at the Ikebukuro event receive a booklet with character information and a large promotional shopping bag.
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