Kodoani.com – Aniplex announced the game Tuesday Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moonthe remake of Type-Moon’s Tsukihime dōjin visual novel game, has surpassed 300,000 units in physical shipments and online sales.
The game launched in Japan for PlayStation 4 and Switch in August 2021 and surpassed sales of 240,000 units in September 2021.
The game has a different voice cast than the 2003 Lunar Legend Tsukihime television anime:
Ryosuke Kanemoto as Shiki Tohno Ikumi Hasegawa as Arcueid Brunestud Kaede Hondo as Ciel Shimoji Shino as Akiha Tohno Kuwahara Yuuki as Kohaku Kana Ichinose as Hisui
New characters and voice cast include Ai Kayano as Noel and Ayane Sakura as Mario Gallo Bestino.
Kinoko Nasu is returning to write the script and direct the remake, and Takashi Takeuchi is also returning as the character designer. ReoNa performed the game’s theme song “Juvenile” with the Sacra Music label and animated ufotable for the opening.
Type-Moon’s original doujin game debuted at Winter Comic Market in 2000. A 12-episode animated series premiered in 2003 and Geneon Entertainment released the series on DVD in North America.’
Sasakishonen drew a manga based on Tsukihime starting in 2004, and DrMaster has released six of the series’ 10 volumes in English. Takeru Kirishima started the manga based on the sequel, Melty Blood, in 2006, and Kadokawa Shoten published the ninth and final compiled volume in 2010.
