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Ookami Kakushi Takes a Page Out of Higurashi

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Ookami Kakushi Takes a Page Out of Higurashi

One of the new anime airing this season is Ookami Kakushi, a horror mystery which seems to involve wolves in some way and supernatural powers. Being a fan of the horror-mystery genre, I couldn’t pass up checking out this anime, but after watching it for a while, it begins to feel strangely familiar. That’s when I started noticing quite a few similarities between Ookami Kakushi and what’s probably the most successful horror-mystery anime in recent years: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Higurashi started off with a young boy (Keiichi) moving to a new town before the start of a local festival which sees someone get murdered or go missing every year. Read more »

Okami Kakushi Announced

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Okami Kakushi Announced

It was announced earlier this week by Konami that famed Higurashi no Naku Koro ni creator Ryukishi07 will be working with Peach-Pit to create a new PSP mystery adventure game called “Okami Kakushi”. (source: ANN) Other than what’s posted on ANN there doesn’t seem to be any other details on the game itself however, based on the title and description there’s bound to be some supernatural elements in the game (as with Ryukishi07′s previous works). The title is a play on words, where the first part “Okami” can either mean a god or a wolf. The two are usually distinguished by writing them in Japanese Kanji, but in this case Read more »