Aquaplus has teased some new To Heart and Utawarerumono projects that’ll come out in 2025. It announced this during the special livestream for the “Great Aquaplus Festival: 30th Anniversary.” [Thanks, KaroshiMyriad!]
The Great Aquaplus Festival for the 30th anniversary of the studio will take place on November 9 and 10, 2024 at Yokohama Buntai. During the livestream, Aquaplus introduced it with a presentation of its past titles and series. It then leads up to footage of what the event will be like, complete with live reading of the script and a concert. It then ends with the mysterious To Heart and Utawarerumono tease, followed by the presenters expressing surprise and confusion. More information on the projects will appear on Aquaplus’s website and social media accounts.
The To Heart series of adult romance visual novels started in 1997, with Leaf as the developer, started in 1997. There were also anime and manga adaptations of it. Like similar dating sims on the market, there are multiple segments in each day that’ll let you choose how you want to spend your time and who you want to hang out with.
As for Utawarerumono, it is a series of adult tactical role-playing visual novels that started in 2002, with Leaf as the developer as well. Like To Heart, there were several adaptations such as an anime and manga. It takes place in a fantasy version of Japan with sci-fi elements, as opposed to the normal high school setting of To Heart.
More information on the To Heart and Utawarerumono projects will appear later.
