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Anime Expo 2025 Announcement Recap

Published on July 7, 2025
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Anime Expo is officially over and while we did not have a booth in the exhibit hall this year, we still had plenty of announcements during our industry panel on Saturday. Check out what was announced including some project updates as well.

Latest Updates

 

Rewrite Harvest festa!
Developer: Visual Arts
Platform: Steam
Release Date: July 14, 2025

Kickstarter backers should check their Backerkit accounts if they haven’t already done so to access early access Steam keys for Rewrite Harvest festa! A small amount of content was changed in Rewrite Harvest festa! as well as the original Rewrite+ for Steam compliance reasons.

A special page will be launching before the July 14, 2025 release date with content patches that will add those contents back in to each respective game.

Wishlist Rewrite Harvest festa! on Steam

 

 

A Maiden’s Serenade
Developer: feng
Platform: Steam
Release Date: 2025

While the release date has been pushed back since the previous status update, plans are still to aim for a release some time in 2025. Programming work is essentially done with the next critical step being to update the build to meet Steam compliance. UI translation is mostly finished so QA testing on the game should be starting shortly.

Wishlist A Maiden’s Serenade on Steam

 

 

Wagamama High-Spec Overclock
Developer: Madosoft
Platform: Steam
Release Date: 2025

Translation work has finished on this sequel to the original Wagamama High-Spec. Programming work has begun and while a firm release date has not been confirmed yet, the goal is still to release some time in 2025.

For more information on the series, check out Wagamama High-Spec on Steam

 

New Announcements

 

Denkai Shoten

Denkai Shoten will be the home to not only the physical merchandise we carry at Sekai Project but also the place to find physical games, books and other rare goods from a number of different brands. While the Sekai Project Shop has served it’s purpose well, technical issues have cropped up for users who purchase both digital and physical products. Denkai Shoten will help to alleviate those issues.

On top of carrying products from other brands, Denkai Shoten will be the place to also highlight the many illustrators and artists that Sekai Project works with. Lastly, the new site will be the place for rare opportunities such as online autograph sessions and exclusive one of a kind merchandise as well.

Denkai Shoten will launch at the end of July 2025. Check both this site and Sekai Project social media for more details

 

 

 

NEKOPARA Maple and Cinnamon Plushies
Manufacturer: Makeship
Campaign Launch: July 2025
Release Date: TBD

Volume 3 of the NEKOPARA collaboration with Makeship is here with Maple and Cinnamon! Final details are being confirmed before the preorder campaign begins.

Visit Makeship for more details

 

 

CLANNAD Original Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Very Ok Vinyl
Media: Vinyl Record
Price: TBD
Release Date: TBD

The CLANNAD Original Soundtrack will mark our second project with Canadian record label, Very Ok Vinyl. Please note that this release will be available only to customers residing in North America and South America. More details coming soon.

 

 

Sunrider Legends Tactics
Developer: Love in Space
Platform: Steam
Release Date: August 1, 2025

The Sunrider series returns in a new fantasy universe! Both new and returning players can embark on this adventure on the high seas. Become a naval captain in the age of sail and command your fleet in tactical turn-based battles.

Key Features

  • The Sunrider series returns in a new fantasty setting
  • Turn-based strategy naval combat
  • Assemble boarding parties to capture enemy ships with a classic RPG style
  • Return of the Affection System from Sunrider 4

Tactical Naval Battles

Just because the girls look cute doesn’t mean the battles will be simple! Equip your ships with different weapons like chain shots to maximize their stats. Raise or lower your sails to use the wind to move optimally. And if that isn’t enough, turn the tide of battle by firing the Vanguard Cannon!

Ship Boarding

Yes, you can board enemy ships in this game! Assemble boarding parties for each ship under your command. A powerful enemy ship causing you trouble? Capture it and add it to your fleet! Any enemy ship can be captured – and we mean ANY! Collect loot from enemy ships to add new powerful weapons to your ships. And what’s this? You can loot cooking ingredients to craft bread in Chigara’s Bakery?!

Choose Your Own Adventure

Your actions can change the direction of the story! Discover secret storylines and recruit powerful bonus characters to your party! Even if you complete the game once, your story is not yet over. In New Game+, you can explore alternate story paths, find new recruitable girls, and collect extra powerful loot!

Affection System

The Sunrider 4 Affection System returns! Chat with the girls to gain affection points that unlock powerful new abilities! But it’s not just gameplay bonuses – Sunrider Legends has 14 unique ending scenes, one for each recruitable girl!

Join the girls on the high seas in this tactical turn-based naval RPG!

Visit Steam for more information on the Sunrider series

 

 

Widenyo
Developer: Alicesoft
Platform: Steam
Release Date: TBD

First released in 2009, this turn-based strategy game is an updated version of Mamanyonyo which was released in Japan in 2003. Mamanyonyo itself was a parody of Mamatoto -a record of war- which was released in Japan in 1999. More details coming soon.

Key Features

  • Wider, 1280 x 720 screen resolution compared to the original 640 x 480 resolution
  • Whimsical, turn-based strategy featuring characters from a wide variety of Alicesoft games
  • Widenyo adds characters from 12 additional Alicesoft games including Sengoku Rance, Beat Blades Haruka, Toushin Toshi III among others

Story

The continent of Folland was a land plagued by decades of war, waged between countries utilizing enormous mobile fortresses. One of these countries was the tiny kingdom of Mamatoto, a nation so small that it consisted of only a single mobile fortress. What it lacked in size though it more than made up for in speed. That speed allowed Mamatoto to survive flame of war by outrunning the larger but slower fortresses controlled by the other countries.

To the continent’s northeast lay the Monster Realm, a land of danger and death. And within that realm was an unusual cave, known as the Othergrotto. Legends claimed that a powerful rift to worlds beyond could be found there.

“There’s gotta be something amazing at the end of it…”

Rumors of treasure drove many to try to explore its depths. Entire armies tried to assault the cave as well. But for every legend of the wondrous power within lay an even bleaker one: that not a single soul who entered the Othergrotto ever returned. King Kakaro of Mamatoto, formally a powerful warrior in his own right, has intentions to conquer the Othergrotto. General Nanas, his son and a brilliant tactician, has invented a magical tool capable of summoning powerful heroes from other worlds. With the confidence of his device to grant his father’s wish, Nanas summons his father to witness the mighty champion that will come forth!

…At least, that’s what was supposed to happen. Instead, a tiny girl stepped out from the machine…

 

 

Onii-chan Continue!
Developer: Panmimi Soft
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Q3 2025

Onii-chan Continue! is the first title developed by Japanese game developer, Panmimi Soft based on the original characters of popular illustrator, Pan. Translation work is complete on this game with development still in progress.

Key Features

  • Visual novel featuring the original characters of Japanese illustrator, Pan
  • Scenario by Nisshi
  • Music by IOSYS
  • Opening and Ending Themes composed by Kobayashi Yuuya (IOSYS), Lyrics by john=hive (IOSYS), Vocals by Pan
  • Backgrounds by Kyarumi
  • Design by Migikata Naname

Story

“Let’s have a battle, Onii-chan!”

Shirayuki Hayato is a working adult who lives together with his younger sister, Yuri. While he works, he spends his days taking care of his younger sister in place of their parents who aren’t around.

In public, Yuri is the perfect girl. Kind to everyone around her, she is well-respected and an honors student but when it comes to chores, she leaves that to her big brother. Seeing how she lazes about while being laser-focused on video games, Hayato wishes that she could be a bit more like a normal girl. In the end, he just ends up spoiling her anyway.

Yuri’s good friend, Arisugawa Ruru often visits the Shirayuki household and he often spends his days with the two of them.

Should he watch over Ruru and Yuri as an older brother, or act towards them as a man? As he accepts Yuri’s challenge, Hayato’s trouble-filled days continue…

 

 

Nandome kano Hajimemashite
Developer: Purple software
Platform: Steam
Release Date: October 2025 (English, February 2026)

The latest title developed by Purple software. Translation work has started with the Chinese language release to slated for an October 2025 release on Steam. An English language update to follow in February 2026.

Key Features

  • Visual novel developed by veteran bishoujo game developer, Purple software
  • Scenario written by Sakaki Kasa
  • Character designs by COQ

Story

Kinou Yumeto lives a hollow existence. He went to a mediocre university, got a job at a mediocre company, and realizes that there’s something missing in his mediocre life.

Then one day he crosses paths with a demon named “Laplace” when everything disappears and he suddenly finds himself 13 years in the past. Before him are familiar friends, a familiar school and a familiar life.

“If I can rewrite the world, perhaps I can change my life as well…?”

Yumeto spends his days enjoying these nostalgic and fun times. But there’s also a girl intertwined with his memories that he does not remember…