Japanese developer MAGES. has shared the first official trailer for Summer Time Rendering: Another Horizon, their new visual novel based on the popular manga/anime series of the same name.

Here’s the debut trailer for Summer Time Rendering: Another Horizon:

Here’s a rundown for Summer Time Rendering: Another Horizon:

Summer Time Rendering: Another Horizon info

Shinpei Amishiro returned to his hometown “Hitogashima” for the first time in two years to attend the funeral of his childhood friend, Kobune Ushio.

As he reunites with his sister, Mio, and his old friend, Window, he learns the mysterious cause of Ushio’s death, as well as the island’s ancient history.

He comes into contact with the mysterious cause of Ushio’s death and the legend of the “shadow disease” that has been passed down from generation to generation on the island.

The legend of shadows is that anyone who sees a “shadow” that looks like him or her will die. It is said that anyone who sees a “shadow” that looks like him or her will die. And Ushio says that he has seen that shadow.

The shadow of death haunts Shinpei and his friends. The day of despair eventually arrives on the island of Hitogashima.

“How can we save our friends, protect everyone on the island, and avoid death?”

Shinpei is constantly forced to think and choose in order to avoid despair. However, he cannot stop thinking and making choices. To go beyond the three days of despair, please visit..

Key Features

• Unique ADV system to experience the story gimmick – In order to reproduce the story gimmick of Summer Time Rendering, a unique ADV system is provided, such as “TIPS branching,” in which players can make more choices by obtaining TIPS, and “ACTION branching and other unique ADV systems.
  Players will be able to fully experience the story gimmick unique to Summer Time Rendering. In addition, a large number of images from the TV anime are used for the graphics. Players will be able to enjoy the visuals just like in the anime.
• Original story and original ending – In addition to the main story that recreates the full-length TV anime, there are six original stories supervised by the editorial department and original endings. Only in this game can you experience original stories and endings that no one has ever seen before.
• New characters newly drawn by Yasunori Tanaka – Kaori Koyumiba, a new character drawn by Yasunori Tanaka, author of Summer Time Rendering, makes her debut. How will her arrival on the island change the story? Only the player will know the answer.

Summer Time Rendering: Another Horizon is launching on January 26th, 2023 in Japan across Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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