Koei Tecmo introduced throughout the Nintendo Direct livestream on Wednesday The Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother, a brand new sport primarily based on Hyuganatsu and Touko Shino‘s The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) mild novel sequence. The corporate streamed a trailer following the livestream, and it reveals that the sport will launch for Nintendo Swap 2, Nintendo Swap, PlayStation 5, and PC through Steam in early 2027:
The corporate describes the story:
Two chains of unusual phenomenon and conspiracies are inflicting chaos all through the rear palace, red-light district, and streets of the capital. Apothecary Maomao should use each ounce of her intelligence and data to resolve the mysteries and unveil the reality behind the False Imperial Brother earlier than it destroys the imperial courtroom.
Within the sport, gamers management Maomao as she explores, compounds, and investigates to resolve mysteries.
Hyuganatsu started serializing the story on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” (Let’s Turn into Novelists) web site in October 2011. Shufunotomo started publishing the novels in print quantity with illustrations by Shino in August 2014. Nekokurage launched an ongoing manga adaptation in Square Enix‘s Monthly Big Gangan journal in Could 2017. Square Enix Manga & Books is releasing the manga adaptation in English. The corporate can also be publishing the novels in print.
The novels are inspiring a tv anime. The anime’s first season premiered in October 2023 with the primary three episodes, and aired for 2 cours (quarters of a yr). Crunchyroll streamed the anime because it aired in Japan and can also be streaming an English dub. The second anime season premiered in January 2025 on Nippon TV‘s FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT programming block, and aired for 2 consecutive cours. Crunchyroll streamed the second season, and it additionally streamed an English dub.
The third season will air on October 2 at 11:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. EDT) within the “Friday Anime Night time” programming block on NTV and 29 affiliated channels for its first cours (quarter of a yr), and its second cours will premiere in April 2027.
The anime additionally has an upcoming anime film titled Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Bо̄hi no Hihо̄ (The Apothecary Diaries: The Deceased Empress’ Treasure) that may open in theaters on December 11 and have a brand-new story by Hyuganatsu.
Amazon Prime Video is producing a live-action sequence adaptation that may stream solely worldwide on the service in 2028.
Sources: Nintendo Direct livestream, Koei Tecmo America’s YouTube channel
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