Kakan Ruirui: The Caged Lantern of Yomi heads to Switch in 2027 from Voltage and Toei Animation
The first teaser will debut at Animate Girls Festival 2026 in Ikebukuro on November 7 and 8.
Voltage and Toei Animation are developing the otome game Kakan Ruirui: The Caged Lantern of Yomi for a digital Nintendo Switch release in 2027 under Voltage's AmuLit console brand.
Announced by game developer Voltage on Monday, Kakan Ruirui: The Caged Lantern of Yomi (Kakan Ruirui: Urayomi Terasu Hōzukiyo) is a Japanese-inspired dark fantasy with Japanese and English language support. Its tagline is "It all begins with a life lost."
The game's creative team includes:
- Illustrations: Yone Kazuki (Hakuōki).
- Scenario: Ririka Yoshimura (Neon Clash -Echoes of the Lost-, Cupid Parasite).
- Background art: Naohiro Yūki (Arknights: RISE FROM EMBER).
- Soundtrack: Yamato of Heart Company (The Red Bell's Lament).
- Theme song performance: Arika.
- Direction: Yoshimura and Voltage's Rei Misaki.
- Producers include Voltage's Satoshi Nohara and Toei's Hiroaki Shibata and Honoka Kishi.
Visitors to the game's booth at Animate Girls Festival 2026 will receive a booklet with character information and a large promotional shopping bag. The event in Ikebukuro on November 7 and 8 will also host the first teaser video's unveiling.
AmuLit plans to introduce the main characters on November 7 at 12:00 p.m. JST (November 6 at 10:00 p.m. EST).
Voltage's other console games under the AmuLit brand include:
- even if TEMPEST
- even if TEMPEST: Dawning Connections
- The Red Bell's Lament
- Neon Clash -Echoes of the Lost-
- sins of KALEIDO
Source: Press release
