Occultic;Nine (manga/novel/game)
Occultic;Nine (Japanese: オカルティック・ナイン, Hepburn: Okarutikku Nain) is a Japanese light novel series written by Chiyomaru Shikura, and is a part of the Science Adventure franchise. It was later adapted into a visual novel and published by Mages in November 2017. The light novel series is licensed in English by J-Novel Club. A manga, illustrated by Ganjii, was serialized in Kodansha‘s good! Afternoon from October 2015 to May 2017. An anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired between October and December 2016.
Media
Light novel
The light novels are written by Chiyomaru Shikura and illustrated by Pako. Overlap Bunko published the first volume in August 2014. The series was one of four titles originally offered by J-Novel Club, an online English light novel publisher, when the service first launched.
Three volumes have been released, and there was a planned fourth volume.
Video game
A video game adaptation of the novels was announced in March 2015. The game was developed by Mages and originally released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One on 9 November 2017; it had originally been planned for 28 September as a digital-only release, but was delayed due to the addition of a physical release following complaints by fans. The physical PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions were additionally made available in a limited edition that includes a drama CD and a 64-page materials collection. Shikura has said that he is considering releasing the game in the West.
A Nintendo Switch port was announced in September 2018. It was set to include additional story content set after the main story, which would have further connected the entry to the rest of Mages’s Science Adventure series. The story content was also planned to be added to the previously released versions as a free update. However, following an extended period of no additional information, it was confirmed to be cancelled during a livestream in August 2022. Shikura also stated that, if they were to revisit Occultic;Nine one day, it would be with a remake similar to Robotics;Notes Elite.
Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Ganjii, was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine good! Afternoon from 7 October 2015 to 6 May 2017. Kodansha collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from 7 April 2016 to 7 July 2017.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in March 2016, with the cast from the game reprising their roles for the series. The anime was produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro with assistant director Miyuki Kuroki, with To-Jumpei Morita handling series composition, Tomoaki Takase designing the characters, and Masaru Yokoyama composing the music. The opening theme song, titled “Seisū 3 no Nijō”, was performed by Kanako Itō, while the ending theme song, titled “Open your eyes”, was performed by Asaka. Both theme songs were written by Shikura and were released on 26 October 2016. It premiered on 9 October 2016 on Tokyo MX, ABC, CBC, GTV, GYT and BS11. The series was released across six Blu-ray and DVD home video release volumes containing 2 episodes each, totalling 12 episodes. Aniplex of America has licensed the anime series for North America and released it dubbed in two Blu-ray sets with six episodes each on 26 September and 26 December 2017. The dub was also made available through Crunchyroll on 5 February 2018.
Notes
- English titles based on Crunchyroll simulcasts
- The series is listed to premiere on Tokyo MX at 24:00 on October 8, 2016, which is effectively October 9.
| Occultic;Nine | |
The cover of the first light novel volume
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| オカルティック・ナイン (Okarutikku Nain) |
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| Genre | Paranormal science, suspense |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Chiyomaru Shikura |
| Illustrated by | Pako |
| Published by | Overlap |
| English publisher |
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| Imprint | Overlap Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | 25 August 2014 – 25 September 2017 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Illustrated by | Ganjii |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | good! Afternoon |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 7 October 2015 – 6 May 2017 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kyōhei Ishiguro |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Morita to Jumpei |
| Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, ABC, AT-X, CBC |
| Original run | 9 October 2016 – 25 December 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Game | |
| Developer | Mages |
| Publisher | Mages |
| Genre | Visual novel |
| Platform | PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One |
| Released |
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