Onigiri (video game)

Did You Know?

• As of July 31, 2020, the Xbox servers were shut down and the game was removed from the Xbox store.
• On September 26, 2022, Nintendo Switch servers were shut down, but Onigiri remains playable on PlayStation Network and Steam.

Characters

Shizuka Gozen, voiced by Aina Suzuki in Japanese and Cynthia Martinez in English, is a princess of the shogunate who runs away from home due to strict discipline; she uses a bow and arrows. Yoshitsune, voiced by Eriko Matsui (Japanese) and Stephanie Wittels (English), is strict with others and herself, becomes irrational regarding Shizuka Gozen, and uses a katana; she acts cute when drunk. Ibaraki Doji, voiced by Suzuko Mimori (Japanese) and Brittney Karbowski (English), is the daughter of the Oni who runs the Nagare tavern, drinks sake heavily, and wields a cat's-paw-shaped sword. Kaguya, voiced by Izumi Kitta (Japanese) and Kira Vincent-Davis (English), is an enigmatic girl who enjoys internet surfing and trolling, wears an eyepatch, and has chunibyo. Amaterasu, voiced by Natsuko Hara (Japanese) and Hilary Haag (English), was formerly the sun goddess who sealed Kamikui but was turned into a little girl after a barrier was destroyed. Veronica Vasilyevna Vonitsky is voiced by Yuki Nakashima (Japanese) and Margaret McDonald (English).

Reception

Onigiri received several favorable reviews. Bradly Storm of Hardcore Gamer called it a competent and enjoyable hack-and-slash experience despite server-side latency at launch. Angelique Stokes praised the combat and said the game was bursting with personality. Sheattack's Charnelle Schindel found the plot lackluster but overall great fun to play. Crunchyroll described it as a very solid title. However, many players criticized monotony after a certain level; the developers added high-level content, event items, and collaborations. As of January 2018, the English PC server raised the level cap to 135, with no players having reached it.

Other media

CyberStep announced an anime adaptation of the game on January 27, 2016. The series ran from April 7 to June 30, 2016 on Tokyo MX and BS Fuji. Pierrot+ handled production, with Takashi Yamamoto directing, Takamitsu Kouno managing series composition, and Takashi Aoshima and Atsushi Oka writing scripts. Yukiko Ibe served as character designer and chief animation director. Sentai Filmworks secured the North American license. STARMARIE performed the opening theme, "Hime wa Rankiryuu☆Goikkou-sama."