Media Blasters has made a curious announcement today as they’ve picked up the rights to release Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams. This two hour feature is a compilation of the cut scenes from the game itself and was released separately in Japan back in 2006, but not here. The release will be coming from their AnimeWorks label later this year.
Plot Concept: It’s been almost two decades since the fall of Nobunaga at the hands of Samanosuke, and the fallen ruler’s own vassal Hideyoshi Toyotomi has finally united Japan under the banner of peace… that is, until one fateful June evening when a strange glowing planet appears in sky. From that moment on, Hideyoshi becomes a power-mad dictator and earthquakes, volcanoes start destroying the land. Soon afterwards, the evil Genma begin to reappear, disorder spreads across the country, people are lost, and villages are burned to the ground. But just when it seems that we’re approaching Japan’s darkest hour, a mysterious warrior with plenty of power appears on the scene to stop it. He’s Soki, Oni of the Ash — otherwise known as “The Blue Demon”. Watch as Soki battles for peace once again in Japan in this latest installment of the widely popular game Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams.
