The folks at Sentai Filmworks picked up the series Okamikakushi back in 2013 and it saw some streaming then on The Anime Network and Hulu before that all fell off. The trailer for the show was relegated to just a handful of home video releases from that period and it’s not something that’s been promoted much since. Now, they’ve added the trailer to their channel that shows off the property pretty well that’s still in print on both DVD and Blu-ray while also getting streaming through HIDIVE these days.
Check out our review of the series.
Based on the PlayStation Portable game of the same name that came out in 2009, Okamikaksuhi is a twelve-episode series animated by AIC with the man behind When They Cry involved in the overall creation of the game. With Ryukishi07 behind the game design which influenced the series, it also featured the character designs from Peach-Pit, which always draw in fans because of their cute looks while knowing there’s more underneath.
Plot concept: From the moment Hiroshi and his family arrive in Jouga, he senses something odd about the isolated village. It’s not that the people are cold and aloof. Except for his beautiful class president, Nemuru, most welcome him quite warmly. But some also simply disappear. Students transfer out of his school without any notice, and Hiroshi’s next door neighbor Isuzu, who seems quite infatuated with him, warns him to stay away from the old part of town. The upcoming Haasaku Festival, which celebrates the town’s unique oranges, seems to be generating an unusual level of concern, and groups of masked people roam the streets by night, hunting… something. Could the legends of man-sized wolves roaming the mountains surrounding Jouga be real? Who is the girl with the scythe? What is the real purpose of the festival? And how does this all revolve around something called a Temptation? Hiroshi and his new circle of friends have little time to solve these riddles before the answers will become far more dangerous and personal than he could ever imagine! Beneath the mask of society and the skin of humanity, something ancient awaits in Okamikakushi – MASQUE OF THE WOLF!
