Vanillaware 20th Anniversary Festival Events Announced for March and April 2023

Vanillaware and Japanese event support company Icrea announced the Vanillaware 20th Anniversary Festival events will take place in March and April 2023. The March event will be held in Tokyo and the April event will be held in Osaka.

Vanillaware 20th Anniversary Festival will feature new merchandise, art galleries, photo spots, and much more featuring Vanillaware’s prolific lineup of games. Additionally, items will be sold featuring the new 20th anniversary visual by Vanillaware art designer Yukiko Hirai. Merchandise from the events will be sold online at a later date. 

The Vanillaware 20th Anniversary Festival events were made possible with support from ATLUS, Arithmetic, Basiscape, Marvelous, and Nippon Ichi Software. These companies have all published Vanillaware titles. This will be the first event in Vanillaware’s history where more than 10 of the company’s games have gathered together.

Here’s a preliminary overview of the 20th anniversary festival, courtesy of Persona Central:

Event Details

• Event Name: Vanillaware 20th Anniversary Festival
• Tokyo Venue:
  • Date and Time: March 25 (11:00 – 18:00 JST)
• Osaka Venue:
  • Date and Time: April 1 (11:00 – 18:00 JST)
• Official Website / Official Twitter

List of Featured Titles

Atlus

1. Princess Crown
2. Odin Sphere
3. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
4. Dragon’s Crown
5. Dragon’s Crown Pro
6. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Arithmetic

1. Kumatanchi

Nippon Ichi Software

1. GrimGrimoire
2. GrimGrimoire OnceMore

Marvelous

1. Muramasa: The Demon Blade
2. Grand Knights History
3. Princess Crown

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