:Corpse Party
{{Short description|Video game series}}
{{Infobox video game series
| title = Corpse Party
| image = File:CorpseParty.jpg
| caption = Promotional artwork for Corpse Party. Characters featured (clockwise from the top left): Sachiko Shinozaki, Satoshi Mochida, Yuka Mochida, Naomi Nakashima, Seiko Shinohara.
| genre = Survival horror, adventure game
| developer = {{plainlist|
- Kenix Soft (1996)
- Team GrisGris (2008–present)
- Mages. (2010–present)
}}
| publisher = {{plainlist|
- Kenix Soft (1996)
- Team GrisGris (2006–2011)
- Mages. (2010–present)
- GrindHouse (2013–present)
}}
| platforms = {{plainlist|
- PC-9801
- Mobile
- Microsoft Windows
- PlayStation Portable
- PlayStation Vita
- PlayStation 4
- iOS
- Nintendo 3DS
- Android
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X/S
}}
| first release version = Corpse-Party
| first release date = April 22, 1996 (Japan only)
| latest release version = Corpse Party (PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S) (US/EU)
| latest release date = October 20, 2021
}}
{{Nihongo|Corpse Party|コープスパーティー|Kōpusu Pātī|lead=yes}} is a supernatural survival horror adventure and dōjin soft video game series originally created by Makoto Kedōin{{cite web|url=http://www.memoriesoffear.com/games_corpsepartypc98/index.html|title=Memories of Fear...CORPSE PARTY -REBUILT-|work=memoriesoffear.com|access-date=2014-10-17|archive-date=2014-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706100042/http://www.memoriesoffear.com/games_corpsepartypc98/index.html|url-status=dead}}:ja:祁答院慎{{Circular reference|date=January 2017}} and developed by Team GrisGris.{{cite web|url=http://www.gris2.com/gris_product.htm|title=Team GrisGris Official Website - Products|work=Team GrisGris|access-date=24 October 2015|language=ja|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063317/http://www.gris2.com/gris_product.htm|url-status=live}} The first game in the series was developed using the RPG Maker software version RPG Tsukūru Dante 98 and released on April 22, 1996 for the PC-9801. It was followed by three remakes:
- Corpse Party: NewChapter,{{efn|name=NewChapter}} which was released incomplete for mobile phones from October 3, 2006 to December 26, 2007
- Corpse Party: Blood Covered,{{efn|name=BloodCovered}} which was released for Microsoft Windows from March 8, 2008 to July 28, 2011
- Corpse Party: Blood Covered ...Repeated Fear,{{efn|name=RepeatedFear}} which was released for the PlayStation Portable on August 12, 2010, and iOS on February 9, 2012.
The game was released in North America and Europe by Xseed Games and Marvelous Europe under the title Corpse Party.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-09-02/xseed-licenses-corpse-party-horror-psp-game|title=Marvelous USA Licenses Corpse Party Horror PSP Game|date=2 September 2011|access-date=3 September 2011|publisher=Anime News Network|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826115631/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-09-02/xseed-licenses-corpse-party-horror-psp-game|url-status=live}} Xseed Games planned to release a localized version Corpse Party Blood Covered for PC in North America in 2015,{{cite web|author=Ishaan|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2014/06/05/xseed-bringing-corpse-party-pc-2014/|title=Xseed Bringing Corpse Party To PC In 2014|work=Siliconera|date=5 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608003236/https://www.siliconera.com/2014/06/05/xseed-bringing-corpse-party-pc-2014/|archive-date=8 June 2014|url-status=dead}} but the title was delayed until 2016. A 3DS version of the game, titled Corpse Party Blood Covered: ...Repeated Fear was released in Japan on July 30, 2015, and contains a new extra chapter not present in the PSP and iOS version.{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=http://gematsu.com/2015/04/corpse-party-3ds-dated-in-japan|title=Corpse Party 3DS dated in Japan - Gematsu|work=Gematsu|date=9 April 2015|access-date=24 October 2015|archive-date=13 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013015111/http://gematsu.com/2015/04/corpse-party-3ds-dated-in-japan|url-status=live}}
The PSP game was followed by a sequel, Corpse Party: Book of Shadows,{{efn|name=BookofShadows}} which was released for the PSP on September 1, 2011, in Japan, and on January 15, 2013, in North America.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-01-09/corpse-party/book-of-shadows-2nd-n-american-trailer-posted|title=Corpse Party: Book of Shadows 2nd N. American Trailer Posted|date=2013-01-09|access-date=2013-03-28|publisher=Anime News Network|archive-date=2013-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112010746/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-01-09/corpse-party/book-of-shadows-2nd-n-american-trailer-posted|url-status=live}}
A spin-off game, Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash,{{efn|name=HB2U}} was released for the PSP in Japan on August 2, 2012, and was released for Windows worldwide on April 10, 2019. It is described as a "midquel to Corpse Party and Corpse Party: Book of Shadows" on Steam.
A direct sequel of Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, called Corpse Party: Blood Drive,{{efn|name=BloodDrive}} was released in Japan on July 24, 2014, on PlayStation Vita,{{cite web|author=Ishaan|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/22/corpse-party-continues-on-ps-vita-with-corpse-party-blood-drive/|title=Corpse Party Continues On PS Vita With Corpse Party: Blood Drive|publisher=Siliconera|date=22 April 2013|access-date=13 July 2013|archive-date=27 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627071749/http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/22/corpse-party-continues-on-ps-vita-with-corpse-party-blood-drive/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=http://gematsu.com/2013/10/corpse-party-blood-drive-pushed-to-2014-in-japan|title=Corpse Party: Blood Drive pushed to 2014 in Japan|work=Gematsu|date=4 October 2013|access-date=24 October 2015|archive-date=2 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702143527/http://gematsu.com/2013/10/corpse-party-blood-drive-pushed-to-2014-in-japan|url-status=live}} and was released in North America by XSeed Games on October 13, 2015, and on October 20, 2015, in Europe.{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2015/09/corpse-party-blood-drive-launches-october-13-north-america|title=Corpse Party: Blood Drive launches October 13 in North America|website=Gematsu|date=24 September 2015|access-date=28 March 2024}}
Another sequel titled Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient{{efn|name=DeadPatient}} was created for the PC by GrindHouse, a dōjin circle founded by members affiliated with Team GrisGris.{{cite news|title=Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient PC Game Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-08-16/corpse-party-2/dead-patient-pc-game-announced|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=3 September 2013|date=16 August 2012|archive-date=20 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820232940/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-08-16/corpse-party-2/dead-patient-pc-game-announced|url-status=live}} It was planned to be released episodically, with the first chapter released on May 29, 2013.
In August 2023, Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion was announced by MAGES. and Team GrisGris. It is the spiritual sequel to Corpse Party: Blood Drive.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-28/corpse-party-ii-darkness-distortion-game-launches-for-switch-ps4-pc-in-fall/.209327|title=Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion Game Launches for Switch, PS4, PC in Fall|work=Anime News Network|date=28 March 2024|access-date=28 March 2024}} It will launch in 2025 in Japan on PS4, Switch, and PC with Makoto Kedouin returning as scenario writer.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2024-10-16/corpse-party-ii-darkness-distortion-game-delayed-to-2025/.216808|title=Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion Game Delayed to 2025|work=Anime News Network|date=16 October 2024|access-date=16 October 2024}}
The series has spawned several manga works, an anime OVA series, drama CDs, theme park attractions, and two live action films.
Setting and plot
The plot of the original Corpse Party game concerns a group of Japanese high school students, celebrating their school's culture festival. The group are telling ghost stories when a sudden pseudo-"earthquake" transports them to a dilapidated schoolhouse in an alternate dimension. The school is haunted by the ghosts of people who have been trapped there. The main playable character is Satoshi Mochida, a kind-hearted high school student who is teased by his classmates for his cowardly nature. Three of the other characters are students from Satoshi's class: Naomi Nakashima, Satoshi's childhood friend; Yoshiki Kishinuma, an intimidating yet good-natured student; and Ayumi Shinozaki, the class representative. Rounding out the group is Yuka Mochida, Satoshi's younger sister. The game's antagonist is the ghost of a former student, a girl in a red dress who seeks vengeance for her and her mother's deaths at the hands of a teacher many years prior.
=''Blood Covered'' and ''Repeated Fear''=
{{Main|Corpse Party (2008 video game){{!}}Corpse Party (2008 video game)}}
Corpse Party: NewChapter remake was released for mobile phones in four chapters from October 3, 2006 to December 26, 2007. It was discontinued before Chapter 5 was released. It contained the same plot additions as the later Blood Covered, but had much smaller maps.
Blood Covered, released for PC in five chapters (first two released together) from March 8, 2008 to July 28, 2011, is an enhanced remake and port of the 1996 Corpse Party. It includes more characters, larger maps, updated graphics, and a cast of amateur voice actors. It was followed on August 12, 2010 by another enhanced remake, Blood Covered: Repeated Fear, which was released internationally as Corpse Party, which features updated art and the addition of professional voice actors/actresses.
The remake thoroughly expands the plot and setting of the original game. Here, the haunted schoolhouse is named {{Nihongo|Heavenly Host Elementary School|天神小学校|Tenjin Shōgakkō}}, a fictional Fujisawa elementary school that was torn down following the murders and disappearances of several of its staff and students. In modern-day Japan, the main characters' high school, {{Nihongo|Kisaragi Academy|如月学園|Kisaragi Gakuen}}, has been built over the elementary school site. The students are transported to Heavenly Host after performing a charm called "{{Nihongo|Sachiko Ever After|幸せのサチコさん|Shiawase no Sachiko-san}}", which would supposedly allow them to remain friends for eternity.
In addition to the five protagonists of the original game, Blood Covered introduces four characters to the playable cast: Seiko Shinohara, Naomi's best friend; Mayu Suzumoto, a popular student due to transfer out of Kisaragi; Sakutaro Morishige, Mayu's best friend; and Yui Shishido, the class's homeroom teacher. Blood Covered also includes several characters from other schools who are also trapped inside Heavenly Host and affect the story. Two notable characters are Naho Saenoki, a selfish but helpful paranormalist from {{Nihongo|Paulownia Academy|桐章学園|Kirishō Gakuen}} who discovered the "Sachiko Ever After" charm and came to investigate Heavenly Host; and Yuuya Kizami, a sadistic student from {{Nihongo|Byakudan Senior High School|白壇高等学校|Byakudan Kōtōgakkō}} who accompanies Yuka as she is separated from her brother. The red ghost is re-envisioned as a little girl named Sachiko Shinozaki who kills the students of Heavenly Host in anger over her and her mother's murder.
=''Another Child''=
Corpse Party: Another Child is a spin-off manga that takes place during the events of Corpse Party. With their school, {{Nihongo|Satsukiyama Academy|皐月山学園|Satsukiyama Gakuen}}, shutting down for good, the students of a small town were heading for different directions in life, not until they decide to perform the "Sachiko Ever After" charm swallowing the entire class to Heavenly Host Elementary, along with a mysterious girl's spirit. In order to get out, they must track and get rid of the spirit.
=''Book of Shadows''=
{{For|the film adaptation|Corpse Party Book of Shadows{{!}}Corpse Party Book of Shadows}}{{Main|Corpse Party: Book of Shadows}}
This 2011 sequel to Blood Covered, Book of Shadows features a series of nonlinear chapters that add new twists and backgrounds for various characters and details important to the storyline. The game mostly takes place during the same time the first game did, continuing from one of the "wrong ends" in Corpse Party, where Sachiko sends the Kisaragi Academy students back in time. For this purpose, she erases their memories except for Satoshi's. He fails to dissuade his classmates from performing the charm, but he joins them, not wanting to let them go alone, sending them on alternative course of actions and encountering several supporting victims in Heavenly Host.
The game's epilogue, Blood Drive, serves as the set up to the eponymous sequel. Two weeks after escaping Heavenly Host, Ayumi and Naomi go to investigate the Shinozaki estate, Sachiko's birthplace, believing there is hope in reviving their dead friends since Naho and Kou Kibiki's existences were not erased like the other victims. At the estate, Ayumi discovers that she is of the same lineage as Sachiko. Hearing an eerie voice, Ayumi uncovers a magical tome known as the "Book of Shadows". Ayumi and Naomi perform a resurrection spell for Mayu, but fail. As compensation for using black magic, the book unleashes its rage upon Ayumi until her older sister Hinoe Shinozaki rushes in and saves Ayumi, at the cost of her own life.
=''Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash''=
On the day of Sachiko's birth and death, the curse on her weakens and she gets 24 hours to celebrate her birthday as someone closer to the girl she was before her death. She uses the time loops as established in Corpse Party: Book of Shadows to force all survivors at that point to participate in activities she has set up. Given it is either that or die horribly again, something all are aware that they have already experienced but cannot remember in full, they go along with her demands. The game features almost all characters from the previous games and some new ones. While a pseudo-horror spin-off at best, it is part of the storyline, setting up a few details to prepare for Corpse Party: Blood Drive.
As with Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, there is only one extra chapter. This extra chapter takes place during the previous game and is more conventional horror. It tells of Yoshiki's and Ayumi's encounter with four students from Sugatani Senior High School, notably Azusa Takai.
=''Blood Drive''=
{{Main|Corpse Party: Blood Drive}}
Corpse Party: Blood Drive is the direct sequel to Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, and is the first game featuring settings and characters rendered in 3D. The game was released for the Sony PlayStation Vita in Japan in July 2014 by 5pb. The characters are depicted in 3D chibi style, however traditional CG artwork appears during cutscenes, illustrated by Sakuya Kamishiro.{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2014/03/20/details-corpse-party-blood-drives-story-new-characters/|title=More Details On Corpse Party: Blood Drive's Story And New Characters|work=Siliconera|date=20 March 2014|access-date=24 October 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142701/http://www.siliconera.com/2014/03/20/details-corpse-party-blood-drives-story-new-characters/|url-status=live}}
Continuing from the prologue included in Book of Shadows, Naomi manages to save Ayumi and takes her to a hospital. The Shinozaki estate and tome subsequently vanish without a trace. Ayumi had been severely ill for her misuse of the "Book of Shadows'" black magic. In the hospital, a woman claiming to be a spiritual associate of Hinoe's visits Ayumi. This woman belongs to the "Wiccan Institute", an organization that worships spirits. She tells her Hinoe's last wish, which is to regain the "Book of Shadows" or the world will fall into the abyss. This is partially a lie, as the woman is under threat of other organizations to get Ayumi to find the book, which they wish to use for their own gain.
After being discharged from the hospital two months later, Ayumi returns to Kisaragi Academy where Satoshi and friends give her a warm welcome. However, the absence of their dead friends is a constant reminder of their inevitable reality. A new teacher's assistant, Kuon Niwa, supervises their homeroom. Later, on her way home, a black hooded boy approaches Ayumi and tells her, "If you reclaim the "Book of Shadows" and use it at Heavenly Host, those who have died there will be revived.". Ayumi pledges that she will once more take back the "Book of Shadows". The trail leads into the previous residence of Makina Shinozaki. To make matters worse, Heavenly Host's curse is expanded by the "new Sachiko", later named "Sachi".
=''2: Dead Patient''=
The game Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient takes place five years after the events of Corpse Party Heavenly Host Arc, implied to be the consequences of the "Book of Shadows'" powers starting to bring about the end of the world by allowing the spirit realm and real world to start to converge together. The setting is {{Nihongo|Amare Patriarcha Crucis Hospital|文月大付属・{{ruby|慈愛十字|パトリアーカル}}病院|Fumizuki Daifuzoku Patoriākaru Byōin|"July University Patriarchal Hospital"}} fallen into a dark abyss. Patient records and clinical charts are scattered all over the hospital, with zombies and a bizarre SWAT team roaming through the hallways. An amnesiac girl, Ayame Itou, wakes up on an operating table and encounters the dark happenings around her.
= ''II: Darkness Distortion'' =
{{Main article|Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion}}
On August 11, 2020, MAGES YouTube channel released a "10 Years of Corpse Party Repeated Fear" video celebrating the Heavenly Host Saga, at the end of the Timeline they show off "202X" with then the words "Darkness Distortion" followed by the last words of "More Corpse...", which seems to tease a direct sequel to Corpse Party: Blood Drive, which was called "The End of the Heavenly Host Saga". The game has since had numerous teasers and is planned to release in 2025.
Development
The first game in the series was developed using the RPG Maker version RPG Tsukūru Dante 98 software and released in 1996 for the PC-9801.
Dummy head mics were utilized for Blood Covered, Book of Shadows, and Blood Drive to provide perceived three dimensional sound.{{cite web|last=James|first=Thomas|url=http://gematsu.com/2014/03/corpse-party-blood-drive-dated-japan-new-details|title=Corpse Party: Blood Drive dated in Japan, new details|work=Gematsu|date=28 March 2014|access-date=1 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182555/https://www.gematsu.com/2014/03/corpse-party-blood-drive-dated-japan-new-details|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}
Media listing
| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|+ List of Corpse Party video games | |
| rowspan=2 width=30%| Title
! rowspan=2 | Developer ! rowspan=2 | Publisher ! rowspan=2 | Platform ! colspan=3 | Release date | |
|---|---|
| Japan
! North America ! Europe | |
| Corpse-Party{{efn|name=CorpseParty|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー|Kōpusu Pātī}}}}
| Kenix Soft | JP: Kenix Soft | PC-9801 |align=center| April 22, 1996 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} |
| Corpse Party: NewChapter{{efn|name=NewChapter|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー NewChapter|Kōpusu Pātī NewChapter}}}}
| JP: Team GrisGris | Mobile |align=center| October 3, 2006 – December 26, 2007 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} |
| Corpse Party: Blood Covered{{efn|name=BloodCovered|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー ブラッドカバー|Kōpusu Pātī Buraddo Kabā}}}}
| JP: Team GrisGris | Windows |align=center| March 8, 2008 – July 28, 2011 |align=center| April 25, 2016 |align=center| April 25, 2016 |
| rowspan=8| Corpse Party: Blood Covered ...Repeated Fear{{efn|name=RepeatedFear|{{nihongo | コープスパーティーブラッドカバー リピーティッドフィアー|Kōpusu Pātī Buraddo Kabā: Ripītiddo Fiā}}}}
|rowspan=8| Team GrisGris, 5pb. |rowspan=8| JP: 5pb |align=center| August 12, 2010 |align=center| November 22, 2011 |align=center| December 14, 2011 |
| iOS
|align=center| February 9, 2012 |align=center| August 14, 2012 |align=center| August 14, 2012 | |
| Nintendo 3DS
|align=center| July 30, 2015 |align=center| October 25, 2016 |align=center| October 26, 2016 | |
| Nintendo Switch
| rowspan="5" align=center| October 20, 2021 | |
| PlayStation 4 | |
| Xbox One
| {{N/A}} | |
| Xbox Series X/S
| {{N/A}} | |
| Windows
|align=center| October 20, 2021 | |
| rowspan="3" | Corpse Party: Book of Shadows{{efn|name=BookofShadows|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー Book of Shadows|Kōpusu Pātī Book of Shadows}}}}
| rowspan="3" | Team GrisGris, 5pb. | rowspan="3" | JP: 5pb |align=center| September 1, 2011 |align=center| January 15, 2013 |align=center| January 23, 2013 |
| iOS
|align=center| December 17, 2013 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | |
| Windows
|align=center| October 29, 2018 |align=center| October 29, 2018 |align=center| October 29, 2018 | |
| rowspan="2"| Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash{{efn|name=HB2U|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー -The Anthology- サチコの恋愛遊戯♥Hysteric Birthday 2U|Kōpusu Pātī The Anthology: Sachiko no Ren'ai Yūgi – Hysteric Birthday 2U|{{lit}} "Corpse Party the Anthology: Sachiko's Game of Love – Hysteric Birthday 2U"}}}}
| rowspan="2"| Team GrisGris, 5pb. | rowspan="2"| JP: 5pb |align=center| August 2, 2012 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} |
| Windows
|align=center| April 10, 2019 |align=center| April 10, 2019 |align=center| April 10, 2019 | |
| Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient{{efn|name=DeadPatient|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー2 DEAD PATIENT |Kōpusu Pātī Tsū Dead Patient}}}}
| JP: GrindHouse | Windows |align=center| May 29, 2013 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} |
| rowspan=4| Corpse Party: Blood Drive{{efn|name=BloodDrive|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー ブラッドドライブ|Kōpusu Pātī Buraddo Doraibu}}}}
|rowspan=4| Team GrisGris, 5pb. |rowspan=4| JP: 5pb |
| Android, iOS
|align=center| January 31, 2017 |align=center| January 31, 2017 |align=center| January 31, 2017 | |
| Windows
|rowspan=2 align=center| October 10, 2019 |rowspan=2 align=center| October 10, 2019 |rowspan=2 align=center| October 10, 2019 | |
| Nintendo Switch | |
| Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient Neues{{efn|name=DeadPatientNeues|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー2 DEAD PATIENT NEUES|Kōpusu Pātī Tsū Dead Patient Neues}}}}
| JP: GrindHouse | Windows |align=center| October 5, 2017 |align=center| October 23, 2019 |align=center| October 23, 2019 |
| Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion{{efn|name=DarknessDisortion|{{nihongo | コープスパーティーII DARKNESS DISTORTION|Kōpusu Pātī Tsū Darkness Distortion}}}}
| JP: Mages | Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch |align=center| 2025 |align=center| 2025 |align=center| 2025 |
| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|+ List of Corpse Party manga series | |
| width=30%| Title
! Author ! Illustrator ! Publisher ! Magazine(s) ! Volumes ! Original run | |
|---|---|
| Corpse Party: Blood Covered{{efn|name=BloodCovered}}
| Makoto Kedōin | Toshimi Shinomiya | Gangan Powered, Gangan Joker | 10 (47 chapters) | August 22, 2008 – October 22, 2012 | |
| Corpse Party: Musume{{efn|name=Musume|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー;娘|Kōpusu Pātī; Musume|{{lit}} "Corpse Party: The Girl/Daughter"}}}}
| Makoto Kedōin | Mika Orii | 3 (20 chapters) | August 27, 2010 – July 27, 2012 |
| Corpse Party: Another Child{{efn|name=AnotherChild|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー Another Child|Kōpusu Pātī: Another Child}}}}
| Makoto Kedōin | Shunsuke Ogata | 3 (17 chapters) | August 30, 2011 – February 28, 2013 |
| Corpse Party: Book of Shadows{{efn|name=BookofShadows}}
| Makoto Kedōin | Mika Orii | 3 (24 chapters) | August 23, 2012 – March 24, 2014 | |
| Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash{{efn|name=HB2U}}
| Makoto Kedōin | Tsubakurou Shibata | 2 (12 chapters) | June 22, 2013 – January 15, 2015 | |
| Corpse Party Cemetery 0: Kaibyaku no Ars Moriendi{{efn|name=Cemetery|{{nihongo | コープスパーティーCEMETERY0 〜開闢のアルス・モリエンディ〜|Kōpusu Pātī Cemetery 0: Kaibyaku no Arusu Moriendi|{{lit}} "Corpse Party Cemetery 0: The Genesis of Ars Moriendi"}}}}
| Makoto Kedōin | Ichihaya | 2 (19 chapters) | June 22, 2013 – April 17, 2014 |
| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|+ List of Corpse Party anime and live-action film media | |
| Title
! Director ! Producer ! Run time ! Release date | |
|---|---|
| Corpse Party: Missing Footage{{efn|name=MissingFootage|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー Missing Footage|Kōpusu Pātī: Missing Footage}}}}
| Akira Iwanaga | Asread | 11 minutes | August 2, 2012 |
| Corpse Party: Tortured Souls{{efn|name=Tortured Souls|{{nihongo | コープスパーティー Tortured Souls ―暴虐された魂の呪叫―|Kōpusu Pātī Tortured Souls – Bōgyakusareta Tamashī no Jukyō|{{lit}} "Corpse Party: Tortured Souls – The Curse of Tortured Souls-"}}}}
| Akira Iwanaga | Asread | 117 minutes (4 episodes) | July 24, 2013 |
| Corpse Party{{efn|group=nb|name=CorpseParty}}
| Masafumi Yamada | 93 minutes | August 1, 2015 | |
| Corpse Party Book of Shadows{{efn|group=nb|name=BookofShadows}}
| Masafumi Yamada | 93 minutes | July 30, 2016 |
Music
The opening theme for Corpse Party Blood Covered: ...Repeated Fear is "Shangri-La" by Asami Imai, and the ending for Blood Covered is "Confutatis no Inori" by Artery Vein (Imai & Eri Kitamura). An insert song, "Yami ni Nureta Catastrophe", also sung by Artery Vein, plays at the end of the game.
The opening theme for Corpse Party: Book of Shadows is "Hana no Saku Basho" by Imai, and the ending is "Pandora no Yoru", by Artery Vein.
The opening theme for Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash is called "Limited Love" by Imai, and the ending theme is "Tsukigen" by ARTERY VEIN. An insert song, "Hanabi", sung by Yumi Hara, plays at the final scene where Sachiko's birthday has ended and she seemed to have only a brief memory of it, before screaming in agony and reverting to her malicious self.
In Corpse Party: Blood Drive, there are two openings; the first one being "In the Rain", by Hara, and the second being "Keshin" by Imai, which plays at Chapter 7 after Ayumi's retrieval of the "Book of Shadows". The ending is "Translucent Days" by ARTERY VEIN.
Critical reception
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| game1 = Corpse Party
| gr1 = (PSP) 73%{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/psp/989995-corpse-party/index.html|title=Corpse Party for PSP |website=GameRankings|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=November 27, 2015|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208141304/http://www.gamerankings.com/psp/989995-corpse-party/index.html|url-status=live}}
(PC) 71%{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/189083-corpse-party/index.html|title=Corpse Party for PC|website=GameRankings|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=October 17, 2018|archive-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203402/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/189083-corpse-party/index.html|url-status=live}}
(3DS) 81%{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/3ds/127444-corpse-party/index.html|title=Corpse Party for 3DS |website=GameRankings|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=October 17, 2018|archive-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203216/https://www.gamerankings.com/3ds/127444-corpse-party/index.html|url-status=live}}
| mc1 = (PSP) 71/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/corpse-party/critic-reviews/?platform=psp|title=Corpse Party for PSP Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=November 27, 2015|archive-date=November 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115003610/http://www.metacritic.com/game/psp/corpse-party|url-status=live}}
(PC) 71/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/corpse-party/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title=Corpse Party for PC Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=October 17, 2018|archive-date=May 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508105837/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/corpse-party|url-status=live}}
(3DS) 77/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/corpse-party/critic-reviews/?platform=3ds|title=Corpse Party for 3DS Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=December 16, 2017|archive-date=December 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216070634/http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/corpse-party|url-status=live}}
| game2 = Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
| gr2 = (PSP) 68%{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/psp/617350-corpse-party-book-of-shadows/index.html|title=Corpse Party: Book of Shadows for PSP|website=GameRankings|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=November 27, 2015|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208103250/http://www.gamerankings.com/psp/617350-corpse-party-book-of-shadows/index.html|url-status=live}}
| mc2 = (PSP) 67/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/corpse-party-book-of-shadows/critic-reviews/?platform=psp|title=Corpse Party: Book of Shadows for PSP Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=November 27, 2015|archive-date=November 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128150719/http://www.metacritic.com/game/psp/corpse-party-book-of-shadows|url-status=live}}
| game3 = Corpse Party: Blood Drive
| gr3 = (VITA) 60%{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/vita/712873-corpse-party-blood-drive/index.html|title=Corpse Party: Blood Drive for PlayStation Vita|website=GameRankings|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=October 17, 2018|archive-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203352/https://www.gamerankings.com/vita/712873-corpse-party-blood-drive/index.html|url-status=live}}
(Switch) 50%{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/switch/249953-corpse-party-blood-drive/index.html|title=Corpse Party: Blood Drive for Switch|website=GameRankings|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=October 27, 2019|archive-date=November 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109094108/https://www.gamerankings.com/switch/249953-corpse-party-blood-drive/index.html|url-status=live}}
| mc3 = (VITA) 60/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/corpse-party-blood-drive/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-vita|title=Corpse Party: Blood Drive for PlayStation Vita Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=October 17, 2018|archive-date=October 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018193618/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-vita/corpse-party-blood-drive|url-status=live}}
(Switch) 54/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/corpse-party-blood-drive/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch|title=Corpse Party: Blood Drive for Switch Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=December 17, 2019|archive-date=July 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709085420/https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/corpse-party-blood-drive|url-status=live}}
| game4 = Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient
| gr4 = -
| mc4 = 67/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/corpse-party-2-dead-patient/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title=Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient for PC Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=December 17, 2019|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720030611/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/corpse-party-2-dead-patient|url-status=live}}
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The first game's 3DS version received "generally favourable" reviews according to the review aggregator Metacritic. Other releases received "mixed or average" reviews.
Adaptations
The video game series has been adapted into four manga series: Corpse Party: Blood Covered, published by Square Enix; Corpse Party: Musume and Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, published by Media Factory; and Corpse Party: Another Child, published by Mag Garden. The manga series has sold over 1{{nbsp}}million copies, as of May 2015.{{cite journal|title=スクウェア・エニックス|journal=月刊ガンガンJOKER|date=June 2015|issue=2015年6月号|publisher=Square Enix|page=10}}
One original video animation (OVA), Corpse Party: Missing Footage, was released on August 2, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-11/corpse-party-anthology-psp-game-to-bundle-video-anime|title=Corpse Party Anthology PSP Game to Bundle Video Anime|date=11 April 2012|access-date=28 March 2013|publisher=Anime News Network|archive-date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106171810/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-11/corpse-party-anthology-psp-game-to-bundle-video-anime|url-status=live}} Another OVA consisting of four episodes titled Corpse Party: Tortured Souls, was released on July 24, 2013,{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-02/corpse-party-games-get-new-tortured-souls-video-anime|title=Corpse Party Games Get New Tortured Souls Video Anime|date=2 August 2012|access-date=4 August 2012|work=Anime News Network|archive-date=13 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213071203/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-02/corpse-party-games-get-new-tortured-souls-video-anime|url-status=live}} and later licensed by Section23 Films.
A live action movie adaptation was also made, which was released on August 1, 2015,{{cite web|title=Live-Action Corpse Party Film Gets Uncut, 'Unlimited Edition'|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-02/live-action-corpse-party-film-gets-uncut-unlimited-edition/.91197|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=September 11, 2018|date=August 3, 2015|archive-date=October 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030075945/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-02/live-action-corpse-party-film-gets-uncut-unlimited-edition/.91197|url-status=live}} while a film adaptation of Corpse Party: Book of Shadows was released on June 30, 2016.{{cite web|title=Live-Action Corpse Party: Book of Shadows Film's Trailer Reveals Theme Song, July Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-03/live-action-corpse-party-book-of-shadows-film-trailer-reveals-theme-song-july-premiere/.102803|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=September 12, 2018|date=June 3, 2016|archive-date=September 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912054626/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-03/live-action-corpse-party-book-of-shadows-film-trailer-reveals-theme-song-july-premiere/.102803|url-status=live}}
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [https://corpse.jp/ Official website] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.corpsepartyseries.com/ Official English website]
- [http://www.square-enix.com/jp/magazine/joker/series/corpse/index.html Official website (manga)] {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://corpse.jp/ts/ Official website (anime OVA)] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.cp-movie.jp/first/index.html# Official website (live action film)] {{in lang|ja}}
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