{"rewrite":{"id":"r_5ef6213ab12dfd3e26d727eb","clusterId":"c_f888f43dc32c78fb96ec1c25","slug":"konami-announces-magical-investigator-horror-rpg-at-tokyo-game-show-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Konami Announces Magical Investigator Horror RPG At Tokyo Game Show 2026","summary":"Konami Digital Entertainment announced a new title called Magical Investigator at the KONAMI booth during Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 17, 2026. The game asks what modern society would look like if magic existed. In its story, police investigators pair with magic users to solve violent magical crimes, a buddy format where magic users are feared and treated as dangerous weapons. The project comes from KITAYAMA Roman, the pen name of Shinagawa Sohei, former president of Nippon Ichi Software and current head of Super Nichi, who produces the game. Illustrator ENAMI Katsumi, known for Restaurant to Another World and Baccano!, designed characters revealed at the event, among them investigator KAZAMA Shun, his magic user partner Arpeggio, worldwide wanted magical criminal KABURAGI Yamato, and the Metropolitan Police Department magic users Mister and Rolling Thunder. Konami calls the genre a horror suspense limited RPG. Release timing and platform are undecided. A novel version is out on Kimaira Bunko, a comic version is scheduled for mid-November 2026, and a board game version is planned for release within 2027.","whyItMatters":"Konami is rolling out Magical Investigator as a cross-media project before the game itself has a release date or platform, with a novel already available and a comic and board game already dated.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShinagawa Sohei produces the game under the pen name KITAYAMA Roman. He is the former president of Nippon Ichi Software and current representative of Super Nichi.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrator ENAMI Katsumi designed the characters. Past work includes Restaurant to Another World and Baccano!\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe character lineup revealed at the event: investigator KAZAMA Shun, his magic user partner Arpeggio, worldwide wanted magical criminal KABURAGI Yamato, and the Metropolitan Police Department magic users Mister and Rolling Thunder.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe genre is a horror suspense limited RPG. Shinagawa said a limited RPG gives \u0026#34;an RPG experience that breaks common sense in ways impossible in ordinary RPGs,\u0026#34; and described how it differs from conventional RPGs.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamples of events that occur inside the game were shown at the event.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelease timing and platform are undecided. A novel version is out on Kimaira Bunko, a comic version is scheduled for mid-November 2026, and a board game version is planned within 2027.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Magical Investigator arrives with a novel, a comic, and a board game already in motion while the game itself has no release date or platform. Konami is building the franchise before the product exists.","twitterPost":"Konami's Magical Investigator has no release date or platform, but its novel is already out and a comic and board game are planned.","threadsPost":"Magical Investigator ships as a transmedia project first: a novel on Kimaira Bunko, a comic in mid-November 2026, a board game within 2027, while the game itself has no release timing or platform. Konami is front-loading the world before the RPG exists.","newsletterBlurb":"Konami announced Magical Investigator, a horror suspense limited RPG, at Tokyo Game Show 2026. 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