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Kento Jobana directed and wrote it, with character designs by illustrator Sayaka Oda.","whyItMatters":"The Western release lands roughly a year after the Japanese launch, and NIS America is carrying over the same director and illustrator team behind The Cruel King and the Great Hero and The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Western version arrives on four platforms: Switch 2, Switch, PS5, and PC via Steam. The story follows Mono, a child who does chores in her family\u0026#39;s opera house and lives in the attic, cared for mainly by her older sister. When the sister contracts a disease called Paper Mortis that turns the infected into a picture book and then into a paper monster, Mono sets out for the Asylum Library where patients are confined.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, she meets a legendary paper monster named Mär and forms an uneasy alliance. Rena Motomura voices Mono, Reina Kondo voices the sister, and Makoto Koichi voices Mär. Akiko Shikata performs the theme song.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"NIS America will bring The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster west on May 13, 2027 for Switch 2, Switch, PS5, and PC via Steam. The picture book adventure launched in Japan on April 30.","twitterPost":"The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster comes west May 13, 2027 on Switch 2, Switch, PS5, and PC via Steam, NIS America announced. The side-scroller launched in Japan on April 30.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"NIS America dated The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster for the West: May 13, 2027, on Switch 2, Switch, PS5, and PC via Steam. The picture book side-scroller already launched in Japan on April 30. 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