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lead=yes is a Horror game series originally created by Makoto Kedōin祁答院慎 and eventually developed by Team GrisGris. Blending elements and genres of supernatural, survival horror, adventure game, and doujin soft, the video game series often features a group of Japanese high school students who attempt to escape after becoming trapped in an abandoned, parallel school; haunted by a vengeful spirit in a red dress.
The series has spawned several manga works, an anime OVA series, , theme park attractions, and two live action films.
The game was released in North America and Europe by Xseed Games and Marvelous Europe under the title Corpse Party. Xseed Games planned to release a localized version of Corpse Party: Blood Covered for PC in North America in 2015, 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.
The PSP game was followed by a sequel, , which was released for the PSP on September 1, 2011, in Japan, and on January 15, 2013, in North America. The game was later released on PC Steam in 2018.
A spin-off game, , 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 , was released in Japan on July 24, 2014, on PlayStation Vita, and was released in North America by XSeed Games on October 13, 2015, and on October 20, 2015, in Europe. The game is now available on Steam.
Another sequel titled Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient was created for the PC by GrindHouse, a dōjin circle founded by members affiliated with Team GrisGris. It was planned to be released episodically, with the first chapter released on May 29, 2013. It is now available on PC Steam.
In May 2025, Mages announced a bundle of Blood Covered, Book of Shadows, Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash and Blood Drive called Corpse Party: Tetralogy Pack would be coming to the Nintendo Switch, and it was released on August 7, 2025 in Japan.
In August 2023, was announced by MAGES. and Team GrisGris. It is the spiritual sequel to Corpse Party: Blood Drive. It will launch in 2026 in Japan on PS4, Switch, and PC with Makoto Kedouin returning as scenario writer.
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 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, Kisaragi Gakuen, has been built over the elementary school site. The students are transported to Heavenly Host after performing a charm called "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 Kirishō Gakuen who discovered the "Sachiko Ever After" charm and came to investigate Heavenly Host; and Yuuya Kizami, a sadistic student from 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.
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.
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.
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 " 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".
Dummy head mics were utilized for Blood Covered, Book of Shadows, and Blood Drive to provide perceived three dimensional sound.
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.
One original video animation (OVA), Corpse Party: Missing Footage, was released on August 2, 2012. Another OVA consisting of four episodes titled , was released on July 24, 2013, and later licensed by Section23 Films.
A live action movie adaptation was also made, which was released on August 1, 2015, while a was released on June 30, 2016.
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 "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
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".
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.
Media listing
+ List of Corpse Party video games Corpse-Party Kenix Soft JP: Kenix Soft PC-9801 April 22, 1996 Corpse Party: NewChapter Team GrisGris JP: Team GrisGris Mobile October 3, 2006 – December 26, 2007 Team GrisGris JP: Team GrisGris
WW: Xseed GamesWindows March 8, 2008 – July 28, 2011 April 25, 2016 April 25, 2016 Team GrisGris, 5pb. JP: 5pb.
NA: Xseed Games
EU: Marvelous EuropePlayStation Portable August 12, 2010 November 22, 2011 December 14, 2011 iOS February 9, 2012 August 14, 2012 August 14, 2012 Nintendo 3DS July 30, 2015 October 25, 2016 October 26, 2016 Nintendo Switch February 18, 2021 October 20, 2021 October 20, 2021 PlayStation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S Windows October 20, 2021 Team GrisGris, 5pb. JP: 5pb.
NA: Xseed Games
EU: Marvelous EuropePlayStation Portable September 1, 2011 January 15, 2013 January 23, 2013 iOS December 17, 2013 Windows October 29, 2018 October 29, 2018 October 29, 2018 Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash Team GrisGris, 5pb. JP: 5pb.
WW: Xseed GamesPlayStation Portable August 2, 2012 Windows April 10, 2019 April 10, 2019 April 10, 2019 Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient GrindHouse JP: GrindHouse Windows May 29, 2013 Team GrisGris, 5pb. JP: 5pb.
NA: Xseed Games
EU: Marvelous EuropePlayStation Vita July 24, 2014 October 13, 2015 October 20, 2015 Android, iOS January 31, 2017 January 31, 2017 January 31, 2017 Windows October 10, 2019 October 10, 2019 October 10, 2019 Nintendo Switch Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient Neues GrindHouse JP: GrindHouse
WW: Xseed GamesWindows October 5, 2017 October 23, 2019 October 23, 2019 Corpse Party: Tetralogy Pack Team GrisGris, Mages JP: Mages Nintendo Switch August 7, 2025 Team GrisGris, Mages JP: Mages
NA: Xseed Games
EU: Marvelous EuropeWindows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 2026 2026 2026 + List of Corpse Party manga series Corpse Party: Blood Covered Makoto Kedōin Toshimi Shinomiya Square Enix Gangan Powered, Gangan Joker 10 (47 chapters) August 22, 2008 – October 22, 2012 Corpse Party: Musume Makoto Kedōin Mika Orii Media Factory Monthly Comic Alive 3 (20 chapters) August 27, 2010 – July 27, 2012 Corpse Party: Another Child Makoto Kedōin Shunsuke Ogata Mag Garden Monthly Comic Blade 3 (17 chapters) August 30, 2011 – February 28, 2013 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows Makoto Kedōin Mika Orii Media Factory Monthly Comic Alive 3 (24 chapters) August 23, 2012 – March 24, 2014 Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash Makoto Kedōin Tsubakurou Shibata Enterbrain Famitsu Comic Clear 2 (12 chapters) June 22, 2013 – January 15, 2015 Corpse Party Cemetery 0: Kaibyaku no Ars Moriendi Makoto Kedōin Ichihaya Takeshobo Manga Life Win 2 (19 chapters) June 22, 2013 – April 17, 2014 + List of Corpse Party anime and live-action film media Corpse Party: Missing Footage Akira Iwanaga Asread 11 minutes August 2, 2012 Akira Iwanaga Asread 117 minutes (4 episodes) July 24, 2013 Corpse Party Masafumi Yamada Kadokawa Daiei 93 minutes August 1, 2015 Corpse Party Book of Shadows Masafumi Yamada Kadokawa Daiei 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.
Critical reception
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 1million copies, as of May 2015.
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