The game was highly successful in Japan[1][2] and has since been adapted into a wide variety of other media, including several anime series, drama CDs, and Internet radio programs, and manga.

[3][4] The final chapter of the trilogy, titled Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth, was released in Japan in September 2016, and worldwide a year later.

[9] A free-to-play mobile game developed by Tose, titled Utawarerumono: Lost Flag, was released in November 2019 in Japan for iOS and Android, incorporating elements from throughout the franchise.

[11][12] Much of Utawarerumono's gameplay is spent simply reading the text that appears on the game screen, which represents either dialogue or narration from the protagonist's point of view.

Unlike many other visual novels, these choices do not affect the outcome of the story, but influence the order in which scenes play out.

Utawarerumono is a story centering around the masked protagonist, Hakuowlo, who one day is found by a family of two girls and their grandmother in a nearby forest close to their village.

When these actions escalate into disaster, Hakuowlo leads a rebellion that culminates in his assumption of the throne of a new country, born from the ashes of the old, and named Tuskur after the grandmother of the two girls who helped save his life.

The main characters are all connected to the male protagonist, Hakuowlo, a man found injured in a forest who wears an irremovable mask and has lost his memories.

After the god of the forest, Mutikapa, is killed, Aruruu raises the tiger-beast's child as if it were her own, naming it Mukkuru, and the cub comes to regard her family as its own.

She and her younger sister Camyu, who comes to Tuskur as a stowaway with Ulthury's party, have powerful magic abilities extraordinary even among their own mystical people.

Touka, of the noble-hearted Evenkuruga tribe, was first deceived into opposing Hakuowlo but joins him after the deception is revealed and her previous lord Orikakan is murdered by the ambitious conqueror Niwe.

Washimi Tsutomu directed the Utawarerumono Windows game, Naoya Shimokawa was the producer, and Suga Munemitsu planned the scenario.

[13] Ama Tsuyuki provided the original character designs, and Matsuoka Junya, Takahiro Yonemura, and Shinya Ishikawa handled the music.

The story was linear and contained no voice acting, and the original version of the game was never released outside Japan, although a fan translation patch for it exists.

This port introduced full voice acting and several other enhancements, including a new story arc, while adult graphics and scenes present in the original PC release were removed, and the game was rated for ages 15 and up.

Two bound volumes were released by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Comics imprint compiling the entire manga story.

[18][19] A second manga series illustrated by Minakuchi Takashi, titled Utawarerumono Chiriyuku Mono e no Komoriuta, was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Maoh magazine between the December 2007 and October 2010 issues.

[28][29] Another anthology series, titled Game Comics Utawarerumono, was published by La Porte in two volumes between August and October 2002.

The North American rights to the Utawarerumono anime were initially held by ADV Films for $109,201 effective August 1, 2006,[33] who completed a full DVD release of the entire series.

In July 2008, Funimation, now currently known as Crunchyroll LLC, announced that the license to Utawarerumono (and other titles formerly held by ADV) had transferred to them.

It is produced by White Fox and directed by Keitaro Motonaga, with Takamitsu Kōno supervising the series' scripts, Masahiko Nakata adapting the original character designs, and Naoya Shimokawa and Aquaplus composing the music.

[45] In November 2021, it was revealed to be a television series adaptation produced by White Fox, with Kenichi Kawamura directing, Itsuki Yokoyama writing the series' scripts, Masahiko Nakata designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and Aquaplus composing the music.

Another internet radio show called Web Rajio Eruru no ko Heya IN Utawarerumono, was also aired on Oto Izumi broadcast station from April 16, 2009, to June 17, 2010.

On March 28, 2004, an isometric scrolling fighting game for Windows, based on the Utawarerumono characters and storyline, was released by Leaf.

[52] Across the semi-monthly chart of top 50 best-selling bishōjo games sold nationally in Japan, the Windows version of Utawarerumono ranked first in the last two weeks of April 2004.

[55] In an August 2007 survey conducted by Dengeki G's Magazine, Utawarerumono was voted the 15th most interesting bishōjo game by readers, tying with Kimi ga Nozomu Eien.

These episodes turn into "page turners" pretty quickly and do a very solid and entertaining job as the first chapter of a larger story.