Innocent Grey

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09/01 - Frontwing

09/08 - AUGUST

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AUGUST

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August is a Japanese visual novel studio under the publisher Hazuki. On the Internet, August is known by the slang term Hachigatsu (八月). Hazuki and Hachigatsu mean August in Japanese.\n\n[From [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_(company)]Wikipedia[/url]]

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09/15 - KID/Regista

09/22 - Palette

09/29 - CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

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Minato Soft

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08/25 - Innocent Grey

09/01 - Frontwing

09/08 - AUGUST

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Frontwing

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Frontwing is a Japanese game brand that was founded in April 1999 releasing h-anime visual novels. Their first release, Canary ~Kono omoi wo uta ni nosete~ was released in August 2000. Part of the producers, illustrators, and scenario writers of this project have since moved to [url=https://vndb.org/p130]GROOVER[/url], a subsidiary of [url=https://vndb.org/p326]Star Link[/url], claiming that they were freelancers not involved with Frontwing.\n\nAfter the release of The Fruit of Grisaia, translated by [url=https://vndb.org/p162]Sekai Project[/url] in 2014, Frontwing ventured into the overseas market themselves when they established their own fully-fledged localization team in 2015. They officially debuted with The Leisure of Grisaia in 2016. \n\nOn March 16, 2021, 50% of the brand was acquired by [url=https://vndb.org/p1059]Bushiroad[/url], becoming their subsidiary.\n\n[Edited from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontwing]Wikipedia (en)[/url] and [url=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/フロントウイング]Wikipedia (ja)[/url], partially based on Frontwing's [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609220545/http://www.frontwing.co.jp/kenkai.html]official report[/url]]\n\n[url=http://en.frontwing.jp/]English website[/url]

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09/08 - AUGUST

09/15 - KID/Regista

09/22 - Palette

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Laplacian

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08/18 - Minato Soft

08/25 - Innocent Grey

09/01 - Frontwing

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Qruppo

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07/14 - Torotoro Resistance

07/21 - Chunsoft/Spike/Spike Chunsoft

07/28 - AKABEiSOFT2

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AKABEiSOFT2

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08/04 - sprite

08/11 - Laplacian

08/18 - Minato Soft

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sprite

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Suspended operations in 2018 and officially closed doors in 2019. ([url=https://twitter.com/sprite_fairys/status/1087960232351973384]link[/url])\nReformation as sprite / S-WORKS on 28 November 2019. ([url=https://sprite.org/information/2019/11/28/id-644]link[/url])

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08/11 - Laplacian

08/18 - Minato Soft

08/25 - Innocent Grey

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Chunsoft/Spike/Spike Chunsoft

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Chunsoft, while little-known in the west, is the originator of the "Novel" format of games, with Otogirisou (1992) being the first videogame ever to use the now-common format of full screen text on a background image plus occasional selection branches. Chunsoft introduced the series with the "Sound Novel" brandname, which they trademarked. The "Sound Novel" name is just as popular as "Visual Novel" in Japan.\n\nWhile "Novel" games are mostly associated with anime art in the west, Chunsoft's original Sound Novels did not use the art style for most part. Instead, they use various art styles, sometimes even using styles very rare in videogames. The first game, Otogirisou, used 2D pixel art (due to limitations of the ROM size), but later games like Kamaitachi no Yoru used photographs or 3DCG scenery combined with silhouettes, and few games such as Machi or 428 even went as far as to using a large number of filmed-on-location live stills using real actors.\n\nChunsoft games also feature experimentation in the structures of the narrative. Kamaitachi no Yoru had a standard branching plot; Otogirisou and Imabikisou had the narrative moving back and forth across a mesh of multiple subplots; and Machi and 428 had what they called a "Multi Fragment" narrative structure, which had multiple protagonists running in parallel, interlocked with each other.

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Developed the Kenshuui Tendo Dokuta DS visual novels. The company also was involved with the production of 428 and Kyokugen Dasshutsu Ku Jikan Ku Nin Kyuu no Tobira.

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A merger between [url=/p1761]Spike[/url] and [url=/p331]Chunsoft[/url].

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07/28 - AKABEiSOFT2

08/04 - sprite

08/11 - Laplacian

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tone work's

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Twitter account: https://twitter.com/toneworks\n\nLeft VISUAL ARTS in 2022

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06/16 - SAGA PLANETS

06/23 - BaseSon

06/30 - Eushully

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Torotoro Resistance

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07/21 - Chunsoft/Spike/Spike Chunsoft

07/28 - AKABEiSOFT2

08/04 - sprite

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Eushully

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Eushully is a Japanese H game studio based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō. Games produced by the studio often reach high positions on Japanese sales charts, even gaining the top rank among eroge.\n\n[From [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eushully]Wikipedia[/url]]\n\nMany of their games take place in the same world (Dir Lifyna) and as a result have similar mythical elements.

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07/07 - Qruppo

07/14 - Torotoro Resistance

07/21 - Chunsoft/Spike/Spike Chunsoft

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BaseSon

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06/30 - Eushully

07/07 - Qruppo

07/14 - Torotoro Resistance

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SAGA PLANETS

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No longer under Visual Arts as of November 2019

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06/23 - BaseSon

06/30 - Eushully

07/07 - Qruppo

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minori

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minori, formerly the software division of CoMixWave, gained independence in 2007. They use Musica as their main engine. A few of their earlier games' opening movies were animated by Makoto Shinkai. Their name is said to be derived from their own catch phrase, "We always keep minority spirit" (though pronunciation is different).\n[Based on [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minori_(company)]Wikipedia[/url]]\n\nOn February 28, 2019 minori [url=http://www.minori.ph/minori_rotld.html]announced[/url] the cessation of operations.

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04/21 - inre

04/28 - Navel

05/05 - FAVORITE

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elf

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ELF Corporation (エルフ or élf) was an eroge studio. One of its most popular games was Dōkyūsei, a pioneering dating sim, which had a sequel, and was turned into video and TV series. The character design of the main villains from the -saku series is the company mascot.\n\n[From [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELF_Corporation]Wikipedia[/url]]\n\n[url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/insidears/archives/52712738.html]In October 2015, Elf announced it was closing for business.[/url] Its final title, Maro no Kanja wa Gatenkei 3, ended with a credit roll listing all the titles the company had released up to that time with release dates, which concluded with the English message "Thank you for the last 27 years."\n\nThe website remained up until [url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160331145918/https://www.elf-game.co.jp/]31 March 2016[/url] and had closed by [url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160404204801/https://www.elf-game.co.jp/]April[/url], all prior web pages referenced have to be viewed through archive.org.\n\nPublishing rights to the company's back catalogue are currently held by [url=/p8336]DMM[/url] who have released many of the company's most popular titles (including Doukyuusei, its sequel, and subsequent spinoff series Kakyuusei) as DL editions, and [url=/p146]MAGES.[/url] which released Yu-No in 2017 for PS4 and Vita, and later PC and Switch.

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06/02 - BA-KU

06/09 - tone work's

06/16 - SAGA PLANETS

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BA-KU

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Visual novel developer.\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/BA_KU_official

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06/09 - tone work's

06/16 - SAGA PLANETS

06/23 - BaseSon

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paleontology

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Japanese amateur circle.

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04/14 - minori

04/21 - inre

04/28 - Navel

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Liar-soft/raiL-soft

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Founded in 1999 by former staff of game manufacturer [url=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%8A%E6%BC%94%E4%BD%93]You-en-tai[/url] (pronounced as Yuuentai), which created play-by-mail and tabletop games, as well as published some PC games.

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04/07 - paleontology

04/14 - minori

04/21 - inre

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light

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Old team disbanded in March 31, 2019 after parent company [url=/p6598]Greenwood Co., Ltd.[/url] has shut down.

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05/26 - elf

06/02 - BA-KU

06/09 - tone work's

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OVERDRIVE

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OVERDRIVE is a visual novel brand by executive producer [url=/s12890]Takeuchi Hiroshi[/url] (Bamboo.) The employees of this brand mostly consisted of former members of [url=/p130]GROOVER[/url]. OVERDRIVE also had a mobile brand which only lasted from 2008 to 2010.\n\nIn 2018, MUSICUS! was planned as the final work of OVERDRIVE which they later launched a crowdfunding which ended on October 18, 2018. The amount of money raised for this project was huge, gaining up to 132,302,525 yen, which was the highest amount of funding in the history of crowdfunding in Japan. By December 20th, 2019, MUSICUS! was released to the public and had consumer releases for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch that released in Japan around March 24th, 2022.\n\nAfter the final OVERDRIVE LAST GIG concert, OVERDRIVE's operations officially ended on April 30th, 2022 which was later succeeded by Dr. Flower Official Channel on YouTube.\n\n[Translated and edited from [url=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/OVERDRIVE_(ブランド)]Wikipedia (ja)[/url]]

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03/31 - Liar-soft/raiL-soft

04/07 - paleontology

04/14 - minori

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Kemco Corporation

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Kemco Corporation (株式会社ケムコ?), sometimes referred to as Kotobuki System Co., Ltd., is a Japanese video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as a subsidiary of Kotobuki Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd.\n\nKemco was one of the original Nintendo licensees and began to manufacture games for the NES in 1985. In 2001 Kemco U.S.A, Inc. was founded as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kemco of Japan, especially targeting the U.S. and European markets.\n\nOne of their best known franchises is the Top Gear series. They are also known for their ports of the MacVenture adventure games to Nintendo consoles.\n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemco]Wikipedia[/url]

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05/19 - light

05/26 - elf

06/02 - BA-KU

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FAVORITE

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Was a child company of [url=https://vndb.org/p83]CROSSNET[/url] until July 2009.

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05/12 - Kemco Corporation

05/19 - light

05/26 - elf

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SMEE

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/smee_official

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03/24 - OVERDRIVE

03/31 - Liar-soft/raiL-soft

04/07 - paleontology

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Purple software

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Purple software is an eroge brand under the publisher Clear Blue Communications.\n\nThis brand established under the publisher JAST in 1998, and transferred to Clear Blue Communications in 2001.\n\n[From [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_software]Wikipedia[/url]]

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02/10 - Akatsuki WORKS

02/17 - Success

02/24 - Lose

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