AnimePlay is a trademark used to refer to the visual novel games distributed by Hirameki International and a magazine profiling these games. Anime games are computer or video games that are based on anime or manga, or use an art style commonly stereotyped as anime in their presentation (technically, anime is not an art style, though many follow a certain trend), or upon which anime or manga have been made. ... A visual novel is a Japanese adventure game that only remains a game in the loosest sense of the word. ... Dōjin soft (short for software) are video games created by Japanese hobbyists, more for fun than for profit; essentially, the Japanese equivalent of shareware video games. ... Dating simulations are a genre of computer and video games, usually Japanese, with romantic elements. ... An eroge (erotic game) is a Japanese video or computer game that features erotic content, usually in the form of anime-style artwork. ... A renai game (恋愛ゲーム) is a Japanese adventure video game focusing on romantic interactions with anime characters, usually girls. ... A bishōjo game (美少女ゲーム bishōjo gēmu); more often spelled bishoujo game), also known as a girl game/gal game is a type of Japanese video game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls. ... BL games (also known as yaoi games) usually refer to H games oriented around homosexual couples, though they can be any male/male dating sim. ... GxB is a common abbreviation used in reference to dating sims and occasionally used to describe general fictional works where a female main character dates male characters. ... All pairings is a common term used in reference to dating sims and similarly set-up friendship games where there are both male and female playable characters and/or both male and female potential dates available. ... A visual novel is a Japanese adventure game that only remains a game in the loosest sense of the word. ...

AnimePlay DVD

AnimePlay DVDs are the only English-language visual novels that are playable on plain DVD players; they can also be played on PCs with DVD-ROM drives or video game consoles which can play DVDs like the PlayStation 2 or Xbox. The restrictions of the DVD format mean that these games are missing many features present in most visual novels, however, such as separate volume controls for music and voices; controlling the speed at which text is played; and ability to save the game at any point. the internals of a DVD player A DVD player is a device for playing video DVDs. ... The official DVD logo. ... A video game console is a dedicated electronic machine designed to play video games. ... The official DVD logo. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... The Microsoft Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America and Puerto Rico , then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. ...

These games are also notable for being among the only commercially released visual novels available in English which do not contain sex scenes and thus are suitable for children.

The following games have been released in AnimePlay format:

• Phantom of Inferno, a crime drama
• Amusement Park, a romantic drama
• Day of Love, a high school romance
• Tea Society of a Witch, a magical fantasy
• Hourglass of Summer, a time travel romance
• Ishika and Honori, a spiritual detective drama
• Dragonia, a fantasy adventure game
• Exodus Guilty: Vol. 1 - Present, part one of a three-part adventure taking place over three time periods

Hirameki International announced in 2003 that having released Phantom of Inferno earlier that year, they would be releasing fifteen more titles in AnimePlay format in the fourth quarter of 2003, and described all sixteen on their website; however, in summer of 2003 most of these titles were removed from the website. Phantom of Inferno, Amusement Park and Day of Love were the only games released in 2003. The full list of visual novels to which they apparantly acquired the rights is: Phantom of Inferno is a visual novel game distributed by Hirameki International(a subsidiary of the Japanese visual novel publisher Hirameki). ... Day of Love is a dating simulation game that originated in Japan. ... Tea Society of a Witch is an interactive anime DVD. The main character is a young high school boy who meets a couple of witches. ...

• Phantom of Inferno: released in 2003
• Day of Love: released in 2003
• The Sixteenth Night Love Song, a love adventure game: status unknown
• The Bride of Ergeners, a marriage adventure game: status unknown
• Lying on Yoshia Heights, a fantasy adventure game: status unknown
• Koimusubi (Lovers' Knot), a romance story: status unknown
• Amusement Park: released in 2003
• Snow Talk, a fantasy simulation game: status unknown
• Separate Blue, a school love story: status unknown
• Azrael, a ghost story: status unknown
• Sweet Legacy, a cooking love story: status unknown
• Five O One, an action story: status unknown
• Canary, a school love story: status unknown
• Hooligan, an action love comedy: status unknown
• Tea Society of a Witch: released in summer 2004
• Hourglass of Summer: released in summer 2004

In late 2005, Hirameki announced on their blog that after releasing the remaining two volumes of Exodus Guilty, the AnimePlay DVD series will be discontinued, and all of their visual novel titles will be released on PC. Artistic depiction of the angel of death Azrael (Arabic: ) is typically known as one of the names of the angel of death, and is an English form of the Arabic name Izrail, the name traditionally attributed to the angel of death in Islam, although the name Malaikat Maut (which is... Binomial name Serinus canaria (Linnaeus, 1758) For other uses, see Canary (disambiguation). ... Ultras at FC Twente - SC Heerenveen in 2002 Hooliganism is unruly and destructive behaviour, usually by gangs of young people. ...

AnimePlay PC

AnimePlay PC games are the visual novels released in the United States by Hirameki International. Currently, they include:

• Ai Yori Aoshi, a port of the PlayStation 2 game.
• Ever 17, a suspense/romance.
• Animamundi, a gothic horror game.
• Piece of Wonder, a strategy game/romance.

Hirameki has announced that all of their future releases (after finishing releasing the Exodus Guilty trilogy on Interactive DVD) will be on this product line. It is unknown whether any of the 15 titles announced for DVD release in 2003 are currently slated for a PC release. Ai Yori Aoshi (藍より青し) is a manga by Kou Fumizuki released in 1998 on Hakusenshas Young Animal, a magazine for young men. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ...

AnimePlay Magazine

AnimePlay was also a quarterly magazine published by Hirameki International. It featured a thin print edition, with the majority of its material on an interactive DVD. The magazine mostly reviewed the AnimePlay DVD releases, but anime and manga as well. The magazine published its first issue in July 2003. It was announced shortly after the opening of the Hirameki Community Site that Hirameki will no longer publish AnimePlay Magazine, choosing instead to focus on releasing PC titles. // Atom, star of the long-running science fiction series Mighty Atom (also known as Astro Boy to Western audiences). ... For other uses, see Manga (disambiguation). ...

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External links

• http://www.hirameki-int.com/
• http://community.hirameki-int.com/