AnimePlay
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AnimePlay is a trademark used to refer to the visual novel games distributed by Hirameki International and a magazine profiling these games.
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.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
- , part one of a three-part adventure taking place over three time periods
- 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
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.
- Ever17, a suspense/romance.
- Animamundi, a gothic horror game.
- Piece of Wonder, a strategy game/romance.
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.See also: Animerica, Protoculture Addicts, Newtype USA.
External links
- http://www.hirameki-int.com/
- http://community.hirameki-int.com/
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