TYPE-MOON
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is a prominent Japanese game company, best known for their visual novels. After creating the popular visual novel Tsukihime as a dojin soft organization, TYPE-MOON has since incorporated and produced the immensely popular visual novel Fate/stay night. Both of their works have been adapted into anime and manga series that have amassed a global fanbase.
History
TYPE-MOON was founded by artist Takashi Takeuchi and writer Kinoko Nasu, who's first project was the novel Kara no Kyoukai, which was originally released in October 1998 and reprinted in 2004. In December 2000, TYPE-MOON released the eroge PC-based visual novel game Tsukihime, which sold extremely well and amassed a large fanbase because of its comprehensive and expansive storyline and writer Kinoko Nasu's unique style of storytelling. The game led to the creation of numerous top selling merchandise, memorabilia, and a fanbase numbering millions around the World. Tsukihime was adapted soon after in 2003 into an anime series, Shingetsutan Tsukihime, which was produced by J.C.STAFF and published by Geneon, and a manga series based upon Shingetsutan Tsukihime that has been published since 2004.Soon after, in January 2001, TYPE-MOON released PLUS-DISK, an addition to Tsukihime that featured three side-stories and assorted multimedia, and in August 2001 released a sequel to Tsukihime, Kagetsu Tohya, and soon, in April 2003 released Tsuki-Bako, a specially packaged three-disk set that included Tsukihime, PLUS-Disk and Kagetsu Tohya and a remixed soundtrack for both games and more multimedia.
In December 2002, TYPE-MOON, in association with French-Bread (known as Watanabe Seisakujo prior to 2003), released their first fighting game, Melty Blood, a PC-based doujin game based on the Tsukihime universe, and which was very popular and was followed soon after by an expansion, Melty Blood ReACT, released in May 2004, to which a patch update, Melty Blood ReACT Final Tuned, was released as a free download over the Internet. Melty Blood is widely considered amongst the best doujin 2D fighting games ever made, and has been released as an arcade port, Melty Blood: Act Cadenza in March 2005, and is scheduled to be released on the PS2 platform in 2006.
TYPE-MOON soon transitioned from a dojin soft organization to a commercial organization, and in 30 January 2004, released their first commercial release, a PC-based eroge visual novel game, Fate/stay night, which broke all records on its opening day and was soon adapted into an anime series that aired 26 episodes in Japan starting 6 January 2006 and a manga series that has been published since 26 December 2005 in Shonen Ace (Known for the manga adapation of Neon Genisis Evangelion and Keroro Gunsou. A sequel to Fate/stay night, Fate/hollow ataraxia, was released on October 28, 2005. Fate/stay night is scheduled to be released on the PS2 platform in 2006.
Trivia
The company name TYPE-MOON actually comes from one of Kinoko's older works, Angel Notes. TYPE-MOON is said to be strongest aristotle of them all.Releases
TYPE-MOON have developed and produced the following:Novels
- Kara no Kyoukai, novel, originally released in October 1998 and reprinted in 2004.
Tsukihime
- Tsukihime, PC-based eroge visual novel game, originally released in December 2000.
- Tsukihime PLUS-DISK, released in January 2001.
- Kagetsu Tohya, PC-based Tsukihime sequel, released in August 2001.
- Tsuki-Bako, a specially packaged three-disk set that included Tsukihime, PLUS-Disk and Kagetsu Tohya and a remixed soundtrack for both games and more multimedia, released in April 2003.
Fate/stay night
- Fate/stay night, PC-based eroge visual novel game, released on January 30, 2004. A DVD version was released on March 29, 2006.
- Fate/hollow ataraxia, PC-based Fate/stay night sequel, released on October 28, 2005.
Melty Blood
- Melty Blood, PC-based fighting game, in association with French-Bread, released in December 2002.
- Melty Blood ReACT, PC-based expansion to Melty Blood, released in May 2004.
- Melty Blood ReACT Final Tuned, update patch to Melty Blood ReACT, released as a free download.
- , arcade port to Melty Blood, soon to be released on the PS2 platform in 2006.
External links
Official sites
- [TYPE-MOON's Official Homepage] ()
- [TYPE-MOON's founders and main staff Takashi Takeuchi and Kinoko Nasu's Online Diary] ()
- [Official Website for the Fate/stay night Anime Series] ()
Fan sites
- [The Moonlit World - Type-Moon Fansite]
- [Fuyuki - A detailed wiki encyclopedia dedicated to Fate/stay night]
- [Fatestaynight.org - A Fate/stay night Fansite]
- [Dies Irae - A Fate/stay night Fansite]
- [Syunsuke's Tsukihime fan-site.]
- [One of the most famous TYPE-MOON fansites] ()
- [A Chinese TYPE-MOON Fansite] ()
- [Typemoon.us - A portal of English fanfiction dedicated to TYPE-MOON and its storybase] ()
- [ramuneanime.com A Tsukihime fansite] ()
Translation Projects
- [Mirror Moon - A translation group seeking to translate TYPE-MOON's games to English, in association with Revolve]
- [Revolve - A translation group seeking to translate TYPE-MOON's games to English, in association with Mirror Moon]
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