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French-Bread
is a Japanese video game developer founded in 1995 as . Originally a dōjin circle, French Bread became well known for their work in 2D fighting games, particularly the ''Melty Blood'' series. In recent years, they worked on other licensed-based fighting games, such as ''Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax'' and the company’s original game, ''Under Night In-Birth''. Most of its developed video games are commonly released for Microsoft Windows, Sega arcade systems, and PlayStation consoles. History The studio was named after a friend of Nobuya Narita, with whom he often played video games with the latter after school. They initially developed desk accessories for Windows. Narita discovered dojin Windows action games and fighting games such as the and ''Moon Lights 2'' that were ported from the X68000 home computer. He subsequently decided to develop his own project for Windows. It was initially conceived as an original work, but creating unique character designs and graphics proved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melty Blood
, sometimes shortened as , is a series of 2D visual novel fighting games, co-developed by dōjin circles Type-Moon and French-Bread as the meta-sequel of the Type-Moon's first visual novel ''Tsukihime''. The first game was originally released at Comiket in December 2002, and later spawned multiple sequels, such as an arcade version titled ''Act Cadenza'', developed by Ecole Software, which has also been ported to the PlayStation 2, the first Type-Moon title to receive a console release. A manga series, written and illustrated by Takeru Kirishima, was first serialized in Kadokawa Shoten manga magazine Comp Ace in 2006. The series ended in 2011 with nine bound volumes released in Japan. The latest title, called '' Melty Blood: Type Lumina'', was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows on September 30, 2021. It serves as a reboot of the series, and takes place in a new continuity first depicted in '' Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Night In-Birth
is a 2D fighting game co-developed by Ecole Software and French-Bread. It received many updates for adjustments and characters. Gameplay The game has similar mechanics to ''Melty Blood'', ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue''. It uses three attack buttons and a fourth one tied to the "GRD" meter. Attacks can cancel each other in any order, and into special and super moves. GRD is a tug-of-war mechanic to reward players for defense or offense, for them to use Shield, an enhanced defensive technique; Assault, an air dashing move; and Force Functions, a character-specific action serving as offense or a temporary buff. Whichever character has more GRD at the end of a cycle gains a temporary "Vorpal" buff, improving their moves and damage, and using Chain Shift, which cancels any move, resets the character to a neutral state and receives extra meter for the GRD. However, incorrectly guarding moves with Shield causes a state known as GRD Break, which locks a character out of any techniqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glove On Fight
is a doujin boxing video game released at the Comic Revolution 31 convention in May 2002 by Watanabe Seisakujo (now French-Bread). The name of the game is a take on "'' Groove on Fight''", which is a sequel of the '' Power Instinct'' series, though other than that the two games have very little in common. The game was developed to test routines that the programmer would use in ''Melty Blood''. Characters The game features characters from various sources, including anime, dating sims, other doujin, and a company mascot. When the game is played for the first time, only five characters are available. Three more will be unlocked when the player progresses through the game (which are the three last opponents in the game), making a total of eight playable characters. Initial characters: * Ayu Tsukimiya (from Kanon) * Ciel (from Tsukihime) * Dejiko (from Di Gi Charat) * Ecoco (company mascot of Tohoku Electric Power) * Seika Mori (from Gunparade March) Unlockable characters: * Sats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax
is a 2D arcade fighting game developed by Ecole Software and French Bread and published by Sega. The game celebrates the 20th anniversary of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint, featuring various characters from light novels published under the imprint. The game was first released in Japanese arcades in March 2014, and later released on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on November 13, 2014. The console version was released in North America and Europe in October 2015. The game's theme song is "Belief" by Mami Kawada. An updated version of the game, titled , was released in July 2015. The update contains additional characters and more balanced gameplay. The updated version was released on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in December 2015 only in Japan. The updated version's theme song is "ID" by LiSA. Gameplay ''Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax'' is a two-dimensional fighting game, in which two players fight against each using both a playable fighter cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating a free and open Internet. , the Internet Archive holds over 35 million books and texts, 8.5 million movies, videos and TV shows, 894 thousand software programs, 14 million audio files, 4.4 million images, 2.4 million TV clips, 241 thousand concerts, and over 734 billion web pages in the Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill Time Communication
is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Kill Time Communication. Its target readership is males between their teens and thirties. The first volume was released on July 25, 2006, and ran in bimonthly volumes until it switched to monthly publication, starting with Volume 30 on May 27, 2011. However, it switched back to bimonthly serialization following the release of Volume 34 on September 27, 2011. The final issue (Volume 40) was published on September 27, 2012, before it switched to a free, online-only publication on its website with full volumes and chapters available on Nico Nico Douga's online book service, Nico Nico Seiga. At the time it was launched, it was described by Anime News Network as a "''bishōjo'' battle magazine," reflecting the large proportion of stories featuring attractive young women engaged in adventure or combat in futuristic or young adult fantasy settings. Many manga serialized in ''Comic Valkyrie'' are later pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Institute Of Technology
is a national research university located in Greater Tokyo Area, Japan. Tokyo Tech is the largest institution for higher education in Japan dedicated to science and technology, one of first five Designated National University and selected as a Top Type university of Top Global University Project by the Japanese government. It is generally considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. Tokyo Tech's main campus is located at Ōokayama on the boundary of Meguro and Ota, with its main entrance facing the Ōokayama Station. Other campuses are located in Suzukakedai and Tamachi. Tokyo Tech is organised into 6 schools, within which there are over 40 departments and research centres. Tokyo Tech enrolled 4,734 undergraduates and 1,464 graduate students for 2015–2016. It employs around 1,100 faculty members. Tokyo Institute of Technology produced a Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry Hideki Shirakawa Ph.D. History Foundation and early years (1881–1922) Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolute Duo
is a Japanese light novel series by Takumi Hiiragiboshi with illustrations by Yū Asaba. Media Factory has published eleven volumes since 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. It has received two manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit aired between January 4 and March 22, 2015. Plot Tor Kokonoe enrolls in Koryo Academy, a high school where its students battle each other with weapons known as as training to become future peacekeepers. The students must pass a battle during the qualification ceremony of the freshmen day in order to be enrolled in the academy. Although most students manifest their Blazes as melee weapons, Tor's ability manifests as a shield, making him an . The school uses a special Duo system in which students are assigned partners. Tor is paired with Julie Sigtuna, a silver-haired girl from Scandinavia, and must share a room with her. Characters Main ; : :Tor is the narrator of the ''Absolute Duo'' light novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akatsuki Blitzkampf
is a series of Japanese dōjin 2D fighting games, developed by the dōjin circle SUBTLE STYLE for Microsoft Windows and arcades. It takes place in an alternate 21 century in the year 200X - 20XX, where most of its characters wears outfits from World War II era. Games ''Akatsuki'' ''Akatsuki Shisei Ichigō'' is the first installment of the series, which was released in November 2003 for Microsoft Windows. As the game itself has no storyline, it is a prototype version of ''Akatsuki Blitzkampf'', below. ''Akatsuki Blitzkampf'' is a full version of ''Akatsuki Shisei Ichigō'', developed by the dōjin circle SUBTLE STYLE for Microsoft Windows and arcades. ''Akatsuki Blitzkampf Ausf. Achse'' is a final standalone revision of the first game for arcade and Microsoft Windows. After finding success on the Dōjin soft scene, on September 27, 2007, ''Monthly Arcadia'' magazine confirmed that the game would be launched as an arcade title, with the provisional name "Akatsuki Blitzk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka 120% Burning Fest
is a Japanese bishōjo fighting game series developed by Fill-in-Cafe and published by FamilySoft. It is set in a school where members of school clubs fight each other in a fighting tournament. Originally released on the FM Towns home personal computer in 1994, it was released for multiple systems through the years. Masatoshi Imaizumi led development with artwork provided by manga artist Aoi Nanase and music by Keishi Yonao. Plot The game is set at the Ryōran Private School for Women, which educates the daughters of the upper echelons of society. Every year, the school's clubs hold a martial arts tournament called the "Club Rivalry Budget Contest Mega Fight" to compete for increased budget to the winning school club. After repeated poor performances at previous tournaments, the Chemistry Club president, Tetsuko Ōgigaya, scouts and trains Asuka Honda to become this year's winner. Asuka now has to defeat members of several school clubs in order to succeed. Gameplay The gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanon (visual Novel)
''Kanon'' is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key, a brand of Visual Arts. It was released on June 4, 1999 for Windows as an adult game. Key later released versions of ''Kanon'' without the erotic content, and the game was ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Nintendo Switch. The story follows the life of Yuichi Aizawa, a high school student who returns to a city he last visited seven years prior, and he has little recollection of the events from back then. He meets several girls and slowly regains his lost memories. The gameplay in ''Kanon'' follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters by the player character. The game once ranked as the second best-selling PC game sold in Japan, and charted in the national top 50 several more times afterwards. ''Kanon'' has sold over 300,000 units across several platforms. Following the game's release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf (Japanese Company)
Leaf is a Japanese visual novel studio under the publisher Aquaplus, and has offices in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, and Tokyo. It and its competitor Key (to which it is often compared) are two of the most popular and successful dedicated visual novel studios operating today. It was launched out of obscurity by its early release ''To Heart''. Leaf used the XviD video codec in several games: '' Aruru to Asobo!!'', ''Tears to Tiara'', ''Kusari'', and '' ToHeart2 X Rated''. Since XviD is free software, released under the GPL, Leaf was obligated to release the source code to those games under the same license. One still requires the game data to actually play the games with the source code. In addition, a free software game engine, named xlvns, was developed soon after Leaf released its first three visual novels. Characters from ''Utawarerumono'', ''Tears to Tiara'', ''To Heart'', and ''Kizuato'' are playable in '' Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match'', a fighting game developed by Aquaplus featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
