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Itaru Hinoue
is the pseudonym of a Japanese artist from Osaka, Japan, who is one of the founding members of the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's. Hinoue's choice of her pseudonym stems from the manga ''C'' by Shō Kitagawa; the protagonist in the manga was named . Before forming Key, Hinoue worked for the company Tactics where she had a hand in the creation of the company's three games: ''Dōsei'', ''Moon'', and '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e''. After forming Key, Hinoue has become known for her work on such titles as '' Kanon'', ''Air'' and ''Clannad''. Her dōjinshi circle is known as "Soldier Frog". In September 2016, Hinoue resigned from Key and VisualArt's. Career Hinoue entered a vocational school to become a professional artist due to the influence of the popular adult visual novel '' Dōkyūsei'' by ELF. Her first work for a visual novel was as one of many artists for ''Tamago Ryōri'' by Bon Bin Pompon in 1996, but shortly after transferred to the software company Tactics under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara Prefecture to the southeast, and Wakayama Prefecture to the south. Osaka is the capital and largest city of Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Sakai, Higashiōsaka, and Hirakata. Osaka Prefecture is the third-most-populous prefecture, but by geographic area the second-smallest; at it is the second-most densely populated, below only Tokyo. Osaka Prefecture is one of Japan's two "Fu (country subdivision), urban prefectures" using the designation ''fu'' (府) rather than the standard ''Prefectures of Japan#Types of prefecture, ken'' for prefectures, along with Kyoto Prefecture. Osaka Prefecture forms the center of the Keihanshin metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dōjinshi
, also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created by amateurs, though some professional artists participate in order to publish material outside the regular industry. Groups of ''doujinshi'' artists refer to themselves as a . Several such groups actually consist of a single artist: they are sometimes called . Since the 1980s, the main method of distribution has been through regular ''doujinshi'' conventions, the largest of which is called Comiket (short for "Comic Market") held in the summer and winter in Tokyo's Big Sight. At the convention, over of ''doujinshi'' are bought, sold, and traded by attendees. ''Doujinshi'' creators who base their materials on other creators' works normally publish in small numbers to maintain a low profile so as to protect themselves against litigation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Wonderful Life
''It's a Wonderful Life'' is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ''The Greatest Gift'', which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella ''A Christmas Carol''. The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his personal dreams, in order to help others in his community, and whose thoughts of suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody ( Henry Travers). Theatrically, the film's break-even point was $6.3 million, about twice the production cost, a figure it did not come close to achieving on its initial release. Because of the film's disappointing sales, Capra was seen by some studios as having lost his ability to produce popular, financially successful films. Although ''It's a Wonderful Life'' initially received mixed reviews and was unsuccessful at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reverie Of A Little Planet
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OdiakeS
OdiakeS (born March 22) is a Japanese composer from Tokyo, Japan who has worked for a variety of visual novel companies. His first work was on the game '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' under Tactics. When the staff of ''One'' left Tactics to create the company Key, OdiakeS became a member of Key and had a hand in the musical composition of Key's first title '' Kanon''. After ''Kanon'' was complete, OdiakeS left Key and became a freelance artist; over time he has been employed by several different visual novel companies. OdiakeS has also been active with his dōjin music circle SJV-SC. Career OdiakeS began his musical career for visual novels with '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' by the company Tactics under Nexton released in 1998. After the completion of ''One'', OdiakeS, and much of the staff who made ''One'', including Jun Maeda, Itaru Hinoue, Shinji Orito, and Naoki Hisaya, left Tactics to work under the video game publishing company VisualArt's where they formed the company Key. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Hisaya
, born , is a Japanese screenwriter who has worked for Tactics, Key and Siesta, but as of 2006, he is a freelance writer. He is well known for being the main writer of the popular visual novel '' Kanon'' while working under Key. Additional works include ''Moon'', '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'', and ''Moon Childe''. He is also known for being the original concept writer for ''Sola'' and '' Sora no Method''. He later wrote the scenario for the action role-playing game ''Crystar''. He also does work in a dōjin circle named Cork Board. Career Naoki Hisaya debuted as the main scenario writer for the adult visual novel developer Tactics under Nexton in 1997. He first worked on the company's second title ''Moon'', followed by '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' in 1998. After ''Ones completion, Hisaya and much of the staff who made both ''Moon'' and ''One'', including Jun Maeda, Itaru Hinoue, Shinji Orito, and OdiakeS, left Tactics to work under the video game publishing company VisualArt's wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinji Orito
is a Japanese musical composer originally from Hyōgo, Japan working for the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's. Before forming Key, Orito worked for another software company named Leaf where he contributed to four games. After leaving Leaf, Orito transferred to another company named Tactics where he had a hand in the creation of three games for that company: ''Dōsei'', ''Moon'', and '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e''. After forming Key, Orito has put much work into such famous titles as '' Kanon'', ''Air'' and ''Clannad''. Orito has been influenced by the famous Japanese composers Joe Hisaishi and Yuzo Koshiro. Career After graduating from high school, Orito went to work at a bank, but due to a recession in the economy, the bank eventually fell to restructuring, and Orito quit soon after. Orito originally found new work at the video game developer TGL composing music, but was invited by a friend from high school named Naoya Shimokawa (now the president of Aquaplus) to come wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Maeda
is a Japanese writer and co-founder of the visual novel brand Key under Visual Arts. He is considered a pioneer of nakige visual novels, and has mainly contributed as a scenario writer, lyricist, and musical composer for the games the company produces. His style was originally inspired by James Herbert Brennan, and is influenced by Haruki Murakami's novel ''Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World''. Originally from Mie, Japan, Maeda graduated from Mie high school and later went on to graduate from Chukyo University with a major in psychology. Before forming Key, Maeda worked for the company Tactics where he had a hand in the creation of two games for that company, ''Moon'' and '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e''. After forming Key, Maeda has put much work into such titles as '' Kanon'', ''Air'', ''Clannad'', '' Little Busters!'', ''Angel Beats!'', ''Charlotte'', ''Summer Pockets'', and ''The Day I Became a God''. He is also the author of a manga series titled ''Hibiki's Magic'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nexton
is a Japanese software publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribution of adult visual novels for 23 game development brands that Nexton is partners with. The company is located in Osaka, Japan. The current president, Akihiko Suzuki has served as the chief director of the Ethics Organization of Computer Software. Brands *Azarashi Soft and its subsidiaries, Azarashi Soft+1 and Azarashi Soft Zero *BaseSon and its subsidiaries, BaseSon SPICE* and BaseSon Light *Cinematograph *Galactica *Herencia *KarinProject *Latte (Formerly Tactics*Latte) *Liquid *Lusterise *Luxury (Formerly Tactics*Luxury) and its subsidiary Luxury Tiara *M's TOY BOX: **Dark One! **GLASSES **RE:creation **Sky Rocket *Mayfar Soft *Nameless *Nomad *Portion *Pure-Liquid *Score and its subsidiary Score hukoa!*Torte Soft *Yumemiru (Co-owned by DiGination) ;Former brands *PL+US *Psycho—produced Miko Miko Nurse *Tactics *RaSen (succeeded by Yukari, independent from Nexton) Tactics Tactics wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tactics (company)
is a Japanese software publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribution of adult visual novels for 23 game development brands that Nexton is partners with. The company is located in Osaka, Japan. The current president, Akihiko Suzuki has served as the chief director of the Ethics Organization of Computer Software. Brands *Azarashi Soft and its subsidiaries, Azarashi Soft+1 and Azarashi Soft Zero *BaseSon and its subsidiaries, BaseSon SPICE* and BaseSon Light *Cinematograph *Galactica *Herencia *KarinProject *Latte (Formerly Tactics*Latte) *Liquid *Lusterise *Luxury (Formerly Tactics*Luxury) and its subsidiary Luxury Tiara *M's TOY BOX: **Dark One! **GLASSES **RE:creation **Sky Rocket *Mayfar Soft *Nameless *Nomad *Portion *Pure-Liquid *Score and its subsidiary Score hukoa!*Torte Soft *Yumemiru (Co-owned by DiGination) ;Former brands *PL+US *Psycho—produced Miko Miko Nurse *Tactics *RaSen (succeeded by Yukari, independent from Nexton) Tactics Tactics wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Software Company
A software company is a company whose primary products are various forms of software, software technology, distribution, and software product development. They make up the software industry. Types There are a number of different types of software companies: *There are companies selling available to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, such as Microsoft's Outlook, Word and Excel, Adobe Systems's Acrobat, Illustrator and other designing tools, or Google apps like Chrome. *Many companies provide Software Development services, and have a structure to develop custom software for other companies and businesses. *Companies producing specialized commercial off-the-shelf software, such as Panorama, Hyperion, and Siebel Systems *Companies providing Software as a Service (SaaS), such as Google's email service Gmail, Voice and Maps, and companies like Salesforce and Zendesk. *Technology that mobilizes social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and Parler. * *There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ELF Corporation
, stylized as élf, was a Japanese eroge studio. One of its most popular games is '' Dōkyūsei'', a pioneering dating sim, which has had a sequel and been turned into adult OVA series. The character design of the main villains from the ''-saku'' series is the company mascot. They are also known for role-playing video games such as the '' Dragon Knight'' series and visual novel adventure games such as '' YU-NO''. Many ELF games had been turned into adult OVA series. Three of ELF game series had even been turned into TV anime series: '' Elf-ban Kakyūsei'', ''Raimuiro Senkitan'' and '' YU-NO''. Elf was founded on April 27, 1989 in Tokyo. As of 2004, the CEO is . EFC, the ELF Fan Club (エルフＦＣ), has an active membership. There is a project that aims at recreating the game engine for other platforms. After 27 years, it was announced in October 2015 that the company was closing for business. Some of their games were re-released by DMM Games. Video games ;Yellow Vip ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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