''Akiba's Trip'' is a Japanese

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franchise by developer

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. The franchise consists of five games and an anime television series adaptation by

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that aired between January 4, 2017 and March 29, 2017.

Video games

''Akiba's Trip''

The original ''Akiba's Trip'' game was released on

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in Japan by

on May 19, 2011. An updated version, titled ''Akiba's Trip Plus'', was released for PSP on June 14, 2012. A

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and

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remake was released on July 20, 2021 in the U.S. and Europe, titled ''Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed''.

''Akiba's Trip for GREE''

The second release in the franchise, ''Akiba's Trip for GREE'' was a Japan-only

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game using the

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platform. It focused on acquiring

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s through a touchscreen

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version of the original's combat engine. The game launched on January 20, 2012 for Android and on June 29, 2012 for

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. Service was discontinued and the game was made unavailable on November 26, 2012.

''Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed''

Acquire released ''Akiba's Trip 2'' on

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and

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in Japan on November 7, 2013, and on

on July 3, 2014.

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released the game in North America under the title ''Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed''. They released the game on PS3 and PSVita on August 12, 2014, on PS4 on November 25, 2014, and on PC on May 26, 2015. Additionally,

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released the game in Europe.

''Akiba's Trip Festa!''

''Akiba's Trip Festa!'' was released for PC and Android in November 30, 2016.

''Akiba's Beat''

''Akiba's Beat'', the first action RPG game in the franchise, was originally scheduled for a fall 2016 release on PS4 and PS Vita, but was later delayed to December 15, 2016 on PS4 and March 16, 2017 on PS Vita. The game is directed by Kōta Takano, while

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is performing the theme song, "again". XSEED Games released the game in North America on May 16, 2017. It was also released in Europe by PQube on May 19, 2017.

References

External links

* * at DMM Games * {{in lang, ja *
Akiba's Trip Official Website
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