is an adult-themed

dating sim Dating sims, also known as dating simulation games, are a video game subgenre of simulation games with romantic elements. While resembling the visual novel genre in presentation, true dating sims utilize an additional statistical and time manage ...

series created by

ELF Corporation , stylized as élf, was a Japanese eroge studio. One of its most popular games is ''Dōkyūsei (video game), Dōkyūsei'', a pioneering dating sim, which has had a sequel and been turned into adult OVA series. The character design of the main ...

. The original '' Dōkyūsei'', originally released in 1992 for the NEC

PC-9801 The , commonly shortened to PC-98 or simply , is a lineup of Japanese 16-bit and 32-bit Personal computer, personal computers manufactured by NEC from 1982 to 2003. While based on Intel processors, it uses an in-house architecture making it inc ...

microcomputer, is generally considered to be the forerunner of the modern

. It was followed by sequels: ''

Dōkyūsei 2 is a video game published by ELF Corporation and the sequel to '' Dōkyūsei''. ''Dōkyūsei 2'' was released in 1995 for PC-98, FM Towns and MS-DOS, in 1996 on PC-FX and in 1997 for Super Famicom, Sega Saturn, PlayStation and Microsoft Wind ...

'' and ''

Kakyūsei is a dating sim series by ELF Corporation originally created by Masato Hiruta, as a spin-off of the '' Dōkyūsei'' series. ''Kakyūsei'' was released on PC-98 in 1996, MS-DOS and Sega Saturn in 1997, Microsoft Windows in 1998 and Mac OS ...

'' (下級生, "Underclassmates"), both of which were also very successful. ''Kakyūsei'' was also followed by a sequel, ''Kakyūsei 2''. There were multiple

OVA , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the ...

s made from ''Dōkyūsei'', a 12-episode OVA series (and three extra) from ''Dōkyūsei 2'', and both OVAs and TV series from ''Kakyūsei'' and ''Kakyūsei 2''. Despite its title, most of the girl characters are not classmates of the main character.

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Brief history of ''Dōkyūsei'' and ''Kakyūsei''
(archive article) * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dokyusei series 1999 anime television series debuts ELF Corporation games Eroge Pink Pineapple Video game franchises introduced in 1992