Hirameki International Group Inc. was an American company founded in March 2000 which specialized in translating
visual novel
A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...
s from
Japan
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and releasing them to the American market. It is named after the
Japanese
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word for the noun "flash" or "insight". On January 2, 2008, the company elected to bow out of games production.
Products
AnimePlay PC
The
AnimePlay
Anime Play is a trademark used to refer to the visual novel games distributed by Hirameki International and a (discontinued) magazine profiling these games.
Anime Play DVD
Anime Play DVDs are the only English-language visual novels that are pla ...
PC line—titles that are visual novels that can only be played via a
PC.
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Ai Yori Aoshi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki. The manga was serialized in Hakusensha's ''Young Animal (magazine), Young Animal'' magazine from 1998 to 2005 and the chapters collected into 17 ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...
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Animamundi: Dark Alchemist''
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Piece of Wonder
''Piece of Wonder'' is a hybrid tactical RPG and visual novel originally published in Japan in February 2002 by Studio Crossfire and released on January 21, 2007 in the United States by Hirameki International. The storyline incorporates science ...
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Ever17
''Ever 17: The Out of Infinity'' is a visual novel video game developed by KID. It is the second entry in the ''Infinity'' series; it is preceded by '' Never 7: The End of Infinity'', and followed by '' Remember 11: The Age of Infinity'', the sp ...
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Yo-Jin-Bo
is a Japanese visual novel produced by Two-Five. In October 2006, Hirameki International released an English edition of the Windows version in the United States. It is part of their AnimePlay PC line, and as such is a Windows game (as opposed to ...
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AnimePlay DVD
These titles are visual novels that can be played via a
DVD player
A DVD player is a device that plays DVDs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards. Some DVD players will also play audio CDs. DVD players are connected to a television to wa ...
.
* ''Amusement Park''
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Day of Love
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Dragonia''
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Exodus Guilty''
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Hourglass of Summer
is a Japanese visual novel that was released by Princess Soft. It was brought to the U.S. by the Hirameki, Hirameki International Group. It was one of the first interactive dating games to be translated into English (although there was never an E ...
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Ishika & Honori''
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Phantom of Inferno
''Phantom of Inferno'' (known in Japan as ''Phantom -PHANTOM OF INFERNO-'') is an adult visual novel game created by Nitroplus, directed and written by Gen Urobuchi, distributed in North America by Hirameki International (a subsidiary of ...
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Tea Society of a Witch
''Tea Society of a Witch'' is an interactive AnimePlay DVD version of the Japanese bishōjo game by Front Wing. The English-language version is an all-ages DVD game based on the Japanese Dreamcast version. There is also a Japanese version with ...
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References
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External links
Hirameki International official website (archived from th
original
Anime companies
Video game companies established in 2000
American companies established in 2000