Leaf is a Japanese visual novel studio under the publisher

Aquaplus , formally and , is a Japanese company which specializes primarily in the publishing and distribution of visual novels, including both adult games under their brand Leaf and games for all ages under Aquaplus's own brand. Aquaplus has been involv ...

, and has offices in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, and Tokyo. It and its competitor

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(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 ''To Heart'' is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Leaf and released on May 23, 1997 for Windows. It was later ported to the PlayStation and given voice acting. A second PC version, titled ''To Heart PSE'' was released containin ...

''. Leaf used the XviD video codec in several games: ''

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'', ''

Tears to Tiara is a Japanese adult tactical role-playing game developed by Leaf. It was first released for Windows on April 28, 2005 in Japan. Then it was followed by a 12-years-old-and-up version called released for the PlayStation 3 platform on July 1 ...

'', '' 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

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, named xlvns, was developed soon after Leaf released its first three visual novels. Characters from '' Utawarerumono'', ''Tears to Tiara'', ''To Heart'', and ''

Kizuato is a Japanese adult horror visual novel released on July 26, 1996, by Leaf. Story Koichi Kashiwagi, a college student, goes to his cousins' for his father's funeral. After the ceremony, as he is on summer vacation, he stays with them. He expe ...

'' are playable in '' Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match'', a fighting game developed by Aquaplus featuring characters from various Leaf games.

Titles

*'' DR2 Night Janki'' (1995) *'' Filsnown'' (1995) *Leaf Visual Novel Series (LVNS) **'' Shizuku'' (1996) **''

'' (1996) **''

'' (1997) **''

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'' (2003) *''

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'' (1998) *''

Comic Party , sometimes abbreviated to ComiPa, is a dating sim video game by the Japanese game studio Leaf (company), Leaf. It was first released on May 28, 1999 for Windows with Hentai, adult content, but re-released with it removed for the Dreamcast, ...

'' (1999) *'' Magical Antique'' (2000) *''Tasogare'' (2001) *'' Utawarerumono'' (2002) *''

December When There Is No Angel is a Japanese adult visual novel developed and published by Leaf. The game was released in both CD-ROM and DVD formats on September 26, 2003. Characters * is the game's protagonist. Although he is an unfriendly and relatively volatile young m ...

'' (2003) *''

'' (2005) *'' Kusari'' (2005) *'' To Heart 2 XRATED'' (2005) *'' FullAni'' (2006) *'' To Heart 2: Another Days'' (2008) *''

Kimi ga Yobu, Megido no Oka de Kimi may refer to: People * Kimi Djabate (born 1975), Bissau-Guinean Afro-beat/blues musician * Kimi Katkar (born 1965), Indian Bollywood actress and model * Kimi Koivisto (born 1992), Finnish ice hockey player * Kimi Räikkönen (born 1979), ...

'' (2008) *'' White Album 2: Introductory Chapter'' (2010) *'' Hoshi no Ouji-kun'' (2011) *'' White Album 2: Closing Chapter'' (2011) *'' Tears to Tiara II: Haou no Matsuei'' (2013) *'' Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen'' (2015)

Leaf amusement softs

*'' Saorin to Issho!!'' (1996) *''

Hatsune no Naisho!! Hatsune may refer to: *Eriko Hatsune, Japanese actress * Mai Hatsune (born 1978), as known as "Dragon Lady", Japanese Mahjong player *Hatsune Matsushima (born 1987), Japanese gravure model, talent and actress *Hatsune Okumura (born 1990), Japanese ...

'' (1997) *''

Inagawa de Ikou!! Inagawa may refer to: * 5851 Inagawa (provisional designation: 1991 DM1), a main-belt minor planet *Inagawa, Hyōgo, town in Kawabe District, Hyōgo, Japan * Inagawa Circuit, 1.030 km motor racing circuit in Japan * Inagawa Dam, dam in Nagano ...

'' (2000) *''

'' (2004) *'' Manaka de Ikuno!!'' (2009)

References

External links

Leaf's official website

P/ECE's official Website
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