is a Japanese

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developed by F&C FC01, a brand of F&C. The game, which is a

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to '' Canvas: Sepia-iro no Motif'', was released for

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on April 23, 2004; a

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version without adult content was released on January 26, 2006. The story follows Hiroki Kamikura, an art teacher at Nadeshiko Academy who lost his passion for painting. Hiroki's budding relationships with the game's main heroines are the focal point of the story. The

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in ''Canvas 2'' is mostly spent reading the

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and narrative, and the primary objective of the game is to romance the five main heroines, each of whom has her own story route that the player can explore individually. The game was ranked as the second best-selling

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at the time of its release. ''Canvas 2'' has been adapted into various other forms of media, such as

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, and a twenty-four-episode

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television series produced by

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. A sequel game, called ''Canvas 3: Hakugin no Portrait'', would later be released by F&C.

Gameplay

''Canvas 2'' is a

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in which the player assumes the role of the protagonist, Hiroki Kamikura. Much of the

is spent reading the text that appears on the screen, representing

between the characters and Hiroki's inner thoughts. The text is accompanied by character sprites over background art, allowing the player to identify which characters are talking. Every so often, the player will reach a "decision point" where they must choose from multiple options displayed on the screen; the choices that the player makes throughout the game will affect the plot's progression. The primary objective of the game is to earn the favor of one of the game's five main heroines, and to build a relationship with them. There are five main story routes and endings that the player can experience, one for each heroine. At certain points in the game, the player will encounter

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taking the place of character sprites and background art; in adult-rated versions of the game, there is artwork depicting the heroines in sexual situations. In the

version, adult content was removed and two additional story routes became playable. The game is fully voiced, with the exception of Hiroki and secondary characters.

Plot

Story

''Canvas 2'' takes place five years after the events of the first game. The story revolves around Hiroki Kamikura, a dispassionate art teacher who gave up on his dream of being a painter. After a friend

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his work and stole his fame in art university, and a traumatizing incident that occurred at his high school reunion, he no longer derives any enjoyment from painting and even the act of picking up a paint brush pains him. He teaches students at , a prestigious institution that places an emphasis on art and has produced many famous artists. At home, Hiroki takes care of his younger cousin Elis Hōsen, who moved in with him after passing the entrance exam for Nadeshiko Academy. During his time teaching at the academy, he builds relationships with various female students and teachers, and as he learns about their own struggles and passions, he gradually begins to rediscover himself and regain his love for painting.

Main characters

The protagonist of ''Canvas 2'' is , a once-aspiring artist who now works as an art teacher at Nadeshiko Academy. Despite teaching art at a prestigious school, he has no passion for painting anymore due to his troubled past. He has adopted an apathetic attitude towards life and tends to go with the flow without trying too hard. Hiroki lives with his half-Japanese-half-French younger cousin , who is the main heroine of ''Canvas 2''. Elis is an innocent and lively girl who has a

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towards Hiroki. She is very skilled at painting, but due to being traumatized by the accident that took her parents' lives, she has an extreme aversion to the color red. After passing the entrance exam, she enrolls in Nadeshiko Academy as a first-year student. Hiroki ends up being reunited with his tomboyish childhood friend after she starts working as a

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teacher at Nadeshiko Academy. A friend of Hiroki's since

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, she once confessed her love to him in high school, but was rejected by him, causing a strain in their relationship. Despite their complicated history, Kiri is a caring friend towards Hiroki and tries to keep their professional and personal lives separate, reflecting her responsible nature; however, she still has some feelings for Hiroki. Hiroki also befriends the mischievous and energetic second-year student , who looks younger than she really is due to her short stature and childlike face. Kana is a talented best-selling romance novelist who takes inspiration from the other characters' relationships for her stories. She attends Hiroki's art classes and often shares her manuscript with Hiroki for him to critique. , a third-year student at the academy, also attends Hiroki's art classes. She comes from a family of talented artists, but she has no interest in art and practices singing in the choir club. She is often referred to as the . Sumire is shy and reserved, and feels insecure about herself due to being compared to her older sister. Nadeshiko Academy is run by the acting chairwoman and world-famous

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player . Saya has a gentle and ladylike disposition, and is well liked by the students of the academy. She holds her younger sister Ai in high regard and talks about her often. She is very well-versed when it comes to wielding the

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and coaches the naginata club.

Development and release

''Canvas 2'' is the

to F&C’s prior

, '' Canvas: Sepia-iro no Motif'', and is the second installment in the ''Canvas'' series. An early concept for the game appeared in ''Naked Blue: Canvas Wallpaper Collection'', a

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to ''Canvas: Sepia-iro no Motif'', as a preview to a fictitious work called ''Canvas 2: 2nd Stage''. Two members of staff who were involved with ''Canvas: Sepia-iro no Motif'', Yū Miyamura and Sakana, returned to work on ''Canvas 2''.

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, who had previously worked on

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' visual novel ''

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'', was in charge of designing the characters Elis and Kiri. Chikotam provided the character designs for Kana, Saya, and the side character Shie Sugihara, and Sakana provided the character design for Sumire. Miyamura, who served as the director of the project, was also in charge of scenario writing for Elis and Kiri. Shinjitsu Jōchi wrote the scenarios for Kana and Sumire, while Takuya Tanaka wrote the scenario for Saya. Lastly, the game's music was composed by

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. ''Canvas 2'' was released as an

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for

as a

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on April 23, 2004. A limited edition of the game came bundled with a setting materials collection, and another limited edition was released which came with an F&C card. A

port titled was released by

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on January 26, 2006. The PS2 port includes new voice acting, removes the adult content from the Windows version and adds two new heroines, Mami Takeuchi and Tomoko Fujinami, with their own playable story routes. The deluxe edition release came bundled with a magazine book, a

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, and a

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containing movie sequences. A

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version of the game, titled ''Canvas 2 DVD Edition'', was released by F&C on October 6, 2006 as a limited edition, which comes bundled with cushion covers featuring illustrations of the heroines. The regular edition was released on January 26, 2007. A downloadable version of ''Canvas 2 DVD Edition'' would later become available on March 19, 2010. AiCherry released ''Canvas 2 DVD Edition'' as a DVD player game (DVDPG) on November 28, 2008, and later released a renewal package version on February 12, 2015. The game became playable on

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devices on January 12, 2013.

Fan disc and ''Nadeshiko''

Before the release of the main game, an adult

titled ''Innocent Colors: Canvas 2 Fan Disc'' was sold in advance at Comiket 66 on January 13, 2004, as a CD-ROM. The general release version of the game was sold on September 24, 2004. ''Innocent Colors'' is set years before the events of ''Canvas 2'', and focuses on exploring Hiroki and Kiri's relationship in high school. Kiri is the only heroine that can be romanced in the game, but the other heroines of ''Canvas 2'' make appearances in the story. The fan disc includes a collection of wallpapers drawn by various artists,

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, and a mini-drama that continues the story of the ''Canvas 2: Prism-iro no Summer Festa'' drama CD. A downloadable version of the game was made available on December 31, 2010. An adult spin-off game, titled , was released by F&C as a DVD-ROM on January 26, 2007; the game was released with a disc containing various bonus content, and the special limited edition release came with an F&C card and a 16-page setting materials collection. ''Nadeshiko'' was released as a DVD game by Dennō Club on October 25, 2007, and it was made available for download on March 6, 2009. The game takes place six months prior to the events of ''Canvas 2'' and features four original heroines, each with her own story route. The protagonist is Sōji Aikawa, a minor character from ''Canvas 2'' who works at Nadeshiko Academy as a P.E. teacher.

Related media

Print

adaptation, illustrated by Miki Kodama and titled , was serialized in ''Ace Momogumi'' and ''

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'' between March and December 2004. The manga was compiled into a single bound volume and released by

on April 9, 2005. A second manga illustrated by Kodama, titled ''Canvas 2: Niji-iro no Sketch'', was serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' between April 2005 and September 2006. The manga was also serialized in ''

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'' between March 26, 2005, and July 26, 2006. Kadokawa Shoten released four volumes of the manga under their Kadokawa Comics Ace imprint between September 20, 2005, and August 10, 2006. The fourth volume contains various side stories which were published in ''Comp Ace''. A 215-page

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, based on Elis' scenario from the game, was published by

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under the

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imprint and released on July 20, 2004. The light novel was written by Izumi Okazaki and illustrated by Fumio, who is known for his artwork in various

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. Two light novel volumes, which were written by Tohru Tamegai with illustrations by

and Miki Kodama, were published by Kadokawa Shoten. The first, titled ''Canvas 2: Niji-iro no Sketch Before Red'', was released on December 22, 2005, while the second, titled ''Canvas 2: Niji-iro no Sketch Beyond Red'', was released on March 24, 2006. A 143-page visual fan book titled was published by Kadokawa Shoten on October 25, 2004. The book contained visual and strategy guides, staff interviews, and illustrations. On March 24, 2006, Kadokawa published a second visual fan book for the

version of ''Canvas 2'', titled . The book was 96 pages long, and contained graphics, illustrations, concept art, information about the

, original manga, and stories.

Anime

adaptation tied closely to the

version of the game, called ''Canvas 2: Niji-iro no Sketch'', was announced in April 2005. The anime series was produced by

, directed by

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, and written by

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, while the character designs were provided by Yasunari Nitta. Twenty four episodes were aired in Japan on

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, Sun TV, and

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between October 2, 2005, and March 26, 2006. Each episode is named after a different shade of color. Twelve separate

volumes, containing two episodes of the anime each, were released by

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between January 27 and December 22, 2006. The regular edition DVDs included a jacket cover featuring an original illustration by

, a booklet, and a bonus segment called . The limited edition DVDs, released under the label , also came bundled with an illustrated card set, an original

, and a card holder album. Two DVD box sets, containing twelve episodes each, were released by Kadokawa Entertainment on November 28 and December 26, 2008. ''Canvas 2: Niji-iro no Sketch'' was licensed in North America by Kadokawa Pictures USA, but the subsidiary shut down before the anime was released in English. However, the series would later become available for streaming on

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with English subtitles.

Drama CDs

The first

, titled , was released on April 23, 2004, enclosed in volume 15 of

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's ''Raspberry'' magazine. Marine Entertainment released a drama CD titled on October 29, 2004. A drama CD titled ''Canvas 2 Rhapsody de Noel'' was sold at Comiket 67 on February 20, 2005. came bundled with the deluxe edition of the

release on January 26, 2006, based on the

adaptation of the same name and featuring cover art by Miki Kodama, who illustrated the manga. A drama CD based on the PS2 version, titled , was sold by F&C in a spring mail order campaign on April 28, 2006. The final drama CD, titled , was released at Comiket 71 on December 29, 2006.

Music

The opening theme for the

version of ''Canvas 2'' is by A Bone with vocals by

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, while the ending theme is , which was sung by Rena. The

version features two new songs: its opening theme is "Blue Sky" by Honey Bee, and its ending theme is by Sweets Tankentai. The vocals for both songs were performed by Yuria. A

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called ''Canvas 2 Remix CD'' was released on April 23, 2004, as one of the

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included in the game's original release; the single's two tracks contained the full versions of "Plastic Smile(^^" and "Hibi". An original soundtrack for the game, titled ''Canvas 2 Original Sound Tracks'', was released by Tyrell Lab on September 17, 2004, consisting of 21 tracks. The soundtrack was released in an early sale at Comiket 66. A

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titled was released for the PS2 version on January 27, 2006, by

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, containing six tracks. The opening theme of the

is by Honey Bee, and the ending theme is "Na Na Iro" by Sweets Tankentai; both songs were again performed by Yuria. A

maxi single A maxi single, maxi-single, or maxi CD (sometimes abbreviated to MCD or CDM) is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an A-side song and a B-side song. Maxi singles are often mistaken for extended plays (EPs), especial ...

containing the full versions of "Plastic Smile (Niji-iro Guitar Version)" and "Blue Sky", along with their

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versions, was released by Bandai on October 28, 2005. The full versions of "Na Na Iro" and "Primary Memory" were released on November 25, 2005, as another maxi single by Bandai, which also included the songs' karaoke versions. Bandai released two

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maxi singles based on the anime on December 23, 2005; the first single contained character songs for Elis which were sung by her anime voice actress,

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, while the second contained character songs for Kiri which were sung by her anime voice actress,

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. The anime's original soundtrack, titled , was released by Bandai on March 24, 2006, consisting of 37 tracks.

Reception

In a national sales ranking of

s conducted by PC News, the original Windows version of ''Canvas 2'' premiered as the second best-selling game at the time of its release. The game's ranking fell to 12 in the following two weeks. ''Canvas 2'' was also ranked as the second best-selling game of April 2004 on Getchu.com, and ranked 21st in the 2004 annual sales ranking. ''Innocent Colors'' premiered as the seventh best-selling PC game that same year in September, while it ranked slightly higher on Getchu.com as fifth in sales for September 2004. ''Canvas 2 DVD Edition'' premiered as the best-selling game on the website in October 2006, and was ranked at 38 in 2006 overall. According to the Japanese video game magazine ''

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'', the

version of the game sold 18,169 copies in 2007. In the 2004 Moe Game Ranking hosted on Getchu.com, users cast votes for the most popular bishōjo games in the following categories: overall, scenario, music, graphics, system, and heroines. ''Canvas 2'' was ranked 11th place in the overall category, 9th in scenario, 8th in graphics, and Elis was voted as the 8th most popular heroine. The PS2 version was reviewed by ''Famitsu'', which gave it an overall score of 24/40. In the October 2007 issue of ''

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'', a poll revealing the readers' picks for the top 50 bishōjo games was published. Out of 249 titles, ''Canvas 2'' ranked 37th with six votes.

References

External links

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