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Eroge

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 by August

August (company)

is a Japanese visual novel studio under the publisher . Although the company's name is spelled in Japanese using katakana, on the Internet August is known by the slang term . Hazuki and Hachigatsu mean August in Japanese....

 released in 2003 for Windows

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. It is known in short as . The Dreamcast and PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

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 versions were released by Alchemist in 2004. An anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 adaptation was shown in Japan during summer 2004. The title references a haiku

Haiku

' , plural haiku, is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterised by three qualities:* The essence of haiku is "cutting"...

 by Yosa Buson

Yosa Buson

was a Japanese poet and painter from the Edo period. Along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, Buson is considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period. Buson was born in the village of Kema in Settsu Province...

: "Nanohana ya tsuki wa higashi ni hi wa nishi ni."

The PC version of the game was created using the NScripter

NScripter

NScripter is a software engine that is used for the creation of visual novels, written by Naoki Takahashi. Due to its simplicity and its liberal license , it quickly became popular in Japan, and was used for a number of high-profile commercial and dōjin titles, such as HaniHani and...

 visual novel engine.

Characters

• Naoki Kuzumi–Protagonist of this title. He lost his parents and memory 5 years ago due to a certain accident.
• Mikoto Amagasaki–A girl who has fallen from the sky. Naoki thinks its a day dream. Mikoto is from the future, 100 years later.
• Honami Fujieda–Naoki's childhood friend. She has been taking care of him before he lost his parents and memory.
• Matsuri Shibugaki–Naoki's cousin. She and her parents have been living with him for 5 years. She is quite close to Chihiro.
• Chihiro Tachibana–Matsuri's best friend and her classmate. She becomes a member of the garden club alone.
• Yui Nonohara–Naoki's homeroom teacher. Because her height is very low, students love her. Yui, like Mikoto, is from the future, 100 years later.
• Kyouko Nishina–Young female nurse of school. She is Yui's best friend. Like Mikoto and Yui, she is also from the future, 100 years later.
• Fumio Akiyama–Naoki's class representative. And she is also a superintendent of the student dormitory.
• Yusuke Amagasaki–Mikoto's brother who became separation and looked much like Naoki.
• Koji Hirose–Naoki's best friend. He is aiming at rebuilding an astronomical club that Naoki belongs to.
• Yuka Hirose–Additional character of consumer version. Koji's younger sister.
• Genzou Shibugaki–Matsuri's father. He works at a certain trading company and he is very busy. Naoki calls him "Oyaji(Dad)".
• Eri Shibugaki–Matsuri's mother. She works at the company that Genzou works at and she is also very busy. Naoki calls her "Eri-san".
• Jun'ichi Fukano–Mathematics teacher. He teaches students strictly, but in fact, he loves them.
• Rei Usami–Chief director of the school. She rarely shows up in front of students. She is also from the future, 100 years later

Anime

An anime adaptation was produced by RADIX, and directed by Mitsuhiro Tōgō and Shousei Jinno. The anime was based on Honami scenario of PC version, and contained twelve episodes and a special episode which mainly aired on Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations

Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations

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 between June and September in 2004. Four DVDs were released between october 22 and and December 12 in 2004 and additional four episodes based on Mikoto scenario were contained in volume four.

Episodes

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#	Title	Original air date

Game

• Character design: Bekkanko
• Scenario: Taku Sakakibara, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hideaki Anzai
• Music: LOOPCUBE
  • Opening: divergent flow
  • :Lyrics: H/de.
  • :Music: Hiroki
  • :Vocal: Mayu
  • Ending: Asu no Omoide (Memories of Tomorrow)
  • :Lyrics: H/de.
  • :Music: Hiroki
  • :Vocal: Mayu

Anime

• General director: Mitsuhiro Tōgō
• Director: Shousei Jinno
• Character design: Norikatsu Nakano
• General key animation director: Norikatsu Nakano
• Art director: Shinji Katahira
• Scenario: Kazuharu Satō, Tsutomu Kaneko
• Music: Akufumi Tada
  • Opening: amulet
  • :Lyrics: a.k.a.dRESS
  • :Music: a.k.a.dRESS
  • :Vocal: Mayumi Iizuka
    Mayumi Iizuka
    is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who was born in Tokyo and grew up in Taiwan and Yokohama. Iizuka is a member of Gekidan Wakakusa and Tokuma Japan Communications....
    
    
• Animation production: RADIX

External links

• Visual novel website at August
  August (company)
  is a Japanese visual novel studio under the publisher . Although the company's name is spelled in Japanese using katakana, on the Internet August is known by the slang term . Hazuki and Hachigatsu mean August in Japanese....
  
   
• Visual novel website at Alchemist
  Alchemist (company)
  is a Japanese video game developer. It specializes in the development of visual novel video games ports for use on home video game consoles such as the PlayStation 2 and the defunct Dreamcast.-Dreamcast:*Baldr Force EXE*Chocolat: Maid Cafe Curio...
  
  
• Anime official website