
The above illustration from Key’s visual novel “Tomoyo After – It’s a Wonderful Life” conceals an amusing easter egg visible only to users of dread browser Internet Explorer.
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The PS3 has so far attracted very little of the huge array of visual novels available on the PS2, and it appears this is for a reason, according to a recent magazine report on the subject.
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Toradora’s PSP visual novel adaptation “Toradora! Portable!” has been selling very well, and no wonder considering the kind of plot developments on offer; below you can see the consequences of the 100% Taiga ending, which has excited fans greatly:
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Key, creators of famous visual novels such as Clannad and Kanon, has announced a new visual novel project, entitled Angel Beats!
The game will have characters designed by artist Na-Ga, and a surprise return storyline by senior writer Maeda Jun (Little Busters!, etc.).
Fans have immediately noticed something strangely familiar about the design of the main female character:
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Top visual novel production studio Key (Kanon, AIR, Clannad, Little Busters!) gives an interesting tour of its undeniably shabby offices.
The first desk visited is that of Itaru Hinoue, responsible for some of the most beloved character designs in recent memory…
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The latest eroge title from esteemed developer Nitroplus, 装甲悪鬼村正 / Soukou Akki Murasei, brings with it some unusual innovation, but quickly reminds fans of the visual novel just why relying on these companies to innovate is not necessarily a good idea (see Mahou Shoujo Ai, Cross Days, etc).
In this case, they have decided to actually support widescreen displays. However, for some reason they then decided it would be a good idea to display the text in the middle of the screen, in classical East Asian fashion.
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Yui: “Um, please make me your girlfriend!”
2ch has been envisaging the girls of K-On! transposed into a dating game…
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Clannad fans have prepared an explanatory diagram which lays out the storyline of Clannad and Clannad After Story in detail; certainly a handy thing considering how convoluted they appear.
This has found its way onto the Japanese Internet, and even 2ch approves of the diagram…
Needless to say, the diagram contains immense spoilers:
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- Author: Quen
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Mar 7, 2009 21:15 JST
- Tags: Auctions, Eroge, Events, Fashion, Key, Little Busters, Na-Ga, Shota, Visual Novels

A T-shirt inscribed with the image of the famed Key visual novel Little Buster‘s male protagonist Riki Naoe was sold earlier today on Yahoo Auctions Japan for ¥2,001,000.
This comes soon after the recent auction of another Little Busters T-shirt of Yuiko Kurugaya selling for ¥1,300,000, which was also a prize from the KEY 10th Memorial Fest event.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Akihabara, Games, News
- Date: Mar 5, 2009 10:28 JST
- Tags: Akihabara, Auctions, Eroge, Events, Fashion, Itaru Hinoue, Key, Little Busters, Visual Novels

A T-shirt bearing the likeness of Kurugaya Yuiko,of Key visual novel Little Busters, has just been auctioned off for an impressive ¥1,300,000, in what must be one of the most expensive pieces of otaku fashion in recent memory.
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A visual novel adaptation of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, the Dream of the Red Chamber, made by Chinese and in the Chinese language, looks to be a work of considerable quality, as the CG presented below readily attest.
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Classic bishoujo game Da Capo, a title at the heart of a sprawling web of adaptations and sequels, has received a full official English release, its first, which is available now.
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