After... (video game)
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 Cover of the PS2 version of After...: Wasureemu Kizuna. | |
| Developer(s) | Ciel |
| Publisher(s) | Ciel (PC) Pionesoft (DC, PS2) |
| Designer(s) | Tony Taka (character designs) |
| Artist(s) | Tony Taka |
| Platform(s) | Windows 98, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Blu-ray, DVD |
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| Genre(s) | Visual novel, eroge |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
After... is an adult Japanese visual novel developed by Ciel which was released on June 27, 2003, playable on the PC as a CD or a DVD.The early DVD version includes a guide book and soundtrack CD and the early CD version includes a guide book and a mouse pad. Subsequent enhanced ports to the Dreamcast and to the PlayStation 2 as After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~ were released. Both ports feature their own exclusive characters and new scenarios not in the original PC release.
Gameplay
[edit]The gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent on simply reading the text that will appear on the screen; this text represents either dialogue between the various characters, or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Every so often, the player will come to a "decision point" where he or she is given the chance to choose from options that are displayed on the screen, typically two to three at a time. During these times, gameplay pauses until a choice is made that furthers the plot in a specific direction, depending on which choice the player makes.
Characters
[edit]- Yūichi Takawashi (高鷲祐一, Takawashi Yūichi)
- Kanami Shiomiya (汐宮香奈美, Shiomiya Kanami)
- Nagisa Takawashi (高鷲渚, Takawashi Nagisa)
- Yōko Kishi (喜志陽子, Kishi Yōko)
- Kōtarō Takidani (滝谷紘太郎, Takidani Kōtarō)
- Keishō Abiko (我孫子慶生, Abiko Keishō)
- Miyuki Chihaya (千早美雪, Chihaya Miyuki)
- Saori Mikkaichi (三日市沙織, Mikkaichi Saori)
- Satoshi Kamuro (学文路聡, Kamuro Satoshi)
- Cypher (サイファ, Saifa)
- Lou (ルー, Rū)
Release
[edit]After.. was first introduced in Japan on June 27, 2003, as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM playable on a Microsoft Windows PC. Two consumer console versions for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 with adult content removed were developed by Pionesoft and released on February 26, 2004, in limited and regular edition versions. Both versions had the title After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~ (After...～忘れえぬ絆～, lit. "After... ~Unforgettable Bond~"). A version playable as a DVD TV game entitled After... DVDPG was released on February 25, 2007; and a version playable as a Blu-ray TV game was released on May 21, 2010. On August 26, 2005, a version containing both the original game and its fandisc called After... -Story Edition- was released.
After... Sweet Kiss, a fandisc for the original game released on December 19, 2003. It contains side stories for the three main heroines along with desk accessories.
Anime
[edit]After... was adapted as a hentai OVA by Milky Label Animation. It was released on two DVDs between August 25, 2007, and January 25, 2008. Media Blasters licensed the two-episode OVA and released it in the United States thru Kitty Media on Blu-ray and DVD on September 28, 2021, with a new english dub featuring American voiceover actresses, Yara Naika and Diana Lockheart.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Beveridge, Chris (July 21, 2021). "Kitty Media Announces 'After… The Animation' Hentai Blu-ray Release". Fandom Post. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Blasters, Media (April 15, 2021). "We have too many H-anime in the future and I mixed up After Lesson with After... Crying face Work begins! I like this one better anyway". Twitter. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official page for the original version(in Japanese)
- Official page for the After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~ versions(in Japanese)
- MS Pictures After... the Animationvol. 1 page Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- MS Pictures After... the Animationvol. 2 page Archived 2019-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
- After... at The Visual Novel Database
- After... (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia