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VISUAL ARTS Co., Ltd.

株式会社ビジュアルアーツ

Company
Primary language: Japanese
a.k.a. 视艺动漫有限公司, Visual Art's, Visual Artist Office, ビジュアルアーティストオフィス
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Spawned: CONCEPT, CRAFTWORK, Frill, HAMHAM-SOFT, Hadashi Shoujo, Iris, JADE, M-O, SAGA PLANETS, Spray, Studio Mebius, Studio Momoka, Studio Ring, WhitePowder, WithDrop, ZERO, ZION, ee-product,inc, mana, riffraff, tone work's
Subsidiary: A.S.S., Akubi, Anigema, B Team, B Works, Bonbee!, Curott, Dress, E.G.O., Elysion, Enfini, FLADY, GLOVETY, Garden, Giant Panda, H.I. design office, Hayashigumi, Hervest, IMAGE CRAFT, Kamen Shoukai, Key, Kur-Mar-Ter, Lapis Lazuli, Liaison, LimeLight, Mischief, Miyabi, Moe., Nord, PLAYM, PROTOTYPE, RAM, Radi, Rex, Rio, Sirius, Softhouse Bonbee Bonbon, Studio Orca, Words, catwalk, g-clef, issue, ocelot, otherwise, pekoe
Parent producer: Tencent
Imprint: Asoberu! BD-GAME, Visual Art's Motto, Visual Art's MottoSP

Visual Arts, formerly Visual Artist Office, and previously spelled in English as VisualArt's, is a Japanese publishing company which specializes in publishing and distributing visual novels for a large list of game developers. Visual Arts has developed game engines their brands currently use, including the current engine, called Siglus, and older engines RealLive and AVG32. Visual Arts also handles the distribution of these games. The games published are mostly for a male audience, though they publish games targeted towards women as well. They are well known for publishing games developed by Key, such as Kanon, Air, and Clannad.

[From Wikipedia]

Brief history of Visual Art's:

March 1991: Visual Artist Office is founded
Later in 1991: Softhouse Bonbee Bonbon is established
1993: AyPio is established by UYE! after leaving Softhouse Bonbee Bonbon
May 1996: AVG32 engine is released
August 1996: Name changed to Visual Art's
1997: Zero is established.
1998: I've Sound and Ram are established
July 1998: Key is established
June 1999: Kanon is released.
2001: Giant Panda and Key Sounds Label are established
September 2001: RealLive engine is released
2006: Prototype, Visual Art's Motto and pekoe are established
2007: mana and Frill are established
2010: Singer/voice actor brand voix is formed. Siglus engine is released. Angel Beats! airs on TV.
2011: Asoberu! BD-GAME, tone work's, and Visual Art's MottoSP are established.
November 2019: SAGA PLANETS leaves Visual Art's.
2022: Visual Art's transferred all its adult game brands to ee-product,inc.
July 2023: Acquired by Tencent.

Releases

Little Busters!
2008-09-2618+Little Busters! Ecstasy - Regular EditionPub
2017-11-01AllLittle Busters! English Edition (drm)Pub
planetarian ~Chiisana Hoshi no Yume~
2011-11-3012+planetarian ~Chiisana Hoshi no Yume~Pub
2013-01-0712+planetarian ~Chiisana Hoshi no Yume~Pub
2017-05-08Allplanetarian HDPub & Dev
2017-05-08Allplanetarian HD (drm)Pub & Dev
2017-07-26Allplanetarian HD (drm)Pub & Dev
2018-01-31Allplanetarian HD (drm)Pub & Dev
2018-06-1412+Xing zhi Meng ~planetarian~Dev
2018-11-14Allplanetarian HD (drm)Pub & Dev
2021-09-03Allplanetarian Ultimate EditionPub
2022-09-20Allplanetarian HD (drm)Pub & Dev
Little Busters! SS
2012-10-29AllLittle Busters!SS Vol. 01Pub
2012-12-03AllLittle Busters!SS Vol. 02Pub
2013-01-07AllLittle Busters!SS Vol. 03Pub
2013-02-12AllLittle Busters!SS Vol. 04Pub
2013-03-07AllLittle Busters!SS Vol. 05Pub
Kanon
2013-04-0412+KanonPub
AIR
2013-05-0212+AirPub
Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~
2016-07-01AllTomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ English Edition (drm)Pub
Harmonia
2016-09-23AllHarmoniaPub & Dev
2021-12-23AllHarmoniaPub & Dev
Summer Pockets
2018-12-1717+Summer PocketsPub
2020-02-06AllSummer Pockets (drm)Pub
2022-03-14AllSummer Pockets (drm)Pub
2024AllSummer Pockets REFLECTION BLUEPub
LOOPERS
2021-07-2012+LOOPERSPub
2021-07-209+LOOPERSPub
2023-06-27LOOPERS (drm)Pub
planetarian ~Snow Globe~
2021-09-03AllPlanetarian ~Snow Globe~Pub
2021-09-03Allplanetarian Ultimate EditionPub
Kirakira Monstars
2021-11-25Kirakira MonstarsPub
LUNARiA -Virtualized Moonchild-
2022-02-243+LUNARiA -Virtualized Moonchild-Pub
2022-02-249+LUNARiA -Virtualized Moonchild-Pub
2023AllLUNARiA -Virtualized Moonchild-Pub
Tsui no Stella
2023-04-2116+Tsui no StellaPub
2023-04-2112+Tsui no StellaPub
2023-09-26AllTsui no StellaPub
Holy Undead ~Himote de Bocchi no Shirei Jutsushi ga, Seijo ni Tensei Shite Otomodachi o Fuyashimasu~
2024AllHoly Undead ~Himote de Bocchi no Shirei Jutsushi ga, Seijo ni Tensei Shite Otomodachi o Fuyashimasu~Pub & Dev
Nekura na Classmate no Mune o Machigatte Mondara, Itsu no ma ni ka Ibukuro o Tsukamareteimashita!
2024Nekura na Classmate no Mune o Machigatte Mondara, Itsu no ma ni ka Ibukuro o Tsukamareteimashita!Pub