Production: Hearts Release Date: 2013/07/26 Artist: Rita Song: Panorama Blue Resolution: 960x540 File Size: 98MB ---> 41MB Official Site | Getchu | EGS | VNDB
Production: 5pb Release Date: 2012/09/20 Artist: Yui Sakakibara Song: Judge of a Life Resolution: 1280x720 File Size: 117MB ---> 77MB Official Site | EGS | VNDB
The story takes place a little bit in the future. The police have no control and a lot of crimes happen here and there. To deal with this problem, the government establishes a bodyguard training school. Kaito, the main character, enters it and becomes a bodyguard through hard training. On the last day of school, other students look happy, but he doesn’t. “I’ll hire you as my bodyguard. Good luck,” she just says arrogantly. “What…?” Her atmosphere really makes him think. He just wants to protect her.
Production: 5pb Release Date: 2012/09/20 Artist: Afilia Saga East Song: Survive!! Resolution: 1280x720 File Size: 108MB ---> 59MB Official Site | EGS | VNDB
The story takes place a little bit in the future. The police have no control and a lot of crimes happen here and there. To deal with this problem, the government establishes a bodyguard training school. Kaito, the main character, enters it and becomes a bodyguard through hard training. On the last day of school, other students look happy, but he doesn’t. “I’ll hire you as my bodyguard. Good luck,” she just says arrogantly. “What…?” Her atmosphere really makes him think. He just wants to protect her.
Note: Did I ever tell you guys that Eroyume’s avatar and favicon were taken from this series? I might have neglected to mention it, but now you know. On another related note, Afilia Saga recorded a music video for this VN’s opening song. Pretty cool.
Production: Otomate Release Date: 2013/05/30 Artist: Nagi Yanagi Song: Melee Resolution: 480x272 File Size: 36MB Official Site | VNDB
Within an old-fashioned town, much like the Meiji and Taisho Era, there exists a giant globe that floats in midair. This is the ‘ship’, called ‘Norn’, that these youngsters are aboard on. The inside is set like a small town with parks, etc. The story takes place a little in the future. Guided by one particular song, young elementary kid, Suzuhara Sorata is warped through a time skip to an unfamiliar place much like the Meiji and Taisho eras from his textbooks. In this world, he meets 3 young ladies and 9 young men, and joins them on a journey aboard the mysterious ‘Norn’ ship in the sky.
Note: I’m making some changes to Eroyume’s policies concerning PSP videos. When a developer presses data to UMD, the raws are in h.264 to keep them PMF-compliant, and they are already at a reasonable file size. I see little reason to re-encode to 10-bit in such cases, unless I come across one with extreme banding. Even then, at such a low resolution, you usually don’t notice those flaws. In other words, PSP videos will be raw, straight off the disc, and not a transcode from now on. I will still be required to put the audio into a playable format because PMF also uses Sony’s proprietary ATRAC3 which is not easily decoded, but the video stream will remain untouched.
Production: Cave Release Date: 2013/05/30 Artist: Aya Hirano Song: Hoshikuzu Garandou Resolution: 1280x720 File Size: 70MB ---> 47MB Official Site
Note: With the way things have been going for the Xbox One, you have to wonder how much longer Microsoft can keep its grip on the SHMUP genre in Japan.
Production: Nippon Ichi Release Date: 2013/05/23 Artist: Masaaki Endoh Song: ??? Resolution: 1280x720 File Size: 73MB Official Site
Note: A more serious, post-apocalyptic take on card battling. So… I think, I’m pretty sure, it’s Masaaki Endoh (from JAM Project) on the opening song. Very few can belt it out like him. You’d think they’d credit it somewhere in the video. If anyone knows the song title, throw me a bone.
Production: Klein Release Date: 2013/06/28 Artist: Marina Oono, Masako Hiura, and Minami Natsume Song: Koisuru Rhythm Resolution: 1280x720 File Size: 109MB ---> 51MB Official Site | Getchu | EGS | VNDB
Note: “Let’s get the precious!” Yes, Klein. Let’s do that. But first, allow me to head on over to the “Glaphic” page and have a look at dem CGs.
Production: 5pb Release Date: 2013/02/28 Artist: Rekka Katakiri Song: Hakujitsumu Resolution: 1280x720 File Size: 234MB ---> 73MB Official Site | EGS | VNDB
In the near future. In a not so distant place. There exists a society where law is based upon deterrence and criminals are assigned “obligations” fitting for their crimes. Within this society, a man named Morita Kenichi aspires to the position of Special High Class Individual, one who holds authority over said criminals. For the purpose of fulfilling his ambition, Kenichi returns to the town he once called home. There he will encounter three girls bearing “obligations” and there he will encounter the past he left behind. Won’t you join him in this story about how people relate to their society? In this story about how a society relates to its people. In this story about the girl amid the sunflowers growing in the country spinning like a wheel.
Production: Ensemble Release Date: 2013/05/24 Artist: Asami Sakimiya Song: Aozora Fighting Resolution: 1280x720 File Size: 121MB ---> 63MB Official Site | Getchu | EGS | VNDB
Hajime had been Nanami’s loyal servant ever since her family took him and his younger sister Hana in after their parents passed away. Every day, he fends off the succession of men from noble families who come to propose to her. One day, Nanami came to their run-down apartment and asked him to teach her the life of the common people. At the same time, a fellow student at Tenshouin Academy, Otoha, asked for his advice in becoming an idol, and Nanami’s cool friend Touka also started acting weird. Then the daughter of the Naname group’s rival corporation, Shiaya, proposed to him all of a sudden. What will happen to him? – Hau~ Omochikaeri~!
Production: Himawari Release Date: 2013/06/28 Artist: Duca Song: Akai Bara, Giniro no Tsuki Resolution: 1024x768 File Size: 142MB ---> 48MB Official Site | Getchu | EGS | VNDB
Note: Debut game from Himawari. It’s not Duca’s usual style of music, but I like it. Nice and chill. Also marking this for a possible version 2. Quality of the raw could have been better. I downscaled it somewhat to compensate.
