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Opening Sequence Shared for Angel Beats! -1st Beat- Visual Novel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-nCErVn15I With their release of Angel Beats! -1st Beat- now less than two months away from its Japanese launch, visual novel studio KEY have shared their opening sequence for the title. Coming in at three minutes in length, this opening sequence is...

Sekai Project Uncertain on CLANNAD Physical Copies Outside Crowdfunding Campaign

The team at Sekai Project have every reason to celebrate, with their Kickstarter campaign for an English localization of CLANNAD reaching more than $550,000 in pledges. One of the best deals of the campaign in my mind was the...

CLANNAD Successfully Crowdfunds More Than $550,000 As Campaign Ends

Congratulations must go to Sekai Project, for showing that there is a huge demand for KEY visual novels in the Western market. Their Kickstarter campaign has just ended, with a grand total of $541,161 raised between 5,819 backers. This included...

CLANNAD Kickstarter Surpasses $500,000 in Final Hours

With only thirteen hours left in their Kickstarter campaign for Key's Classic Visual Novel, CLANNAD, Sekai Project have been able to successfully pass the $500,000 pledge mark out of an original $140,000 goal. Highlighting a demand within the international...

Kickstarter for CLANNAD English Ver. Passes All Three Stretch Goals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb4TEBNgZZ4 Since launching in the first half of November 2014, Sekai Project's Kickstarter campaign for CLANNAD has surpassed even my expectations by raising more than $415,000 out of its original $140,000 pledge goal (With six days to go). It is...

Angel Beats! -First Beat- Dated for Release in May 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8campmH6TI Unlike most other KEY works which are eventually adapted into an anime (Like Little Busters!, Clannad, Kanon and Air), Angel Beats! is receiving the opposite treatment where its original hit anime series is being adapted into a visual novel....

Sekai Project’s English Release of CLANNAD Soars Through Kickstarter

Visual novels are currently considered to be a niche section of the overall "video game" industry, but that has not stopped it from having a large and passionate fanbase outside of Japan. The one thing that can truly highlight...

Sekai Project Announces Acquisition of Clannad Visual Novel

In a very surprising announcement from  Sekai Project, the localization/publishing team have confirmed that they will be working with VisualArt's / KEY to release popular visual novel CLANNAD in English markets. This release will not only be the first...

Making the Jump from Anime to Visual Novel #1 – Little Busters!

A fair majority of anime releases seem to be based on manga or light novel series if they are not completely unique. Despite this, there are and have been many strong performing series that have been published even internationally...

Angel Beats -1st Beat- // New CG Artwork and Character Portraits Shared

Most KEY titles get adapted into anime series many years after their respective visual novels have received high acclaim on the market. The opposite is the case with Angel Beats!, which gained a strong rapport with anime fans when it...

First Screenshots Released for Angel Beats! -1st Beat- Visual Novel, Indicates Potential 18+ Release

After many demands from fans, it was announced last year by KEY that they would produce a visual novel adaptation based on the Angel Beats! anime series - a title that involved many individuals from the Japanese visual novel...

Steven Schoenwald (Aka. The Clannad Man) Launches Kickstarter Campaign for key15th: A Visual Documentary

If you have never heard of KEY then you would be forgiven, as to date none of their popular visual novels have reached English-speaking shores, and at the moment their hesitance in breaking into the international market doesn't sound...