Sekai Project

Sekai Project
Industry Computer games
Genre Visual novels
Founder Raymond Qian
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States
Website sekaiproject.com

Sekai Project is an American company and video game publisher. They are known for licensing and translating Japanese visual novels into English, but they also publish original English visual novels developed outside Japan, manga, and other non–visual novel video games.

History

Sekai Project originated in 2007 as a fan translation group translating the visual novel School Days.[1] They later partnered with publisher JAST USA, turning their fan translation into the official English version of the game.[2] Sekai Project began publishing games on Steam in 2014. Their first title was World End Economica episode.01, released in June 2014. Sekai Project has used the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to fund many of their projects. In November 2014, they launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund an English release of the visual novel Clannad. The campaign exceeded its goal of US$140,000 and ended up raising over US$500,000.[3] In July 2015, Sekai Project announced that they would be localizing manga in addition to video games, starting with Gate.[4]

Sekai Project has stated that they are interested in localising games into languages other than English in future. The German translator Marcel Weyers, who has already translated a number of visual novels into German, has voiced interest in translating titles by Sekai Project and is supposedly in talks with the company.[5][6]

Since Steam does not typically allow adult games to be sold on their platform,[7] Sekai Project releases their adult titles through their partner company Denpasoft. For titles like The Fruit of Grisaia, an all ages version is available on Steam, while the uncut adult version is sold directly through the Denpasoft website.[8]

Works

Published games

Title Developer Publication date Ref
World End Economica episode.01 Spicy Tails June 17, 2014 [9]
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius Love in Space July 9, 2014 [10]
Sakura Spirit Winged Cloud July 9, 2014 [11]
Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet Key September 12, 2014 [12]
Rising Angels: Reborn IDHAS Studios September 12, 2014 [13]
Pyrite Heart Winged Cloud September 25, 2014 [14]
Fault Milestone One Alice in Dissonance December 15, 2014 [15]
Nekopara Vol. 1 Neko Works December 29, 2014 [16]
Sakura Angels Winged Cloud January 16, 2015 [17]
The Way We All Go ebi-hime March 24, 2015 [18]
Sunrider Academy Love in Space April 15, 2015 [19]
Narcissu 1st & 2nd stage-nana April 24, 2015 [20]
The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 — Prelude Lupiesoft May 8, 2015 [21]
Love at First Sight Creepy Cute May 18, 2015 [22]
Tobari and the Night of the Curious Moon Desunoya May 26, 2015 [23]
Sakura Fantasy Chapter 1 Winged Cloud May 29, 2015 [24]
The Fruit of Grisaia Front Wing May 29, 2015 [25]
Raiders Sphere 4th Rectangle June 1, 2015 [26]
Ame no Marginal stage-nana July 7, 2015 [27]
World End Economica episode.02 Spicy Tails July 21, 2015 [28]
Machina of the Planet Tree -Planet Ruler- Denneko Yuugi July 28, 2015 [29]
Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 1 Front Wing July 29, 2015 [30]
Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 2 Front Wing July 29, 2015 [31]
Sakura Clicker Winged Cloud July 29, 2015 [32]
Asphyxia ebi-hime August 4, 2015 [33]
Sakura Beach Winged Cloud August 14, 2015 [34]
Nekopara Vol. 0 Neko Works August 17, 2015 [35]
Fault Milestone Two Side: Above Alice in Dissonance September 7, 2015 [36]
Sakura Swim Club Winged Cloud September 11, 2015 [37]
Sound of Drop: Fall Into Poison aiueoKompany October 30, 2015 [38]
G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String Akabeisoft2 November 5, 2015 [39]
Written in the Sky Unwonted Studios November 9, 2015 [40]
Yohjo Simulator Deadfactory November 17, 2015 [41]
Clannad Key November 23, 2015 [42]
Reverse x Reverse Desunoya December 10, 2015 [43]
Was: The Hourglass of Lepidoptera SRL December 15, 2015 [44]
Strawberry Vinegar ebi-hime January 5, 2016 [45]
The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns ebi-hime January 5, 2016 [46]
No One But You Unwonted Studios January 19, 2016 [47]
Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project stage-nana January 27, 2016 [48]
Rabi-Ribi CreSpirit January 28, 2016 [49]

Upcoming games

Title Developer Status Ref
Chrono Clock Purple software TBA [50]
Clannad: Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de Key TBA [51]
Dizzy Hearts Lupiesoft TBA [52]
Fault Milestone Two Side:Below Alice in Dissonance TBA [53]
Fault - Silence the Pedant Alice in Dissonance TBA [53]
Highway Blossoms Alienworks TBA
Koenchu! The Tale of the Voice Actress Zero Zigen TBA [54]
Kokonoe Kokoro Nostalgia TBA [55]
Memory's Dogma LizArts TBA [56]
Moonshot Fastermind Games TBA [57]
Ne No Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto Kuro Irodoru Yomiji TBA [58]
November Boy Team ANAGO TBA [59]
PacaPlus PacoProject TBA [60]
Resette's Prescription LizArts TBA [56]
Rising Angels: Fates IDHAS Studios TBA [61]
Root Double: Before Crime * After Days Regista, Yeti TBA [50]
Sacrament Sheep Fenrirvier TBA [56]
Shizuku no Oto aiueoKompany TBA [59]
Sierra Ops InnoMen Productions TBA [62]
Starlight Vega Razzart Visual TBA [63]
Sunrider: Liberation Day Love in Space TBA [50]
Tenshin Ranman: Lucky or Unlucky!? Yuzusoft TBA [58]
The Eden of Grisaia Front Wing TBA [64]
The Human Reignition Project Alienworks TBA [65]
The Labyrinth of Grisaia Front Wing TBA [66]
The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 1 Lupiesoft TBA [61]
Witch Boy Magical Piece Rosemary House TBA [58]

Other releases

Title Media format Developer Publication date Ref
2013 Moe Headphones Design Book Lunatic Joker 2014 [67]
Clannad Anthology Manga TBA [68]
Gate Manga Takumi Yanai TBA [4]
MikuMikuDance Freeware Yu Higuchi TBA [69]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sekai Project Steam Group". Valve Corporation. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ "School Days is coming in English!". JAST USA. March 1, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "CLANNAD Official English Release". Sekai Project. Kickstarter. January 9, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Spencer (July 26, 2015). "Sekai Project Announces Tenshin Ranman And Four More Visual Novel Localizations". Siliconera. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ Weyers, Marcel (May 4, 2015). "Visual Novel Tipps". Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ Gronnings, Dimi. "Sekai Project Interview—On the Dawn of the VN in the West, Localization, and More". Niche Gamer. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Sex Games That Steam Censors". Kotaku. January 21, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Denpasoft tweet". Twitter. August 28, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  9. ↑ "World End Economica episode.01 on Steam". Valve Corporation. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius on Steam". Valve Corporation. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sakura Spirit on Steam". Valve Corporation. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  12. ↑ "planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ on Steam". Valve Corporation. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Rising Angels: Reborn on Steam". Valve Corporation. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Pyrite Heart on Steam". Valve Corporation. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Fault Milestone One on Steam". Valve Corporation. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  16. ↑ "NEKOPARA Vol. 1 on Steam". Valve Corporation. December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Sakura Angels on Steam". Valve Corporation. January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ "The Way We ALL GO on Steam". Valve Corporation. March 24, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Sunrider Academy on Steam". Valve Corporation. January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Narcissu 1st & 2nd on Steam". Valve Corporation. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  21. ↑ "The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 — Prelude on Steam". Valve Corporation. April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Love at First Sight on Steam". Valve Corporation. May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Tobari and the Night of the Curious Moon on Steam". Valve Corporation. May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Sakura Fantasy Chapter 1 on Steam". Valve Corporation. May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  25. ↑ "The Fruit of Grisaia on Steam". Valve Corporation. May 14, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  26. ↑ "RaidersSphere4th on Steam". Valve Corporation. March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal- on Steam". Valve Corporation. July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  28. ↑ "WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02 on Steam". Valve Corporation. July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Machina of the Planet Tree -Planet Ruler- on Steam". Valve Corporation. July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 1 on Steam". Valve Corporation. July 29, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 2 on Steam". Valve Corporation. July 29, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Sakura Clicker on Steam". Valve Corporation. July 29, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  33. ↑ "Asphyxia on Steam". Valve Corporation. August 4, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  34. ↑ "Sakura Beach on Steam". Valve Corporation. August 14, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  35. ↑ "NEKOPARA Vol. 0 on Steam". Valve Corporation. August 17, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  36. ↑ "Fault Milestone Two Side:Above on Steam". Valve Corporation. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  37. ↑ "Sakura Swim Club on Steam". Valve Corporation. September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  38. ↑ "Sound of Drop - fall into poison - on Steam". Valve Corporation. October 30, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  39. ↑ "G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String on Steam". Valve Corporation. October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  40. ↑ "Written in the Sky on Steam". Valve Corporation. November 9, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  41. ↑ "Yohjo Simulator on Steam". Valve Corporation. November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  42. ↑ Hannley, Steve (November 13, 2015). "Romantic Visual Novel ‘Clannad’ Release Date Revealed". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on November 14, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  43. ↑ "Reverse x Reverse on Steam". Valve Corporation. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  44. ↑ "Was: The Hourglass of Lepidoptera on Steam". Valve Corporation. May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  45. ↑ "Strawberry Vinegar on Steam". Valve Corporation. January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  46. ↑ "The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns on Steam". Valve Corporation. January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  47. ↑ "No One But You on Steam". Valve Corporation. July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  48. ↑ "Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project on Steam". Valve Corporation. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  49. ↑ "Rabi-Ribi on Steam". Valve Corporation. January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  50. 1 2 3 "Sekai Project to Release G-senjou no Maou, Chrono Clock, Root Double PC Games". Anime News Network. July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  51. ↑ "CLANNAD Official English Release by sekaiproject". Kickstarter. November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  52. ↑ "Dizzy Hearts". Kickstarter. February 22, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  53. 1 2 "Current State of the Fault Series". Patreon. July 26, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  54. ↑ "Steam Greenlight :: Koenchu! -The Tale of the Voice Actress-". Valve Corporation. February 19, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  55. ↑ "Sekai Project Licenses Hitomebore, Kokonoe Kokoro Visual Novels". Anime News Network. January 31, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  56. 1 2 3 "Sekai Project Adds Tobari & the Night of the Curious Moon Game". Anime News Network. May 22, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  57. ↑ "Moonshot: Sekai Project". Sekai Project. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  58. 1 2 3 "Sekai Project Website". Sekai Project. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  59. 1 2 "Sekai Project Adds Machina of the Planet Tree RPG, Shizuku no Oto Horror Game". Anime News Network. April 5, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  60. ↑ "PacaPlus: Sekai Project". Sekai Project. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  61. 1 2 "Game Release Schedule". Sekai Project. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  62. ↑ "Steam Greenlight :: Sierra Ops". Valve Corporation. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  63. ↑ "Starlight Vega". Kickstarter. April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  64. ↑ "Steam Greenlight :: The Eden of Grisaia - Grisaia no Rakuen". Valve Corporation. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  65. ↑ "Sekai Project tweet". Twitter. April 25, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  66. ↑ "Steam Greenlight :: The Labyrinth of Grisaia - Grisaia no Meikyuu". Valve Corporation. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  67. ↑ "2013 Moe Headphones Design Doujin by Lunatic Joker". Sekai Project. Kickstarter. December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  68. ↑ "CLANNAD Anthology Manga Stretch Goal Achieved!". Sekai Project. Kickstarter. December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  69. ↑ "Steam Greenlight :: MikuMikuDance-". Valve Corporation. December 25, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.

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