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 localizing 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 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]
Sakura Beach 2 Winged Cloud November 6, 2015 [40]
Written in the Sky Unwonted Studios November 9, 2015 [41]
Yohjo Simulator Deadfactory November 17, 2015 [42]
Clannad Key November 23, 2015 [43]
Reverse x Reverse Desunoya December 10, 2015 [44]
Was: The Hourglass of Lepidoptera[Note 1] SRL December 15, 2015 [45]
Sakura Santa Winged Cloud December 21, 2015 [46]
Strawberry Vinegar ebi-hime January 5, 2016 [47]
The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns ebi-hime January 5, 2016 [48]
No One But You Unwonted Studios January 19, 2016 [49]
Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project stage-nana January 27, 2016 [50]
Rabi-Ribi CreSpirit January 28, 2016 [51]
Nekopara Vol. 2 Neko Works February 19, 2016 [52]
Atom Grrrl!! Cosmillica March 1, 2016 [53]
Sunrider: Liberation Day Love in Space March 4, 2016 [54]
Rising Angels: Hope IDHAS Studios March 18, 2016 [55]
Starlight Vega Razzart Visual April 14, 2016 [56]
Lucid9: Inciting Incident Fallen Snow Studios April 14, 2016 [57]
Root Double: Before Crime * After Days Regista, Yeti April 27, 2016 [58]
Selenon Rising Fastermind Games April 29, 2016 [59]
Resette's Prescription: Book of memory, Swaying scale Liz-Arts May 30, 2016 [60]
Nekopalive Neko Works May 31, 2016 [61]
Clannad Side Stories Key June 2, 2016 [62]
Sakura Dungeon Winged Cloud June 3, 2016 [63]
Cherry Tree High Girls' Fight 773 June 13, 2016 [64]
Highway Blossoms AlienWorks June 17, 2016 [65]
The Orchard of Stray Sheep Namaage June 20, 2016 [66]
My Little Kitties Cosen June 21, 2016 [67]
The Labyrinth of Grisaia Front Wing June 22, 2016 [68]
Karakara calme June 27, 2016 [69]
Empty Horizons ebi-hime July 19, 2016 [70]
Just Deserts Vifth Floor July 25, 2016 [71]
Sakura Shrine Girls Winged Cloud August 26, 2016 [72]
This World Unknown ebi-hime September 2, 2016 [73]
Sakura Space Winged Cloud October 10, 2016 [74]
Catch Canvas Unwonted Studios, Razzart Visual October 14, 2016 [75]
Sakura Nova Winged Cloud October 20, 2016 [76]
Ne No Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto Kuro Irodoru Yomiji October 26, 2016 [77]
Memory's Dogma CODE:01 Liz-Arts November 4, 2016 [78]
AL･FINE CrimsonRabbit November 11, 2016 [79]
A Magical High School Girl illuCollab November 22, 2016 [80]
Love, Guitars, and the Nashville Skyline Cosmillica November 22, 2016 [81]

Upcoming games

Title Developer Status Ref
Chrono Clock Purple software January 2017 [82]
Dizzy Hearts Lupiesoft TBA [83]
Fault Milestone Two Side: Below Alice in Dissonance TBA [84]
Fault - Silence the Pedant Alice in Dissonance TBA [84]
Koenchu! The Tale of the Voice Actress Zero Zigen TBA [85]
Kokonoe Kokoro Nostalgia TBA [86]
Moonshot Fastermind Games TBA [87]
November Boy Team ANAGO TBA [88]
PacaPlus PacoProject TBA [89]
Rising Angels: Fates IDHAS Studios TBA [90]
Shizuku no Oto aiueoKompany TBA [88]
Sierra Ops InnoMen Productions TBA [91]
Tenshin Ranman: Lucky or Unlucky!? Yuzusoft TBA [92]
The Eden of Grisaia Front Wing TBA [93]
The Human Reignition Project Alienworks TBA [94]
The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 1 Lupiesoft TBA [90]
Witch Boy Magical Piece Rosemary House TBA [92]

Other releases

Title Media format Developer Publication date Ref
2013 Moe Headphones Design Book Lunatic Joker 2014 [95]
Clannad Anthology Manga TBA [96]
MikuMikuDance Freeware Yu Higuchi TBA [97]
Ne no Kami Manga Fenrir Vier TBA [98]
Gate: Where The JSDF Fought Manga AlphaPolis TBA [99]

Notes

  1. ↑ This title has been discontinued, and is no longer available for purchase on Steam.

References

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  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. ↑ 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.
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  46. ↑ "Sakura Santa on Steam". Valve Corporation. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
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  48. ↑ "The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns on Steam". Valve Corporation. January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  49. ↑ "No One But You on Steam". Valve Corporation. July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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