# After... (video game) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/After..._(video_game) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/After..._(video_game).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After..._(video_game) > Source revision: 1346351593 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|2003 video game}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=December 2010}} {{Expand Japanese|topic=vg|After...|date=January 2010}} }} {{Infobox video game |title= After... |image= After...PS2.jpg |caption= Cover of the PS2 version of ''After...: Wasureemu Kizuna''. |developer= Ciel |publisher= Ciel (PC)
Pionesoft (DC, PS2) | designer = [Tony Taka](/source/Tony_Taka) (character designs) | artist = [Tony Taka](/source/Tony_Taka) | series= |engine= |released= {{Video game release|JP|June 27, 2003 (Win)}} {{Video game release|JP|December 19, 2003 (Sweet Kiss)}} {{Video game release|JP|February 26, 2004 (DC, PS2)}} {{Video game release|JP|August 26, 2005 (Story Edition)}} {{Video game release|JP|February 25, 2007 (DVD-PG)}} {{Video game release|JP|May 21, 2010 (Blu-ray)}} |genre= [Visual novel](/source/Visual_novel), [eroge](/source/eroge) |modes= [Single-player](/source/Single-player_video_game) |platforms= [Windows 98](/source/Windows_98), [Dreamcast](/source/Dreamcast), [PlayStation 2](/source/PlayStation_2), [Blu-ray](/source/Blu-ray), [DVD](/source/DVD) }} '''''After...''''' is an [adult](/source/eroge) Japanese [visual novel](/source/visual_novel) developed by Ciel which was released on June 27, 2003, playable on the PC as a CD or a DVD.The early DVD version includes a guide book and soundtrack CD and the early CD version includes a guide book and a mouse pad. Subsequent enhanced ports to the Dreamcast and to the PlayStation 2 as ''After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~'' were released. Both ports feature their own exclusive characters and new scenarios not in the original PC release. In 2025, [After (band)](/source/After_(band)) revealed this game as the inspiration for their band name. https://people.com/after-meet-the-duo-behind-the-2000s-inspired-band-exclusive-11856343 ==Gameplay== The gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent on simply reading the text that will appear on the screen; this text represents either [dialogue](/source/dialogue) between the various characters, or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Every so often, the player will come to a "decision point" where he or she is given the chance to choose from options that are displayed on the screen, typically two to three at a time. During these times, gameplay pauses until a choice is made that furthers the plot in a specific direction, depending on which choice the player makes. ==Characters== * {{Nihongo|Yūichi Takawashi|高鷲祐一|Takawashi Yūichi}} * {{Nihongo|Kanami Shiomiya|汐宮香奈美|Shiomiya Kanami}} * {{Nihongo|Nagisa Takawashi|高鷲渚|Takawashi Nagisa}} * {{Nihongo|Yōko Kishi|喜志陽子|Kishi Yōko}} * {{Nihongo|Kōtarō Takidani|滝谷紘太郎|Takidani Kōtarō}} * {{Nihongo|Keishō Abiko|我孫子慶生|Abiko Keishō}} * {{Nihongo|Miyuki Chihaya|千早美雪|Chihaya Miyuki}} * {{Nihongo|Saori Mikkaichi|三日市沙織|Mikkaichi Saori}} * {{Nihongo|Satoshi Kamuro|学文路聡|Kamuro Satoshi}} * {{Nihongo|Cypher|サイファ|Saifa}} * {{Nihongo|Lou|ルー|Rū}} ==Release== ''After..'' was first introduced in Japan on June 27, 2003, as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM playable on a [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) PC. Two consumer console versions for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 with [adult](/source/Hentai) content removed were developed by Pionesoft and released on February 26, 2004, in limited and regular edition versions. Both versions had the title ''After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~'' (''After...～忘れえぬ絆～'', lit. "After... ~Unforgettable Bond~"). A version playable as a [DVD TV game](/source/DVD_TV_game) entitled ''After... DVDPG'' was released on February 25, 2007; and a version playable as a [Blu-ray TV game](/source/Blu-ray_TV_game) was released on May 21, 2010. On August 26, 2005, a version containing both the original game and its fandisc called ''After... -Story Edition-'' was released. ''After... Sweet Kiss'', a fandisc for the original game released on December 19, 2003. It contains side stories for the three main heroines along with desk accessories. ==Anime== ''After...'' was adapted as a [hentai](/source/hentai) [OVA](/source/Original_video_animation) by Milky Label Animation. It was released on two DVDs between August 25, 2007, and January 25, 2008. [Media Blasters](/source/Media_Blasters) licensed the two-episode OVA and released it in the United States thru Kitty Media on Blu-ray and DVD on September 28, 2021, with a new English dub featuring American voiceover actresses, Yara Naika and Diana Lockheart.{{cite web|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2021/07/21/kitty-media-announces-after-the-animation-hentai-blu-ray-release/ |title=Kitty Media Announces 'After… The Animation' Hentai Blu-ray Release |last=Beveridge |first=Chris |date=July 21, 2021|work=[Fandom Post](/source/Fandom_Post)|access-date=December 9, 2021 }}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/mediablasters1/status/1382707382380326918/ |title=We have too many H-anime in the future and I mixed up After Lesson with After... Crying face Work begins! I like this one better anyway |last=Blasters |first=Media |date=April 15, 2021|work=[Twitter](/source/Twitter)|access-date=December 9, 2021 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070212232327/http://www.sp-janis.com/soft/after.shtml Official page for the original version]{{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.pionesoft.jp/after/after.html Official page for the ''After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~'' versions]{{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.ms-pictures.com/label/milky/products/after/200708_after.html MS Pictures ''After... the Animation''vol. 1 page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930154827/http://www.ms-pictures.com/label/milky/products/after/200708_after.html |date=2011-09-30 }} * [http://www.ms-pictures.com/label/milky/products/after/200801_after.html MS Pictures ''After... the Animation''vol. 2 page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502101250/http://ms-pictures.com/label/milky/products/after/200801_after.html |date=2019-05-02 }} * {{Vndb|2603||After...}} * {{Anime News Network|anime|8503}} {{DEFAULTSORT:After... (Visual Novel)}} Category:2003 video games Category:Bishōjo games Category:Dreamcast games Category:DVD interactive technology Category:Eroge Category:Japan-exclusive video games Category:PlayStation 2 games Category:Video game remakes Category:Video games developed in Japan Category:Video games scored by Keishi Yonao Category:Visual novels Category:Windows games Category:Single-player video games Category:Pionesoft games --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [After... (video game)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After..._(video_game)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After..._(video_game)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.