Kanon on Switch, and The VN’s Significance Today

Originally released by Key/Visual Arts in Japan on June 4th, 1999, Kanon was the studio’s first release. Soon after, it received official Japanese ports to the Dreamcast  in September 2000…

VISUAL ARTS BLOG: 4 New EN Releases for 2023 & Unnannounced Games, Company’s Future Plans

New Worldwide Game Releases: Baba Takahiro, representative director of Key/VisualArts, released a blog post on the 12th detailing the aspirations for the famed visual novel developer going into 2023. This…

Tone Works and Frill are No Longer Owned by Publisher Visual Arts

Tone Works is one of many VN studios owned by publisher Visual Arts, who also possess the rights to the popular studio Key (Clannad, Planetarian, etc.). Tone Works is responsible…

Fans on Twitter manage to preserve Fan-made Nintendo DS Port for KEY’s Planetarian

On the 19th of December, an innocuous post was made on Twitter by the user FerbusG, who simply wanted to mention some trivia about Visual Arts’s kinetic novel planetarian –…

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Official Review: CLANNAD

Sekai Project's Steam release of CLANNAD has been hyped for the better part of a year now, so just how good is it? Let’s dive into this and find out.

Key’s Harmonia on Steam Greenlight, to be Released Soonish

Today VisualArts Key, creators of famous visual novels such as Clannad and Little Busters, put the English version of their upcoming visual novel Harmonia onto Steam Greenlight.

Angel Beats! -1st beat- OP&ED Singles “Heartily Song” Available for Preorder

Angel Beats! -1st beat-‘s OP&ED singles CD is available for preorder on most sites that sell Japanese music. The official release date is still set for April the 1st and…

Sekai Project’s CLANNAD Kickstarter finishes, raises $541,161

On 9 January, Sekai Project's CLANNAD crowdfunding campaign ended after smashing through the initial goal of $140,000 to raise $541,161 from Kickstarter and $10,720 from PayPal backers...

Key Unveils A New Kinetic VN

In the recent issue of Dengeki G's magazine, it was announced that Key will be working on a new Kinetic VN called Harmonia. Harmonia is about humans living together in…

Angel Beats! -1st Beat- Visual Novel Release Date Announced & More Key News

Last night, we were treated with a special event hosted by Key and Aniplex which was available for live stream via NicoNico. I managed to stay up until around 4AM…