To Heart is a ren'ai game by Leaf/Aquaplus released in 1997 for the PC. It was late ported to the PlayStation and given voice acting. Another PC version, coroneted "ToHeart PSE" wwhen freed containing a Playstation version likewise as omake games. A freshly computer version & Playstation version got a full-grown scenes flushed.

It was likewise manufactured into the 13-episode TV anime by KSS in 1999. Another anime, To Heart: Remember The Memories airy from either October 2004. To Heart was an influential ren'ai game by using a big cult ensuing; it has been the inspiration for much of fan art in the dōjinshi community.

To Heart lessens into a specific subgenre of ren'ai games known as visual novels. These are text-intensive, text covers a screen like than sitting around a pack at the bottom, & virtually all of the text is foremost-human narration like than dialogue.

To Heart is remarkable for the purity of its conception: it is around numerous ways the minimalist distillation of the ren'ai game genre. These are just about 100% linear, by using on the choose of of these menu guide by the 15 transactions of gameplay. These are the pure high-senior high romance, forgoing gimmicks. (This is particularly notable since virtually all of Leaf's more games come high-concept.) Its atmosphere is unrelentingly brilliantly, good of sunshine & cute pop music. There exists little continuity in a story, & nor is there tremendously drama: the game occurs as succession of short character vignettes. To Heart focuses all but totally in its writing, kinky characterization, & a moral force of the relationships between its characters.

One of a bet on's secondary characters, the green-haired golem maid known as "Multi" (exemplary dull HMX-12), is one of Japan's virtually all popular invented automaton girls. A dakimakura that started the recent cult for the children got a picture of Multi thereon.

A game has never been translated into English, although a anime is freed by [http://www.rightstuf.com/ The Right Stuf International] in the latter half of 2005 in the U.s.. A series is as well licensed within Germany and in the Philippines.

Anime: To Heart ~Remember My Memories~

The sequel to the original To Heart anime was aired within Japan from either October 2004. It featured a old cast from either a original series in their third & survive month of senior high. A story requires america to a graduation of the entire cast, & the life of Hiroyuki Fujita & Kamagishi Akari later.

A character project has reverted to it of the original game, instead of carrying on the adaptations play the original anime.

Seven DVDs is freed another time the year starting from either January 2005 around Japan. Although ~Remember a Memories~ is non treat KSS Media Entertainment Company, voice acctresses from either the original anime series come utilized.

The characters

Hiroyuki Fujita (藤田浩之 Fujita Hiroyuki), protagonist Akari Kamigishi (神岸あかり Kamigishi Akari) Shiho Nagaoka (長岡志保 Nagaoka Shiho) Masashi Sato (佐藤雅史 Satō Masashi) Serika Kurusugawa (来栖川芹香 Kurusugawa Serika) Ayaka Kurusugawa (来栖川綾香 Kurusugawa Ayaka) Aoi Matsubara (まつばら あおい Matsubara Aoi) Remy/Lemmy Miyauchi (宮内レミィ Miyauchi Remii) Kotone Himekawa (姫川琴音 Himekawa Kotone) Rio Hinayama (雛山理緒 Hinayama Rio) Tomoko Hoshina (保科智子 Hoshina Tomoko) Multi (HMX-12) Serio (HMX-13)

Manga

There come many manga versions available around Japan & are a lot published by different corporations. Virtually all of the two come of these off stories written & illustrated by dojinshi authors, prior to existence complied into volumes although the Daioh magazine offers a consistent story.

The manga version by Ukyou Takao is also available within Japan by Media Works, & in the United states of america by ADV Manga.

Audio CDs

Many Videos were produced for two a game & anime series:

To Heart: Animation Healthy Track To Heart: Original Healthy Track [KICA5038(FA001)] Feeling Heart: To Heart Single [KIDA5502(FS001)]

Which are actually officially away from print. It is likewise collectors things, so come difficult to call for around secondhand shops within Japan.

DVDs and Videos

The placed of sextet DVDs & videotapes were produced around Japan, however were non sold elsewhere.

Significance

Prior to "To Heart", a galgame genre was donimated by leading company ELF. ELF ultilized a sci-fi & fantasy construct, & accented on the importance of story background. Galgame players typically concern themselves extra just about a overall story, like than paying attentiin on independent character's personality & emotion. "To Heart" was one of a 1st games which specifically allowed & encouraged a streaming video player to fall soft on by having normalcy, & began a trend of school related galgames. Players symphatize sustaining situations leading characters come around, & concern themselves extra sustaining characters, instead of the overall story.

Independent script writer Tatsuya Takahashi's idea of "visual novel" is widely adopted now by numerous Japanese games, reguardless of the genre.

To Heart expended its cult ensuing to non-galgamers whilst a KSS anime & Playstation Version were freed. Moreover, the original anime was one of the 1st instances in which a cartoon/anime adaptation of a computer game would prove to exist as succeseful among viewers world health organization didn't potentially play the game, although these are debatable whenever it can be considered one of a virtually all popular alive series adaptation of a game (For the matter, numerous however claim Earthworm Jim to be one of a better videos games-depending cartoon/anime). Nevertheless, ~Remember a memories~ & less, the To Heart 2 anime didn't get when much praise as a original series. the KSS anime became a stepping stone for several renowned voice actresses within regular anime i understand now, when of 2005.

See Also
To Heart 2 Leaf renai ADV List of television shows based on video games

Official Sites

[http://www.aquaplus.co.jp/th/ To Heart Official Site] [http://www.toheart-r.net To Heart ~Remember our memories~]

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