ANIPLEX.EXE Announuces First North American Releases

Aniplex’s newly established visual novel brand, ANIPLEX.EXE, has two titles on the horizon for North American release, "ATRI -My Dear Moments-", developed by the creators of "The Fruit of Grisaia", Frontwing and Makura; and "Adabana Odd Tales", developed by Liar-soft, the makers of "Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning" and "Kindred Spirits" on the Roof. These will be the inaugural titles for the brand.

Below you can find extensive details for both as well as related links!

About "ATRI -My Dear Moments-":
"ATRI -My Dear Moments-", written by Asuta Konno, one of the authors of If My Heart Had Wings, transports players to the near future in which a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. After losing his mother and his leg in an accident while he was very young, Ikaruga Natsuki finds himself returning to a tiny coastal town his oceanographer grandmother once called home. In order to pay off his grandmother’s massive debt, he agrees to search the sunken ruins of her laboratory to seek a treasure she is rumored to have left there. Instead, he finds a beautiful, mysterious girl named Atri. She is a robot with both the appearance and emotions of a living, breathing human being. Grateful to Natsuki for salvaging her, Atri promises to aid Natsuki as they spend an unforgettable summer together.

Story:
In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. Ikaruga Natsuki, a boy who lost his mother and his leg in an accident some years earlier, returns disillusioned from a harsh life in the big city to find his old countryside home half-swallowed by the sea. Left without a family, all he has to his name is the ship and submarine left to him by his oceanologist grandmother, and her debts.

His only hope to restore the dreams for the future that he has lost is to take up an opportunity presented to him by the suspicious debt collector Catherine. They set sail to search the sunken ruins of his grandmother’s laboratory in order to find a treasure rumor says she left there. But what they find is not riches or jewels; it is a strange girl lying asleep in a coffin at the bottom of the sea.

Atri. Atri is a robot, but her appearance and her wealth of emotions would fool anyone into think she’s a living, breathing human being. In gratitude for being salvaged, she makes a declaration to Natsuki. “I want to fulfil my master’s final order. Until I do, I’ll be your leg!” In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for this boy and this mysterious robot girl…

For More Information:
Official Website: https://atri-mdm.com/en/
Steam Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1230140/ATRI_My_Dear_Moments/

About "Adabana Odd Tales":
Adabana Odd Tales invites players into the fantastic land of Adabana, a realm of illustrated books, where players traverse various storybook realms to find and correct distortions within classic Japanese fairy tales. At the center of the story are Shirohime, a beautiful girl clad in a pure white kimono, who has lost all her memories, and Kurofude, a young man wielding a brush used to restore lost text to illustrated books, and occasionally as a weapon to cut down his enemies. He explains that Adabana is a name given to flowers that will never bear fruit. Their journey begins with a dilapidated illustrated book titled Hanasaka Jiisan.

Story:
A girl finds herself in a dark and unfamiliar forest when a monster appears out of nowhere and attacks. A mysterious boy, wielding a brush like it was a sword, appears just in time to cut down the monster. He calls himself Kurofude, and he addresses the girl in familiar tones as Shirohime. Yet she does not recognize him or the name he calls her. She has lost all of her memories.

According to Kurofude, they are in the land of Adabana, a realm of illustrated books. Their tales are like dreams; no matter how deeply one immerses oneself in them, once one wakes up, they are gone. Thus the name Adabana—a name given to flowers that will never bear fruit. Their duty is to travel through story realms and look for signs of distortions in the tales.

Shirohime, a girl with seemingly all the agency of a doll, accepts this explanation and opens a book handed to her. The title: Hanasaka Jiisan. As she opens the dilapidated illustrated book with its pages riddled with worm-eaten holes, the pages glow brightly and whisk the girl and boy away to a fairy tale realm...

For More Information:
Official Website: https://adabanaitan.com/en/
Steam Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094820/__Adabana_Odd_Tales/

Both games are suitable for all ages and will be available in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese via Steam with a release in 2020. You can see the ANIPLEX.EXE announcement video below!