Hirameki International Group Inc. was an American

United States

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 company founded in March 2000 which specialized in translating visual novel

Visual novel

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s from Japan

Japan

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 and releasing them to the American market. It is named after the Japanese

Japanese language

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 word for the noun "flash" or "insight". On January 2, 2008, the company elected to bow out of games production.

In November 2010, Hirameki returned as a video game accessories reseller for their home company, Cyber Gadget, of Japan. As of March 2011, they are the only authorized seller of Cyber Gadget video game accessories in the United States.

AnimePlay PC

The AnimePlay

AnimePlay

Anime Play is a trademark used to refer to the visual novel games distributed by Hirameki International and a magazine profiling these games.-Anime Play DVD:...

 PC line—titles that are visual novels that can only be played via a PC

IBM PC compatible

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• Ai Yori Aoshi
  Ai Yori Aoshi
  is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki and serialized from 1998 to 2005 in Hakusensha's Young Animal. It is a love story between two characters who haven't seen each other in years but were once childhood friends....
  
  
• Animamundi Dark Alchemist
  Animamundi
  Animamundi: Dark Alchemist is a Japanese gothic horror visual novel developed by Karin Entertainment and distributed by Hirameki International in the United States.- Story :...
  
  
• Piece of Wonder
  Piece of Wonder
  Piece of Wonder is a hybrid tactical RPG and visual novel originally published in Japan in February 2002 by Studio Crossfire and released on January 21, 2007 in the United States by Hirameki International. The storyline incorporates sci-fi elements. A downloadable version, which doubles as a timed...
  
  
• Ever17
  Ever17
  Ever 17: The Out of Infinity is a Japanese science fiction visual novel produced by KID, originally released on August 29, 2002 for the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast. A Windows version, Ever 17: The Out of Infinity Premium Edition, was released on May 16, 2003. In December 2005, Hirameki...
  
  
• Yo-Jin-Bo
  Yo-Jin-Bo
  is a Japanese visual novel produced by Two-Five. In October 2006, Hirameki International released an English edition of the PC version in the United States....
  
  

AnimePlay DVD

These titles are visual novels that can be played via a DVD player

DVD player

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• Amusement Park
• Day of Love
  Day of Love
  is a Japanese dating sim produced by ACTRESS, originally released on April 25, 2000, on CD-ROM. A PlayStation port by Princess Soft was released on 26th July, 2001 under the name "Koi Yohou" . The English release was by Hirameki International in the DVD-based AnimePlay format on February 17, 2004...
  
  
• Dragonia
• Exodus Guilty
• Hourglass of Summer
  Hourglass of Summer
  is a Japanese visual novel that was released by Princess Soft. It was brought to the U.S. by the Hirameki International Group. It is one of the few interactive dating games that have been translated into English...
  
  
• Ishika & Honori
• Phantom of Inferno
  Phantom of Inferno
  Phantom of Inferno is a visual novel game created by Nitroplus, and distributed by Hirameki International . It came out in Japan in 2000, and then was distributed in America as an AnimePlay title in 2003...
  
  
• Tea Society of a Witch
  Tea Society of a Witch
  Tea Society of a Witch is an interactive AnimePlay DVD version of the Japanese bishōjo game by Front Wing. The English language version is an all-ages DVD game based on the Japanese Dreamcast version. There is also a Japanese version with adult content for PC. The main character is a young high...
  
  

Game accessories

Hirameki sells accessories for the following video game consoles:

• Nintendo DS
  Nintendo DS
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  , Nintendo DSi
  Nintendo DSi
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  , Nintendo DSi XL, and Nintendo 3DS
  Nintendo 3DS
  The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. The autostereoscopic device is able to project stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or any additional accessories. The Nintendo 3DS features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS series software, including Nintendo DSi software...
  
  
• Nintendo Wii
  Wii
  The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
  
  
• Sony PS3
  PlayStation 3
  The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
  
  , Sony PSP
  PlayStation Portable
  The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
  
  , and Sony PSP Go
  PSP Go
  The PSP Go is a version of the PlayStation Portable handheld game console manufactured by Sony. It was released on October 1, 2009 in American and European territories, and on November 1 in Japan. It was revealed prior to E3 2009 through Sony's Qore VOD service...