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JAST USA Announces Two New Licenses at the Anime Expo Convention in Los Angeles

July 2nd, 2017

Announcement 1

Title: Maji de Watashi ni Koishinasai!
Developer: Minato Soft
Genre: Visual Novel, Comedy, Action, Romance
Platform: Windows PC
Release Date: TBD
Price: TBD (expected: $30-$40)

Experience the hugely popular visual novel that spawned a whole franchise, including a hit anime series!

Naoe Yamato, a second-year student at Kawakami Highschool, has grown up with his close-knit group of friends. They've been attached at the hip for as long as people can remember, and get up to all kinds of antics. Then, in the new semester, two more girls join their friendship group, and things get a little crazier...

A modern-day highschool comedy...where the girls are all descendants of samurai who still follow the bushido code to this day! Laughs and action abound as the guys do their best not to lose out to these tough warrior chicks.

Announcement 2

Title: Machine Child
Genre: Girl Raising Simulation
Platform: Steam (and other platforms, depending on sales)
Release Date: TBD
Price: TBD (expected: $10-$20)
Playtime: 1-3 hours/playthrough, 40-50 hours for 100% completion.

Staff (as of June 2017):
Concept: Oyari Ashito (Littlewitch Romanesque, Eiyu Senki)
Character Designs & Artwork: Oyari Ashito
Music: Hoashi Keigo (NieR:Automata)
Backgrounds: Yoshida Seiji (Subarashiki Hibi)
User Interface: Mashiko Hiromu
Programming: Yaguchi Masamune
Scenario: (secret)
Game Design: Oyari Ashito, (secret)

In a faraway time, in a faraway place, a lucky merchant acquires a miraculous machine, said to bring infinite wealth and good fortune to anyone who uses it...

As the player, your goal is to raise a "Machine Child," a girl born from a mysterious device. Your choices shape her strengths and weaknesses, personality and relationships, and ultimately her future. Will she become a beloved singer? A skulking assassin? It all depends on you.

Machine Child will feature multiple girls to raise, a large selection of costumes, and a wide variety of events (including vacation events), all beautifully illustrated by Oyari Ashito.

The game will have a simultaneous worldwide release in Japanese and English.

About JAST USA
Founded in 1997, JAST USA was the first American company to start bringing official releases of Japanese “visual novel” games to Western audiences. JAST continues to bring English localizations of mature and story-focused Japanese titles to worldwide fans. For more information on our catalog visit: https://www.jastusa.com

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