âge (アージュ, Āju) is a Japanese adult video game and visual novel brand owned by ACID Co.  [ja]. They have also produced work under the names Mirage and Φâge.

âge
GenreVisual Novel
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
ProductsKimi Ga Nozomu Eien
Muv Luv
ParentACID Co.
Divisionsâge, Mirage, Φâge
Websitehttps://age-soft.co.jp

âge was formerly known as Relic and developed video games for consoles. It gained fame following the release of its 2001 adult visual novel Kimi ga Nozomu Eien.[1] It was founded by Hirohiko Yoshida, Baka Prince Persia, Nanpuureima, Spin Drill, and Carnelian.

In 2011, Hirohito Yoshida created a rights management company for âge‘s content called "ixtl", subsequently a copyright transfer agreement was signed with ACID Co.

In 2017, Avex Pictures acquired ixtl,[2] and later changed the company's name to aNCHOR  [ja] [3]

List of developed games edit

References edit

  1. ^ "How Erotic Games Learned to Cry". 2010-07-29.
  2. ^ "Avex Pictures Acquires Muv-Luv Game Maker Ixtl". Anime News Network. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Muv-Luv Rights Holder Ixtl Changes Name to anchor". Anime News Network. Retrieved 13 October 2019.


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