{"id":112324,"date":"2025-02-14T08:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=112324"},"modified":"2025-02-15T07:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:37:24","slug":"air-visual-novel-comes-to-steam-on-march-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/02\/14\/air-visual-novel-comes-to-steam-on-march-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Visual Novel Comes to Steam on March 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Key<\/em> visual novel Air<\/em>, which had its original release in 2000 and inspired a Kyoto Animation<\/strong>-produced anime adaptation, will be released on Steam<\/a> on March 5 JST. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Steam release will include English and Simplified Chinese support and Steam Deck compatibility. Other highlighted features include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The inclusion of the side story novel First Sky Chapter<\/em> as a visual novel<\/span>
\u2022 The “best HD quality” of all Air<\/em> versions so far and CG coloring that has been “adjusted to better complement LED display colors”<\/span>
\u2022 Touch gestures for table PC and Steam Deck
\u2022 Controller support
<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will also be voice support, with voice actors like:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Hikaru Midorikawa<\/strong> as Yukito Kunisaki<\/span>
\u2022 Tomoko Kawakami<\/strong> as Misuzu Kamio  <\/span>
\u2022 Asami Okamoto<\/strong> as Kano Kirishima<\/span>
\u2022 Ryoka Suzuki<\/strong> as Minagi Tohno<\/span>
\u2022 Aya Hisakawa<\/strong> as Haruko Kamio<\/span>
\u2022 Yumi Touma<\/strong> as Hijiri Kirishima<\/span>
\u2022 Yukari Tamura<\/strong> as Michiru<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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The press release lists a Japanese price of 3,200 yen (~US$8.67) with tax-included. It also states that Air<\/em> will be 10% off until March 19 JST to commemorate its Steam release.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air<\/em> was first released on Windows 95, 98, and 2000 as an R-18 title. The 2000 release was a limited first-run edition, with the first regular release arriving in 2001. Steam describes the premise as:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer had come to that town.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

A young man is performing with a puppet in front of a seaside bus stop.<\/span><\/em>
Only two children are watching his show.<\/span><\/em>
However, they soon lose interest and run off.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The young man is a traveler.<\/span><\/em>
He has two companions on his travels.<\/span><\/em>
A decrepit doll that moves without strings<\/span><\/em>
and a powerful oath made a long time ago.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Just when he began to feel despair,<\/span><\/em>
a young girl comes to talk to him.<\/span><\/em>
She has a friendly, innocent smile.<\/span><\/em>
Following this meeting with her,<\/span><\/em>
the young man begins to live in that town.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Spending gentle days enveloped in the scenes of summer.<\/span><\/em>
Encounters with girls in the sunlight.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Summer stretches on endlessly.<\/span><\/em>
Beneath the vast blue sky.<\/span><\/em>
Beneath the air in which she awaits.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first Key visual novel, Kanon<\/a>,<\/em> came to Steam last June.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sources: <\/strong>@VisualArtsUSA<\/a>, <\/span>press release<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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