Otaku Publishing, Ltd.

Overview

Otaku Publishing, Ltd. is a UK distributor founded in 1995 that is based in London and operates an online storefront that specializes in selling imported Japanese media, such as anime, manga, music CDs and games [4]. During the late 1990s, the company began localizing various adult Japanese PC games into English, and sometimes German/French as well, branded as "Bishojo-Manga PC CD-ROM." All of their titles were released in the United States by JAST USA with their most famous title being the Japanese simulation game called True Love, released around 1998-1999 in Europe and North America [8][10][12]. In the 2000s, Otaku gave up on selling their PC titles due to low sales and wide spread piracy of their products [9].

Bishojo-Manga PC CD-ROMs

• Bishojo Manga CD-ROM Volume 1 (1996?) - A digital art collection of a 100 images, music and Japanese voice tracks.
• Venus Select - Bishojo Manga CD-ROM Vol 2 (1997) - A collection of images and music from Venus.
• Ring-Out! - Bishojo Manga CD-ROM Vol 3 (1997)
• Timestripper - Bishojo Manga CD-ROM Vol 4 (1997)
• Paradise Heights (1998)
• Return to Paradise Heights (1998) [3][13]
• True Love (1998-1999) - Was branded as Vol 5 of the Bishojo Manga series at one point [10]. Was released anywhere between August 1998 and March 1999 [8][10][12].

Unreleased Titles

• Angel Crisis - Translation of "Angel Crysis" by ZyX.
• Bishojo Fighter 98
• Crazy Knuckle - Might be a translation of "Kyouken Densetsu Crazy Knuckle."
• Legend of Rouge - Potentially a translated version of "Rouge no Densetsu" by D.O.
• Let's Party - Might be a translation of "Let's! Pirates Trouble Vacances."
• Twilight Hotel - Translation of "Twilight Hotel" by ZyX.
• Neon Genesis Evangelion - A digital art collection that contains 100s of images, sound samples, screen savers and desktop programs. Was advertised as an Otaku product with a January 11, 1997 release date but then was later advertised as an "import only" product. Might be the "Neon Genesis Evangelion: Collector's Disk" which was released in Japan in 1996.

External Links

1. Official Website (1996)
2. Otaku Contents Page (1996)
3. Product List (1996, 1997, 1998)
4. Who and What is OTAKU? (2000)
5. Special Thanks 1996
6. Anime Reviews by Jim McLennan
7. Final Fantasy VII Preview by Billy "RyuKa;" Mager (1997)
8. JAST USA True Love Product Page (1999) - Says that the game will ship in January 1999.
9. Why have you stopped making Otaku CD-ROMs? (2000)
10. True Love Otaku Product Page (Feb 1998, June 1998) - Says the game will release in August 1998.
11. JAST USA Venus Select Product Page (1998)
12. J-List Product Page (1999) (NSFW) - Says that True Love will ship in March 1999.
13. J-List Product Page (1998) (NSFW) - Says that Return to Paradise Heights ships in July 1998.