Amnesia (2011 video game)

Amnesia
Cover art
アムネシア (Amuneshia)
Genre	Romance
Video game
Developer	Idea Factory
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Video game
Amnesia Later
Developer	Idea Factory
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Video game
Amnesia Crowd
Developer	Idea Factory
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Written by	Touko Machida
Music by	Yoshiaki Dewa
Studio	Brains Base
Licensed by	NA: Sentai Filmworks
Original network	AT-X, BS11 Digital, KBS Kyoto, SUN TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Aichi, TV Kanagawa
Original run	January 8, 2013 – present
Episodes	13

Amnesia (アムネシア, Amuneshia) is a Japanese visual novel series by Idea Factory. It was first released on August 2011 for PlayStation Portable, and then a sequel (called 'fan-disk' in Japan) "Amnesia Later" was released on March 2012. Another sequel titled "Amnesia Crowd" will be released on 2013. The series is well received in Japan, so it has a lot of related merchandise released, such as Drama CDs, Character music CDs, books, etc. An anime television series has been produced for 2013 by Brain Base.

Gameplay

In Japan, Amnesia is classified as an otome game and like most otome games, the player takes role of the main female character who can choose from a variety of male characters as her 'love interest'.

However, in Amnesia, the male characters that the female player character can interact with are based on the symbolic suit symbols from a playing card deck with the following storylines (commonly known as 'routes') in the game: Heart, Spade, Diamond, Club and Joker. Depending on which route you pick, your relationship with each character is different.

Plot

On one fateful day, August 1, the heroine lost all her memories. In order to gain them back and to ease her pain in remembering, she tries to interact with 'him' hoping to live each day as happily as she can, and to make a bright future with him...

Characters

Main Characters

Heroine (主人公, Shujinko) (no default name, can be changed)

Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (anime)

She is the heroine of the story who had lost her memories. Within the game, Orion the spirit, follows and supports her throughout each story to reclaim her memories back. Even in the anime, she has no apparent name so far.

Shin (シン)

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara

18 years old. Shin is one of the main male characters you can interact with. He is the childhood sweetheart and friend of the heroine, and is childhood friend of Toma. He is in 3rd year high-school and is now studying hard to get into a university.

He likes playing card games and he's in the track and field club. His favorite animals are dogs.

His symbolic route in the game is the 'Heart'.

Ikki (イッキ)

Voiced by: Kishou Taniyama

22 years old. Fourth year University student. He is best friends with Kent. He has a 19-year-old younger sister.　

He also likes playing darts, billiards and table tennis. Ikki is good at anything where you have to use hands. One of his hobbies is solving Kent's math puzzles. His favorite animal is suppossed to be the hamster.

His symbolic route in the game is the 'Spade'.

Toma (トーマ, Tōma)

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino

20 years old. Second year in University student. He is the childhood friend of both Shin and Heroine, who is like a big brother to them.

He likes playing basketball, cycling, surfing the internet, playing video games, cooking and reading. He is in quite a few school clubs, such as soccer, broadcasting, archery and newspaper. His favorite animals are humans.

His symbolic route in the game is the 'Diamond'.

Kent (ケント, Kento)

Voiced by: Akira Ishida

25 years old. University graduate. He believes that anything is solvable with logic and everything has logic to it, which comes from his parents. He is best friends with Ikki.

He likes making math puzzles and observing things. He likes every single type of animal, because he likes to observe them all.

His symbolic route in the game is the 'Clover'.

Ukyō (ウキョウ)

Voiced by: Kouki Miyata

24 years old. He is a famous photographer. He has a split personality.

He is in a lot of different clubs: triathlon, cheerleading, hula dance, soccer, lacrosse, rugby, kabaddi, dance, art, riding, debate and about 15 more clubs.

His symbolic route in the game is the 'Joker'.

Others

Orion (オリオン)

Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi

A spirit which came from a completely different world. From the view of humans, he takes the appearance of a 10-year-old young boy. No one could see or hear him but, the Heroine.

Sawa (サワ)

Voiced by: Satomi Moriya

Female university student with a bright and sporty personality. She is Heroine's close and good friend. She speaks in a very lively way, but is someone one can rely on.

Mine (ミネ)

Voiced by: Kana Akutsu

The Heroine's junior at the place where she works part-time.

Rika (リカ)

Voiced by: Yoshida Seiko

A mysterious woman who dresses up like a Lady from two centuries ago. She appears to be infatuated with Ikki.

Waka (ワカ)

Voiced by: Takahashi Hidenori

The manager at the place where the heroine works part-time. He is a wise businessman who holds a firm policy. It appears that he has a habit of being too devoted to the ideologies he believes in, and outwardly, he has a little bit of a blown-away behaviour.

Media

Anime

During the Otomate Party 2012, production of an anime television adaption was announced with an expected broadcast in 2013. The opening theme is "Zoetrope" by Nagi Yanagi and the ending theme is "Recall" by Ray.

List of Episodes

Amnesia

Ep#	Title	Original airdate

External links

• Official anime website
• Amnesia Video Game Portal Site (PSP)
• Amnesia Later (PSP)
• Amnesia Crowd (PSP)
• Amnesia (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia