Kirakira (visual novel)

 is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Overdrive and first released playable on a Microsoft Windows PC on November 27, 2007. An official English translation by MangaGamer was released in June 2009 only available via downloading on MangaGamer's website. A PlayStation 2 version published by PrincessSoft was released on February 26, 2009. A version of the game with all adult content removed was ported to the iPhone and iPod touch by M-Trix Inc. and was released on the App Store on November 20, 2009. In addition, a sequel called was released by Overdrive for the PC in August 2008.
Plot.
The protagonists of "Kirakira", Shikanosuke, Kirari, Sarina and Chie are the members of the at the Christian school Ohbi Gakuen. The club was set to be closed in next March so they try to set up a band they call the to save the club. Their performance at the subsequent school festival succeeds with flying colors. That performance was put on the Internet where one of the live houses in Nagoya offered the band to put on a performance in Nagoya. They honestly want to disband after the performance at the school festival because they had to study for entrance exams or look for jobs, but they were convinced to go on a live tour by Yagihara, the vocalist of Star Generation. Shikanosuke's band d2b begins its live tour across Japan in an old van.
Characters.
"Note: Voice actresses for the three main heroines are for the PS2 version. The cast for the PC version is not announced (possibly due to it being an adult game).
d2b band.
Kirari's singing voice is provided by UR@N.
Development.
"Kirakira" is the second visual novel production by Overdrive after "Edelweiss". The game's producer was Hiroshi "Bamboo" Takeuchi. The scenario was written by Renya Setoguchi, and this was the final work with him as a writer until Musicus. The character design and art direction was headed by Shinji Katakura who returned after his work on "Edelweiss". The music was produced by the Japanese band Milktub which has Hiroshi Takeuchi as the main vocalist.
Related media.
Internet radio show.
An Internet radio show entitled "Radio d2b" was produced by Onsen and was first released as a pre-broadcast in December 2007. The main broadcasting period of the show was between January and June 2008. The program was hosted by Hiroshi Takeuchi, UR@N and Kyoichi Miyazaki. A second season began in November 2008 hosted by Takeuchi, Tomoko Nakamura (voice of Kirari Shino), Megumi Kojima (voice of Sarina Kashiwara), and Kei Mizusawa (voice of Chie Isurugi).