Nitroplus Co., Ltd. (nitro+) is a Japanese game company specializing in
Eroge Visual Novels. Its works are almost invariably
dark-themed, with an abundance of
Eldritch Abominations, horror, rape,
gore and violence.
They first came to general attention with the release of
Phantom Of Inferno in 2000, which also was main writer Gen Urobuchi's first released work with the company. Since then it has become well recognized in visual novel circles, such as the releases of
Saya no Uta in 2003 and
Chaos Head in 2008, along with
Key Visual Arts,
TYPE MOON and
07th Expansion. Another note, is that their music producer, Shingo Minamino, was murdered tragically, and brutally in the middle of a busy street.
Gen Urobuchi is one of the most prolific people in the company, as shown in the original light novel for
Fate/Zero and their widely famous
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Nitroplus' second original anime. They also work with
Kanako Itou, who has perfomed most of the musical themes for their VNs or its adaptations.
Releases of Nitro+ (in chronological order):
- Phantom Of Inferno (2000)
- Vampirdzhija Vjedogonia (2001)
- Kikokugai The Cyber Slayer (2002)
- "Hello, World." (2002)
- Demonbane (2003)
- Saya no Uta (2003) - one of Gen's most famous - or infamous - works
- Angelos Armas (2005)
- Jingai Makyou (2005)
- Hanachirasu (2005)
- Sabat Nabe (2005)
- Dra Koi (2006)
- Gekkou No Carnevale (2007)
- Zoku Satsuriku no Django (2007) - also known as Tre Donne Crudeli
- Nitro+ Royale - a fighting game
- Chaos Head (2008) - in collaboration with 5pb
- Sumaga (2008)
- Full Metal Daemon Muramasa (2009)
- Steins Gate (2009) - spiritual successor of Chaos;Head
- Axanael (2010)
- SoniComi (2011)
- Guilty Crown Lost Christmas (2012) - prequel to Guilty Crown
- Robotics Notes (2012) - spiritual successor to Steins;Gate (these three are now called "Science Adventures")
- Phenomeno (2012) - adaptation of the novel of the same name
- Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi. (2013) - Nitroplus first pure Romance Game
Nitroplus also has a branch focused on producing Boys Love Visual Novels: Nitro+ CHIRAL. Its works are listed below:
In addition, people from the company have worked on, or are credited in, other works:
- Black Lagoon: Shaitane Badi (Light Novel, with Gen as author)
- Blassreiter (TV series, with Gen as scriptwriter for several episodes)
- Fate/zero (Prequel of Fate/stay night; a series of four Light Novels produced in collaboration with TYPE MOON, with Gen Urobuchi as author)
- Guilty Crown (has a PC game Spinoff written by Jin Haganeya, who is also part of the show's writing team)
- Muv Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative (Niθ, for some of the mecha designs)
- Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ (based on the story from the visual novel Phantom Of Inferno. Also had a few episodes penned by Gen Urobuchi)
- Psycho Pass (TV Series by Production I.G airing in Fall 2012, with Urobuchi as lead scriptwriter)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime First series by Studio Shaft airing in Winter 2011, with Gen as scriptwriter, at least three artists doing ending cards, an upcoming Light Novel adaptation, a PlayStation Portable game released in 2012, and three theatrical films in the works)
- Queen's Gate novels (a trilogy of side-stories from the Queen's Blade universe that take place in our modern world, rather than the QB's fantasy medieval one. Niθ designed the characters from those novels.)
- Rakuen Tsuihou -Expelled From Paradise-
(Anime film project co-produced between Nitro+ and Toei Animation, with Urobuchi writing the screenplay and to be directed by Seiji Mizushima)
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