Bishōjo games began to appear in Japan in the beginning days of personal computers. The first bishōjo game … See more

The industry of bishōjo games is closely related to the industry of anime and Japanese manga. While many of the games are pornographic, the majority feature romantic situations with suggestive material. … See more

The genre is extremely popular in Japan. It was estimated as late as 2005 that bishōjo game sales totaled a quarter of all software produced in Japan. It is estimated that an average 50 new titles are released each month or a… See more

While bishōjo games are produced in Japan for console market, that is largely not the case in the West, where enthusiasm for the subgenre is lukewarm. What success these games have had has historically been depe… See more

There are a number of terms roughly equivalent to "bishōjo game" in use, both in Japanese and English, and there is considerable disagreement and confusion about their proper use. There is no clear consensus … See more

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• Kinsella, Sharon (Summer 1998). "Otaku and the amateur manga movement". Journal of Japanese Studies. 24 (2). Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2: 289–316. doi:10.2307/133236. JSTOR 133236. … See more