Palette (company)

Palette

Industry	Computer games
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Products	Visual novels
Website	www.clearrave.co.jp

Palette (Japanese: ぱれっと Hepburn: Paretto, also stylized as PALETTE) is a Japanese visual novel studio founded in 2002. It is an adult game brand under Clearrave (株式会社クリアレーヴ Kabushiki gaisha Kuriarēvu), a software company located in Mitaka, Tokyo.^{[P 1]} Palette is known for developing Mashiroiro Symphony, their ninth title released in 2009. It was ported to the PlayStation Portable and was adapted into an anime television series in 2011.^[1][2]

Works

Palette

Between 2002 and 2013, twelve works were released from Palette, and the thirteenth work was released in 2014.^{[P 2]}

#	Title	Release date	Character design	Scenario	Music
1	Hachimitsu-sou de Hoppe ni Chuu [P 3] (はちみつ荘deほっぺにチュウ)	September 27, 2002	Tamahiyo[J 1]	Junichi Yonemura[J 2]	Kashiwamaru[J 3]
2	Fukushuu no Megami: Nemesis [P 4] (復讐の女神 -Nemesis-)	April 25, 2003		Aoi Futami[J 4]
3	Ai Cute! Kimi ni Koi Shiteru [P 5] (愛cute! キミに恋してる)	February 27, 2004		N.[J 5] Koretto[J 6]
4	Maria Diana [P 6] (MERI+DIA ～マリアディアナ～)	March 25, 2005		N.
5	Moshimo Ashita ga Hare Naraba [P 7] (もしも明日が晴れならば)	February 24, 2006	Kusukusu[J 7]	Nyaon	Burton Hideki Higuchi[J 8]
6	MP [P 8] (えむぴぃ Maid promotion master)	February 23, 2007	Tamahiyo	N.	Burton
7	Sakura Strasse [P 9] (さくらシュトラッセ)	January 25, 2008	Kusukusu	Nyaon	Burton Hideki Higuchi
8	Sakuranbo Strasse (Sakura Strasse FanDisc) [P 10] (さくらんぼシュトラッセ)	August 29, 2008
9	Mashiroiro Symphony [P 11] (ましろ色シンフォニー -Love is pure white-)	October 30, 2009	Tsubasu Izumi[J 9]	Kei Hozumi[J 10] Orgel[J 11] Hare Kitagawa[J 12]	Burton
10	Steal My Heart [P 12] (すてぃ～るMyはぁと ～Rhapsody of moonlight～)	July 30, 2010	Tamahiyo	Koroya Kimura[J 13] Ichirou Tanaka[J 14] N.
11	Hare Tokidoki Otenkiame [P 13] (晴れときどきお天気雨)	November 25, 2011	Kusukusu	Nyaon
12	Minna Sasagechau! [P 14] (みんな捧げちゃう!)	February 28, 2013	Tamahiyo	Takami Tanikawa[J 15] Ganosu[J 16]	Shade
13	Koi ga Saku Koro Sakura Doki [P 15] (恋がさくころ桜どき)	June 27, 2014	Tsubasu Izumi	Mirai Minase[J 17]	Burton

Palette Darkside

Palette Darkside (Palette darkside) is a sub-brand of Palette. Their sole work Kegareta Neoro: Taorareta Shimai was released on November 12, 2004.^[3][4] Palette Darkside's official website^{[N 1]} was closed on April 21, 2007, when Palette announced the first report of Sakura Strasse.

#	Title	Release date	Character design	Scenario	Music
1	Kegareta Neoro: Taorareta Shimai (汚れた音色～手折られた姉妹～)	November 12, 2004	Oura Masuda[J 18]	Nyaon Shiyu Kurotaki[J 19]	Kashiwamaru

Internet radio show

An Internet radio show titled Homerarete Nobiru Radio (ほめられてのびるらじお Homerarete Nobiru Rajio, lit. A Radio Which Thrives on Praise), abbreviated as HomeRadi (ほめらじ Homeraji), began to broadcast on March 8, 2007. This series is sponsored by Purple Software and Palette, and the show is hosted by Hideki Ogihara and Kazane. The show title was Homerarete Nobiru Radio PP^{[N 2]} at first, but later it changed to Homerarete Nobiru Radio Z on May 5, 2011.

Palette Broadcasting Station

Palette Broadcasting Station (ぱれっと放送局 Paretto Hōsōkyoku) began to broadcast at Niconicommunity on May 2, 2012.^{[P 16]}

Notes

1. http://www.clearrave.co.jp/index3.htm (2004–2006), http://www.clearrave.co.jp/ds/index3.htm (2006–2007)
2. PP represents Purple and Palette.

Japanese

1. たまひよ
2. 米村 純一 Yonemura Jun'ichi
3. かしわ丸
4. 双海 葵 Futami Aoi
5. ん。
6. これっと
7. くすくす
8. 樋口 秀樹 Higuchi Hideki
9. 和泉 つばす Izumi Tsubasu
10. 保住 圭 Hozumi Kei
11. おるごぅる Orugouru
12. 北川 晴 Kitagawa Hare
13. 木村 ころや Kimura Koroya
14. 田中 一郎 Tanaka Ichirō
15. たにかわ たかみ Tanikawa Takami
16. がのす
17. みなせ 未來 Minase Mirai
18. 増田 逢羅 Masuda Ōra
19. 黒瀧 絲由 Kurotaki Shiyu

References

1. "Mashiro-Iro Symphony Adult Game's Anime Listed (Update 3)". Anime News Network. February 23, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
2. "Crunchyroll to Stream Mashiro-Iro Symphony Anime". Anime News Network. October 21, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
3. 汚れた音色 [Kegareta Neoro] (in Japanese). Russel. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
4. 汚れた音色～手折られた姉妹～ [Kegareta Neoro: Taorareta Shimai] (in Japanese). Getchu.com. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

Palette

1. 求人情報 [Recruit] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
2. 製品情報 [Product] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
3. ぷろだくと [Product] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
4. 復讐の女神 [Fukushuu no Megami] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
5. "愛　cute!　キミに恋してる" [Ai Cute! Kimi ni Koi Shiteru] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
6. "meri+dia" [Maria Diana] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
7. もしも明日が晴れならば [Moshimo Ashita ga Hare Naraba] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
8. "えむぴぃ　Maid promotion master" [MP] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
9. さくらシュトラッセ [Sakura Strasse] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
10. さくらんぼシュトラッセ [Sakuranbo Strasse] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
11. ましろ色シンフォニー [Mashiroiro Symphony] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
12. "すてぃ～るMyはぁと" [Steal My Heart] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
13. 晴れときどきお天気雨 [Hare Tokidoki Otenkiame] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
14. みんな捧げちゃう！ [Minna Sasagechau!] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
15. 恋がさくころ桜どき [Koi ga Saku Koro Sakura Doki] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
16. ぱれっと放送局 [Palette Broadcasting Station] (in Japanese). Palette. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

External links

• Palette official website (Japanese)
• Palette / Palette Darkside official website on Internet Archive (November 17, 2004) (Japanese)
• Homerarete Nobiru Radio Z at Internet Radio Station "Onsen" (Japanese)
• Palette Broadcasting Station at Niconicommunity (Japanese)
• Palette at The Visual Novel Database
• Palette at Anime News Network's encyclopedia