Gift (2005 video game)

Gift
Gift original visual novel cover
ギフト
(Gifuto)
Video game
DeveloperMoonstone
PublisherMoonstone (PC)
Sweets (PS2)
Mtrix (iPhone)
Cyberfront (PSP)
GenreEroge, visual novel
PlatformWindows, PS2, iOS, PSP
Released
  • JP: May 27, 2005 (PC)
  • JP: October 19, 2006 (PS2)
  • JP: April 16, 2009 (iOS)
  • JP: February 2, 2012 (PSP)
Light novel
Written byMako Komao
Illustrated byMugi Komeda
Mitha
Koma Miyama
Mamoru Naruse
Published byHarvest
DemographicMale
Original runDecember 25, 2005May 1, 2006
Volumes5
Manga
Gift: Under the Rainbow
Written byYukiwo
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineComptiq
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 10, 2006February 10, 2007
Volumes2
Video game
Gift Rainbow-colored Stories
DeveloperMoonstone
PublisherMoonstone
GenreEroge, visual novel
PlatformWindows
Released
  • JP: January 26, 2006 (PC)
Anime television series
Gift: Eternal Rainbow
Directed byShigeru Kimiya
Produced by
  • Oshi Yoshinuma
  • Ryuutarou Kawakami
  • Yoshiyuki Itou
Written byMasashi Suzuki
Music byMasumi Itō
StudioOLM Team Iwasa
Original networkTokyo MX TV, KBS, TVK, GTV, AT-X, TVN, BS Asahi, SBC, RKK, Fukui TV
Original run October 6, 2006 December 22, 2006
Episodes12
Light novel
Gift Prism: Over the Rainbow
Written byHiroshi Sukeno
Illustrated byMitha
Yukiwo
Published byKadokawa Shoten
DemographicMale
PublishedNovember 7, 2006
Original video animation
Gift: Eternal Rainbow
Directed byShigeru Kimiya
StudioOLM Team Iwasa
ReleasedJune 22, 2007
Runtime24 minutes

Gift (ギフト, Gifuto) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Moonstone and released on May 27, 2005, for Windows. The original game was a collaboration project where the company Circus helped to produce it, though Moonstone did the majority of the work involved. Gift is Moonstone's fourth title, and was followed up with an adult fan disc called Gift Rainbow-colored Stories released on January 27, 2006, for Windows. It was later ported to the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The gameplay in Gift follows a plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters. The story revolves around Haruhiko Amami, a male high school student living in a town where a rainbow is always seen in the sky.

The game premiered as the second best-selling PC game sold in Japan for the time of its release, and charted in the national top 50 three more times afterwards. A set of five drama CDs, one for each heroine, was released by Lantis between September 2005 and February 2006. There have been six light novels written, a five-chapter illustrated story series that serialized in the Dengeki Hime magazine, two Internet radio shows produced, along with a manga series serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen magazine Comptiq between January 2006 and February 2007. A 12-episode anime adaptation, produced by Oriental Light and Magic, aired in Japan between October and December 2006.