School Days (video game)

School Days
Second cover of School Days (DVD-ROM)
Genre	Harem, romance, slice of life[1]
Video game
Developer	0verflow (Windows) AiCherry (DVD) Guyzware, Regista (PS2) Ixia (PSP)
Publisher	0verflow (Windows) AiCherry (DVD) Interchannel (PS2) PalaceGame (PSP)
Genre	Eroge (Windows) Visual novel
Platform	Windows DVD PS2 PSP
Released	JP: April 28, 2005 JP: October 8, 2010 (HQ) NA: June 27, 2012 (HQ)
Manga
Written by	0verflow
Illustrated by	Homare Sakazuki
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine	Comp Ace
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 26, 2006 – September 26, 2007
Volumes	2
Audio drama
Radio School Days
Studio	TNK
Station	Lantis Net Radio
Original run	June 26, 2007 – March 28, 2008
Episodes	39
Anime television series
Directed by	Keitaro Motonaga
Produced by	Katsumi Koike Makoto Ito Masanori Goto
Written by	Makoto Uezu
Music by	Kaoru Okubo
Studio	TNK
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
Original network	TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Saitama, AT-X
Original run	July 3, 2007 – September 27, 2007
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Valentine Days
Directed by	Keitaro Motonaga
Written by	Makoto Uezu
Music by	Kaoru Okubo
Studio	TNK
Released	January 17, 2008
Runtime	19 minutes
Original video animation
Magical Heart Kokoro-chan
Directed by	Keitaro Motonaga
Written by	Makoto Uezu
Music by	Kaoru Okubo
Studio	TNK
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
Released	March 26, 2008
Runtime	25 minutes

School Days is a Japanese slice-of-life eroge visual novel developed by 0verflow, released on April 2005, for Windows. It was later remade as a DVD game and ported to PlayStation 2 (PS2) and PlayStation Portable (PSP). The story follows Makoto Ito, a high school student who becomes the love interest of several girls during his second term. School Days has multiple endings depending on the player's choices. Some of these endings later became notorious for their graphic violence.

0verflow announced work on School Days in October 2004 and marketed it by showing off the game's innovative use of animated cutscenes and voice-acting. Following its success, 0verflow produced multiple sequels, including a spin-off of the original story called Summer Days, a parallel story called Cross Days. Klon developed the spin-off Island Days for the Nintendo 3DS. A School Days remaster, School Days HQ was released in October 2010, and localized in North America in June 2012. The original game became unavailable for purchase after April 2011.

Following the game's release, School Days was adapted into different media. A manga adaptation was serialized in the Kadokawa Shoten magazine Comp Ace and it was later published into two volumes. Comic anthologies, light novels and art books were also published, as were audio dramas and several albums of music. An animated television series, two direct-to-video (OVA) single releases and a concert film were also produced, the first of which became a precursor for an internet meme when its finale was pulled from broadcast.