White Album (video game)

White Album
White Album original visual novel cover art featuring Yuki and Rina.
ホワイトアルバム (Howaito Arubamu)
Genre	Drama, Harem, Romance
Video game
Developer	Leaf
Publisher	Leaf (Windows) Aquaplus (PS3)
Genre	Eroge, Visual novel
Platform	Windows, PlayStation 3
Released	JP: May 1, 1998 (Original Windows) JP: June 24, 2010 (Remake PS3) JP: March 30, 2012 WW: August 4, 2023 (Remake Windows)
Manga
Written by	Leaf
Illustrated by	Chako Abeno
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Magazine	Dengeki Daioh
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 27, 2008 – 2010
Volumes	3
Anime television series
Directed by	Akira Yoshimura (1–13) Taizō Yoshida (14–26)
Produced by	Akio Mishima
Written by	Satoru Hiroaki
Music by	Elements Garden
Studio	Seven Arcs
Original network	TV Kanagawa
Original run	January 3, 2009 – December 25, 2009
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)

White Album (ホワイトアルバム, Howaito Arubamu) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Leaf, and was originally released on May 1, 1998 for Microsoft Windows as a CD-ROM. A PlayStation 3 version published by Aquaplus with several modification was released in 2010 and ported to PC in 2012. A sequel to the original visual novel, titled White Album 2, was released in two parts in 2010 and 2011. The gameplay in White Album follows a linear plot line, which offers predetermined scenarios and courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the female main characters.

White Album has received several transitions to other media. A manga adaptation illustrated by Japanese illustrator Chako Abeno began serialization in the shōnen magazine Dengeki Daioh in August 2008. It was followed by an anime adaptation produced by Seven Arcs, which began broadcast in Japan on January 3, 2009. Characters from White Album are also featured as partner characters Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match, a fighting game developed by Aquaplus with characters from various Leaf games.^[1]