Interlude (visual novel)

Interlude (visual novel)
インタールード (Intārūdo)
Game
Developer	Longshot
Publisher	Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 Windows
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	Dreamcast, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
Released	Dreamcast PlayStation 2 Windows )
Anime
Directed by	Tatsuya Nagamine
Written by	Akemi Omode (面出明美)
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	25 March 2003 – 27 August 2003

Interlude (インタールード, Intārūdo) is an anime and visual novel by Longshot told in parallel novel style that follows the events around three women. Interlude was originally released for the Sega Dreamcast on March 13, 2003, a rare occurrence for visual novels, as most are released for the PC first. PlayStation 2 and PC ports were later also released. The PS2 version received a 'The Best' budget price re-release on March 1, 2007.

Characters

The player assumes the role of an unnamed protagonist in the series. In the OVA, that character is voiced by Masakazu Morita in the Japanese dub, and by Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin in the English dub. The three main women are:

• Aya Watsuji (和辻 綾, Watsuji Aya) (Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese), Terri Hawkes (English)), a girl that is going insane. Aya is a skilled archer and lives alone in a town empty of people. Aya thinks that if she acts that if everything is normal, then everyone would return.
• Izumi Marufuji (丸藤 泉美, Marufuji Izumi) (Voiced by: Mami Kingetsu (Japanese), Stephanie Martin (English)) an office lady.
• Maiko Tamaki (玉城 麻衣子, Tamaki Maiko) (Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (Japanese), Stephanie Anne Mills (English)), a childhood friend of the player.

Adaptations

A three-episode OVA directed by Tatsuya Nagamine was produced and licensed by Toei Animation. It premiered in 2004 on SkyPerfecTV and was released on DVD in 2005. It was distributed in English speaking countries by Geneon Entertainment. A Japanese-audio English-subtitle version was made available for streaming free on Crunchyroll in April 2011.

External links

• Interlude at Shall Luck (Japanese)
• Interlude OVA Official website (Japanese)
• Interlude (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Interlude at The Visual Novel Database