, stylized as élf, was a Japanese
eroge
An ''eroge'' (, ''eroge'', or , ''erogē'', ), also called an H-game, is a Japanese genre of erotic video game. The term encompasses a wide variety of Japanese games containing erotic content across multiple genres. The first ''eroge'' were crea ...
studio. One of its most popular games is ''
Dōkyūsei'', a pioneering
dating sim, which has had a sequel and been turned into adult
OVA series. The character design of the main villains from the ''-saku'' series is the company mascot. They are also known for
role-playing video game
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s such as the ''
Dragon Knight'' series and
visual novel
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adventure game
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s such as ''
YU-NO''. Many ELF games had been turned into adult OVA series. Three of ELF game series had even been turned into TV anime series: ''
Elf-ban Kakyūsei'', ''
Raimuiro Senkitan'' and ''
YU-NO''.
Elf was founded on April 27, 1989 in
Tokyo
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. As of 2004, the CEO is . EFC, the ELF Fan Club (エルフFC), has an active membership. There is a project that aims at
recreating the game engine for other platforms. After 27 years, it was announced in October 2015 that the company was closing for business.
Some of their games were re-released by
DMM Games.
Video games
;Yellow Vip (Windows)
Silky's
Silky's is a game studio whose games are mostly distributed by ELF, and several of which have been made into
OAVs.
* ''Ai Shimai'' ''愛姉妹～二人の果実～'
[ja (also called ''Immoral Sisters: Two Immature Fruits'')
** ''Ai Shimai Tsubomi'' ''愛姉妹・蕾 ...汚してください'' (also called ''Immoral Sisters - Bloom ...Please Deflower'' and ''Aishimai 2'')
** ''Ai Shimai Docchi ni Suru no!!'' ''愛姉妹 どっちにするの!!''
* ''BE-YOND'' ''ビ・ヨンド 黒大将に見られてる''
* ''Birthdays'' ''バース・デイズ''
** ''Valentine Kiss Birthdays 2'' ''バレンタイン・キッス 〜バースデイズ2〜''
* ''Dorei Kaigo'' ''奴隷介護''
* ''Flutter of Birds'' ''flutter of birds ～鳥達の羽ばたき～'' (also called ''Virgin Touch'')
**''Flutter of Birds 2'' ''flutter of birds II 天使たちの翼'' (also called ''Flutter of Birds 2: Wings of an Angel'')
* ''Itoshi no Kotodama'' ''愛しの言霊''
* ''Jokei Kazoku'' ''女系家族''
* ''Mobius Roid'' ''Möbius Roid メビウスロイド'' (also called ''Moebius Roid'')
* ''Nikutai Ten'i'' ''肉体転移'' (also called ''Teni'')
* ''Shitai o Arau'' ''肢体を洗う'' (also called ''Slave Nurse'')
* ''Sweet Hanjuku na Tenshi-tachi'' ''sweet ～半熟な天使たち～'' (also called ''Sweet: Semi-Matured Angel'')
See also
* Bishōjo game
* List of Japanese erotic video games
* List of hentai authors
* Ryu Umemoto
References
* Information is provided by ELF via the eNN, ELF News Network
''eNNニュース''.
External links
*
Silky's official website
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Hentai companies
Video game companies established in 1989
Video game companies disestablished in 2015
Video game publishing brands
Mass media in Tokyo
Defunct video game companies of Japan