Starry Sky Autumn English

Starry☆Sky ~After Spring~

Release dates (Windows)
Japanese: December 10th, 2010
Unofficial English patch: June 4th, 2014
“After Spring takes place in Autumn, when the students of Seigatsu Gakuen are busy with preparations for the upcoming cultural festival. They’re holding an exhibition, and some advisors from USA come to help the students. Yahisa Tsukiko, along with her childhood friends Nanami Kanata and Tohzuki Suzuya, are surprised to see their friend Tomoe Yoh there.
Yoh had come to see her in March, but left for America by the end of Spring. It turns out that Yoh is one of the advisors, and he’ll be staying in Japan until the culture festival is over.” (Source)
The English patch for Starry☆Sky ~After Spring~ has been released by otomegirlkawaii! This is the sequel to Starry☆Sky ~in Spring~. You can download it here!
Please note, this download includes the English patch only. The original Japanese game can be purchased from Amazon.com for about USD$20 (depending on the seller), then patched.
You’ll also need to change your system locale language to play this game. To do so, simply go to the Control Panel, then Clock, Language and Region (or Region and Language). Click the Administrative tab, then Change system locale to Japanese (Japan).

This can easily be changed back to English once you’re done playing by following the same directions and selecting English instead of Japanese.
You can watch the opening video here!

Starry Sky takes place at Seigatsu Gakuen, a school which specializes in horoscopes, astronomy and other related topics. The main characters are all based on horoscopes. Starry Sky Summer features Homare Kanakubo (Taurus), Ryuunosuke Miyaji (Scorpio) and Azusa Kinose (Sagittarius). Mar 7, 2013 - There is an open wiki so anyone can contribute to the translation of Starry☆Sky ~in Autumn~. You can find it here. The wiki for Starry☆Sky ~in. Rejoice Starry Sky fans! An English subtitled game will be coming out soon. But the team is in need of Japanese Translators! You can also check out other Otome Games that are waiting to be translated~.

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Starry☆Sky (スターリースカイSutārī Sukai), known as Sta☆Ska (スタ☆スカSuta Suka) for short in Japan, is a series of Japanese otome gamevisual novels created and developed by the software company Honeybee (game company). It was separated into four games, the first released in 2008, with three love interests in each, making a total of twelve possible love interests. It was well received in Japan, having Drama CDs, countless manga adaptations and a 26 episode anime adaptation.^[1] In addition, sequels of the four original games were created for both Windows and PlayStation Portable in 2008-2010 and 2011-2013 respectively.

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Gameplay[edit]

The player takes control of Tsukiko Yahisa, the heroine of the Starry☆Sky games, although her name can be changed by the player. The games are primarily told in visual novel format, where the player's decisions inadvertently affects the relationships she has with potential love interests in the game.

Plot[edit]

Tsukiko Yahisa is the first female student to enroll at Seigetsu Academy, a former all-boys school specializing in astronomy. She is closely watched over by her childhood friends, Kanata Nanami and Suzuya Tohzuki, who often protect her from the male student body. Throughout the games, she befriends other young men whose personalities are based on the Western zodiacconstellations.

In the first game, Starry☆Sky~in Spring~, not long after Tsukiko transfers to Seigetsu Academy, a half-French boy named Yoh Tomoe follows suit to pursue her. This action stirs up emotions from Kanata and Suzuya, both of whom had long loved Tsukiko.^[2]

In the second game, Starry☆Sky~in Summer~, Tsukiko has joined the academy's archery club. As she practices for the summer competition, she simultaneously solves the problems between her teammates (Homare Kanakubo, Ryunosuke Miyaji, and Azusa Kinose).^[3]

In the third game, Starry☆Sky~in Autumn~, Tsukiko becomes involved with three teachers at her school (Iku Mizushima, Naoshi Haruki, and Kotarou Hoshizuki).^[4]

The last game, Starry☆Sky~in Winter~, details Tsukiko's involvement with the student council, which includes Tsubasa Amaha, Kazuki Shiranui, and Hayato Aozora.^[5]

Characters[edit]

Tsukiko Yahisa (夜久　月子 (ヤヒサ ツキコ)Yahisa Tsukiko)Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa (anime)

Tsukiko is the heroine of all of the Starry☆Sky games, although her name can be changed by the player. She is the first female student to attend Seigetsu Academy. She is a second year.

Spring[edit]

Yoh Tomoe (土萌　羊Tomoe Yō)Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa

Yoh represents Capricorn. His French name is Henri Samuel Jean Aimée. Likewise, he is half-French and was often teased for that as a kid. He met Tsukiko when he was young, and because she was the only person who didn't make fun of him for being half-French, he fell in love with her and asked his father to let him transfer to Seigetsu Academy in order to pursue her. Initially disdainful to everyone except Tsukiko, eventually, he learns the importance of having friends. His father hopes to work in America to develop a special astronomy project. He is a second year.

Kanata Nanami (七海　哉太Nanami Kanata)Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita

Kanata represents Pisces. Brash and impulsive, he has been friends with Tsukiko since childhood and has developed feelings for her. He does not get along very well with Yoh. Kanata suffers from a terminal illness that leaves him in a lethargic state, which is why he often skips classes and faints without reason. However, he refuses to seek medical help and often gets into school fights that worsen his health to protect Tsukiko. He is a second year.

Suzuya Tohzuki (東月　錫也Tōzuki Suzuya)Voiced by: Daisuke Ono

Suzuya represents Cancer. Calm and friendly, he was friends with Tsukiko and Kanata since childhood and often watches out for them like an older brother. He is very good at cooking and often uses the school's kitchen to prepare food for his friends. Suzuya is also in love with Tsukiko, but because he knows that Kanata also loves her, he held back. Beneath his warm exterior, Suzuya has a dark side and worries about Tsukiko constantly. He is a second year.

Summer[edit]

Azusa Kinose (木ノ瀬　梓Kinose Azusa)Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama

Azusa represents Sagittarius. Although he is a newcomer to the archery club, he has met Tsukiko before and inspired her to become better at it. He is cocky and confident of himself; while he declares himself as a natural genius, he is in fact insecure of his abilities as he can't put his heart into anything. Azusa often flirts with Tsukiko and his actions annoy Ryunosuke a lot. He is a first year.

Homare Kanakubo (金久保　誉Kanakubo Homare)Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi

Homare represents Taurus. He is the captain of the archery club. He is openly friendly and often settles arguments between Ryunosuke and Azusa, but is prone to feel pressured for the success of the archery club. He is a third year. His best friends are Shiranui Kazuki and Shirogane Oushirou from the same year.

Ryunosuke Miyaji (宮地　龍之介Miyaji Ryūnosuke)Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya

Ryunosuke represents Scorpio. He is the sub-captain of the archery club. He appears to be serious and calm, but hides a penchant for sweets. Ryunosuke has kept an eye out for Tsukiko ever since he first saw her. He is a second year.

Autumn[edit]

Naoshi Haruki (陽日　直獅Haruki Naoshi)Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio

Naoshi represents Leo. He is Tsukiko's homeroom teacher and the advisor for the archery club. He is energetic and enjoys the 'youth' part of high school since he spent high school mostly studying, and because of that, a lot of students can't take him seriously and often play pranks on him. Naoshi's best friend, Hiroki, got him to enjoy high school, but Hiroki was hit by a car saving the girl he liked. Because of that, he was afraid to fall in love until he met Tsukiko.

Iku Mizushima (水嶋　郁Mizushima Iku)Voiced by: Kouji Yusa

Iku represents Gemini. He is currently a student teacher and is friends with the school nurse, Kotarou, since they were children. Iku and his twin sister Yui were both born with poor health, and Yui died while they were in high school. He was formerly the lead singer of a band the heroine liked, but destroyed his voice while overworking himself due to the pain of his sister's death. His band members turned out to be using him for money and promptly dismissed him when he could no longer sing. Iku lost trust in everyone until a girl, Tsukiko, helped him gain it back.

Kotarou Hoshizuki (星月　琥太郎Hoshizuki Kotarō)Voiced by: Akira Ishida

Kotarou represents Libra. He is the school nurse who had ambitions to become a doctor. Iku's sister, Yui, had feelings for him, but after her death Kotarou blamed himself for not being able to save her. His father is the chairman of the academy, but after his father's retirement, the position was given to Kotarou's sister, Koharu. However, he ended up obtaining the position due to Koharu's wish to work overseas.

Winter[edit]

Kazuki Shiranui (不知火　一樹Shiranui Kazuki)Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura

Kazuki represents Aries. He is the president of the student council. He is gifted with the power of foresight, although this ability does not allow him to see everything. He blames himself for the death of his parents because of his lack of understanding his power. Because of this, he hates his power. As a child, he was often involved in fights to prove his own strength, but one day he had met Tsukiko, who told him that only people who think they are weak try and show their strength through brute force. He had become friends with her, and Kanata and Suzuya as well. He is a third year (apparently he repeated a year, together with Shirogane)

Tsubasa Amaha (天羽　翼Amaha Tsubasa)Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura

Tsubasa represents Aquarius. He is the treasurer of the student council. He often lights up the mood in the student council. However, he is emotionally unstable. At a very young age he was abandoned by his parents who got divorced. He was taken in by his grandparents on his mother's side. When Tsubasa was young, he spent a lot of time with his grandfather and they often made inventions together. Even now, Tsubasa still likes to invent things. His grandfather's dying wish made Tsubasa promise to take care of his grandmother. His grandmother sent Tsubasa away to school, and ever since Tsubasa likes to be alone. He thinks that being alone is better than being with people because he is afraid of losing things that are important to him. He is a first year.

Hayato Aozora (青空　颯斗Aozora Hayato)Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa

Hayato represents Virgo. He is the vice president of the student council. He comes from a well-known family of pianists, but lacks self-confidence and feels pressured to be up to par with his family's talent. In the end he decided to leave his house and stays in the school dorm. He is a second year.

Special character[edit]

Shiki Kagurazaka (神楽坂 四季Kagurazaka Shiki)Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano

Represents Ophiuchus, the 13th constellation. Special '13th Character' that was introduced in the 13th secret date CD. Not much information is given. His Greek name translates to “serpent-bearer” and he is often seen holding an albino snake in many official illustrations. In the fourth game Starry Sky in Winter it's mentioned that he has greater, stranger power than Kazuki Shiranui.

Minor characters[edit]

Idiot Trio (バカトリオbaka torio)Voiced by: Kazuma Horie (Koguma), Takashi Kondo (Shiratori), and Hiroyuki Yoshino (Inukai)

Shin'ya Koguma (小熊　伸也Koguma Shin'ya), Yahiko Shiratori (白鳥　弥彦Hiratori Yahiko), and Takafumi Inukai (犬飼　隆文Inukai Takafumi) are members of the archery club and are dubbed as the 'idiot trio.'.

Oushirou Shirogane (白銀　桜土郎Shirogane Ōshirō)Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe

Oushirou is an acquaintance of Kazuki's and Homare's, he carries a camera everywhere due to being a journalist for the school paper. He is in third year.

Takatsugu Izumi (和泉 崇嗣Izumi Takatsugu)Voiced by: Satoshi Hino

Izumi is a first year student in the Mythology department who appears in the After Spring game. He has a serious and straightforward personality despite his devil-may-care appearance. He tends to act on his thoughts, does not think very deeply, and does not lie either. Despite coming from a yakuza background, he is a pacifist at heart and is weak at fighting.

Haru Oshinari (忍成 ハルOshinari Haru)Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi

Oshinari is a student teacher who appears in the After Spring game. When he is free, he helps out at the dormitories.

Makoto Haruna (春名 真琴Haruna Makoto)Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga

The name of this character is changeable. Haruna appears in the After Spring, Summer and Autumn games. She is a boyish character who the protagonist relies on for advice.

Family[edit]

Raoul Mathias Jean Aimée (ラウル・マティアス・ジャン・エーメRauru Matiasu Jan Ēme)Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu

Yoh's father who is French. Often teases Yoh for fun. He has a cheerful personality and tends to dote on his wife to the extent that he sometimes forgets about Yoh's existence.

Tomoe Imari (土萌 未莉Tomoe Imari)Voiced by: Fujimoto Noriko

Yoh's mother. She actually knows the protagonist's mother as they were classmates. She and her husband are still passionately in love.

Mayumi Nanami (七海 まゆみNanami Mayumi)Voiced by: Katou Masami

Kanata's mother. Despite her coarse language, she is good at looking after others. After her husband's death, she raised Kanata by herself. Although she hits Kanata quite often, she pampers the protagonist and Suzuya, and thinks of them like her own children.

Sayuri Touzukii (東月 小百合Tōzuki Sayuri)Voiced by: Okamoto Nami

Suzuya's mother. As the result of being the only housewife within the three families in After Spring, she is the one who looked after the children the longest. Her husband is a salary-man and is not shown in the game.

Development[edit]

All character designs, covers, and background art were digitally painted by Kazuaki. However, in October 2010, Japanese netizens accused her of using copyrighted stock images as references without permission. As a result, both Honeybee and Kazuaki issued formal apologies on their websites and the release of the first spinoff game, Starry☆Sky~After Spring~, was pushed back.^[6][7]

In 2011, JAST USA announced it was considering licensing the Starry Sky series for an English release. However, the plans were later dropped due to the high cost of fees that would have had to be paid to the voice actors.^[8]

Media[edit]

Game[edit]

Starry☆Sky was separated into four games, each one taking place in a different season with three possible love interests, for the PC. The first game, Starry☆Sky~in Spring~, was released on March 27, 2009. The opening theme song was titled Starry Sky and was performed by Hikaru Midorikawa, the voice of Yoh Tomoe.^[9] Following its release, the second installment, Starry☆Sky~in Summer~ was released on June 26, 2009. The opening theme song was titled Shoot High and was performed by Hiroshi Kamiya, the voice of Ryunosuke Miyaji.^[10] The third game, Starry☆Sky~in Autumn~, was released on September 25, 2009, and its theme song was Lies, Truth, and Our Destiny performed by Daisuke Kishio, the voice of Naoshi Haruki.^[11] The last game, Starry☆Sky~in Winter~, was released on December 25, 2009, and the opening theme song was Grayed Out performed by Yuichi Nakamura, the voice of Kazuki Shiranui.^[12] Starting in 2010, all four games were ported onto the PlayStation Portable.

The original games were followed by a spin-off, which takes place between the epilogue and the original time of the game. Starry☆Sky~After Spring~ was the first of the spin-off games to release onto the PC, but its release was postponed from November 26, 2010 to December 10, 2010 due to accusations of character art designer Kazuaki plagiarizing.^[6]

CDs[edit]

The limited edition of all the games were bundled with a CD with the full version of the opening theme and a separate drama CD featuring the male characters in the game.^[13] A full-length drama CD for the spring characters was released on August 28, 2009.^[13] In addition, a soundtrack for the game's music was released on September 25, 2009.^[13]

Throughout 2009, twelve date CDs were released monthly, starting with Yoh Tomoe (the Capricorn) on January 30, 2009, to Azusa Kinose (the Sagittarius) on December 25, 2009.^[13] The date CDs feature the voice actors for each of the twelve possible love interests in the game and simulate a date and a romance between the listener and the character. Each CD came with a special coupon. If the coupons from all twelve CDs were submitted to Honeybee at the end of the year, one would receive a secret date CD featuring a 13th character, Shiki Kagurazaka (voiced by Mamoru Miyano), who represents the Ophiuchus, the 13th constellation.

Manga[edit]

Short manga stories about the characters of each game have been collected into anthologies by DNA Media Comics. Starry☆Sky~in Spring~ Comic Anthology was released on October 24, 2009, and features all the characters from the spring game. Similarly, Starry☆Sky~in Summer~ Comic Anthology was released on December 25, 2009.

Anime[edit]

An anime adaptation was distributed through Animate.tv's website and Sun TV. It was written by Makoto Nakamura and directed by Kiyoko Sayama.^[1]

There are 26 episodes lasting 11 minutes each. First airing of the episodes was on Animate.tv in beginning of February 2008. In February 2011, Sun TV started also simulcasting this series, airing two parts episodes of this series as a whole episode (meaning 13 episodes by 22 minutes each). They are done in an episodic format, with each episode (or two parts of the episode) focusing on one character or subset of characters from the storyline.

Reception[edit]

The game was well-received upon its release in Japan. The Spring game was featured in magazines such as Dengeki Girls'Style.^[21]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'Starry Sky Drama CD/Game Series Gets Anime Green-Lit'. Anime News Network. 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
2. ^'Starry☆Sky~in Spring~ STORY'. Honeybee. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
3. ^'Starry☆Sky~in Summer~ STORY'. Honeybee. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
4. ^'Starry☆Sky~in Autumn~ STORY'. Honeybee. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
5. ^'Starry☆Sky~in Winter~ STORY'. Honeybee. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
6. ^ ^ab'■honeybee■ オフィシャルウェブサイト -インフォメーション-'. Honeybee. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
7. ^'Kazuaki's Official Website'. Kazuaki. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
8. ^Lada, Jenni (10 January 2014). 'Important Importables: JAST USA's Peter Payne Discusses the State of Starry Sky'. TechnologyTell. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
9. ^'Starry☆Sky~in Spring~ SPEC'. Honeybee. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
10. ^'Starry☆Sky~in Summer~ SPEC'. Honeybee. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
11. ^'Starry☆Sky~in Autumn~ SPEC'. Honeybee. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
12. ^'Starry☆Sky~in Winter~ SPEC'. Honeybee. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
13. ^ ^abcd'Starry☆Sky - PRODUCT'. Honeybee. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
14. ^ ^abc'Broadcast' (in Japanese). Honeybee. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
15. ^ ^abcd'Starry☆Sky' (in Japanese). Anime Newtype Channel. Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
16. ^ ^abcd'Starry☆Sky' (in Japanese). Anime Newtype Channel. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
17. ^ ^abcde'Starry☆Sky' (in Japanese). Web Newtype. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
18. ^ ^abcd'Starry☆Sky' (in Japanese). Web Newtype. Archived from the original on May 3, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
19. ^ ^abcde'Starry☆Sky' (in Japanese). Web Newtype. Archived from the original on May 3, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
20. ^'Starry☆Sky' (in Japanese). Web Newtype. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
21. ^'Starry☆Sky~in Spring~ TOPICS'. Honeybee. Retrieved 2009-12-26.

External links[edit]

• Starry Sky (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Starry Sky (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia