GameZone: "After many years of hard-work, sweat and tears, one of the first full-fledged aspiring American-made commercial dating simulator is finally available; or at least a demo of it is. Produced by the San Francisco area-based multimedia company Okashi Studios, Shira Oka hopes to act as a catalyst of sorts for the bishoujo industry in America and was released by fans for fans!"
At this year's Otakon, voice actress Stephanie Sheh answered fan questions on her roles in video games and anime; including which games she is in, why Shira Oka is a game worth checking out, and why she prefers voicing in animes over video games.
Are you kidding me!
I was skipping through but the whole time her water jug is blocking her face and all you can see is the top of her head!
Yeah, I tried finding a site that had a better video. But this is the only one that had the whole Q&A session.
They should have had a projector screen behind her, tbh.
Am I the only one who gets second-hand embarassment watching Q&A sessions? Some of the people in the audience are so rude and one girl even starts yelling at another for asking a dumb question. ffs calm down, people. :/
"For me, stories are what makes video games and so when I first heard that an American multimedia startup was going to create the first true fully-English developed bishoujo game, I approached it with a weary eye. Would an little known multimedia startup company be able to capture what makes Japanese dating-sims unique? How well would the story be executed? After all, although my dating-sim experience was limited to True Love ‘97 and the Persona series, the expectations that I held were pretty high. Thankfully, they were more than met with Okashi Studio’s Shira Oka."
