Navel (company)
Japanese video game company
Navel (ネーブル, Nēburu) is a Japanese label of Omega Vision Inc. a publisher of bishōjo and eroge visual novel games. Its name is a reference to the navel orange.
History
Navel was formed by former staff of BasiL such as Aoi Nishimata, Ō Jackson, and Acchorike and made a hit with 2002 visual novel "Sore wa Maichiru Sakura no Youni" before they left in 2003 and formed Navel under company Omegavision, inc. which later Hiro Suzuhira joined. An official website was established as they promoted their first game "Shuffle!".
On January 30, 2006, their first game was released apparently made a big hit and ranked 3 at Getchu.com's sales ranking, which was the born of the spin-offs.
As of February 23, 2007, Hiro Suzuhira left Navel due to her poor health, with "Ne~ pon? Raipon!" as her last game with the company, and becomes a freelancer.
On March 25, 2009, Navel established their sister brand Lime which was announced in magazine PUSH!!
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