Brand: GROOVER (グルーバー), Starlink (スターリンク), Gungho. Co. Ltd. (有限会社ガンホー ), Frontwing (フロントウイング) CANCELED
Genre: Love Adventure Game
Successors: Hooligan (FRONTWING), GONNA BE ?? (GROOVER), GREEN GREEN 2 ~SUMMER OF LOVE~ (GROOVER)
Price: 8800 Yen + Tax
Green Green takes place in Japan’s countryside, in a non-descript region with forests and an isolated boarding school known as Kanenone Gakuen (鐘ノ音学園, literally translated as Sound of Bell Academy). The academy boasts of an entirely male population, and prides itself of the tradition of men growing amongst other men without any external influences to disturb them.
The protagonist is named Yuusuke Takasaki, a second year student that is indifferent to the lonely, girl-deprived atmosphere that surrounds the school. His three friends, Tadatomo “Bacchiguu” Ijuuin, Hikaru Ichibanboshi and Taizou Tenjin, however, feel as if they are being denied their youth by having no females to interact with. As the summer session at Kanenone begins, Yuusuke and his friends wonder what the change of season will bring to them, when Bacchiguu brings news that a bus full of girls has arrived on school grounds.
As luck would have it, Kanenone’s current administration is considering making the academy co-ed, and in order to see how the change would affect the student body, first and second year girls have been brought to live on school grounds for one month. Though Yuusuke takes the change in stride, his three hormone-driven friends see this as the true beginning of their youth.
Producer: Bamboo
Director: Hiroshi Takeuchi (BAMBOO)
Illustration: Shinji Katakura
Designer: Suzuhito Yasuda
Background: Hirakawa Daisuke
Scenario: Yoshikazu Kuwashima / Yamaguchi Noboru
Movie: Iris Motion Graphics (Tsukune)
One of the many girls that arrive at Kanenone Gakuen. Though Yuusuke knows nothing about her, Midori hints throughout the game that she knows a lot about him. Unlike most of the other girls, Midori does her best to try to get boys and girls to get along, and finds the antics of Bacchiguu, Tenjin and Ichibanboshi to be amusing. Despite her simple personality and cheerful disposition, Midori is very intelligent and understands more than she lets on.
The tomboyish man-hater. Futaba is brought to Kanenone against her will, and does everything she can to cause trouble. This includes talking back to teachers and giving all males the cold shoulder. Because of her strong personality, other girls tend to see Futaba as their leader. She has no tolerance for perversion, which makes her the natural enemy of Bacchiguu, Tenjin and Ichibanboshi.
Younger sister of Futaba. Unlike her older sister, Wakaba tries to make the best of her stay at Kanenone Gakuen. Some think of her as peculiar because of the cactus she always carries around, but in reality Wakaba is very simple-minded, and can pass off as gullible at times. She doesn't have the modesty that is characteristic of girls in anime and games, and does as she's told without protest. She has a strong appreciation for plants that can bloom flowers.
A quiet, sick girl. Sanae keeps her distance from others, and doesn’t make much of an effort to interact with her fellow students. She originally claims that her pill case carries only vitamins, but in reality it is medication for an illness she has. Physically, she is weak and looks younger than the other girls. This makes her the initial love interest of Tenjin, who has a younger sister complex.
The school nurse and science teacher. Chigusa arrives with the girls and is solely responsible for keeping an eye on them during the one-month trial. Despite being the adult, Chigusa is very easygoing and takes on a rather active role in trying to get the boys and girls to get along. Her impressive proportions have earned her the admiration of several boys, most notably Bacchiguu.
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This fandisc includes info about Frontwing's newest creation of that time, "GREEN GREEN" (MOVED TO GROOVER), and another creation that was untitled later named "HOOLIGAN." It also includes two mix tracks by Milktub, a minigame called Senatama, three readable stories, and interviews with the creators of Green Green, and Satou Hiromi.
Canary Official Visual Guide Pg. 79
Canary Official Visual Guide Pg. 82
During the time Canary (Bamboo's previous production with Kei) was finished, another game hosted by the same team was being planned at the start of Oct. 2000. This game was known as Green Green and was planned to have a full release around the summer of 2001 as Frontwing's second successor to Canary ~My Feelings Into A Song.~ FrontWing had partnership with Gungho Co., Ltd. to help them create their previous eroge game Canary and their future creation GREEN GREEN. However, around March 2001, a lack of communication between Frontwing and the Team was a major reason for the breach of contract between Gungho and Hiroshi. By the end of april, Ryuichiro Yamakawa who is the representative and president of Frontwing, later emailed Bamboo the producer of the game, that Frontwing is gonna pull themselves out of the "development consignment contract" between themselves and Gungho. Bamboo later relayed this information to Gungho and refunded Frontwing 500,000+ yen. The game's official page which was showcased on Frontwing's official website was later pulled off their products after Yamakawa sent that email. Now that Hiroshi and Gungho no longer had to worry about the contract, they were able to setup a deal with Sakamoto Co. Ltd for advertisement and also a company known as Starlink in which Gungho and Starlink created another brand known as GROOVER. A year after Green Green's staggering success over Canary, Ryuichiro Yamakawa was aggravated and later filed a lawsuit against Sakamoto, Hiroshi and Gungho for copyright infringement. However, based on the information given, it shows that Gungho and Bamboo were actually trying to help Frontwing by getting Green Green published under their brand, but due to some circumstances caused by Frontwing, the law sided with Gungho and Bamboo and found Yamakawa's request to be unreasonable for action.
If you would like to know more about Green Green's early stage, there is an interview from the Green Green team on the Blue Canary fandisc and early stage art below.
GREEN GREEN Character Presentation (BLUE CANARY)
Midori Chitose
Futaba Kutsuki
Kazumi Hattori (Sanae Minami)
Chigusa Rino
CANARY'S GREEN GREEN PROMOTION (BLUE CANARY)
To promote Green Green and an untitled game, a single fandisc named Blue Canary was released on Comic Market 59. The art is from Canary ~My Feelings into A Song~ and it shows Ayana Saeki dressing up as a Green Green character. The fandisc shares a lot of information on what was planned for Green Green and their origins for the idea. It also included two tracks and a minigame.
GREEN GREEN LOGO
[PRESENT IN THE GROOVER PROMOTION AND TRIAL VERSION OF OPENING]
GREEN GREEN BANNER (FRONTWING)
BETA MIDORI CHITOSE ANIMATION TEST.
This sprite seemed to be commonly used during the early stages of the old Front Wing page, game, and the green-green.net website which was still used following up to it's release.
CANARY.AC [GREEN GREEN WEB]
(This was the only one I found. It's possible that it could've been updated before the website officially opened in May.)
There were also four pages and illustrations from the "Canary Official Visual Guide" which included Ichibanboshi Hikaru as a canary icon. There was also rare art and a character that never made it into the final game, Kobayashi. He is mentioned in certain paths of the game and also known in the vocal dramas, but his sprite is not present in the game.
SKETCH CONCEPTS
There were also two sketch concepts given in the "Canary Official Visual Guide" as well. One of these concepts was the school's building concept and another was Futaba's path which seems to be unused in the final game.
MIDORI ART
There is a slight difference in the character's eyes. In the final version, her face is doing the same expression but the face is slightly bigger.
Green Green's Official Website (After Groover transfer)
Unfortunately, the images presented on this site were not archived on the Wayback Machine.
GREEN GREEN OLD OPENING
This opening is the same as the final version, except when the logo is presented, it comes after the percussion ends.
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Canary ~Putting my Feelings Into a Song~
PUBLISHED: 2021-11-17 RELEASED: 2000-08-05
Brand: FRONTWING
Youhei Hozumi is a Tokyo man who moves to Shizuoka to help his uncle with his music studio in the countryside of Shizuoka. He then stumbles upon a few people who were in his uncle's studio and felt interested in the band who rented their studio rooms. He later finds out that the people in the Shinjyou studio also attended Kotohira Gakuen. Later, he meets Ayana Saeki and Mika Katagiri at the school and introduces himself to the band. Youhei notices that their band does not have a member that sings and they were really looking for a person to help them create vocals. Depending on who you choose, the two girls tell Youhei that there wasn't a person in their band that could sing and were struggling to find those people. How will Youhei solve the problem within their band? The story is tailored to the choices you choose.