Theultimatebrucelee, I ran across an old post from Feb 24, 2004 so I thought I would post it here since it fits in with the general subject matter:
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A few historical footnotes concentrating mainly on the non-adult stuff:
The first story game translation to anime form came with the release of the adult ren'ai game anime Doukyuusei in July 1994-May 1995. From the "raising sim" type games came Debut OVAs in 1994, Graduation OVAs in 1995 and the Marriage OVAs in 1996.
The Elf version Kakyuusei OVA was released in Nov 28, 1997-June 26, 1998 (to LD and VHS I assume). Anime producers were slowly transitioning away from translating adult games into adult anime. The Elf version Kakyuusei OVA only contained a 1 minute 52 second section of H in the fourth episode.
Sakura Wars 1st OVA was released ?Dec 18, 1997-July 25, 1998.
1. The first ren'ai (romantic love) game to appear on TV I believe was Sentimental Journey in April 9-July 1, 1998. Sentimental Journey was based off a non-adult ren'ai game (Sentimental Graffiti). So Sentimental Journey was also the first non-adult ren'ai game anime and the first anime based off a completely non-adult game that I know of.
Virgin Fleet OVAs were released April 25-Oct 25, 1998.
2. The edited first nine episodes of the adult Doukyuusei 2 OVAs aired on TV in July 2-August 27, 1998. I think it was the second ren'ai game anime to air on TV.
3. The Elf version Kakyuusei OVA (if I'm reading it correctly)aired on Sept 3-24, 1998. I think it was the third ren'ai game to air on TV. On Sept 10, 1999 the second DVD (episodes 3-4) of the Elf Kakyuusei OVA gets released with a couple extra scenes of dialog added and without the small adult scenes in the fourth episode. So they turned it into a general audience anime.
4. Himiko-den aired Jan 7-March 31, 1999. If we count it as a ren'ai game anime (the game and anime don't concentrate much on the romance aspects though) then it was the fourth ren'ai game anime to air on TV.
5. To Heart aired on TV in April 1-June 27, 1999. It would be the fourth or fifth ren'ai game anime to air on TV.
Tokimeki Memorial OVA was released June 17, 1999-?end 1999.
6. Kakyuusei TV series aired July 5-Sept 26, 1999. It would be the fifth or sixth ren'ai game anime to air on TV.
Pia Carrot 2 DX OVAs came out 1999-2000.
Sakura Wars 2nd OVA ?Dec 18, 1999-Dec 21, 2000.
First Kiss Story OVA was released Feb 14, 2000.
Sakura Wars TV aired April 8-Sept 23, 2000.
Boy's Be aired Apr 11-July 4, 2000.
Refrain Blue OVA was released June 23-Oct 27, 2000.
Comic Party TV series aired Apr 2-June 25, 2001.
Sister Princess TV series aired Apr 4-Oct 6, 2001.
With You OVA was released April 25, 2001-May 25, 2001.
Happy Lesson OVA was released July 19, 2001-Apr 26, 2002.
Memories Off OVA released Nov 21, 2001-Feb 22, 2002.
One OAV released ??Nov 2001-May 2002
Kanon TV series aired Jan 30-March 27, 2002.
Canary OVA was released March 22, 2002.
Happy Lesson TV aired Apr 1-June 30, 2002.
Sister Princess RePure aired Oct 2-Dec 25, 2002.
Pia Carrot Movie - in theater ??October 2002. DVD out ??March 2003.
Wind ~ a Breath of Heart omake was available ??Nov-Dec 2002.
Green Green OVA was released Dec 20, 2002.
Raimuiro Senkitan aired Jan 5-March 30, 2003.
Memories Off the Second released Jan 22-May 21, 2003.
Gunparade March series aired Feb 6-Apr 24, 2003.
Kanon ~ Kazahana was available ?April 2003.
Mizuiro 2nd OVA (2003) non-adult OVA ?April 25-July 2003.
Happy Lesson Advance aired ??July-Sept 2003.
Da Capo aired on July 11-Dec 27, 2003.
Triangle Heart 2nd OVA was released ??July 2003-Jan 2004.
Popotan aired July 17-Oct 2, 2003.
True Love Story OVA was released Sept 26, 2003-
Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien aired Oct 5, 2003-Jan 4, 2004.
Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito aired 1st wk Oct-?end Dec 2003.
Shingetsutan Tsukihime aired Oct 9-Dec 25, 2003.
Moekan OVAs are being released Dec 19, 2003-
Yumeria is airing Jan 8, 2004-
Comic Party Revolution OVAs are being released ?early Jan 2004-
Kita he ~ Diamond Dust Drops is airing Jan 13, 2004-
Those are the major non-adult ones. I'm too tired to look up any more. There are a number I missed such as Dragon Knight 3, Yuna, Graduation M and Megami Tengoku. I'm going to have to make a better list someday.
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boy, I'm getting bishoujo and ren'ai confused..so ren'ai is romance basicly right?