ELF Corporation


ELF Corporation was an eroge studio. One of its most popular games is Dōkyūsei, a pioneering dating sim, which has had a sequel and been turned into adult OVA series. The character design of the main villains from the -saku series is the company mascot. They are also known for role-playing video games such as the Dragon Knight series and visual novel adventure games such as YU-NO. Many ELF games had been turned into adult OVA series. Three of ELF game series had even been turned into TV anime series: Elf-ban Kakyūsei, Raimuiro Senkitan and YU-NO.
Elf was founded on April 27, 1989 in Tokyo. As of 2004, the CEO is Atsushi Shimoda. EFC, the ELF Fan Club, has an active membership. There is a project that aims at recreating the game engine for other platforms. After 27 years, it was announced in October 2015 that the company was closing for business. Some of their games were re-released by DMM Games.

List of ELF games

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TitleRelease date
Wakazuma MangekyōFebruary 25, 2005
Otto no Mae de OkasareteJuly 28, 2006

Silky's titles distributed by ELF

Silky's is a game studio whose games are mostly distributed by ELF, and several of which have been made into OAV.