{"id":55467,"date":"2025-12-26T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55467"},"modified":"2025-12-26T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:04:02","slug":"keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Key\u2019s new romance visual novel anemoi release postponed to April. Devs \u201cwill be making no compromises\u201d until the game reaches intended quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After stuffing fans\u2019 Christmas stockings with <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/key-releases-demo-for-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an early demo<\/a> of its upcoming romance visual novel, <strong>anemoi<\/strong>, Japanese game studio Key has suddenly announced that the game will not be releasing on its previous intended date of January 30, 2026. It will instead be coming out on April 24, 2026, provided there are no other complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Key\u300eanemoi\u300fTVCM\u30e0\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc\u30102026\u5e741\u670830\u65e5\u767a\u58f2\u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xLdgLXOD92Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/key.visualarts.gr.jp\/anemoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Key\u2019s official statement<\/a>, the developers determined that more time was needed to achieve the initially planned quality set for anemoi. The extra three months will be spent refining the title until it reaches a quality that would meet both the fans\u2019 expectations and the developers\u2019 standards. They sincerely apologized to fans, retailers, media outlets, and distribution partners who have been eagerly awaiting the game\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key made sure to note that <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pre-orders-of-keys-new-fully-priced-visual-novel-anemoi-surpass-summer-pockets-over-10-times-in-the-first-two-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">those who pre-ordered anemoi<\/a> will still have their reservations valid following the change in release date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u9593\u306b\u5408\u308f\u305b\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3067\u304d\u305a\u7533\u3057\u8a33\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u2026<br><br>\u305f\u3060\u3001\u3088\u308a\u826f\u3044\u3082\u306e\u3092\u304a\u5c4a\u3051\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u76ee\u6a19\u306b\u3001\u59a5\u5354\u306a\u304f\u6700\u5f8c\u307e\u3067\u5236\u4f5c\u306b\u81e8\u307f\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u4f55\u5352\u3042\u3068\u3082\u3046\u5c11\u3057\u304a\u6642\u9593\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3051\u307e\u3059\u3068\u5e78\u3044\u3067\u3059<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8D%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30a2\u30cd\u30e2\u30a4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6eHd8Mhkw7\">https:\/\/t.co\/6eHd8Mhkw7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u4f50\u96ea\u96bc (@sayuki_acp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sayuki_acp\/status\/2004121102453531133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-palette-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><em>Post translation:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I sincerely apologize for not being able to meet the deadline. Our goal remains to deliver the best possible product, and we will not be making any compromises until the game is finally complete. We would be most grateful if you could kindly allowed us a little more time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scenario writer and director of anemoi Shun Sayuki (who also directed Stella of The End and was a production assistant on Summer Pockets: Reflection Blue) expressed his heartfelt apologies for not being able to meet the originally planned January release date and has asked fans for \u201ca little more time\u201d while he and the rest of the team \u201cwork without compromise\u201d to deliver the best version of the game possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anemoi is now set to release on April 24, 2026 for PC (Windows).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231116-23046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clannad developers announce new full-price visual novel game Anemoi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key announced that the release of their upcoming visual novel anemoi will be postponed from January 30 to April 24, 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":55469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-55467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Key\u2019s new romance visual novel anemoi release postponed to April. Devs \u201cwill be making no compromises\u201d until the game reaches intended quality - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Key announced that the release of their upcoming visual novel anemoi will be postponed from January 30 to April 24, 2026.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Key\u2019s new romance visual novel anemoi release postponed to April. Devs \u201cwill be making no compromises\u201d until the game reaches intended quality - AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Key announced that the release of their upcoming visual novel anemoi will be postponed from January 30 to April 24, 2026.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-26T05:04:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-26T05:04:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251226-55467-header.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"852\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carlos &quot;Zoto&quot; Zotomayor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carlos &quot;Zoto&quot; Zotomayor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Key\u2019s new romance visual novel anemoi release postponed to April. Devs \u201cwill be making no compromises\u201d until the game reaches intended quality - AUTOMATON WEST","description":"Key announced that the release of their upcoming visual novel anemoi will be postponed from January 30 to April 24, 2026.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Key\u2019s new romance visual novel anemoi release postponed to April. Devs \u201cwill be making no compromises\u201d until the game reaches intended quality - AUTOMATON WEST","og_description":"Key announced that the release of their upcoming visual novel anemoi will be postponed from January 30 to April 24, 2026.","og_url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/","og_site_name":"AUTOMATON WEST","article_published_time":"2025-12-26T05:04:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-26T05:04:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":852,"height":479,"url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251226-55467-header.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_site":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/"},"author":{"name":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2812ca8facd5f161edfbc531cf81eb31"},"headline":"Key\u2019s new romance visual novel anemoi release postponed to April. Devs \u201cwill be making no compromises\u201d until the game reaches intended quality","datePublished":"2025-12-26T05:04:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-26T05:04:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/"},"wordCount":323,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251226-55467-header.jpg","keywords":["News (Japan-related)"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/","name":"Key\u2019s new romance visual novel anemoi release postponed to April. Devs \u201cwill be making no compromises\u201d until the game reaches intended quality - AUTOMATON WEST","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251226-55467-header.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-26T05:04:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-26T05:04:02+00:00","description":"Key announced that the release of their upcoming visual novel anemoi will be postponed from January 30 to April 24, 2026.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251226-55467-header.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251226-55467-header.jpg","width":852,"height":479},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/keys-new-romance-visual-novel-anemoi-release-postponed-to-april-devs-will-be-making-no-compromises-until-the-game-reaches-intended-quality\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Key\u2019s new romance visual novel anemoi release postponed to April. Devs \u201cwill be making no compromises\u201d until the game reaches intended quality"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","name":"AUTOMATON WEST","description":"AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","width":374,"height":190,"caption":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/AUTOMATON_ENG","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCabvYnvuUUbbGUrxkaFRgSA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2812ca8facd5f161edfbc531cf81eb31","name":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/display-pic-100x100.jpg","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/display-pic-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/display-pic-100x100.jpg","caption":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor"},"description":"Automaton West writer. Zoto has been playing video games for 30+ years now but has only recently come to grips with PC gaming. When he isn't playing video games, he watches romance anime and gets mad when his best girl never wins.","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/author\/carlos-zotomayor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55467"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55472,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55467\/revisions\/55472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}