A3!

Did You Know?

• The player character joins as the director of Mankai Company, a theatre troupe split into four groups named after the seasons.
• The game was nominated for the Google Play Best of 2017.

Media

A3! first appeared on iOS and Android devices on January 27, 2017. Cybird obtained the rights for an English version in June 2018, and that version launched on October 23, 2019. On September 21, 2021, Cybird stated that the English version would stop receiving updates after events scheduled for late October and early November of that year. On December 18, 2020, Liber Entertainment announced the removal of Ren Ozawa's voice from the game due to domestic abuse allegations; a week later, on December 25, 2020, Tomoru Akazawa—who had played Kazunari in the stage plays—took over the role. The game's music was created by a range of artists including Masayoshi Ōishi, Yuki Kimura, Hige Driver, R.O.N, Elements Garden's Asuka Oda, Ryōta Suemasu, Takeyuki Tonegawa, Round Table's Katsutoshi Kitagawa, Yuyoyuppe, and Tweedees member Reiji Okii, with Pony Canyon handling the publishing.

A stage play series called Mankai Stage A3! began in 2018. The first production, Mankai Stage A3! Spring & Summer 2018, ran in Tokyo from June 28 to July 8, 2018, then in Kyoto from July 13 to July 16, 2018, and returned to Tokyo from October 26 to November 4, 2018, with the Spring and Summer shows performed on a rotating schedule. The second play, Mankai Stage A3! Autumn & Winter 2019, took place in Tokyo from January 31 to February 11, 2019, in Yamaguchi on February 23–24, 2019, in Osaka from February 27 to March 3, 2019, and back in Tokyo from March 15 to March 24, 2019. After these two combined shows, each troupe received its own full run: Mankai Stage A3! Spring 2019 ran from April to June 2019, Mankai Stage A3! Summer 2019 from August to September 2019, Mankai Stage A3! Autumn 2020 from January to March 2020, and Mankai Stage A3! Winter 2020 was scheduled for April to June 2020.

The stage play cast also hosted a radio show, Mankai Stage A3! Radio, which started on October 6, 2018, on Nippon Broadcasting System. They performed alongside other 2.5D musical acts at Avex's Stage Fes concerts. Their first solo concert, Four Seasons Live 2020, happened in September 2020. The stage series has also partnered with brands like Utena and Orangina for endorsements.