Âge

âge (アージュ, Āju) is a Japanese adult video game and visual novel brand owned by ACID Co. [ja]. They have also produced work under the names Mirage and Φâge.

âge was formerly known as Relic and developed video games for consoles. It gained fame following the release of its 2001 adult visual novel Kimi ga Nozomu Eien.^[1] It was founded by Hirohiko Yoshida, Baka Prince Persia, Nanpuureima, Spin Drill, and Carnelian.

In 2011, Hirohito Yoshida created a rights management company for âge‘s content called "ixtl", subsequently a copyright transfer agreement was signed with ACID Co.

In 2017, Avex Pictures acquired ixtl,^[2] and later changed the company's name to aNCHOR  [ja] ^[3]