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Welcome to Pia Carrot!! (Pia♥キャロットへようこそ!!, Pia Kyarotto e Yōkoso!!) is a Japanese visual novel series by Cocktail Soft (a part of F&C, later F&C FC02). Anime and manga have been based on the games.
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Welcome to Pia Carrot!! | |
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Genre(s) | Eroge, visual novel |
Developer(s) | Cocktail Soft (home computers) KID (Saturn) Stack |
Publisher(s) | Cocktail Soft (home computers) KID (Saturn) NEC Interchannel |
Platform(s) | PC-9800 (MS-DOS), PC-FX, Windows, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable |
First release | Welcome to Pia Carrot!! July 26, 1996 |
Latest release | PriPia ~Prince Pia Carrot~ October 23, 2014 |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! | |
Pia♥キャロットへようこそ!! (Pia Kyarotto he Yōkoso!!) | |
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Genre | Romance, Hentai (first 2 series only) |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Katsuma Kanazawa |
Produced by | Osamu Koshinaka Saburo Omiya |
Written by | Katsuma Kanazawa |
Music by | LUNA |
Studio | Triple X |
Licensed by |
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Released | October 24, 1997 – April 24, 1998 |
Episodes | 3 |
Original video animation | |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 | |
Directed by | Kan Fukumoto |
Written by | Yōsei Morino |
Music by | ARIES |
Studio | Triple X |
Licensed by |
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Released | October 23, 1998 – April 23, 1999 |
Episodes | 3 |
Original video animation | |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 DX | |
Directed by | Yōsei Morino |
Produced by | Osamu Koshinaka Tarou Miyabe Masanobu Sumitomo |
Written by | Shigenori Kageyama |
Music by | Kazuya Matsushita |
Studio | Garyū Studio |
Licensed by | |
Released | December 18, 1999 – October 25, 2000 |
Runtime | 29–31 minutes |
Episodes | 6 |
Anime film | |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! -Sayaka's Love Story- | |
Directed by | Yuuji Mutou |
Produced by | Masahiko Minami Yoshikazu Watanabe Satsuki Watanabe |
Written by | Satoru Nishizono |
Music by | Tomohiro Ookubo |
Studio | IMOVE |
Released | October 19, 2002 |
Runtime | 48 minutes |
The games are all set around restaurants in the fictional "Pia Carrot" chain, and most of the female characters are waitresses at these restaurants. The individual restaurants in the chain are called "1st", "2nd", etc. A maid café named "Pia Carrot" also opened in real life as a cosplay restaurant in Akihabara, Japan.
Title | Platform | Publisher(s) | Release date |
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Welcome to Pia Carrot!! (Pia♥キャロットへようこそ!!, Pia Kyarotto he Yōkoso!!) | MS-DOS | Cocktail Soft | July 26, 1996 |
Windows | Cocktail Soft | October 18, 1996 | |
PC-FX | Cocktail Soft | May 23, 1997 | |
Sega Saturn | KID | March 12, 1998 | |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 (Pia♥キャロットへようこそ!! 2, Pia Kyarotto he Yōkoso!! 2) | Windows 95 | Cocktail Soft | October 31, 1997 |
Sega Saturn | NEC Interchannel | October 8, 1998 | |
Windows Me/2000 | F&C FC02 | October 26, 2001 | |
Dreamcast | NEC Interchannel | February 6, 2003 | |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.2 (Pia♥キャロットへようこそ!! 2.2, Pia Kyarotto he Yōkoso!! 2.2) | Game Boy Color | NEC Interchannel | December 2, 2000 |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.5 (Pia♥キャロットへようこそ!! 2.5, Pia Kyarotto he Yōkoso!! 2.5) | Dreamcast | NEC Interchannel | June 21, 2001 |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3 (Pia♥キャロットへようこそ!! 3, Pia Kyarotto he Yōkoso!! 3) | Windows 95/98/Me/2000 | F&C FC02 | November 30, 2001 |
Dreamcast | NEC Interchannel | March 27, 2003 | |
PlayStation 2 | NEC Interchannel | March 27, 2003 | |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3.3 (Pia♥キャロットへようこそ!! 3.3, Pia Kyarotto he Yōkoso!! 3.3) | Game Boy Advance | NEC Interchannel | April 23, 2004 |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! G.O. ~Grand Open~ | Windows 98/Me/2000/XP | F&C FC02 | February 3, 2006 |
Pia Carrot G.O. TOYBOX ~Summer Fair~ | ? | ? | 2006 |
MahJong in Pia Carrot~ | ? | ? | 2007 |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! G.P. | ? | ? | 2008 |
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 4 | PC | F&C | 2009 |
Pia Carrot 4 FD | ? | ? | 2010 |
PriPia ~Prince Pia Carrot~ | ? | ? | 2014 |
The first game in the series is called Welcome to Pia Carrot!! and was initially released in 1996 for MS-DOS on the NEC PC-9800 Series and for Windows 3.1. The game was later released for the PC-FX in 1997, and for the Sega Saturn in 1998 by KID.
There is also a hentai OVA with 3 episodes based on this title.
Yusuke Kinoshita
Satomi Morihara
Shouko Inaba
Reika Kokubo
Yukiko Kawai
Shiho Kannaduki
Yukari Tachibana
Saori Imai
Kiyomi Kitagawa
Rumi Kinoshita
Yasuo Kinoshita
Kaori Tachibana
Saeko Imai
Airi Kashikura
Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 is the first true sequel to "Pia Carrot", set four years later than the first game. The original version (released in 1997) was for Windows 95 and was later released for Sega Saturn (1998 by NEC Interchannel), Windows 2000 (2001 by F&C FC02; this version also runs on Windows 95, 98, 98SE and Me) and the Dreamcast (2003 by NEC Interchannel). The Dreamcast release is the same as the first disc of the previously released "Pia Carrot 2.5". It is well known for its theme song "Go! Go! Waitress".
Two OVAs based on this title were released, the first being an adult title with 3 episodes, and the second ("Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 DX") was an all-age series with 6 episodes. "Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 DX" was licensed by Sentai Filmworks.[2]
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.2 is a branch of "Pia Carrot 2" and is set 4 months after that game. It was released for the Game Boy Color by NEC Interchannel in 2000. Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.5 is a combination set of "Pia Carrot 2" and "Pia Carrot 2.2" for the Dreamcast. This pack title contains 2 GD-ROMs.
Kouji Maeda
Azusa Hinomori
Mina Hinomori
Tsukasa Enomoto
Ryoko Futaba
Aoi Minase
Sanae Enishi
Mikiko Shinohara
Harue Yamana
Jun Kagurazaka
Kaoru Yamana
Shinji Yano
Tomomi Aizawa
Yuki Kamizuka
Noriko Shima
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3 is the second true sequel to "Pia Carrot", set one year later than "Pia Carrot 2", and was released for the PC by F&C FC02 in 2001. Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 versions were released by NEC Interchannel in 2003.
In 2002, the anime movie "Welcome to Pia Carrot -Sayaka no Koi-monogatari-" ("Welcome to Pia Carrot - Sayaka's Love Story") was released, being the first movie based on an eroge.
Welcome to Pia Carrot 3.3 is a branch of "Pia Carrot 3" that is set one year after "Pia Carrot 3". It was released for the Game Boy Advance by NEC Interchannel in 2004.
Akihiko Kannazuki
Sayaka Takai
Tomomi Aizawa
Akemi Hasegawa
Natsuki Iwakura
Miharu Fuyuki
Nana Kimishima
Takako Kinoshita
Orie Amano
Noboru Kinoshita
Seiji Motoki
Haruhiko Fuyuki
Shiho Kannazuki
Satomi Kinoshita
Yuki Kamizuka
Noriko Shima
Kouji Maeda
Azusa Hinomori
Mina Hinomori
Tsukasa Enomoto
Chizuru Kinoshita
Shiori Kisaragi
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Welcome to Pia Carrot 4 is the third true sequel to "Pia Carrot", and was released for the PC by Cocktail Soft in 2009. An Xbox 360 port was released on February 24, 2011[3] and a PlayStation Portable version was released in 2012.
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In a 2007 survey of Dengeki G's Magazine readers, Welcome to Pia Carrot G.O. ranked 38th in a list of "the most interesting bishōjo games"; a five-way tie with YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world, Tsukihime, Tokimeki Memorial 2, and Happiness! [4]
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