428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de

428: Fsa Sareta Shibuya de (Japanese: 428?, literally “428: In a Blockaded Shibuya”) is a Japanese visual novel and adventure video game developed by Kichi Nakamura and Jiro Ishii. 428: Fsa Sareta Shibuya de is a visual novel set in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward that tells the story through scrolling text, live-action stills, and video sequences. The game shares many story and gameplay elements with Chunsoft’s 1998 sound novel game Machi, the most notable of which is the Shibuya locale. Although Chunsoft does not explicitly state that 428 is a sequel, there are numerous references to Machi in the game. An early marketing slogan reads, “Breaking a long silence, Shibuya gets going again.” Critics lauded the game, awarding it a perfect score in Famitsu Weekly, Japan’s largest circulating video game magazine. The game also includes a particular scenario contributed by Type-Kinoko Moon’s Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi, who wrote and designed the characters. Sega later announced that this type-Moon scenario would be adapted into an anime TV series called Canaan, which premiered in Japan on July 4, 2009. Kodansha published a series of four novels based on the game between September and December 2009.