Crowdfunding for Pia Carrot e Yōkoso!! AW Game Falls Short of Goal

Only 4 million yen raised for isekai spinoff out of 30 million yen target

Image via Pia Carrot e Yokoso!! AW game's crowdfunding page
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Campaign Fails to Meet Target

The crowdfunding campaign for F&C's planned Pia Carrot e Yōkoso!! AW game wrapped up on Sunday without reaching its goal. Launched on March 28, the project collected just 4,053,290 yen (about US$28,500), falling far short of the 30 million yen (about US$211,000) target.

As a result, F&C announced that production on the game has been halted.

What the Game Promised

An all-new isekai-themed story, where the protagonist travels to a fantasy world
All-ages content
Three main heroine routes and two side heroine routes

Background: The World of Pia Carrot

The original Pia Carrot e Yōkoso!! game was released by Cocktail Soft (later F&C) in 1996 for MS-DOS on the NEC PC-9800 Series and for Windows 3.1
Later ports included the PC-FX and Sega Saturn
The franchise expanded with four direct sequels, two side games (Welcome to Pia Carrot!! G.O. ~~Grand Open~~ and Welcome to Pia Carrot!! G.P.), and an otome spinoff, Pri Pia ~~Prince Pia Carrot~~, for female players

Influence on Anime and Otaku Culture

Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 inspired a six-episode OVA (Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 DX, 1999–2000)
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3 led to the 2002 anime film Welcome to Pia Carrot! Sayaka's Love Story
The first and second games both had three-episode adult anime OVA adaptations (1997 and 1998)
A Pia Carrot concept cafe opened in Akihabara in 1998, often regarded as the starting point of the maid cafe trend in otaku circles

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