, formerly , is a Japanese
publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribution of
visual novels for a large list of game developers. VisualArt's has developed the game engines their brands currently use, including the current engine, called Siglus, and older engines RealLive and AVG32. VisualArt's also handles the selling and distribution of these games. The games published are mostly for a male audience, though they also publish games targeted towards women as well. They are well known for the publishing of games by the studio
Key such as the famous visual novels
Kanon,
Air, and
Clannad.