Welcome to Pia Carrot!!

Welcome to Pia Carrot!! is a Japanese visual novel series by Cocktail Soft. Anime and manga have been based on the games.
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.

List of titles

;Game titles

Title	Platform	Publisher	Release date
Welcome to Pia Carrot!!	MS-DOS	Cocktail Soft	July 26, 1996
Welcome to Pia Carrot!!	Windows	Cocktail Soft	October 18, 1996
Welcome to Pia Carrot!!	PC-FX	Cocktail Soft	May 23, 1997
Welcome to Pia Carrot!!	Sega Saturn	KID	March 12, 1998
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2	Windows 95	Cocktail Soft	October 31, 1997
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2	Sega Saturn	NEC Interchannel	October 8, 1998
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2	Windows Me/2000	F&C FC02	October 26, 2001
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2	Dreamcast	NEC Interchannel	February 6, 2003
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.2	Game Boy Color	NEC Interchannel	December 2, 2000
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.5	Dreamcast	NEC Interchannel	June 21, 2001
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3	Windows 95/98/Me/2000	F&C FC02	November 30, 2001
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3	Dreamcast	NEC Interchannel	March 27, 2003
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3	PlayStation 2	NEC Interchannel	March 27, 2003
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 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

;Animation titles

Welcome to Pia Carrot!!
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 DX
'Welcome to Pia Carrot!! -Sayaka no Koi-monogatari-'''''

''Welcome to Pia Carrot''

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.

Characters

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'''

Staff (Game)

Scenario: Jane Inamura
Original Picture: Tatsuki Amaduyu, CHARM, Nak-Mura, Yukihiro Matsuo
Music: Tomohiro Takatsuka, Juri Goto
* Opening for PC-FX Version: Ko Ku Ha Ku
* :Lyrics: Yukie Sugawara
* :Music: Yukie Sugawara
* Insert on Saturn Version: Miracle Sunshine
* :Lyrics: Juri Goto
* :Music: Juri Goto
* :Vocal: Megumi Miduki
* :Voice Actors:Izumi Mito as Satomi Morihara, Minami Nagasaki as Shoko Inaba, Hina Hatono as Reika Kokubo/Yukari Tachibana, Hotaru Natsuno as Yukiko Kawai, Kaori as Shiho Kannazuki, Satomi Kodama as Saori Imai, Mebu as Kiyomi Kitagawa, Akane Yoshino as Airi Kashikura

''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2/2.2/2.5''

Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 is the first true sequel to "Pia Carrot", set four years later than the first game. The original version was for Windows 95 and was later released for Sega Saturn, Windows 2000 and the Dreamcast. 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 was an all-age series with 6 episodes. "Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 DX" was licensed by Sentai Filmworks.
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.

Characters

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'''

Staff

Scenario: Ryuichi Inamura
Original Picture: Tatsuki Amaduyu, Misato Mitsumi, CHARM, Takashi Hashimoto
Music: DOORS MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
* Opening: Go! Go! Waitress
* Ending : Iced Tea
* :Lyrics: Hajime Kanasugi & Bun Yoshida
* :Music: Bun Yoshida
* :Vocal: Miyuki Kunitake

;2.2

Scenario: Hideki Shirane
Character Design: Tatsuki Amaduyu, Misato Mitsumi, CHARM, Takashi Hashimoto
Original Picture: Junji Goto
Music: DOORS MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

''Welcome to Pia Carrot 3/3.3''

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-" 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.

Characters

;3
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
;3.3
Mina Hinomori
Tsukasa Enomoto
Chizuru Kinoshita
'''Shiori Kisaragi'''

Staff

Scenario: Ryuichi Inamura
Original Picture: Takashi Hashimoto, Hiroya Fujimiya, Elan Hasumi, Hiro Suzuhira
Music: Kennichi Okuma
* Opening: Eien no story
* :Lyrics: Don Mccow
* :Music: Kennichi Okuma
* :Vocal: Miu
* Ending: Koibito tachi no densetsu
* :Lyrics: Don Mccow
* :Music: Kennichi Okuma
* :Vocal: Miu
* Ending : Happy-End kara hajimeyou
* :Lyrics: Don Mccow
* :Music: Kennichi Okuma
* :Vocal: Miu

;3.3

Scenario: Ryo Masaki
Character Design: Takashi Hashimoto, Elan Hasumi, Hiro Suzuhira, Kanata Minamino
Original Picture: Kanata Minamino, Elan Hasumi
Music: Kennichi Okuma, DOORS MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

''Welcome to Pia Carrot 4''

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 and a PlayStation Portable version was released in 2012.

Characters

Alice Sakuraba
Ayaka Kamine
Misa Hasegawa
Sayuri Mashiba
Sora Kitagawa
Yoshimi Sakuraba
Yuna Takigawa

Reception

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!''

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