Lolicon eroge maker Rune is slowly but surely heading for a total shutdown, after being around for nearly a decade - since 1999, when they made their debut with the game Fifth. From what Zepy reported last night, the company has been losing lots of people since early May, including, most recently, their two best known artists ever since the early days: Nonohara Miki and Akamaru. At least the latters' reason for quitting seems to have been money; or, rather, the lack of it from their supposed paychecks.

Rune's releases over the past couple of years were Fifth: Eternal Collection Box, Konya no Okazu wa Range de Marine and Yukinochi Fururu! in 2006, followed in 2007 by Purely, 8665^2 and Musume Shimai - for which we've just added some pictures in our gallery.


In light of all this, their upcoming eroge 8665^3, which luckily is mostly finished, could well be their last one. You can browse through Rune's entire catalogue on their website (or on Getchu), and they also have (had?) an imouto-brand called Cage, whose catalogue is filled with equally lolicious games; bar Pure My Imouto Milk Pudding, in which the fake lolis are actually boys. Eew.