Princess Maker
is a series of life simulation bishōjo games by the video game and anime production company Gainax. The first "Princess Maker", while popular enough to be translated into Chinese, was never released in the United States. "Princess Maker 2" was translated by SoftEgg for a North American release, but this release was cancelled because publisher Intracorp went bankrupt. "Princess Maker 3", "Princess Maker 4", and "Princess Maker 5" have subsequently been released, as did several spin-off games. The series has been translated and released in Korea (Fujitsu) and Taiwan (Kingformation). An English release of "Princess Maker 2" was attempted in mid-90s, but it resulted in failure, and no games in this series were released in English until "Princess Maker 2 Refine" in 2016. "Petite Princess Yucie", an anime series loosely based on the third game but with characters from all previous games, ran for 26 episodes in 2002–2003.