16bit Sensation: Another Layer Season 1
The protagonist is Konoha Akisato, a 19‑year‑old illustrator in 2023 who loves bishōjo games (games focused on “beautiful girls”). She works at a company making mobile/social games, but she’s stuck doing low‑level background art rather than fulfilling her dream of being a top illustrator. One day, she obtains a classic bishōjo game (the venerable Dokyusei) and, in a fantastical twist, finds herself transported back in time — to 1992, the dawn of the bishōjo game era.
01. I Traveled Back in Time?!
Konoha Akisato is a struggling illustrator who dreams of being lead artist on a visual novel masterpiece. When Konoha stumbles onto a mysterious used video game store, she finds herself warped back in time to 1992 Akihabara!
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Yuko Gibu
Old woman (voice)
Gō Zappa
Writer
Mizuno Kentarou
Director
Sakuma Takashi
Storyboard Artist
Kou Yoshinari
Key Animation
Masakatsu Sasaki
Animation Director
Keiichi Sasajima
Key Animation
Yuuma Suzuki
Key Animation
Kyoshiro Goto
Key Animation
Miki Kurihara
Key Animation
Yuya Sakurai
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Okuda
Key Animation
Yuki Tanaka
Key Animation
Rento Yasuoka
Key Animation
Mutsuki Kasai
Key Animation
Yōko Naeki
Key Animation
Satoshi Isono
Key Animation
02. Let’s Make Bishojo Games Together!
Konoha ends up in Akihabara in the year 1992. She finds that the building she works at is now a computer shop, with a bishojo game company on the second floor. Could Konoha's 21st century art skills be the key to survival?
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Tatsuya Takahashi
Writer
Naoyoshi Kusaka
Director
Tetsuya Watanabe
Storyboard Artist
Rei Odaka
Production Assistant
Yuuma Suzuki
Key Animation
Kyoshiro Goto
Key Animation
Miki Kurihara
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Okuda
Key Animation
Yuki Tanaka
Key Animation
Rento Yasuoka
Key Animation
Mutsuki Kasai
Key Animation
Yōko Naeki
Key Animation
Satoshi Isono
Key Animation
Haruka Otsuzumi
Animation Director
Wang Yu
Key Animation
Duan Hong
Key Animation
Mitsuyo Tsuno
Key Animation
Yoritada Shigesa
Key Animation
Yukiko Shimizu
Key Animation
Isamu Utsuki
Key Animation
Nobutaka Ota
Key Animation
03. I Wanted to See All of You Again!
Konoha suddenly finds herself back in the year 2023, with little to show for her adventure, and no way to contact anyone at Alcohol Soft. Now it's up to Konoha to figure out a way to turn back time once again!
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Tatsuya Takahashi
Writer
Fumio Maezono
Director
Katsunari Mikajiri
Assistant Director
Zenichiro Ito
Assistant Director
Shinichi Watanabe
Storyboard Artist
Takuma Shimizu
Key Animation
Michiyuki Nojo
Key Animation
Yūji Kikuta
Key Animation
Mami Takaishi
Animation Director
Yuuka Harada
Animation Director
Rui Tachibana
Animation Director
Tenkai
Animation Director
Naoki Saito
Animation Director
Guo Ting
Animation Director
04. It's Fine!
Konoha has gone back to the year 1996, where Mamoru refuses to work on any more games, leaving Alcohol Soft without a programmer. Can Konoha manage to convince him to come back and save the project?
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Tatsuya Takahashi
Writer
Hisa Maejima
Director
Shinichi Watanabe
Storyboard Artist
Yuya Sakurai
Animation Director
05. Good Things Come in Threes!
Konoha figures out the trick to time travel, and succeeds in going back to the past for the third time. But the winds of change are blowing in 1999, and Alcohol Soft is caught in the eye of the storm!
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Gō Zappa
Writer
Zenichiro Ito
Director
Toshihiko Masuda
Storyboard Artist
Takuma Shimizu
Animation Director
Zearth Sato
Animation Director
Hiroki Tsuji
Animation Director
Keishi Sakai
Animation Director
Rui Tachibana
Animation Director
06. Believe in Me!
Konoha is sent to keep a watch on the shady hostess club that Mamoru's dad has been visiting lately. But what she learns there may pose the biggest threat to Alcohol Soft she's faced yet...
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Gō Zappa
Writer
Mizuno Kentarou
Director
Atsushi Ootsuki
Storyboard Artist
Masakatsu Sasaki
Animation Director
Sudako Ehime
Animation Director
07. Every Storm Hardens the Earth
Alcohol Soft suddenly finds itself saddled with one billion yen of debt. It's up to Konoha with her future know-how of bishojo games, along with Mamoru's technical expertise, to save the day!
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Yuichiro Higashide
Writer
Yuuichirou Higashide
Writer
Fumio Maezono
Director
Katsunari Mikajiri
Assistant Director
Zenichiro Ito
Assistant Director
Yoshihiro Sugai
Storyboard Artist
Takuma Shimizu
Animation Director
Zearth Sato
Animation Director
Hiroki Tsuji
Animation Director
Seiji Hagiwara
Animation Director
08. Echo
Mamoru is hurled back in time to the year 1985. Echosoft, the game company previously occupying the Alcohol Soft building, enlists Mamoru for help creating their own bishojo games.
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Ryō Morise
Writer
Keiichi Sasashima
Director
Keiichi Sasajima
Director
Keiichi Sasashima
Storyboard Artist
Keiichi Sasajima
Storyboard Artist
Rei Odaka
Production Assistant
Mutsuki Kasai
Animation Director
Yasuhiro Okuda
Animation Director
Satoshi Isono
Animation Director
09. See You Later!
Konoha and Alcohol Soft completed the development of her dream game. But now she's left with that uncertainty: How will the game go over?
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Suzuki Otsuki
Writer
Hisa Maejima
Director
Keiichi Sasashima
Storyboard Artist
Keiichi Sasajima
Storyboard Artist
Yuya Sakurai
Animation Director
10. I'll Give It All I've Got!
Konoha returns to the year 2023, but finds that the Akiba that she knows and loves no longer exists. With a middle-aged Mamoru as her only ally, can Konoha figure out a way to un-change history?
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Suzuki Otsuki
Writer
Suzuki Takuma
Director
Zenichiro Ito
Assistant Director
Toshihiko Masuda
Storyboard Artist
Takuma Shimizu
Animation Director
Yūji Kikuta
Animation Director
11. Original Cuu
Konoha needs to create another game to correct the course of history, but it won't be easy with just her and Mamoru. And unbeknownst to Konoha, there's a sinister plot brewing elsewhere in Akiba...
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Weng Youwei
Animation Director
12. U... U-U-U-U-U...
Mamoru frantically searches all over Akihabara for Konoha after she suddenly goes missing. Little does he know that deep underground, Konoha finds herself facing a fate worse than death...
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Yuichiro Higashide
Writer
Yuuichirou Higashide
Writer
Naoyoshi Kusaka
Director
Yoshihiro Sugai
Storyboard Artist
Rei Odaka
Production Assistant
Zearth Sato
Animation Director
Yuya Sakurai
Animation Director
Mutsuki Kasai
Animation Director
Yasuhiro Okuda
Animation Director
Satoshi Isono
Animation Director
Hisao Ishii
Animation Director
Wang Jun
Key Animation
Wang Jun
Key Animation
13. The Things I Hold Dear
Just as Konoha and Mamoru are about to lose all hope, they hear a mysterious humming. As they turn their eyes to the sky, they see a giant glowing body of light descending upon Akihabara...
Aoi Koga
Konoha Akisato (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Mamoru Rokuda (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Kaori Shimoda (voice)
Yui Horie
Meiko Uehara (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Masaru Rokuta (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Kiyoshi Gomikawa (voice)
Aya Yamane
Toya Yamada (voice)
今泉りおな
エコー2
儀武ゆう子
エコー3
Tatsuya Takahashi
Writer
Hisa Maejima
Director
Tomoya Tanaka
Director
Sakuma Takashi
Storyboard Artist
Yuya Sakurai
Animation Director
Yasuhiro Okuda
Animation Director
Satoshi Isono
Animation Director
Yōko Naeki
Animation Director