Honkai
Honkai (traditional Chinese: 崩壞; simplified Chinese: 崩坏; pinyin: Bēnghuài; Japanese: 崩壊; rōmaji: Hōkai; "Collapse / Deteriorate") is a video game franchise developed by miHoYo, published by miHoYo in mainland China and worldwide by Cognosphere, d/b/a HoYoverse. While the foremost entry in the series, FlyMe2theMoon, was a paid mobile game for iOS released in 2011, and was developed by the five-person "miHoYo studio" startup team; the first installment of Honkai series was Houkai Gakuen released in 2012. The series has seen several more games since, with the most recent main entry being 2023's Honkai: Star Rail.
| Honkai | |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Developer(s) | miHoYo |
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| Writer(s) | Shaoji |
| Composer(s) | HOYO-MiX |
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| First release | FlyMe2theMoon September 28, 2011 |
| Latest release | Honkai: Star Rail April 26, 2023 |
The Honkai series is set in a Universe called the “Imaginary Tree” and follows the adventures of characters such as Kiana, Mei, and Bronya. While the series features recurring characters such as Kiana, each installment has different backgrounds and character settings and can be considered as stories that take place in different Worlds in the same Universe without absolute connectivity. The series primarily revolves around the theme of "rebellion against the end and saving the world" and features "Honkai" disasters as the core setting.
Starting from 2017, David Jiang served as the producer of the Honkai series.