16bit Sensation: Another Layer was a real love letter to bishoujo games – at first. Well, actually, technically it was throughout, but it also got real distracted with a lot of other topics, like time travel, and aliens, and PC-98 fanboying. However, what it displayed was a loving timeline of eroge and even an interesting alternate timeline.
Alternative Titles:
- 16bitセンセーション ANOTHER LAYER
Year Anime Premiered: 2023
Animation Studio: Silver
Number of Seasons: 1
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Manga
Entry Last Updated: May 10th, 2024
So, if you liked 16bit Sensation: Another Layer, where do you start the 16bit Sensation manga after the anime?
The only answer is Chapter 1.
This isn’t the usual frustrating answer that manga fans almost always give to anime fans when they ask either. It’s the legitimate answer. The 16bit Sensation: Another Layer anime and the 16bit Sensation manga are two similar, related, but ultimately different stories.
For example, 16bit Sensation: Another Layer follows Konoha, a character that is not present in the manga. The manga instead follows Meiko, who is a side character in the anime, as she gets a job at Alcoholsoft as an substitute illustrator despite never drawing eroge before.
What the 16bit Sensation manga offers you is an actual grounded look at the bishoujo game-making process in the 90’s instead of the fever dream you see in anime. There is no time travel and no aliens, just bishoujo games.