The Touhou Project, also known simply as Touhou, is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by independent Japanese dōjin soft developer Team Shanghai Alice. The team's sole member, Jun'y
Cover art for the first five Touhou Project games
The in-game interface of Perfect Cherry Blossom: 1. Player character (in this case, Reimu Hakurei) 2. High score and current score 3. Player life and bomb counters 4. Firepower gauge and graze counter 5. Enemy spellcard gauge 6. Special item counter ("Cherry Points" in Perfect Cherry Blossom) 7. Enemy spellcard name 8. Enemy location indicator
Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame, the protagonist duo of the series, on the official Touhou magazine Strange Creators of Outer World Vol. 8 cover
Shelves of Touhou derivative fanwork music album CDs at a store in Akihabara, with laminated dividers categorising CDs by dōjin circle
Touhou Koumakyou ~ The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is a 2002 bullet hell video game developed by Team Shanghai Alice. It is the sixth entry in the Touhou Project series, and the first to be released f
Touhou Project
…signature danmaku (弾幕; lit. 'bullet curtain') mechanics were introduced in the second game, Story of Eastern Wonderland (also 1997). The release of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil in August 2002 marked a shift to Microsoft Windows. Numerous sequels followed, including several spin-offs departing from the traditional shoot 'em up…
CD-ROM cover art, featuring a silhouette of Flandre Scarlet
Cosplay of Flandre Scarlet at Comiket 102