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** And, of course, there's the fact that, thanks to bringing ''[[Atelier Annie]]'' over first, this trope now applies to Liese Randel, the heroine of ''Atelier Liese''.
* [[No Export for You]]: It took eight years for any material of the series to be released in America, and that started with the first ''Atelier Iris'' game. To this day, despite a PS2 remake for the first two games and PSP remakes for the Gramnad games (''Judie'' and ''Violet''), none of the first five games in the series have ever shown any sign of being brought over. The ''Atelier Marie & Elie'' manga also took over half a decade to cross the Pacific, and [[Screwed by the Network|with Tokyopop's financial troubles and closure, the last volume was cut from publication]]. Atelier fans used to have good reason to think that the series was "cursed" in the West, especially for "classic-style" games, but with all the Arland games out and with chances being good that Ayesha will see the light of day over here, that doesn't seem to be the case any longer, though there's still no indication that the original five games will ever be exported.
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: The original games were reportedly brought over to Sony for U.S. release approval several times, and shot down every time because "Americans won't get a 2D game that revolves around [[Item Crafting]]". This despite the games selling six-digits in Japan and influencing how the industry approached [[Item Crafting]].
** And then, when Tokyopop finally decided to bring over the ''Atelier Marie & Elie'' manga, first they were going to sell the books online only without any bookstore exposure (a decision later reverted), and ''then'' when the company hit financial rocks, guess which series was thrown overboard with only one volume to go?
* [[Sequel First]]: Arguably started with ''Atelier Iris 1'', since we got that game ahead of the first five "proper" Atelier games. This happened much more blatantly with ''Atelier Annie'', however, which serves as a sort of sequel to ''Atelier Liese''; Liese Randel, protagonist of the previous game, makes a major appearance in ''Annie'', and her game ''not'' making it to the States necessitates marking some spoilers out of politeness.
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