The Atelier series[a] is a franchise of role-playing video games developed by Gust Corporation since 1997, primarily for the PlayStation line of consoles.

The games' stories are typically light-hearted and humorous, often deriving conflict from a source other than an antagonist, and the player ends up with a large group of characters to explore the world with.

[8][9] In many earlier games in the series, the player are given a limited amount of in-game days to accomplish one or more main objectives and actions like gathering items, traveling or synthesizing spend a portion of that time.

The third entry in the Mysterious subseries, Atelier Lydie & Suelle, only briefly included a time limit for one objective in the middle of the game.

[139] It has also been adapted into a 12-episode television anime series, produced by Studio Gokumi and directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki, aired on Tokyo MX between April 10, 2014, and 26 June 2014.

[141] A manga adaptation of Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout, written and illustrated by Riichu started serialization in Shūkan Famitsū on September 17, 2020.

It is animated by Liden Films and directed by Ema Yuzuhira, with Yashichiro Takahashi and Kazuki Yanagawa reprising their roles from the game as script writer and composer.