Night Shift Nurses

Night Shift Nurses
North American cover art for
Night Shift Nurses: RN's Revenge
夜勤病棟
(Yakin Byōtō)
GenreErotica, Harem, Psychological, Hentai
Created byMink
Video game
Yakin Byōtō
DeveloperMink
PublisherMink
GenreVisual novel
PlatformMicrosoft Windows 95 or later
ReleasedDecember 22, 1999 – October 31, 2008
Original video animation
Night Shift Nurses
Directed byNao Okezawa
Produced byHiromi Chiba
Tatsuya Tanaka
Written byRyo Saga
Music byHiroaki Sano
StudioDiscovery
AT-2 Project
Released December 8, 2000 August 26, 2005
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes10+2 specials (5.5 and 10.5)
Original video animation
Night Shift Nurses 2
Directed byNao Okezawa
Written byRyo Saga
Music byHiroaki Sano
StudioDiscovery
9 Maiami
Released 30 July 2004 27 January 2006
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes5
Original video animation
Night Shift Nurses: Kranke
Directed byNao Okezawa
Written byJohichi Michigami
Music byHiroaki Sano
StudioGreen Bunny
Hanjin Animation
Released 27 May 2005 25 November 2005
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes3
Original video animation
Night Shift Nurses: Experiment
(or Night Shift Nurses 3)
Directed byKinji Yoshimoto
Written byYoshio Takaoka
Music byHiroaki Sano
StudioGreen Bunny
ARMS+
Released 29 July 2005 27 January 2006
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes3
Original video animation
Night Shift Nurses: Nanase Ren
Directed byTeruaki Murakami
Written byOsamu Momoi
Music byHideki Yamamoto
StudioFlavors Soft
Sugarboy
Released4 December 2005
Runtime34 minutes
Original video animation
Night Shift Nurses: Kazama Mana
Directed byTeruaki Murakami
Written byOsamu Momoi
Music byHideki Yamamoto
StudioFlavors Soft
Sugarboy
Released17 August 2006
Runtime31 minutes
Original video animation
Night Shift Nurses: Yagami Yu
Directed byTeruaki Murakami
Written byOsamu Momoi
Music byHideki Yamamoto
StudioFlavors Soft
Sugarboy
Released21 December 2006
Runtime33 minutes

Night Shift Nurses is the North American localization of Yakin Byōtō (夜勤病棟), a Japanese OVA series adapted by Discovery from the visual novel of the same name. It was formerly licensed by Anime 18, and now by Critical Mass Video. The series is particularly notorious for its explicit depictions of rape, necrophilia, sadomasochism, and paraphilia.