The first episode received an early preview screening on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Animate's Yokohama Branch. Another airing took place Sunday, October 3 at Akihabara Gamers Headquarters in Tokyo. The regular television broadcast started October 9, 2010.
Based on the adult visual novel developed by August, released as a limited edition version on January 25, 2008 playable on Windows PCs as a DVD. Fortune Arterial is August's fifth game, preceded by other titles such as Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary, and Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na.