What is "chrono"

Chrono may refer to:

• Chrono (series), a video game series, which includes:
  • Chrono Trigger
  • Radical Dreamers
  • Chrono Cross
  • Crono is the main character in the Chrono Trigger game
• Chrono is a character in the Kurt Vonnegut novel The Sirens of Titan
• Chrono (Chrono Crusade) or Chrno, the title character from the manga and anime Chrono Crusade
• Chrono Harlaown, a character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, who also appeared in Triangle Heart: Lyrical Toy Box
• Chrono Press, an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content
• Chrono Crusade, an manga and anime series by Daisuke Moriyama
• Chrono (song), a song by the American Metalcore band The Ghost Inside.
• Chrono Code, a Tokyopop publication

The series is a video game franchise developed and published by Square (now Square Enix). It began in 1995 with the time travel role-playing video game Chrono Trigger, which spawned two continuations, Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki and Chrono Cross. It was produced in 1995 by Kazuhiko Aoki and directed by Akihiko Matsui, Yoshinori Kitase and Takashi Tokita. A promotional anime called Dimensional Adventure Numa Monjar and two ports of Chrono Trigger were also produced. As of March 31, 2003, Chrono Trigger was, with 2.65 million units, Square Enix's 12th best-selling game (based on copies shipped); Chrono Cross was, with 1.5 million units, the 24th. As of March 2011, the two games have sold over 5.3 million units. Chrono Trigger has placed highly on all six of multimedia website IGN's "top 100 games of all time" lists—4th in 2002, 6th in early 2005, 13th in late 2005, 2nd in 2006, 18th in 2007, and 2nd in 2008. The music of the series has been very highly regarded and enjoyed wide popularity. The games have been subject to extremely positive reviews.