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List Of Utawarerumono Episodes
'' Utawarerumono'' is a 26-episode anime television series based on the visual novel of the same name by Leaf. The series aired in Japan between April 3 and September 25, 2006. With the first DVD release of the anime on August 23, 2006, a short bonus episode lasting about seven minutes was also included. The opening theme is "Musōka" by Suara, the first ending theme used for the first 25 episodes is "Madoromi no Rinne" by Eri Kawai, and the second ending theme used for the final episode is "Kimi ga Tame" by Suara. The North American rights to the ''Utawarerumono'' anime were initially held by ADV Films for US$109,201 effective August 1, 2006, who completed a full DVD release of the entire series. In July 2008, Funimation announced that the license to ''Utawarerumono'' (and other titles formerly held by ADV) had transferred to them. A three-episode ''Utawarerumono'' original video animation (OVA) series was developed by the creators of the anime. These episodes focus on side stori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utawarerumono
is a Japanese adult tactical role-playing visual novel developed by Leaf, which released in April 2002 for Microsoft Windows. It was ported to the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. In releases subsequent to the initial 2002 version, it is known by its more specific title . The game was highly successful in Japan and has since been adapted into a wide variety of other media, including several anime series, drama CDs, and Internet radio programs, and manga. A sequel for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita titled '' Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception'' was released in Japan in September 2015, and worldwide in May 2017. The final chapter of the trilogy, titled '' Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth'', was released in Japan in September 2016, and worldwide a year later. These second and third games were ported to Microsoft Windows in January 2020, and a PC port of the remake of the first followed in January 2021. A s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Novel
A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustrations and a varying degree of interactivity. The format is more rarely referred to as novel game, a retranscription of the ''wasei-eigo'' term , which is more often used in Japanese. Visual novels originated in and are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles released in 2006. In Japanese, a distinction is often made between visual novels (NVL, from "novel"), which consist primarily of narration and have very few interactive elements, and adventure games (AVG or ADV, from "adventure"), which incorporate problem-solving and other types of gameplay. This distinction is normally lost outside Japan, as both visual novels and adventure games are commonly referred to as "visual n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf (Japanese Company)
Leaf is a Japanese visual novel studio under the publisher Aquaplus, and has offices in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, and Tokyo. It and its competitor Key (to which it is often compared) are two of the most popular and successful dedicated visual novel studios operating today. It was launched out of obscurity by its early release ''To Heart''. Leaf used the XviD video codec in several games: '' Aruru to Asobo!!'', ''Tears to Tiara'', ''Kusari'', and '' ToHeart2 X Rated''. Since XviD is free software, released under the GPL, Leaf was obligated to release the source code to those games under the same license. One still requires the game data to actually play the games with the source code. In addition, a free software game engine, named xlvns, was developed soon after Leaf released its first three visual novels. Characters from ''Utawarerumono'', ''Tears to Tiara'', ''To Heart'', and ''Kizuato'' are playable in '' Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match'', a fighting game developed by Aquaplus featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omake
''Omake'' (, usually written ) means ''extra'' in Japanese language, Japanese. Its primary meaning is general and widespread. It is used as an anime and manga term to mean "extra or bonus." In the United States, the term is most often used in a narrow sense by anime fans to describe special features on DVD releases: deleted Scene (film), scenes, interviews with the actors, "the making of" documentary clips, outtakes, amusing bloopers, and so forth. However, this use of the term actually predates the DVD Recording medium, medium by several years. For at least the past fifty years in Japan, ''omake'' of small character figurines and toys have been giveaways that come with soft drinks and candy and sometimes the ''omake'' is more desired than the product being sold. In English, the term is often used with this meaning, although it generally only applies to features included with anime, ''tokusatsu'', and occasionally manga. It is thus generally limited to use amongst fans of Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suara
(born August 3, 1979, in Osaka) is a female Japanese singer working under the FIX Records label, distributed by King Records. Her two singles ''"Musōka"'' and ''"Hikari no Kisetsu"'' were both used as opening themes for the anime ''Utawarerumono'' and '' Asatte no Hōkō'' respectively. Additionally, her song ''""Kimi ga Tame"'' was featured in episode twenty-six of ''Utawarerumono''. Her song ''"Tomoshibi"'' was used as the ending theme of the anime ''To Heart 2''. Her name is derived from the Indonesian word for "voice" . She married composer and arranger Junpei Fujita is a Japanese arranger and composer, and a founding member of Elements Garden. His work includes composition and arrangement of some tracks of singles and albums of Nana Mizuki including albums '' Hybrid Universe'', '' Ultimate Diamond'' and ''Imp ... in 2009. Discography Singles *Musou Uta (夢想歌) April 26, 2006 *Hikari no Kisetsu (光の季節) October 25, 2006 *Ichibanboshi (一番星) February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eri Kawai
was a Japanese singer from Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and both composed and sang not only classic but also pop and world music. She was also friends with well-known video game composer Yasunori Mitsuda and had collaborated with him on some of his works. She died on August 4, 2008 at age 43 after being hospitalized as the result of liver cancer. Discography *''Wāzu Wāsu no Bōken'', Released May 17, 1996 *''Ao ni Sasageru'', Released in 1997 *''Prayer'', Released April 25, 2001 *''Animage'', Released November 22, 2001 *''Animage 2'', Released March 2, 2002 *Kirite, Released May 18, 2005 *''Madoromi no Rinne'', Released June 7, 2006 *''Soma Bringer'', Released February 28, 2008 *''Kaze no Michi e'', Released December 17, 2008 *''Himawari'', Released December 24, 2008 *''Oriental Green'', Released August 26, 2009 And she also sang the song "Almateria" from the anime and game ''Tales of Symphonia'' as well as tracks for ''Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ADV Films
A.D. Vision Holdings, Inc. (known simply as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films) was an American multimedia entertainment distributor headquartered in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and anime fans Matt Greenfield and David Williams. The company specialized in home video production and distribution, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and comic book publishing. They also ran Anime Network, a television channel devoted to airing the company's titles. Some of their titles were ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', ''Robotech'', ''RahXephon'', ''Full Metal Panic'', ''Azumanga Daioh'', ''Elfen Lied'', ''Gantz'', ''Red Garden'', and ''Le Chevalier D'Eon''. The company maintained offices in North America, Europe and Asia. In addition to North America, ADV Films distributed their home media releases in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany. The company was also involved in various lawsuits with other companies, thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine ''Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime News N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Video Animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD. Starting in 2008, the term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material manga. Format Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs are sub-divided into episodes. OVA media (tapes, laserdiscs or DVDs) usually contain just one episode each. Episode length varies from title to title: each episode may run from a few minutes to two hours or more. An episode length of 30 minutes occurs quite commonly, but no standard length exists. In some cases, the length of episodes in a specific OVA may vary greatly, for example in '' Gao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rena Uehara
is a female Japanese singer-songwriter originally from Hyogo, Japan and now residing in Osaka. She is known for performing theme songs for OVAs of ''Utawarerumono'' and ''To Heart 2''. She has also done the opening for ''White Album 2 is a trilogy of Japanese Eroge, adult visual novels developed by the visual novel company Leaf (Japanese company), Leaf for the Microsoft Windows Personal computer, PC, and is the sequel to Leaf's earlier visual novel, ''White Album (vid ...'', Todokanai Koi '13. On December 28, 2015, she had announced that she will go hiatus to treat her voice because she was diagnosed with psychogenic disphonia. Discography Singles * , released March 26, 2008 * , released March 26, 2008 * , released June 24, 2009 * , released September 22, 2010 * , released November 6, 2013 Albums * ''to You'', released August 6, 2008 * ''Jewelry Song'', released November 6, 2009 * ''l'espoir'', released February 22, 2011 * , released August 7, 2013 * ''Emergen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
