is a series of

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s created by manga artist Kazuhiro Ochi, published by Telenet and developed by subsidiary LaserSoft from 1990 to 1994. It consists of four games (the last one being split in two installments) for the PC Engine CD console. The first two games were re-released as ''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'', an upgraded compilation for the Sega CD developed by Riot. The series has themes of science fiction, adventure, raunchy comedy, and light erotica. It is notable as among the earlier RPGs to feature extended anime-style cutscenes and voice acting. ''

Cosmic Fantasy 2 ''Cosmic Fantasy 2'', known in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed and published by Nippon Telenet in Japan in 1991, and localized and published by Working Designs in North America in 1992, for the TurboGrafx-CD (PC Engine CD-ROM²) v ...

'' was the only game in the series to be released in English, localized and published by

Working Designs Working Designs was an American video game publisher that specialized in the localization of Japanese role-playing video games, strategy video games and top-down shooters for various platforms. Though the company had published many cult hits, i ...

Plot

Yuu the leader of an interstellar crime force, is fighting space pirates alongside his crew consisting of Saya and the feline Nyan. This time against Berga, who has a love interest in Yuu, which he then declines, forcing Berga to go berserk.

Characters

Yuu: Minami Takayama Saya:

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Berga: Rei Sakuma Nyan: Sanae Miyuki Tokida Director:

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Monmo:

Titles

*''Cosmic Fantasy: Bōken Shōnen Yū'' (1990, PC Engine CD) *''

'' (1991, PC Engine,

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) *''Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' (1992, Sega CD) *''Cosmic Fantasy 3: Bōken Shōnen Rei'' (1992, PC Engine CD) *''Cosmic Fantasy Visual Collection'' (1993, PC Engine CD) *''Cosmic Fantasy 4: Ginga Shōnen Densetsu - Totsunyū-hen'' (1994, PC Engine CD) *''Cosmic Fantasy 4: Ginga Shōnen Densetsu - Gekitō-hen'' (1994, PC Engine CD) *''Cosmic Fantasy Collection'' (2022, Nintendo Switch)

Other media

is an

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OVA , 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 s ...

, based on the series. It was released in 1994, on VHS and

LaserDisc The LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold and marketed as DiscoVision, MCA DiscoVision (also known simply as "DiscoVision") in the United States in 1978. Its diam ...

, shortly before the release of the game ''Cosmic Fantasy 4''.

External links

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References

1990 video games 1994 anime OVAs Sega CD games Telenet Japan games TurboGrafx-CD games TurboGrafx-CD-only games Video games developed in Japan Video games featuring female protagonists {{Anime-OVA-stub