''Fantasia Sango'' is a

role-playing Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing a ...

video game series developed and published by UserJoy Technology. A total of six video games have been released since 2003, with the latest installment, ''Fantasia Sango 5'', available in 2018. An

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television series by Geek Toys aired from January to March 2022.

Synopsis

Setting

The game is set in the

Three Kingdoms The Three Kingdoms () from 220 to 280 AD was the tripartite division of China among the dynastic states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The Three Kingdoms period was preceded by the Eastern Han dynasty and was followed by the West ...

era, when various warlords and their armies attempt to conquer and unify the nation, as well as combining the

Romance of the Three Kingdoms ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' () is a 14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 184 AD ...

, one of the

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Plot

The Three Kingdoms era in China was full of strife and war. Warlords and their armies were at each other's throats in attempts to conquer and unify the nation under their sole control. The

Wangliang ''Wangliang'' ( zh, t=魍魎 or ) is the name of a malevolent spirit in Chinese mythology and folklore. This word inclusively means "demons; monsters; specters; goblins; ghosts; devils" in Modern Standard Chinese, but ''wangliang'' originally me ...

King, the monstrous sovereign of evil spirits, can't help but notice the conflict. What he aims is to prolong the conflict and ultimately destroy humanity. To fight against the evil Wangliang King and his cronies, an organization called Tianyuan forms anti-Wangliang armies. They are on missons to stop the Wangliang King. However, when the sixth anti-Wangliang Corps members are all killed, a new Corps is created from a band of adventurers who can be best described as hooligans.

Characters

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Development and release

''Fantasia Sango'' is a video game series developed and published by Taiwanese video game developer UserJoy Technology. The series was introduced in 2003 following the release of the first installment of the franchise, when the sixth game, titled ''Fantasia Sango 5'', released on August 15, 2018.

Anime adaptation

An anime television series, titled ''Fantasia Sango - Realm of Legends'', was announced on July 30, 2021. The series is animated by Geek Toys and directed by Shunsuke Machitani, with Shinpei Nagai serving as assistant director, Masashi Suzuki in charge of series scripts, CSPG and Tetsutarō Yui designing the characters, and Tsutomu Tagashira composing the series' music. It was set to premiere in October 2021, but was delayed due to "various circumstances." The series aired from January 11 to March 29, 2022 on BS12.

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performed the opening theme song "Enishi". Internationally, the series is licensed by

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outside of Asia. While

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licensed for

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and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

only.

Reception

The franchise has sold over two million copies as of the fifth iteration.

References

External links

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