is a series of

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s with installments on the

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, and

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. The franchise has been developed by

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, and is owned by

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and

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. The series is set in a world that is being taken over by an ancient evil. It is a spiritual successor to Career Soft's earlier ''Langrisser'' series.

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published '' Growlanser II'' and '' III'' in North America together in a package called '' Growlanser Generations''. '' Growlanser V: Generations'' was published in North America by

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and Europe by

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under the name ''Growlanser: Heritage of War''. All titles feature character art by Satoshi Urushihara.

Games

Other merchandise

* Soundtrack CDs for the ''Growlanser'' series were released in Japan by King Records (I, II, and III), FrontierWorks (IV), Pony Canyon (V) and Sony Music (VI). * As a companion to ''Growlanser IV'', a collection of entirely vocal music from the game was released as ''Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of the Time Original Character Song Album''. * With ''Growlanser IV'' came an

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 ...

to the series, featuring a situation from the game turned into an anime. Silverneil, the main character of the OVA, travels around in the city trying to figure out what's going on regarding a rebellion and is given the decision either to join it or go against it. The ending theme to the OVA is "Yakusoku" (Promise), Silverneil's Image Song, featured as track 10 on the ''Character Song Album''.

References

External links

Atlus official website

Atlus U.S.A. official website
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