is the third season of the '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series. The ''Nanoha''

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was, in turn, a spin-off of the ''

Triangle Heart , abbreviated as ''Toraha'', is a series of eroge by Janis and OVAs by Mook and Seven Arcs that is best known for its spin-off series, '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha''. The name comes from the fact that each game focuses on a "triangle" o ...

'' series of games and

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s, specifically ''Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever''. This season aired shortly after the promotional event "Lyrical Party III" on April 1, 2007. The series focuses more on team-based battles and bureaucracy rather than individual rivalry and school life, due to the change in character dynamics. The name ''StrikerS'' refers to an SS rank given to top mages, much like how ''A's'' refers to A rank mages. A special sound stage, under the name of ''StrikerS Sound stage X'' was released on October 29, 2008. A manga adaptation, which explored storylines outside of the anime series, ran in '' Megami Magazine'' from November 2006 to February 2008.

Story

Taking place ten years after the events of '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's'', Nanoha, Fate and Hayate have joined the Time-Space Administration Bureau and form the Lost Property Riot Force 6. Joining them are four new magical recruits, Subaru Nakajima,

Teana Lanster The following list introduces the characters of the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' in Main and Movie Timeline. Protagonists Nanoha Series ; : : The main protagonist of the series, Nanoha is an ordinary nine year old girl that answered a cal ...

, Erio Mondial and

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. Together, they face up against the Jail Scaglietti, a dangerous criminal after the Lost Logia.

Media

Manga

A manga adaptation of the

series was written by Masaki Tsuzuki and illustrated Kōji Hasegawa and was serialized in '' Megami Magazine'' between November 2006 and February 2008 issues. The nine chapters were then compiled into two ''

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'' volumes by Gakken and published on May 30, 2007 and March 28, 2008, respectively. North American publisher

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acquired the license for the manga in 2008, but have since cancelled their plans for release and returned the rights to Gakken.

Anime

Seven Arcs is a Japanese anime production company and former studio, established on May 31, 2002, by former Pierrot (company), Pierrot staff. The studio made its first animated television series, ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'', in 2004. Since then, the com ...

produced a twenty-six episode anime television series directed by

Keizō Kusakawa is a Japanese anime storyboard artist and director who has mainly worked as a director with works from Seven Arcs and Diomedéa (from 2013 onwards). Anime involved in *'' Petite Cossette'' (2004) – 3D Cinematography *''Tsukuyomi -Moon Phas ...

and written by Masaki Tsuzuki. Broadcast on TV Wakayama, it premiered on April 1, 2007 and aired weekly until its conclusion on September 23, 2007. Most of the music was composed by Hiroaki Sano. It features four pieces of

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: two opening themes performed by

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and two ending themes performed by

Yukari Tamura is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Amuleto (formerly Arts Vision and I'm Enterprise). She debuted as a voice actress in 1997, releasing her debut single "Yūki o Kudasai" on March 26, 1997. Her role as Nanoha Takamachi in the ...

. " Secret Ambition" is the first opening theme for episodes one to seventeen. "

Massive Wonders "Massive Wonders" is the 16th single by Japanese singer Nana Mizuki. It was released on 22 August 2007. "Massive Wonders" contains the second opening theme and insert song for the anime ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS''. Music video Lik ...

" is the second opening for episodes eighteen to twenty-six. " Hoshizora no Spica" is the first ending theme for episodes one to fourteen. "Beautiful Amulet" is the second ending theme used in episodes fifteen to twenty-six. The series was released across nine Region 2 DVD compilation volumes in Japan.

Drama CDs

A series of four

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s were released by King Records between May 23, 2007 and December 12, 2007 titled ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound Stage 01~04''. The first drama CD of the series ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound Stage 01'' contained a track titled "Empty-Colored Promise" performed by

Chiwa Saitō is a Japanese voice actress represented by I'm Enterprise. She is best known for her anime roles, which include Hitagi Senjougahara in '' Monogatari'', Homura Akemi in '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', Yona in ''Akatsuki no Yona'', Chloe von Eizen ...

that was featured as an insert song into the eighth episode of the anime television series. Two additional drama CDs were released as part of volume 84 and 100 of '' Megami Magazine'' on May 1, 2007 and September 1, 2008 respectively titled ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound Stage M The StrikerS'' and ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound Stage M3'' respectively. An additional drama CD titled ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound Stage X'' was released by King Records on October 29, 2008. Its storyline takes place two years after the anime series and covers the events surrounding the four new protagonists introduced.

CDs

The

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that contained all the

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used throughout the anime series was released across three soundtrack albums titled ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Original Soundtrack Plus Vol.1~3'' that were bundled with first, fifth, and ninth DVD volumes that compiled the episodes aired for the anime series. In total, the soundtrack consisted of seventy-eight tracks composed by Hiroaki Sano that were released between July 25, 2007 and March 26, 2008. King Records released four

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s between April 18, 2007 and August 22, 2007 each containing a theme song featured in the anime television series. One of the maxi singles, "Massive Wonders" by

, also contained a track titled "Pray", which is featured as an insert song into episode twenty-four of the anime series.

References

External links

Official website
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