Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
| Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na | |
| File:Yoake Cresent Love logo.png | |
| Genre | Fantasy, Romance, School life, Seinen, Sci-fi |
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| Video game | |
| Developer | August (PC) Aria (PS2) |
| Genre | ADV, Visual novel |
| Platform | PC, Playstation 2 |
| Manga | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | August (story) HoeHoe No-miso (art) |
| Illustrated by | HoeHoe No-miso |
| Published by |  Media Works |
| Anime | |
| Directed by | Masahiko Ohta |
| Studio | Doumu |
Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love- (夜明け前より瑠璃色な -Crescent Love-, lit. Brighter than Dawning Blue -Crecent Love-) is a series centering around a princess from a kingdom on the moon who lives with a family on Earth for a time.
It first began as a Japanese adult visual novel video game deleloped by August and first released on September 22 2005 on the PC. Later, the game was planned to be delevoped for the Playstation 2 consumer port by Aria and is set to be released on December 7 2006. A manga has also begun in the manga magazine Dengeki Daioh published by Media Works on September 27 2006, illustrated by HoeHoe No-miso. Around the same time, an anime based on the series began airing in Japan on October 4 2006 and is set to contain a total of 12 episodes.
Plot
Template:Spoilers Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na centers around Princess Feena Fam Earthlight from the Kingdom of Sphere on Earth's moon. It was decided that she was to live on Earth in a homestay with the family of the primary secretary to the president of the United Nations so as to get more knowledgeable of Earth in order to better prepare herself for her succession as the Kingdom of Sphere's next queen.
The background of the story explains that aliens landed on the moon long ago intending to create a new home for themselves called the Kingdom of Sphere. However, once humans from Earth started to land on the moon, the Oedipus War, the deadliest war in human history, began between the two worlds. Once the war was over, it was decided that the city of Mitsurugasaki, where the story takes place, under the rule of the United Nations, be developed as the center of diplomacy with the Lunar Kingdom, which, currently, has closed its doors to the world. This central lunar junction port city, which has the only spaceport within the United Nations with ships going to and coming from the Lunar Embassy, is, as its name suggests, the gateway which connects the Earth and the moon. Although tensions have temporarily eased now, relations between the two worlds is still in a situation when the story begins where caution must still be taken.
Characters
The seiyū listed are from the anime adaptation.
- Feena Fam Earthlight (フィーナ・ファム・アーシュライト, Fīna Famu Āshuraito), (Seiyū - Hitomi Nabatame)
- Feena is the princess of the Kingdom of Sphere on the moon. In order to become more knowledgeable about Earth and be able to follow in her mother's footsteps, she comes to Earth to stay in a homestay with the family of the primary secretary to the president of the United Nations, Sayaka Hozumi.Since she was very young, she has always wanted to know more about the Earth and some day she hopes to surpass her mother in trying to bridge the gap between the Earth and the Kingdom of Sphere.
- Feena once came to Earth when she was a child and seems to know Tatsuya from back then.
- Tatsuya Asagiri (朝霧達哉, Asagiri Tatsuya), (Seiyū - Susumu Chiba)
- Tatsuya is the main protagonist in the story. He is very knowledgable about the moon and the Kingdom of Sphere because he has been interested in it since he was very young. He has this odd unconscious habit of pinching girls on the nose as a sign of affection. Tatsuya constantly finds enjoyment in teasing Natsuki about random things.
- Natsuki Takamizawa (鷹見沢菜月, Takamizawa Natsuki), (Seiyū - Hyo-sei)
- Natsuki is one of Tatsuya's closest friends and is also one of his classmates. She works with Tatsuya at her father's restaurant, Tattoria Samon, which also happens to be next door to Tatsuya's house. She often gets angry at Tatsuya or her brother when they tease her.
- Mai Asagiri (朝霧麻衣, Asagiri Mai), (Seiyū - Mai Gotou)
- Mai is Tatsuya's younger sister who attends the same school as him. She is the part leader for the flutes in the concert band in her school.
- Sayaka Hozumi (穂積さやか, Hozumi Sayaka), (Seiyū - Nami Kurokawa)
- Sayaka is the primary secretary to the president of the United Nations so in effect has a lot of ties with the politics that is involved between Earth and the Kingdom of Sphere. She is also the older sister to Tatsuya and Mai. Her nickname in the media is the "President's Dagger".
- Mia Clementis (ミア・クレメンティス, Mia Kurementisu), (Seiyū - Mio Nonose)
- Mia is Feena's main escort from the Kingdom of Sphere and always tries to look out for the princess. More or less, she is a maid who serves the princess but does not always do what she is told.
- Karen Clavius (カレン・クラヴィウス, Karen Kuraviusu), (Seiyū - Yuu Asakawa)
- Karen is the Military Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sphere. She seems to have a fairly strict attitude on things which fits her profession well.
- Midori Tōyama (遠山翠, Midori Tōyama), (Seiyū - Naoko Takano)
- Midori is an energetic girl in Tatsuya's class who has been one of his classmates since their first year in high school. She is the clarinet leader in the concert band at her school. She seems to be very desperate for Tatsuya's odd sign of affection or even perhaps noticing her once in a while.
- Jin Takamizawa (鷹見沢仁, Takamizawa Jin), (Seiyū - Daisuke Kishio)
- Jin is Natsuki's older brother and is also one of her co-workers at the restaurant that their father owns. He constantly makes his sister angry when at work which gets him thrown out of the restaurant, usually breaking a window on the way out. Everything he breaks due to this act is taken out of his paycheck.
- Samon Takamizawa (鷹見沢左門, Takamizawa Samon), (Seiyū - Akira Negishi)
- The main chef and owner of Trattoria Samon, the restaurant where Tatsuya and his Samon's two children, Natsuki and Jin, work. He tends to be a fair boss to his employees who do not have a problem with him as their boss. Samon admires Takeshi Takano's work as a photographer and even was able to get his autograph in the first episode of the anime.
- Takeshi Takano (), (Seiyū - Shinpachi Tsuji)
- Usually referred to as Takano-sensei, he is a world famous photographer known also as the "great master". Takano, who also happens to have quite a few connections with the Kingdom of Sphere, was the only person approved by Feena's father to document her studies on Earth, just as he had done with her mother and grandmother. He also has the unique ability to pop up out of almost anywhere without being noticed, which makes getting the photographs he needs quite easy. Takano has an assitent that follows him around, helping him develop photos or to function as a quick getaway.
- Wreathlit Noel (リースリット・ノエル, Rīsuritto Noeru), (Seiyū - Shizuka Itou)
Media
Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na has been presented in a wide range of media types, ranging from a video game, manga, anime, and even drama CDs and novels.
Video game
The series began as an adult visual novel video game created by August and first released on September 22 2005 for the PC. Also, a Playstation 2 version is set to be released on December 7 2006, developed by Aria.
Drama CDs
A set of drama CDs were also created based on the video game. Of the six made, the first was released on April 21 2006. There are also two more drama CDs planned to be based on the anime version. The first is to be released on October 25 2006 while the second will come out on December 22 2006.
Novels
There are also two series of light novels attributed to the series illustrated by Kō Bekkan. The first volume of the first series was released in May 2006. The second series having the prefix Official Heroine Story, began when the first volume was released on September 30 2006. To date, there are six volumes in the first series while only the first volume of the second series has been released.
Manga
The manga based on the series was first serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Dengeki Daioh published by Media Works on September 27 2006. It is illustrated by HoeHoe No-miso.
Anime
An anime version began airing in Japan on October 4 2006 and is set to contain a total of 12 episodes once complete.
Episodes
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External links
- Template:Jp icon Official anime website
- Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love- ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia