Accel World
| Accel World | |
|---|---|
| Original title | ア ク セ ル ・ ワ ー ル ド |
| transcription | Akuseru Wārudo |
 | |
| genre | Science fiction, romance |
| Light novel | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Reki Kawahara |
| illustrator | HI MOM |
| publishing company | ASCII Media Works |
| First publication | February 10, 2009 - ... |
| expenditure | 24+ |
| Manga | |
| title | Accel World |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Reki Kawahara |
| Illustrator | Hiroyuki Aigamo |
| publishing company | ASCII Media Works |
| magazine | Dengeki Bunko MAGAZINE |
| First publication | May 2010 - July 2017 |
| expenditure | 8th |
| Manga | |
| title | Accel World / Dural Magisa Garden |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Reki Kawahara |
| Illustrator | Ayato Sasakura |
| publishing company | ASCII Media Works |
| magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
| First publication | March 2012 - August 2017 |
| expenditure | 8th |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2012 |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Director | Masakazu Obara |
| music | onoken, MintJam, Hiroyuki Ōshima |
| First broadcast | April 7 - September 22, 2012 on Tokyo MX |
| Anime movie | |
| title | Accel World: Infinite Burst |
| Original title | ア ク セ ル ・ ワ ー ル ド Infinite Burst |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Director | Masakazu Obara |
| script | Reki Kawahara |
Accel World ( Japanese ア ク セ ル ・ ワ ー ル ド , Akuseru Wārudo ) is a light novel series by the Japanese author Reki Kawahara with illustrations by the illustrator HIMA , which has been published by ASCII Media Works with Imprint Dengeki Bunko since February 2009 .
The series of novels was adapted by three manga series and an anime television series as well as an anime film by the animation studio Sunrise .
action
The action takes place in the future and follows the short and overweight student Haruyuki Arita. He is tricked by his classmate Kuroyukihime into participating in a virtual game called Brain Burst , in which players are allowed to slow down their time in the real world very much and use it to their own advantage, as long as they are not due to lack of success in the game retire.
Origin and publications
Reki Kawahara published a first version of the story in November / December under the title Chōzetsu Kasoku Burst Linker ( 超絶 加速 バ ー ス ト ・ リ ン カ ー , Chōzetsu Kasoku Bāsuto Rinkā , dt. "Superior acceleration burst linker") in the network. Under the title Accel World , he won the grand prize of the Dengeki Novel Prize in 2008.
As a result, the publication by ASCII Media Works began on February 10, 2009 at Imprint Dengeki Bunko . The illustrations come from the artist HIMA . So far (as of March 2017) 22 volumes of the still ongoing novel series have been published.
| # | title | Japanese publication | German publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Return of Black Snow White Kuroyukihime no Kikan ( 黒 雪 姫 の 帰 還 ) |
Feb 10, 2009, ISBN 978-4-04-867517-8 | 9 Mar 2015, ISBN 978-3-8420-1154-0 |
| 2 | The red storm princess Kurenai no Bōfūki ( 紅 の 暴風 姫 ) |
June 10, 2009, ISBN 978-4-04-867843-8 | June 8, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8420-1155-7 |
| 3 | The Robbers from the Twilight Yūyami no Ryakudatsusha ( 夕 闇 の 略 奪 者 ) |
Oct 10, 2009, ISBN 978-4-04-868070-7 | Sep 14 2015, ISBN 978-3-8420-1156-4 |
| 4th | The flight in the blue skies Aozora e no Hishō ( 蒼 空 へ の 飛翔 ) |
Feb 10, 2010, ISBN 978-4-04-868327-2 | Dec 17, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8420-1157-1 |
| 5 | The floating bridge in the starlight Hoshikage no Ukihashi ( 星 影 の 浮 き 橋 ) |
June 10, 2010, ISBN 978-4-04-868593-1 | 17th Mar 2016, ISBN 978-3-8420-1158-8 |
| 6th | The Shrine Maiden with the Holy Fire Jōka no Miko ( 浄 火 の 神 子 ) |
Oct 10, 2010, ISBN 978-4-04-868969-4 | June 16, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8420-1159-5 |
| 7th | The harness of misfortune Saika no Yoroi ( 災禍 の 鎧 ) |
Feb 10, 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-870276-8 | Sep 15 2016, ISBN 978-3-8420-1160-1 |
| 8th | The double star of fate Unmei no Rensei ( 運 命 の 連 星 ) |
June 10, 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-870550-9 | Dec 15, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8420-1161-8 |
| 9 | The seven thousand year prayer Nanasennen no Inori ( 七 千年 の 祈 り ) |
Oct 10, 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-870954-5 | 16. Mar. 2017, ISBN 978-3-8420-1162-5 |
| 10 | Elements | Dec 10, 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-886241-7 | June 15, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8420-1163-2 |
| 11 | The toughest wolf of all time Chōkō no Ōkami ( 超硬 の 狼 ) |
Apr 10, 2012, ISBN 978-4-04-886521-0 | Sep 14 2017, ISBN 978-3-8420-1164-9 |
| 12 | The red symbol
Aka no Monshō ( 赤 の 紋章 ) |
Aug 10, 2012, ISBN 978-4-04-886795-5 | Dec 14, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8420-1165-6 |
| 13 | The starting shot in the surf
Mizugiwa no Gōka ( 水 際 の 号 火 ) |
Feb 10, 2013, ISBN 978-4-04-891330-0 | Aug 16, 2018, ISBN 978-3-8420-1166-3 |
| 14th | The shining archangel
Gekkō no Daitenshi ( 激光 の 大 天使 ) |
June 10, 2013, ISBN 978-4-04-891608-0 | 13 Sep 2018, ISBN 978-3-8420-1167-0 |
| 15th | End and beginning
Owari to Hajimari ( 終 わ り と 始 ま り ) |
Oct 10, 2013, ISBN 978-4-04-866005-1 | Dec 13, 2018, ISBN 978-3-8420-4625-2 |
| 16 | Sleeping Snow White
Shirayukihime no Madoromi ( 白雪 姫 の 微 睡 ) |
Feb 8, 2014, ISBN 978-4-04-866320-5 | Jan. 11, 2019, ISBN 978-3-8420-4626-9 |
| 17th | The cradle of the stars
Hoshi no Yurikago ( 星 の 揺 り か ご ) |
Oct 10, 2014, ISBN 978-4-04-866936-8 | 6th Mar 2019, ISBN 978-3-8420-5215-4 |
| 18th | The black fighter with the two swords
Kuro no Sokenshi ( 黒 の 双 剣 士 ) |
June 10, 2015, ISBN 978-4-04-865189-9 | May 31, 2019, ISBN 978-3-8420-5233-8 |
| 19th | The pull of the dark star nebula
Nega Nebulus no Inryoku ( 暗 黒 星雲 の 引力 ) |
Nov 10, 2015, ISBN 978-4-04-865438-8 | Sep 11 2019, ISBN 978-3-8420-5577-3 |
| 20th | Black against white
Shiro to Kuro no Sōkoku ( 白 と 黒 の 相 剋 ) |
June 10, 2016, ISBN 978-4-04-892115-2 | Nov 25, 2019, ISBN 978-3-8420-5665-7 |
| 21st | The Snow Fairy
Yuki no Yōsei ( 雪 の 妖精 ) |
Dec 10, 2016, ISBN 978-4-04-892390-3 | 2nd Mar 2020, ISBN 978-3-8420-5920-7 |
| 22nd | Zetsuen no Taiyōshin ( 絶 焔 の 太陽 神 ) | Nov 10, 2017, ISBN 978-4-04-893465-7 | |
| 23 | Kuroyukihime no Kokuhaku ( 黒 雪 姫 の 告白 ) | Sep 7 2018, ISBN 978-4-04-893917-1 | |
| 24 | Seika no Kensen (青 華 の 剣 仙) | Aug 10, 2019, ISBN 978-4-04-912676-1 |
2.8 million copies of the series had been sold by 2012, 1.0 million of them from November 2011 to November 2012 alone, making it the second most successful light novel series of the year after Sword Art Online by the same author. Another 550,000 copies followed by November 2013, making the series number 10.
The series of novels was licensed by Yen Press in the USA and has been published since July 2014. Tokyopop has been publishing the series in German-speaking countries since March 2015.
Adaptations
Manga
ASCII Media Works publishes three different manga series with different orientations.
The first series of Accel World is a direct translation of the series of novels into the manga format by Hiroyuki Aigamo. This was published in Dengeki Bunko Magazine from issue 5/2010 from April 10, 2010 to issue 7/2017 from June 9, 2017 . The chapters have been summarized in eight anthologies ( Tankōbon ) (as of July 2017). On February 14, 2014, Yen Press announced that it had also licensed this manga, which is due to appear in the USA from autumn. The first manga series was published entirely by Tokyopop for the German-speaking area.
A parody as a Yonkoma manga called Acchel World. ( あ く ち ぇ る ・ わ ー る ど。 ) started in the same issue. This is drawn by Ryuryū Akari and has also appeared in five anthologies so far (as of July 2016).
Accel World / Dural Magisa Garden ( ア ク セ ル ・ ワ ー ル ド / デ ュ ラ ル マ ギ サ ・ ガ ー デ ン , Akuseru Wārudo / Dyuraru Magisa Gāden ) is a spin-off and with other characters as well as their own plot in which only the main characters of the novel have. This is drawn by Ayato Sasakura and appeared in the comic Dengeki Daiō since issue 3/2012 from January 27, 2012 to issue 06/2017 from June 27, 2017. All chapters have been summarized in eight anthologies (as of August 2017). From November 2016 to August 2018 they were published entirely in German by Tokyopop .
Anime
Based on the first four volumes of the novel, the eponymous 24-part anime television series Accel World was created . It was implemented by the animation studio Sunrise under the direction of Masakazu Obara . The first broadcast took place from April 7 to September 22, 2012 after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) on the Japanese channels Tokyo MX and TV Saitama . In the following days, the channels Chiba TV , TV Kanagawa , TV Aichi , MBS , AT-X , HBC , RKB , Tochigi TV , Gunma TV , BS11 and Kids Station also began broadcasting. At the same time, the series was also offered on various streaming platforms, such as Bandai Channel , Smile Namahōsō ( Nico Nico Douga ) or PlayStation Store , on the Internet.
The episodes were also released from June 25, 2012 to February 27, 2013 on eight DVDs or Blu-rays. The limited versions also contained anime adaptations of the Yonkoma parody Acchel World.
On December 6, 2015, the publisher Kazé announced that the anime would be released in Germany. The First Volume was released on August 4, 2017 on Blu-ray and DVD. Volume 2 on September 29, 2017, Volume 3 on October 24, 2017, Volume 4 on January 10, 2018. Each volume contains 6 episodes. As a bonus, each box contains 3 postcards, and there is a clean opening and ending on disc. Volume 1 is available in a limited version with a slipcase and poster.
Movie
At the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival 2015, a new anime project called Accel World: Infinite Burst was announced.
Accel World: Infinite Burst was released on July 23, 2016 in Japan. Reki Kawahara wrote a novel for the film, which was available to cinema-goers within the first week after the premiere.
synchronization
| role | Voice actor ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Haruyuki Arita / Silver Crow | Yūki Kaji | Jan Makino |
| Kuroyukihime / Black Lotus | Sachika Misawa | Mareile Moeller |
| Chiyuri Kurashima / Lime Bell | Aki Toyosaki | Laurine Betz |
| Takumu Mayuzumi / Cyan Pile | Shintaro Asanuma | Maximilian Artajo |
For Sachika Misawa, this was her first lead role after only finishing school in 2011. The author of the novel Reki Kawahara also had a cameo role in which he speaks a bespectacled robot in episodes 2 and 5.
Computer games
Banpresto developed two combat video games for the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Portable , published by Namco Bandai Games . Accel World - Gin'yoku no Kakusei ( アクセル·ワールド─銀翼の覚醒─ , Akuseru Warudo - Gin'yoku no Kakusei ) was published on 13 September 2012, Accel World - Kasoku no Choten ( アクセル·ワールド─加速の頂点 ─ , Akuseru Wārudo - Kasoku no Chōten ) on January 31, 2013. The limited versions each contain an extra anime episode : Accel World # EX01 - Reverberation; Zankyō (Reverberation ；残 響 ) and Accel World # EX02 - Vacation; Onsen (Vacation; 温泉 ).
In Sword Art Online : Lost Song, Kuroyukihime can be earned as Black Lotos.
In October 2016, Accel World VS Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight was announced during the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival 2016. This game includes the characters from the novel series Accel World and Sword Art Online. It was released on March 16, 2017 in Japan and in the summer of 2017 in Europe for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reki Kawahara: SAO 出版 に 至 る あ れ こ れ . In: Reki Kawahara official blog / full105. Retrieved April 24, 2010, July 9, 2012 (Japanese).
- ↑ 第 15 回電 撃 小説 大 賞 ・ 大 賞 を 受 賞 し た 川 原 礫 先生 の イ ン タ タ ビ ュ ー を お 届 け！ . In: DengekiOnline. ASCII Media Works, February 10, 2009, accessed July 9, 2012 (Japanese).
- ↑ 第 15 回 電 撃 大 賞 入 賞 作品 . ASCII Media Works, July 10, 2010, accessed July 26, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ ア ク セ ル ・ ワ ー ル ド 1 . ASCII Media Works, accessed April 27, 2012 (Japanese).
- ↑ ア ス キ ー ・ メ デ ィ ア ワ ー ク ス 創立 20 周年 記念 企 画 . (No longer available online.) ASCII Media Works, archived from the original on August 2, 2012 ; Retrieved July 9, 2012 (Japanese).
- ↑ Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2012. In: Anime News Network. December 2, 2012, accessed April 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2013. In: Anime News Network. December 1, 2013, accessed April 6, 2014 .
- ^ New Licenses Announced at the Inaugural Japan Expo USA. Yen Press, August 28, 2013, accessed November 30, 2013 .
- ^ Tokyopop Licenses Accel World. In: anisearch.de. May 10, 2014, accessed June 22, 2014 .
- ↑ Anime News Network. Accessed July 21, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Yen Press Adds Accel World, Evil Leaf, Barakamon Manga. In: Anime News Network. February 14, 2014, accessed February 16, 2014 .
- ↑ Anime News Network. Accessed July 21, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Kazé licenses Accel World. In: sumikai.com. Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Accel World - Blu-ray Box 1 - Limited Edition. In: Kazé website. Retrieved October 18, 2017 .
- ^ Accel World - Blu-ray Box 2. In: Kazé website. Retrieved July 26, 2018 .
- ^ Accel World - Blu-ray Box 3. In: Kazé website. Retrieved July 26, 2018 .
- ^ Accel World - Blu-ray Box 4. In: Kazé website. Retrieved July 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Accel World New Anime Announced. In: sumikai.com. Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Accel World: Infinite Burst Film Slated for July 23. In: Anime News Network. Retrieved March 15, 2017 (English).
- ^ Reki Kawahara Writes Accel World Short Story For 1st Accel World Infinite Burst Theatergoers. In: Anime News Network. Retrieved March 15, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Accel World's Kuroyukihime joins Sword Art Online: Lost Song. In: gematsu.com. Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Accel World Vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight - Crossover Game Announced. In: sumikai.com. Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Anime RPG will be released in Europe this summer. In: 4players.de. Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
Web links
- Anime website (Japanese)
- Entry of the anime in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network (English)