Izumo (game series)

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Izumo is a computer game series by Studio e.go! . In 2003 the first part was released by the Milky , e.go! and Jam filmed as a 5-part anime - OVA series. The series is only approved for ages 18 and over due to explicit sexual content. The series is named after the province of Izumo .

In 2005, Trinet Entertainment and Studio Kuma filmed Izumo 2 as a 12-part television series under the title Izumo: Takeki Tsurugi no Senki ( IZUMO - 猛 き 剣 の 閃 ) - ). The plot is independent of the OVA and the characters are mostly different.

Games

Izumo
developer Studio e.go!
First title Izumo (2001)
Last title Izumo 2: Gakuen Kyōsōkyoku Double Beat (2008)
Platform (s) Windows , Dreamcast , PlayStation 2
Genre (s) Computer role-playing game , strategy role-playing game , eroge , Ren'ai adventure

The first part Izumo was released as a computer role-playing game on December 21, 2001 by e.go! on CD, on December 22nd on DVD and on January 29th, 2004 a Dreamcast version.

On July 30, 2004, the successor Izumo 2 appeared in a package with the extended new edition of the 1st part Izumo: Kanzenhan ( IZUMO 完全 版 , German "Izumo: Complete Version"). On February 3, 2005 there was an implementation of Izumo: Kanzenhan for the PlayStation 2 under the title Izumo Complete , which was distributed by GN Software . On April 27, 2006, a PlayStation 2 port of Izumo 2 came as Izumo 2: Takeki Tsurugi no Senki ( IZUMO2 猛 き 剣 の 閃 記 ) and on April 28, the PC Ren'ai adventure Izumo 2: Gakuen Kyōsōkyoku ( IZUMO2 - 学園 狂想曲 - , German "Izumo 2: School Capriccio / Rhapsody ").

On April 22, 2005, the next part of the strategy role-playing game Izumo Rei ( IZUMO 零 , German "Izumo Zero") was published. On December 22nd, 2005 followed Izumo Rei: Kakuchō Pack ( IZUMO 零 ･ 拡 張 パ ッ ク , Izumo Rei: Kakuchō Pakku , German "Izumo Null: Expansion Pack ") together with the other games Castle Fantasia: Seima Taisen ( キ ャ ッ ス ル フ ァ 大 戦 タ タ タ 魔 ァ 戦 タ タ タ 大 タ タ ) , Ama- Kagura ( 天神 楽 ) and Suzume -Kagura ( 雀 神 楽 ) in the e.go! Game collection Debano Subako ( で ぼ の 巣 箱 ). A PlayStation 2 port of Izumo Rei followed on July 12, 2007 as Izumo Rei: Yokohama Ayakashi Emaki ( IZUMO 零 ～ 横濱 あ や か し 絵 巻 ～ ).

The third part was released on July 27, 2007 in two versions: the standard version only contains Izumo 3 while the extraversion also contains Izumo: Kanzenhan and Izumo 2 .

On January 31, 2008, a PS2 version of Izumo 2: Gakuen Kyōsōkyoku called Izumo 2: Gakuen Kyōsōkyoku Double Takt ( IZUMO2 学園 狂想曲 ダ ブ ル タ ク ト , German "Izumo 2: school capriccio / Rhapsody : double baton") was released.

All PC versions are only released as eroge from the age of 18, while, as is usual with console conversions, the revealing scenes in the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 versions have been removed and some new ones have been added.

Anime

Izumo

The Ab-18-OVA was published from January 25, 2003 to January 25, 2005 in 6 parts by Milky .

Izumo: Takeki Tsurugi no Senki

Television series
Original title Izumo: Takeki Tsurugi no Senki
新 世紀 エ ヴ ァ ン ゲ リ オ ン
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2005
length 25 minutes
Episodes 12
genre Adventure , fantasy , comedy
idea Studio e.go!
production Hiroaki Inoue
music Myu
First broadcast April 3, 2005 - June 19, 2005 on TV Aichi
synchronization

action

Takeru Yagi has lived with the Tōma family since his parents left him and he was adopted by Rokunosuke Tōma. Rokunosuke is the head of the family and so has his problems with the young Takeru, who seems to be enjoying his life to the fullest. Among other things, the Shiratori sisters Kotono and Asuka are responsible for this, who repeatedly manage to appease the strict leaders. They live near the Tōma family and mostly take care of the household. His best friend is Takeshi Yamato, with whom he grew up. Takeshi was lucky enough to be adopted by the very wealthy Yamato family, but still remained a normal student. At the same time, Takeshi is also Takeru's biggest rival in the Kendō Club.

Shortly after the start of the plot, Seri Ōsu, who has lived in America for a long time, returns to the family. She and her mother had moved out of the Tōma house ten years ago. Before the beginning of the Kendō training, Takeshi and Takeru come across the unlocked case of a sword and take it out despite the lack of permission. When looking at the sword, both suddenly get visions and put it back in shock. However, these visions keep coming back in strange dreams, until one day at school, when the two of them have an argument, they are bathed in a strange light and transported into another world. The girls Seri, Kotono, Asuka and Mai Kitagawa who were present at the time are also carried away into the other world.

In this world the school is completely overgrown with plants and is in a sorry state. Outside of school, they do not recognize anything familiar and are separated from each other by figures wrapped in coats. Takeshi and Kotono are kidnapped by Himiko and her subordinates, who have set themselves the goal of destroying the existing world with the help of the awakening of their greatest warrior and creating a new beginning without humans. She believes that Takeshi is the soul of this warrior, with whom she is also in love. At the same time, the other four are taken in by the people of this world who hide from the warriors of Himiko with the help of portals.

In many armed conflicts there are also fights between Takeru and Takeshi, in which it turns out that the soul of the beloved Himiko is in both Takeru and Takeshi. However, neither of the two can decide the final fight for themselves and so the soul dies in the bodies of both. Himiko and her subordinates no longer see any reason to fight.

publication

The American company Enoki Films has acquired the rights to the series and the Filipino broadcaster Hero plans to broadcast the series.

role Japanese voice actor ( seiyū )
Takeru Yagi Hideki Ogihara
Takeshi Yamato Hiro Yūki
Kitakawa May Kotomi Yamakawa
Seri Ōsu Chiemi Ishimatsu
Sakuya Grandma Ichimura
Asuka Shiratori Noriko Rikimaru
Kotono Shiratori Hyōsei

music

In the adult OVA, Promised Land by Candy was used as the closing title . The opening credits Romantic Chaser were produced by Sae for the series and the song Saishin Dream ( 最新 Dream , "newest dream") was played by Clover for the credits .

The music for the series was also released on CD in Japan.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ animenewsnetwork on Izumo