Queen's Blade

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Queen's Blade
Original title ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド
transcription Kuīnzu Bureido
Queen's Blade Exiled Warrior logo.gif
Queen's Blade logo: Rurō no Senshi
genre Fantasy
Playbook
country JapanJapan Japan
publishing company Hobby Japan
First publication November 25, 2005 - June 20, 2008
expenditure 20th
Anime television series
title Queen's Blade: Rurō no Senshi
Original title ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 流浪 の 戦 士
transcription Kuīnzu Bureido: Rurō no Senshi
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2009
Studio Arms
length 23 minutes
Episodes 12
Director Kinji Yoshimoto
music Masaru Yokoyama
First broadcast April 2 - June 18, 2009 on AT-X
Anime television series
title Queen's Blade: Gyokuza o Tsugumono
Original title ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 玉 座 を 継 ぐ 者
transcription Kuīnzu Bureido: Gyokuza o Tsugumono
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2009
Studio Arms
length 23 minutes
Episodes 12
Director Kinji Yoshimoto
music Masaru Yokoyama
First broadcast September 24th - December 10th, 2009 on AT-X
Original video animation
title Queen's Blade: Utsukushiki Tōshi-tachi
Original title ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 美 し き 闘 士 た ち
transcription Kuīnzu Bureido: Utsukushiki Tōshi-tachi
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2010-2011
Studio Arms
length 30 minutes
Episodes 6th
Director Kinji Yoshitomo
music Masaru Yokoyama
synchronization
► Queen's Blade Rebellion
► Queen's Gate

Queen's Blade ( Japanese ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド , Kuīnzu Bureido ) is a playbook series published by Hobby Japan . It is based on licensed components of Flying Buffalo's game book series Lost Worlds , in which the original characters have been replaced by exclusively female characters. Published from 2005 to 2008, the series developed into a media franchise that was adapted as manga , computer games or anime , supplemented by Queen's Gate and continued by Queen's Blade Rebellion .

action

Every four years , the Queen's Blade tournament takes place in the capital, Gainos ( ガ イ ノ ス , Gainosu ), an unspecified kingdom that rules the continent . Only women are allowed to participate. Its goal is through life and death duels to finally choose the victor as the next reigning queen. In addition to the reigning queen and two-time winner Aldra, 17 other women are taking part in the tournament for various reasons.

Characters

Leina ( 流浪 の 戦 士 レ イ ナ , Rurō no Senshi Reina , dt. "Wandering warrior Leina") or ( 高貴 な る 戦 士 レ イ ナ , Kōki Naru Reina , German "noble warrior Leina")
Speaker: Ayako Kawasumi
Leina is the second daughter of the powerful Count Vance, whose family descends from the ruling family that ruled the country before the Queen's Blade Tournament was established and as such is in opposition to the respective queen. Although Leina is considered to be the Count's successor, she wants to escape this position and would rather lead an adventure life. She is also not interested in money or fame and only takes part in the tournament to test her skills. Leina fights with a long sword.
Risty ( 荒野 の 義 賊 リ ス テ ィ , Kōya no Gizoku Risuti , dt. "Noble robber of the wilderness Risty")
Speaker: Yūko Kaida
Risty is a Robin Hood figure who ambushes rich and corrupt nobles and merchants to distribute their treasures to the poor. Because of her easily irritable character, she is therefore feared and loved by her subordinates and the population alike. She takes part in the tournament to eliminate the evil in the country as queen and to make the country equally livable for all citizens. Risty's weapon is the morning star .
Irma ( 牙 の 暗殺者 イ ル マ , Kiba no Ansatsusha Iruma , Ger. "Assassin of the fang Irma")
Speaker: Yui Kano
Irma is part of the queen's fang-tooth death squad, which acts as the secret police. She has an emotionless character. Irma takes part in the tournament on the orders of the Queen in order to eliminate the other tournament participants early. Their weapons are the sword and the dagger.
Nowa ( 森 の 番人 ノ ワ , Mori no Bannin Nowa , German "Guardian of the Nowa Forest")
Speaker: Mikako Takahashi
Nowa is a young half-elf. As a child, she grew up in a human village that she abused because of her origins, but after she got lost in the forest, she found shelter with the elves, who also distrust her and tasked her with guarding the entrance to the forest. Even so, Nowa has a friendly and innocent nature, and the animals of the forest are her best friends. She takes part in the tournament to protect her forest, while it was a good opportunity for the elven superiors to get rid of her. Nowa fights with the stick and is protected by her monkey Rū ( ル ー ), whose skin is impenetrable.
Tomoe ( 武 者 巫女 ト モ エ , Musha Miko Tomoe , German "warrior priestess Tomoe")
Speaker: Mamiko Noto
Tomoe is a warrior priestess or warrior miko from Hinomoto ( ヒ ノ モ ト , literally "origin of the sun", which has the same meaning as Nihon = Japan ), an island off the continent to the east, whose task is to protect the country. Tomoe is designed according to the ideal of a Yamato Nadeshiko , has an elegant demeanor and a polite and serious character. She takes part in the tournament to protect her country. Tomoe fights with a katana , as well as various protective and cleaning spells.
Echidna ( 歴 戦 の 傭兵 エ キ ド ナ , Rekisen no Yōhei Ekidona , German "war-experienced mercenary Echidna")
Speaker: Yuki Kaida
Echidna is a wild elf with more than 500 years of combat experience, which makes her considered undefeated. She used to be the commander of the Fang Death Squad, where she trained Irma, but now works as a mercenary. She has a cold-blooded character, but she has a thing for innocent young girls. A special feature is her snake Keltan ( ケ ル タ ン , Kerutan ), which she wears instead of underwear. Why she takes part in the tournament remains unclear, especially since she has no interest in the royal throne. She fights with the sword and the dagger.
Menace ( 古代 の 王 女 メ ナ ス , Kodai no Ōjo Menasu , dt. "Princess of antiquity Menace")
Speaker: Yūko Gotō
Menace is the princess of the kingdom of Amara, which fell thousands of years ago and is similar to ancient Egypt . She was resurrected by the swamp witch and theoretically part of her army, although Menace practically pursued her own plans. Due to her origins as a well-protected princess and the cultural differences, she has a naive character. However, she is well practiced in hand-to-hand combat, which she fights with her living scepter Setra ( セ ト ラ , Setora ), who also serves as her advisor, although he has a somewhat lustful character. She is competing in the tournament as part of her plan to revive the ancient kingdom of Amara.
Elina ( 近衛 隊長 エ リ ナ , Konoe Taichō Erina , Eng . "Commander of the Royal Guard Elina")
Speaker: Kaori Mizuhashi
Elina is the younger sister of Leina and commander of the count's guard, in whose capacity she also carries out espionage and assassination missions. In contrast to her gentle sister, Elina has a cruel and sadistic character and is also a master of psychological warfare in which she weakens her opponents in battle with poisonous words. She also fights with a special spear and a glove with iron claws. In contrast to her usual character, she behaves like an angel in the presence of her sisters and has been almost obsessively infatuated with Leina, especially since childhood. She takes part in the tournament on the orders of her father to bring Leina back.
Airi ( 冥 土 へ 誘 う も の ア イ リ , Meido e Izanau Mono Airi , German "Loose in the underworld Airi")
Speaker: Kanae Itō
Airi emerged from the summoning of the souls of the deceased by the swamp witch and is their most loyal servant. In order to keep herself alive, she constantly needs the life energy of others as food, and she likes that of attractive women best, especially if her victims also feel fear, fear and above all despair. Airi wears a maid 's uniform , which can be traced back to a play on words, since meido 'underworld' is synonymous with maid 'maid'. If she does not receive any life energy for a long time, she first loses her clothes, which she projects from life energy alone, and then fades itself visibly until she would finally disappear. She takes part in the Queen's Blade at the behest of the swamp witch.
Nanael ( 光明 の 天使 ナ ナ エ ル , Kōmyō no Tenshi Nanaeru , German "Angel of Light Nanael")
Speaker: Aya Hirano
Nanael is an angel who was sent to earth as a messenger from heaven to watch the tournament. Nanael has an arrogant character and sees people as inferior. She was therefore also sent to earth to rehabilitate herself because of her behavior unworthy of an angel and not to be expelled from heaven. Since, as an angel, she would be superior to all tournament participants, she was given a handicap in the form of a bottle with holy milk, in which her strength is weakened with every drop of spilled milk. An outward peculiarity of Nanael is that she is one of her angel wings withered. Nanael also has her own plan to take part in the tournament, in which she wants to make the earth her male harem and banish all women.
Cattleya ( 武器 屋 カ ト レ ア , Bukiya Katorea , German "gun shop owner Cattleya")
Speaker: Ryōka Yuzuki
Cattleya was a former adventurer with her husband Owen ( オ ー ウ ェ ン , Ōwen ) and then settled down to run a gun shop. When her husband suddenly disappeared one day, she decided to take part in the tournament, as it is broadcast nationwide by magic. Cattleya uses a large sword called the Giant Slayer ( 巨人 殺 し , kyojin koroshi ) as a weapon , which would make her one of the most aggressive fighters. This is diminished, however, by the fact that her son Rana ( ラ ナ ) does not want to leave her side and she therefore takes him into her battles and has to protect him.
Nyx ( 炎 の 使 い 手 ニ ク ス , Honō no Tsukaite Nikusu , German "user of the flames Nyx")
Speaker: Rie Tanaka
Nyx was a servant at the court of Count Vance as a child, but was constantly humiliated there. One day, however, a mysterious magical fire staff called Funikura ( フ ニ ク ラ ) fell to her. Since then, she has been fighting for justice, but her powerful magic often gets out of control. In fact, however, the staff is a diabolical being that they constantly abuse. Nevertheless, she absolutely wants to keep him so as not to be a nobody again. So she takes part in the tournament to show it to all those who looked down on her.
Melpha ( 帝都 の 聖女 メ ル フ ァ , Teito no Seijo Merufa , dt. "Holy woman of the capital Melpha")
Speaker: Sayaka Ōhara
Melpha is a senior church nun whose grandmother is her leader. Melpha is devout and therefore extremely helpful. She fights with "holy poses" ( 聖 な る ポ ー ズ , seinaru pōzu ), as they are written down in the ancient scriptures of her religion, with which the punishment of heaven can be drawn on her adversaries. However, she avoids their use, as on the one hand she is peace-loving and on the other hand the poses are more obscene. She is participating in the tournament because the Church asked her to.
Melona ( 千 変 の 刺客 メ ロ ー ナ , Sempen no Shikaku Merōna , dt. "Assassin of the Thousand Changes Melona")
Speaker: Rie Kugimiya
Melona is a servant of the swamp witch and a shapeshifter. As such, it is often used for attack and espionage missions. Melona has a childish character and loves to play nasty pranks. By absorbing the flesh of other living things, it can increase its powers. She also uses her transformation skills to make her body very soft or very hard, depending on the situation, as well as to recreate weapons and armor. Melona takes part in the tournament because she has been given the task of creating confusion among the participants.
Claudette ( 雷雲 の 将 ク ロ ー デ ッ ト , Raiun no Shō Kurōdetto , dt. "General of the storm cloud Claudette")
Speaker: Atsuko Tanaka
Claudette is the eldest daughter of Count Vance. She is considered one of the best female swordsmen and has excellent leadership skills and high integrity. As such, it is stationed on the county's border with the lands directly controlled by the queen. Despite her skills and her status as a firstborn, she is only the third in line to the throne after Leina and Elina, as her mother was a commoner. In contrast to her sisters, she has a silent and unsociable character. She fights with the two-handed sword Thunder Clap ( サ ン ダ ー ク ラ ッ プ , Sundā Kurappu ) with which she can conjure up lightning bolts that strike her opponent. Like Eline, she takes part in the tournament at the orders of the Count to bring Leina back.
Ymir ( 鋼 鉄 姫 ユ ー ミ ル , Kōtetsu Hime Yūmiru , German " Steel Princess Ymir")
Speaker: Ayaka Saitō
Ymir is the daughter of the dwarf king of the steel mountains ( 鋼 鉄 山 , kōtetsu-zan ), which form the center of iron ore mining and steel production in the country. The dwarves got into financial problems due to the increasing competition from other groups who manufacture inferior iron en masse. Ymir therefore set out to convince the world of the quality of the weapons in their forge and takes part in the tournament as a promotional measure. Ymir has a stubborn character and, although she is more than 50 years old, looks rather childish at 1.20 m. She fights with an oversized battle ax.
Alleyne ( 戦 闘 教官 ア レ イ ン , Sentō Kyōkan Arein , German "combat instructor Alleyne")
Speaker: Eri Kitamura
Alleyne is a more than 1000 year old elf and is the commander and trainer of the elven troops in her forest. She has a habit of constantly giving lessons and grading others. Alleyne has a rather unsociable character and always demands honesty and a decent lifestyle from himself and others. She and Echidna have known each other for a long time, with the latter giving a sermon about their dissolute life every time they meet and Echidna raising her as a 1000-year-old virgin. Alleyne taught Nowa to fight and, against the opposition of the other elves, made her the guardian of the forest. Also in other respects, Nowa means a lot to her, which you can see from the fact that she only takes part in the tournament and thus left her home to protect Nowa.
Aldra ( 逢 魔 の 女王 ア ル ド ラ , Ōma no Joō Arudora , dt. "Possessed queen Aldra")
Speaker: Miyū Takeuchi
Aldra is the Queen of the Country and a two-time Queen's Blade Tournament winner. She is a half-demon that arose from the union of the highest religious head with the daughter of the Demon King. With her innate ability as a conjurer, she made a pact eight years ago with the demon Delmore ( デ ル モ ア , Derumoa ), who gave her the skills to win the tournament, especially to petrify others with her right eye. However, this also stopped her growth, so that she looks very young at 1.45 m. The reason for her participation was to become queen to find her younger sister, whom she lost sight of years ago, while both of them wandered the country because of their ancestry as outcasts.
Shizuka ( 甲 魔 忍 軍 頭領 シ ズ カ , Kōma Ningun Tōryō Shizuka , dt. "Head of the Kōma ninja army Shizuka")
Speaker: Hitomi Nabatame
Shizuka is a ninja of the Kōma clan, which is powerful on Hinomoto. Although she was originally enemies with Tomoe, she was deeply impressed by their fighting skills and friendliness and became her best friend, for which she also betrayed her clan.
Shizuka does not own a playbook and is not a participant in the tournament.

Game mechanics

The game books in the Queen's Blade series are based on the game book series Lost Worlds by Flying Buffalo, the first 15 issues of which were also translated into Japanese in 1985. Using the 64-page game books, a role-playing game takes place between two players in which each player takes a book. Each book represents one or more characters and contains a character sheet with the possible actions and attacks, which remains with the player, while the opponent receives the book in which the effects of the individual actions are listed. With three exceptions, the tables of existing Lost Worlds figures were used for Queen's Blade and the figures were replaced by exclusively female figures with a different background story and new illustrations by well-known Japanese illustrators.

Because of this, the Queen's Blade game books are fully compatible with Lost Worlds , so that using the Queen's Blade rules, its characters can be played against those of Lost Worlds .

Publications

The following 20 play books with illustrations by well-known artists such as Hirokazu Hisayuki ( Mai-HiME ), Kazuhiro Takamura ( Mahoromatic , Strike Witches ) or Katsuzō Hirata ( Hand Maid May , Angel Beats! ) Have been published for Queen's Blade :

# title Release date ISBN illustrator Lost Worlds template
01 Rurō no Senshi Leina
流浪 の 戦 士 レ イ ナ 		Nov 25, 2005 ISBN 978-4-89425-400-8 Hirokazu Hisayuki
( 久 行 宏 和 ) 		Man in Chainmail with Sword and Shield
02 Kōya no Gizoku Risty
荒野 の 義 賊 リ ス テ ィ 		Nov 25, 2005 ISBN 978-4-89425-398-8 Eiwa
( え ぃ わ ) 		Giant Goblin with Mace and Shield
03 Kiba no Ansatsusha Irma
牙 の 暗殺者 イ ル マ 		Dec 28, 2005 ISBN 978-4-89425-401-5 Hirotaka Akaga
( 赤 賀 博隆 ) 		Man with Short Sword and Dagger
04th Mori no Bannin Nowa
森 の 番人 ノ ワ 		Dec 28, 2005 ISBN 978-4-89425-399-5 Katsuzō Hirata
( 平 田 雄 三 ) 		Woman with Quarterstaff
05 Musha Miko Tomoe
武 者 巫女 ト モ エ 		0June 9, 2006 ISBN 978-4-89425-430-5 Eiwa
( え ぃ わ ) 		Samurai with katana
06th Rekisen no Yōhei Echidna
歴 戦 の 傭兵 エ キ ド ナ 		0June 9, 2006 ISBN 978-4-89425-431-2 FS
 Flaming Cherry, Barbarian Beauty
07th Kodai no Ōjo Menace
古代 の 王 女 メ ナ ス 		29 Sep 2006 ISBN 978-4-89425-467-1 FS
 Kharis, Royal Mummy
08th Konoe Taichō Elina
近衛 隊長 エ リ ナ 		29 Sep 2006 ISBN 978-4-89425-468-8 Hirokazu Hisayuki
( 久 行 宏 和 ) 		Felina the Tiger Lady
09 Meido e Izanau Mono Airi
冥 土 へ 誘 う も の ア イ リ 		Dec 23, 2006 ISBN 978-4-89425-468-8 Kazuhiro Takamura
( 高 村 和 宏 ) 		Wraith with Sickle
10 Kōki Naru Leina *)
高貴 な る 戦 士 レ イ ナ 		Dec 23, 2006 ISBN 978-4-89425-494-7 M-RS
 Woman in Scale with Sword and Shield
11 Kōmyō no Tenshi Nanael
光明 の 天使 ナ ナ エ ル 		16. Mar. 2007 ISBN 978-4-89425-515-9 Yōsai Kūchū
( 空中 幼 彩 ) 		Winged Gargoyle with Scimitar
12 Bukiya Cattleya
武器 屋 カ ト レ ア 		16. Mar. 2007 ISBN 978-4-89425-514-2 Hiraku Kaneko
( 金子 ひ ら く ) 		Mac But, A Highland Warrior with Claymore
13 Honō no Tsukaite Nyx
炎 の 使 い 手 ニ ク ス 		June 29, 2007 ISBN 978-4-89425-568-5 Masahiro Kuroki
( 黒 木 雅 弘 ) 		Teflon Billy
14th Teito no Seijo Melpha
帝都 の 聖女 メ ル フ ァ 		June 29, 2007 ISBN 978-4-89425-569-2 Zundarepon
( ズ ン ダ レ ぽ ん ) 		-
15th Sempen no Shikaku Melona
千 変 の 刺客 メ ロ ー ナ 		Oct 18, 2007 ISBN 978-4-89425-616-3 FS
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16 Raiun no Shō Claudette
雷雲 の 将 ク ロ ー デ ッ ト 		Oct 18, 2007 ISBN 978-4-89425-615-6 2-gō
( 2 号 ) 		-
17
18 		Kōtetsu Hime Ymir **)
鋼 鉄 姫 ユ ー ミ ル 		Feb 15, 2008 ISBN 978-4-89425-666-8 Natsuki Mibu
( み ぶ な つ き ) 		Dwarf in Chainmail with Two-handed Ax
19th Sentō Kyōkan Alleyne
戦 闘 教官 ア レ イ ン 		June 20, 2008 ISBN 978-4-89425-722-1 Matsuryū
( 松 竜 ) 		Sylvestra the Wood Elf
20th Ōma no Joō Aldra
逢 魔 の 女王 ア ル ド ラ 		June 20, 2008 ISBN 978-4-89425-723-8 Kantaka
( か ん た か ) 		Medusa
*)A second playbook was published for the character Leina, with a different character sheet and CGI illustrations instead of drawn ones.
**)For Ymir, a second version with an alternative color scheme of the figure appeared at the time of the first publication, which was sold exclusively through Hobby Japan's online shop Post Channel .

At Anime Expo 2010, Hobby Japan announced English translations of the game books. These were published by Flying Buffalo, which published the template Lost Worlds , with the books of the characters Alleyne, Melona, ​​Nanael and Tomoe translated. For the remaining characters, Flying Buffalo put the translations of the rules on their website.

Adaptations

Manga

The first manga series appeared with Queen's Blade Anthology Comic ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド ア ン ソ ロ ジ ー コ ミ ッ ク , Kuīnzu Bureido Ansorojī Komikku ) at Hobby Japan. As an anthology, it contains a large number of short stories by different authors and illustrators. A total of four issues were published:

Kadokawa Shoten published the manga adaptation Queen's Blade -Hide & Seek- ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド -Hide & Seek-, German "Queen's Blade - hide and seek") from issue 12/2007 of October 26, 2007 within Kadokawa Shoten's magazine Monthly Comp Ace . The manga was drawn by Iku Minamisaki ( 南 崎 い く ). The manga has the character Elina as protagonist and deals with her search for her sister Leina, but also introduces a new character with Florelle ( フ ロ レ ル , Furoreru ), servant of the Vance family. The chapters have been summarized in five anthologies ( Tankōbon ):

A manga of the same name was also created based on the first anime series Queen's Blade: Rurō no Senshi . This was drawn by Kabao Kikkawa ( 吉川 か ば 夫 ) and appeared in Media Factory's magazine Comic Alive from issue 9/2008 on July 26, 2008. Three volumes of this were published:

The anthology series Queen's Blade: Rurō no Senshi: Comic à la Carte ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 流浪 の 戦 士 士 コ ミ ッ ク ア ラ カ ル ト , Kuīnzu Bureido: Rurō no Senshi: Komutoikku a ra Karutoikku ) was also based on the anime series . This contains short stories by various manga artists and was published in two volumes by Hobby Japan:

The last row was Queen's Blade Struggle ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド ス ト ラ グ ル , Kuīnzu Bureido Sutoraguru ) by AstroguyII. This manga was first published by ASCII Media Works in their magazine Dengeki Black Maō from Vol. 2 (December 19, 2007) to the last issue Vol. 12 (June 19, 2010) and then moved to the mother magazine Dengeki Maō after the magazine was discontinued from issue 10/2010 (August 27, 2010) to issue 3/2012 (January 27, 2012). The chapters have been summarized in four edited volumes:

radio play

Hobby Japan released Queen's Blade: Bitōshi Retsuden ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 美 闘 士 列 伝 , Kuīnzu Bureido: Bitōshi Retsuden ) from April 28, 2007, a combination of art book and radio play . Three editions of this were published on the characters Tomoe, Menace and Leina:

Radio plays were published on the Internet for the two television series as Queen's Blade Drama CD Vol.1: Rurō no Senshi + web radio "Radio Queen's Blade" CD Shutchōban ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド ド ラ マ CD Vol.1 流浪 の 戦 戦 士 + web ラ ジ オ 「ラ ン ズ オ オ ラ イ オ オ ラ ズ オ オブ レ イ ド 」CD 出 張 版 ) on May 27, 2009 or as Queen's Blade Drama CD Vol.2: Gyokuza o Tsugumono + web radio" Radio Queen's Blade "CD Shutchōban ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド ド ラ マ CD Vol.2 玉 座 を オ「 者 者 座 を オ 「者 者 者 を オ「 ぐ 者 者 を オ 「ぐ 者 者ラ ジ オ ・ ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 」CD 出 張 版 ) released on CD on November 25, 2009. On the latter date there was also a new edition of the web radio program that ran from January 30th to September 25th, 2009 on the CD Queen's Blade: Rurō no Senshi web Radio CD vol.1 - Radio Queen's Blade & Numachi no Majo-tachi: Dai-1- ki Series Hōsōbun yori ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 流浪 の 戦 士 web ラ ジ オ CD vol. 1 ~ ラ ジ オ ク イ ー ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド & 沼地 の 魔女 達 第 1 期 シ リ リ よ ズ 放送 放送 ).

On the character song singles the individual characters appeared, a radio play was also included.

Light novels

Hobby Japan published under his imprint the Light-Novel series Queen's Blade: Sword of Unicorn ( クイーンズブレイドソード·オブ·ユニコーン , Kuīnzu Bureido: Sodo obu Yunikon ) by Eiji Okita ( 沖田栄次 , Okita Eiji was written). A total of five volumes were created that were illustrated by Eiwa, as well as an additional volume with side stories ( gaiden ), which was illustrated by Hirotaka Akaga:

  • Queen's Blade: Sword of Unicorn ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド ソ ー ド ･ オ ブ ･ ユ ニ コ ー ン ). April 28, 2007, ISBN 978-4-89425-548-7
  • Queen's Blade: Return of Amara ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド リ タ ー ン ン ・ オ ブ ・ ア マ ラ ). September 1, 2007, ISBN 978-4-89425-595-1
  • Queen's Blade: Message of Cattleya ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド メ ッ セ ー ジ ・ オ ブ ・ カ ト レ ア ). February 1, 2008, ISBN 978-4-89425-659-0
  • Queen's Blade: Curse of Devil Ring ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド カ ー ス ・ ・ オ ブ ・ デ ビ ル リ ン グ ). July 1, 2008, ISBN 978-4-89425-733-7
  • Queen's Blade: Knight of Unicorn ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド ナ イ ト ・ ・ オ ブ ・ ユ ニ コ ー ン ). November 1, 2008, ISBN 978-4-89425-783-2
  • Queen's Blade: Gekitō! Queen's Blade ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 激 闘！ ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド ). March 1, 2008, ISBN 978-4-89425-676-7

Based on the first anime series Queen's Blade: Rurō no Senshi , a second light novel series of the same name was created, which was also written by Eiji Okita. The illustration of the cover comes from Tsutomu Miyazawa ( 宮 澤 努 ) and the illustrations accompanying the text by Akira Shō ( 憧 明 良 ). Two volumes have been published:

Artbooks and photo books

On October 29th, 2011 the Queen's Blade: Premium Visual Book ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド プ レ ミ ア ム ビ ジ ュ ア ル ブ ッ ク , Kuīnuzu Bureido: Puremiamu Bijuaru Bukku ; ISBN 978-4-7986-0281-3 ) was published, the Queen's Blade also Aratanaru Tatakai , which forms the transition from Queen's Blade to Queen's Blade Rebellion .

Master of Queen's Blade Excellent! (MASTER OF ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド EXCELLENT !; ISBN 978-4-89425-823-5 ) with 120 pages was published on February 13, 2009 and contains photographs of the individual model figures published for Queen's Blade.

On 31 March 2009, the 80-page was RURO no Senshi: Koshiki Navigate Book Queen's Blade ( クイーンズブレイド流浪の戦士公式ナビゲートブック, Kuīnzu Bureido: RURO no Senshi: Koshiki Nabigēto BUKKU ; ISBN 978-4-89425-844 -0 ), which contains illustrations for the first anime series, as well as accompanying photographs. The 192-page Queen's Blade: Perfect Visual Book ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド パ ー フ ェ ク ト ビ ジ ュ ア ル ブ ッ ク , Kuīnzu Bureido: Pāfekuto Bijuaru Bukku ; again, ISBN 978-4-89425-890-7 contains illustrations from June 27, 2009. An English version called Queen's Blade: Perfect Visual Collection ( ISBN 978-1-935654-55-1 ) was published on November 27, 2012 by Vertical.

Two more dedicated art books have been published for both anime series: Queen's Blade: Rurō no Senshi Complete ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 流浪 の 戦 士 コ ン プ リ ー ト , Kuīnzu Bureido: Rurō no Senshi Kompurīto ; ISBN 978-4-89425-935-5 ) with 958-4-89425-935-5 September 30, 2009 and Queen's Blade: Gyokuza o Tsugumono Complete ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 玉 座 を 継 ぐ 者 コ ン プ リ ー ト , Kuīnzu Bureido: Gyokuza o Tsugumono Kompurīto ; ISBN 978-4-7986. 94-0002-4 pages from February 25, 2010. 94-0002-4 )

In addition, the photo book Queen's Blade The Live: Meido e Izanau Mono Airi: Morishita Yūri ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド THE LIVE 冥 土 へ 誘 う も の ア イ リ 森 下 悠 里 ; ISBN 978-4-89425-940-9 ) Photographs with engravings (Erotic models) Yūri Morishita costumed as the character Airi ( Cosplay ).

Anime

Based on the series of games, several anime were created that were animated by Studio Arms . Directed by Kinji Yoshimoto, the character design comes from Rin-Sin , who was supported by Takayuki Noguchi from the second season.

The first television series Queen's Blade: Rurō no Senshi ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 流浪 の 戦 士 ) was shown from April 2 to June 18, 2009 on the satellite channel AT-X on Japanese television. The terrestrial channels Chiba TV , Sun TV and Tokyo MX followed within a little over a week . In contrast to AT-X, they showed this in an edited version, as many fight scenes show partly naked women and various erotic fantasies. From June 25 to November 25, 2009, the series was released on six Blu-ray discs and DVDs .

The second television series Queen's Blade: Gyokuza o Tsugumono ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 玉 座 を 継 ぐ 者 ) started a quarter later on September 24, 2009 on AT-X and ran there until December 10. Tokyo MX, SunTV and Chiba TV followed again within two weeks. The DVDs and BluRays were released from December 22nd, 2009 to May 25th, 2010.

After six more episodes as followed OVA under the title Queen's Blade: Utsukushiki Toshi-tachi ( クイーンズブレイド美しき闘士たち) exclusively on DVD and BluRay of 25 August 2010 to 30 March 2011. The latter was due to the Tohoku earthquake to postponed a week.

The Artbook Queen's Blade: Premium Visual Book of October 29, 2011 was the OVA Queen's Blade: Aratanaru Shitei, Aratanaru Tatakai ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド 新 た た な る 師弟 、 新 た な る 闘 い , German "~: A new teacher and student", a new struggle ), and forms the transition from Queen's Blade to Queen's Blade Rebellion or forms the prologue of the latter. This is about the destruction of the home of the main character of Rebellion by the troops of the new queen and her training with the last surviving wood elf in her village Alleyne and her curse by the swamp witch. In addition, there is a bonus episode on the DVD called Alleyne Kyōkan no Nama Shigoki Boot Camp ( ア レ イ ン 教官 の 生 し ご き ブ ー ト キ ャ ン プ , Arein Kyōkan Nama Shigoki Būto Kyanpu , dt. "Alleyne's rough boot campes training teacher") shows during their training.

In Germany, the series was licensed by Nipponart and will be released on August 29, 2014 with subtitles on DVD and Blu-ray.

music

Masaru Yokoyama composed the soundtrack .

In the first season, Get the door was used in the opening credits , sung by Rie Ōhashi and in the credits Omoide to Yakusoku ( 思 い 出 と Ab ), interpreted by Leina (Ayako Kawasumi), Tomoe (Mamiko Noto), Nanael (Aya Hirano). The first episode had no opening credits and credits and the last episode had no credits. On April 22, 2009 both appeared on a single each.

In the second season, Ochinai Sora ( 墜 ち な い 空 ) by Ena was used in the opening credits and buddy-body by Melona (Rie Kugimiya), Menace (Yūko Gotō), Airi (Kanae Itō), with episodes 2 to 6 Melona was the lead singer, Menace in episodes 8-10 and Airi in episode 11. In the first and last episode no opening and closing credits were used, in episode 7 the opening credits were also used in the credits. Both titles were released on October 23, 2009 as a single each.

For the OVA, the credits were Bitōshi Carneval - Taoreru Toki wa Maemuki ni ( 美 士 士 カ ー ニ バ ル 〜 た お れ る 時 は 前 向 き に 〜 ), which were sung by up to 18 voice actors of the characters, with a different cast for the credits in each episode.

The soundtrack for the first season, Queen's Blade Original Soundtrack vol.1: Rurō no Senshi , was released on June 25, 2009 and for the second season, Queen's Blade Original Soundtrack vol.2: Gyokuza o Tsugumono, on December 22, 2009.

A character song single was also released for individual characters, each with a song that was sung by the voice actress of the respective character in her role and contains a radio play. The singles for Reina and Tomoe were released on July 24, 2009, for Melona and Nanael on August 25, 2009, for Elina and Menace on September 25, 2009 and for Nowa and Airi on October 23, 2009.

Most recently, the Queen's Blade: Vocal Complete Album was released on March 25, 2010 ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド カ ォ ー カ ル ・ コ ン プ リ ー ト ・ ア ル バ ム , Kuīnzu Bureido: Vōkaru Kompurīto Arubamu ), which contains all of the television pieces from the two.

computer game

For the PlayStation Portable developed Namco Bandai Games , the strategy role-playing game Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos ( クイーンズブレイドスパイラルカオス, Kuīnzu Bureido: Supairaru kaosu ), published on December 17 in 2009. This introduces two more characters: "Trainee Warrior Cute" ( 見習 い 戦 士 キ ュ ー ト , Minarai Senshi Kyūto ), spoken by Momoko Saitō , as well as "Cutes companion Jean" ( キ ュ ー ト の 護衛 役 ジ ャ ン , Kyūto no Goeiyaku Jan ), both of them by Poy Rock were designed.

At Yahoo! Mobage ran the browser game Queen's Blade: The Conquest ( ク イ ー ン ズ ブ レ イ ド THE CONQUEST) developed by Aiming from March 29, 2012 until it was discontinued on May 13, 2013 .

In addition, the mobile game Queen's Blade i , which was published on December 3, 2007 by Digital Media Lab, was available for Japanese i-mode- enabled mobile phones .

Individual evidence

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  18. ↑ Queen's Blade Complete Box (Season 1 + 2) Blu-Ray (Release: August 29, 2014). (No longer available online.) In: Nipponart. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 2, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / nipponart.de  
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Web links

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