Ange Vierge Explained
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Masafumi Tamura |
| Producer: | Jōtarō Ishigami
Tamura Junichirō
Takayoshi Ishiguro
Tetsuya Hototsuka
Motoki Saitō
Shunsuke Matsumura
Jun Fukuda |
| Music: | Takatsugu Wakabayashi |
| Studio: | Silver Link
Connect |
| Network: | Tokyo MX, KBS, TV Aichi, Sun TV, BS Fuji, AT-X |
| First: | July 9, 2016 |
| Last: | September 24, 2016 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
is a Japanese digital collectible card game released by Fujimi Shobo and Media Factory, two brand companies of Kadokawa Corporation. It was first announced in 2013. The franchise theme song is by L.I.N.K.s, a group composed of the voice actresses Yūka Aisaka, Mai Ishihara, Yoshiko Ikuta, Rie Takahashi, and Nozomi Yamamoto.
A manga series titled Ange Vierge Linkage by Mako Komao with art by Sakaki Yoshioka was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age between 2014 and 2015, and was collected in two tankōbon volumes.
A mobile game titled was released on December 18, 2013. The game ended service on December 20, 2021.[1]
On April 20, 2017, Kadokawa announced that further development of the trading card game has been discontinued. A final tournament took place in May 2017, with the franchise's tournaments and campaigns ending at the end of June 2017. The franchise's website shut down on March 31, 2018.[2] [3]
Characters
Main characters
- A former high school student from the Blue World and the main protagonist. Though she is emotional, she is also brave and supportive when the situation calls for it. Before gaining her powers she was a completely normal high school student who barely had any kind of presence. She uses a lightsword in combat.
- A mature vampire girl from the Black World. She fights using blood but at the same time she thinks that feeding on others is embarrassing, and thus has not bitten anyone yet. However, after drinking Saya's blood in a desperate situation, she becomes completely attached to her and is able to use her full powers.
- An extremely friendly and energetic angel from the Red World. She is able to become friends with anyone. Her ability is to borrow abilities from her friends, but it only works if there is a mutual bond between them.
- A heterochromic android from the White World. She has a passion for speed and wants to become even faster than before. Her ability is to manipulate acceleration.
- A busty and mature girl from the Green World. She has the reflexes of a soldier (as she is an ex-squad leader) but is also quite carefree and hates trouble. She is also very lazy, always trying to find excuses to avoid working. She feels guilty for what happened to Eins, as she was the one leader of her squad during the time the accident happened.
- The alpha-driver for Saya's team from the Blue World. Extremely clumsy and goofy yet also kindhearted and optimistic, Amane is the central point for the girls' motives, and each of their episodes shows just how they met and become friends with her. She loves teasing her friends, but is also easily hurt despite her carefree attitude. After episode 3, she is sealed within a crystal made by the Ouroboros.
Other characters
- Saya's upperclassman and one of the strongest fighters in the academy.
- Almaria's upperclassman from the Black World. She likes teasing Almaria for the fact that she thinks that sucking blood is a very embarrassing act.
- A fairy from the Red World.
- An android from the White World.
- A soldier from the Green World. She is the younger sister of Ageha who is quite airheaded and a bit immature but loves her sister very much. Unlike her sister, she is lazy and hates work.
- Saya's upperclassman from the Blue World. She is a samurai-like girl who has mastered the ways of swordsmanship, and is quite strict towards her underclassmen.
- Elel's upperclassman and an angel as well. Though she has only one wing and cannot use her other eye as well, she is extremely kind and optimistic.
- Stella's upperclassman. She adores her younger sister, Xenia, more than anything.
- Carene's younger sister and an android taking a little girl's form. She is also Yufiria's mother.
- An enhanced soldier, Expend, from the Green World and a top-rated soldier. She always has an emotionless look on her face and talks in monotone, but is quite arrogant and loves thinking about the world's destruction and just destruction in general. She used to be an energetic and hardworking rookie in Nya's squad until she had to be abandoned and was then modified even more, resulting her in becoming what she is now.
- Mayuka's older sister and though she is serious and acts like a drill sergeant towards her, she is shown to love her very much.
Media
Anime
An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link and Connect aired from July 9 to September 24, 2016.[4] [5] [6] Crunchyroll streamed the anime on its website.[7] The opening theme is "Love is My Rail" by Konomi Suzuki, and the ending theme is "Link with U" by Yūka Aisaka, Mai Ishihara, Yoshiko Ikuta, Rie Takahashi, and Nozomi Yamamoto under the name L.I.N.K.s.[6] On February 16, 2017, a 26-year-old man was arrested on charges of violating the Copyright Act because he subtitled the anime in Chinese, distributing it via file sharing software.[8]
Episode list
Video games
A mobile game titled Ange Vierge: Girls Battle was released on December 17, 2013. It ended service on December 20, 2021.
Notes and References
- Web site: Ange Vierge: Girls Battle Game Ends Service After 8 Years . . November 5, 2021 . October 21, 2021 . November 5, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211105060144/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-21/ange-vierge-girls-battle-game-ends-service-after-8-years/.178699 . live .
- Web site: 【重要】TCG商品展開休止のお知らせ. Kadokawa Corporation. April 21, 2017. April 20, 2017. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20170421093449/https://ange-vierge.com/news/?id=710. April 21, 2017. dead.
- Web site: Ange Vierge Trading Card Game Stops Development. Anime News Network. April 21, 2017. April 20, 2017. April 20, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170420204838/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-20/ange-vierge-trading-card-game-stops-development/.115054. live.
- Web site: Ange Vierge Trading Card Game Gets Anime Project. Anime News Network. December 6, 2014. December 6, 2014. December 9, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141209093127/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-06/ange-vierge-trading-card-game-gets-anime-project/.81839. live.
- Web site: Ange Vierge Anime's Silver Link Studio, 2016 Debut, Visuals Unveiled. Anime News Network. December 6, 2015. December 6, 2015. April 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160409195824/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-06/ange-vierge-anime-silver-link-studio-2016-debut-visuals-unveiled/.96165. live.
- Web site: Ange Vierge TV Anime Reveals Staff, Theme Songs, More Cast. May 16, 2016. Anime News Network. May 16, 2016. March 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330010515/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-16/ange-vierge-tv-anime-reveals-staff-theme-songs-more-cast/.102175. live.
- Web site: Crunchyroll to stream Ange Vierge, Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 3rei anime. Anime News Network. July 4, 2016. July 4, 2016. July 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160705135620/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-04/crunchyroll-to-stream-ange-vierge-fate-kaleid-liner-prisma-illya-3rei-anime/.103965. live.
- Web site: Man Arrested in Japan for Releasing Ange Vierge Anime With Chinese Subtitles. Anime News Network. February 17, 2017. February 21, 2021. November 12, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112005002/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-17/man-arrested-in-japan-for-releasing-ange-vierge-anime-with-chinese-subtitles/.112367. live.
