World War Blue (anime)

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The title as seen from the Opening

World War Blue (蒼い世界の中心で, Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de, lit. In the Center of the Blue World) is a Japanese fantasy anime produced by 5th Avenue that airs on Tokyo MX based on the manga series written by Anastasia Shestakova and illustrated by Crimson. The anime series debuted on October 20, 2012 in Japan and is directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa. The series will also be available online through the online streaming site Crunchyroll. On January 11, 2017, TOKU announced that it will premiere the World War Blue anime series in February. Later this month, was announced to begin on February 6.

The opening theme is "retrospective world" by Nobuhiko Okamoto and Hiro Shimono while the ending theme is "0 to 1 no Hana" (0と1の花) by Suzuko Mimori and Izumi Kitta.

Synopsis

The Segua Kingdom has been losing the war against Ninteldo Empire but the tables are turned by the appearance of a boy called Gear. All the characters are parodies of various Nintendo or Sega games such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda etc.

Characters

Segua Kingdom

• Gear (ギア, Gia) - Gear, voiced by Nobuhiko Okamotom, is the main protagonist of the series. He is based off of Sonic from Sonic the Hedgehog.

• Nel (ネル, Neru) - Nel, voiced by Suzuko Mimori, is one of the protagonists of the series. She is based off of Nei from Phantasy Star II.

• Til (ティル, Tiru) - Til, voiced by Kouki Uchiyama, is a supporting character in the series. He is based off of Tails from Sonic the Hedgehog.

• Opal (オパール, Opāru) - Opal, voiced by Izumi Kitta, is one of the protagonists of the series. She is based off of Opa Opa from Fantasy Zone.

• Ramses (ラムセス, Ramusesu) - Ramses, voiced by Yukiko Monden, is a supporting character in the series. She is based off of Columns.

• Tejirof (テジロフ, Tejirofu) - Tejirof, voiced by Hiro Shimono, is one of the protagonists of the series. He is based off of Tetris.

Ninteldo Empire

• Marcus (マルクス, Marukusu) - Marcus, voiced by Atsushi Ono, is the main antagonist in the series. He is based off of Mario from Super Mario Bros.

• Zelig (ゼリグ, Zerige) - Zelig, voiced by Takehito Koyasu, is a supporting character in the series. He is based off of Link from The Legend of Zelda.

• Guliji (グリージ, Guriji) - Guliji is a supporting character in the series. He is based off of Luigi from Super Mario Bros.

• Fare (ファーエ, Fāe) - Fare is a supporting character in the series. She is based off of Fire Emblem.

• Masa (マーサ, Māsa) - Masa is a supporting character in the series. He is based off of EarthBound.

• Carvai (カーヴァイ, Kavai) - Carvai is a supporting character in the series. She is based off of Kirby and King Dedede from Kirby.

• Saroid (サーロイド, Sāroido) - Saroid is a supporting character in the series. She is based off of Samus Aran from Metroid.

• Foster (フォスタ, Fosuta) - Foster is a supporting character in the series. He is based off of Fox McCloud from Star Fox.

• Pirika (ピカチュウ, Pirika) - Pirika is a supporting character in the series. She is based off of Pikachu from Pokémon

Episode Guide

Main article: List of Episode

#	Title screen	Title	Original airdate
1		The Hard Wars of Consume	October 20, 2012
2		Killer	December 27, 2012
3	File:Episode 3 Titlecard.png	Lost Star & KID	April 4, 2013

Staff

Position	Name
Original creator	Anatasia Shestakova Crimson
Director	Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Executive Producer, Script	Crimson
Storyboard	Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Episode Director	Kazuhide Kondo
Chief Animation Director	Maki Fujii
Art Director	Toshiko Umezu
Animation Director	Takeshi Kanda Yumiko Komiyama
Character Design	Maki Fujii Takeshi Kanda
Sound Director	Kouji Tsujitani
Director of Photography	Ryouhei Kasai
Color design	Rumiko Suzushiro
Editing	Takashi Sakurai
Prop Design	Yutaka Miya
Theme Song Composition	Tomohiko Kishimoto

Theme

The opening theme is "retrospective world" by Nobuhiko Okamoto and Hiro Shimono while the ending theme is "0 to 1 no Hana" (0と1の花) by Suzuko Mimori and Izumi Kitta.

Gallery

Promotional image for the anime

Premieres are coming to TOKU in February!

World War Blue - TOKU

Promotional video for the premiere of the series on the TOKU Channel

External links

• Official JPN website
• Official anime website
• World War Blue on Crunchyroll

Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de
Manga - Anime

List of Episode
The Hard Wars of Consume - Killer - Lost Star & KID