Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na
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| Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na | |
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| 夜明け前より瑠璃色な (Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na) |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Romance, School life, Seinen, Sci-fi |
| Game: Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na (PC) & Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Brighter than dawning blue- (PS2) |
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| Developer | August (PC) Aria (PS2) |
| Genre | ADV, Visual novel |
| Rating | Ages 18 and up (PC) |
| Platform | PC, Playstation 2 |
| Released | September 22, 2005 (Original PC) December 7, 2006 (PS2) |
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| Authored by | Tasuku Saika |
| Artist | Bekkan-Kō |
| Publisher |  Harvest Shuppan |
| Publish date | May 2006 – Nov 2006 |
| No. of volumes | 7 |
| Manga | |
| Authored by | August (story) HoeHoe No-miso (art) |
| Publisher | Media Works |
| Serialized in | Dengeki Daioh |
| Original run | September 27, 2006 – |
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| TV anime : Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love- | |
| Directed by | Masahiko Ohta |
| Studio | Doumu |
| Network | BS-i |
| Original run | October 4, 2006 – December 20, 2006 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na (夜明け前より瑠璃色な?) is a fictional series centering around a princess from a kingdom on the moon who lives with a family on Earth for a time.
It first began as a Japanese adult visual novel video game deleloped by August and first released on September 22, 2005 on the PC. Later, the game was planned to be delevoped for the Playstation 2 consumer port by Aria and is set to be released on December 7, 2006. A manga has also begun in the manga magazine Dengeki Daioh published by Media Works on September 27, 2006, illustrated by HoeHoe No-miso. Around the same time, an anime based on the series began airing in Japan on October 4, 2006 and is set to contain a total of 12 episodes.
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[edit] Plot
Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na centers around Princess Feena Fam Earthlight from the Kingdom of Sphere on Earth's moon. It was decided that she was to live on Earth in a homestay with the family of the primary secretary to the president of the United Nations so as to get more knowledgeable of Earth in order to better prepare herself for her succession as the Kingdom of Sphere's next queen.
The background of the story explains that aliens landed on the moon long ago intending to create a new home for themselves called the Kingdom of Sphere. However, once humans from Earth started to land on the moon, the Oedipus War, the deadliest war in human history, began between the two worlds. Once the war was over, it was decided that the city of Mitsurugasaki, where the story takes place, under the rule of the United Nations, be developed as the center of diplomacy with the Lunar Kingdom, which, currently, has closed its doors to the world. This central lunar junction port city, which has the only spaceport within the United Nations with ships going to and coming from the Lunar Embassy, is, as its name suggests, the gateway which connects the Earth and the moon. Although tensions have temporarily eased now, relations between the two worlds is still in a situation when the story begins where caution must still be taken.
[edit] Characters
The seiyū listed are from the anime adaptation.
- Feena Fam Earthlight (フィーナ・ファム・アーシュライト Fīna Famu Āshuraito)?, (Seiyū - Hitomi Nabatame)
- Feena is the princess of the Kingdom of Sphere on the moon. In order to become more knowledgeable about Earth and be able to follow in her mother's footsteps, she comes to Earth to stay in a homestay with the family of the primary secretary to the president of the United Nations, Sayaka Hozumi.Since she was very young, she has always wanted to know more about the Earth and some day she hopes to surpass her mother in trying to bridge the gap between the Earth and the Kingdom of Sphere.
- Feena once came to Earth when she was a child and seems to know Tatsuya from back then.
- Tatsuya Asagiri (朝霧達哉 Asagiri Tatsuya)?, (Seiyū - Susumu Chiba)
- Tatsuya is the main protagonist in the story. He is very knowledgable about the moon and the Kingdom of Sphere because he has been interested in it since he was very young. He has this odd unconscious habit of pinching girls on the nose as a sign of affection. Tatsuya constantly finds enjoyment in teasing Natsuki about random things.
- Natsuki Takamizawa (鷹見沢菜月 Takamizawa Natsuki)?, (Seiyū - Hyo-sei)
- Natsuki is one of Tatsuya's closest friends and is also one of his classmates. She works with Tatsuya at her father's restaurant, Tattoria Samon, which also happens to be next door to Tatsuya's house. She often gets angry at Tatsuya or her brother when they tease her.
- Mai Asagiri (朝霧麻衣 Asagiri Mai)?, (Seiyū - Mai Goto)
- Mai is Tatsuya's younger sister who attends the same school as him. She is the part leader for the flutes in the concert band in her school.
- Sayaka Hozumi (穂積さやか Hozumi Sayaka)?, (Seiyū - Nami Kurokawa)
- Sayaka is the primary secretary to the president of the United Nations so in effect has a lot of ties with the politics that is involved between Earth and the Kingdom of Sphere. She is also the older sister to Tatsuya and Mai. Her nickname in the media is the "President's Dagger".
- Mia Clementis (ミア・クレメンティス Mia Kurementisu)?, (Seiyū - Mio Nonose)
- Mia is Feena's main escort from the Kingdom of Sphere and always tries to look out for the princess. More or less, she is a maid who serves the princess but does not always do what she is told.
- Karen Clavius (カレン・クラヴィウス Karen Kuraviusu)?, (Seiyū - Yu Asakawa)
- Karen is the Military Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sphere. She seems to have a fairly strict attitude on things which fits her profession well.
- Midori Tōyama (遠山翠 Midori Tōyama)?, (Seiyū - Naoko Takano)
- Midori is an energetic girl in Tatsuya's class who has been one of his classmates since their first year in high school. She is the clarinet leader in the concert band at her school. She seems to be very desperate for Tatsuya's odd sign of affection or even perhaps noticing her once in a while.
- Jin Takamizawa (鷹見沢仁 Takamizawa Jin)?, (Seiyū - Daisuke Kishio)
- Jin is Natsuki's older brother and is also one of her co-workers at the restaurant that their father owns. He constantly makes his sister angry when at work which gets him thrown out of the restaurant, usually breaking a window on the way out. Everything he breaks due to this act is taken out of his paycheck.
- Samon Takamizawa (鷹見沢左門 Takamizawa Samon)?, (Seiyū - Akira Negishi)
- The main chef and owner of Trattoria Samon, the restaurant where Tatsuya and his Samon's two children, Natsuki and Jin, work. He tends to be a fair boss to his employees who do not have a problem with him as their boss. Samon admires Takeshi Takano's work as a photographer and even was able to get his autograph in the first episode of the anime.
- Takeshi Takano (高野武 Takano Takeshi)?, (Seiyū - Shinpachi Tsuji)
- Usually referred to as Takano-sensei, he is a world famous photographer known also as the "great master". Takano, who also happens to have quite a few connections with the Kingdom of Sphere, was the only person approved by Feena's father to document her studies on Earth, just as he had done with her mother and grandmother. He also has the unique ability to pop up out of almost anywhere without being noticed, which makes getting the photographs he needs quite easy. Takano has an assistant that follows him around, helping him develop photos or to function as a quick getaway.
- Wreathlit Noel (リースリット・ノエル Rīsuritto Noeru)?, (Seiyū - Shizuka Ito)
[edit] Media
Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na has been presented in a wide range of media types, ranging from a video game, manga, anime, and even drama CDs and novels.
[edit] Video game
The series began as an adult visual novel video game created by August and first released on September 22, 2005 for the PC. Also, a Playstation 2 version, entitled Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Brighter than dawning blue-, is set to be released on December 7, 2006, developed by Aria.
[edit] Drama CDs
A set of drama CDs were also created based on the video game. Of the six made, the first was released on April 21, 2006. There are also two more drama CDs planned to be based on the anime version. The first is to be released on October 25, 2006 while the second will come out on December 22, 2006.
[edit] Novels
There are also two series of light novels attributed to the series illustrated by Bekkan-Kō. The first volume of the first series was released in May 2006. The second series having the prefix Official Heroine Story, began when the first volume was released on September 30, 2006. To date, there are six volumes in the first series while only the first volume of the second series has been released.
[edit] Manga
The manga based on the series was first serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Dengeki Daioh published by Media Works on September 27, 2006. It is illustrated by HoeHoe No-miso.
[edit] Anime
An anime version, entitled Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love-, began airing in Japan on October 4, 2006 and is set to contain a total of 12 episodes once complete. The episodes are currently being broadcasted by TBS Japan.
[edit] Episodes
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| 01 | "The Princess is doing Homestay?!" "Ohime-sama ga Hōmusutei!?" (お姫様がホームステイ!?) |
October 4, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princess Feena Fam Earthlight from the Moon, otherwise known as the Kingdom of Sphere, comes to Earth to participate in a homestay with a family. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02 | "The Princess is an Honors Student!" "Ohime-sama wa Yūtōsei!" (お姫様は優等生！) |
October 11, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princess Feena is admitted into Tatsuya's school and own classroom and at first everyone is very intimidated by her reputation as the Kingdom of Sphere's princess. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 03 | "The Princess is in a Cooking Showdown!!" "Ohime-sama Ryōri Taiketsu!!" (お姫様料理対決！！) |
October 18, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feena and Natsuki are matched against each other in a cooking contest after Feena helps out at Trattoria Samon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04 | "Fight! Princess" "Tatakau! Ohime-sama" (戦う！お姫様) |
October 25, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| After being shown Tatsuya's father's study, Feena mistakens bugs for invading hostile aliens with ends with the obliteration of the study itself. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05 | "The Princess' Deserted Island Castaway Chronicle" "Ohime-sama Mujintou Hyouryuuki" (お姫様無人島漂流記) |
November 1, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Everyone goes on a vacation to the beach, and an they get stuck in a 'deserted' island and become castaways. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06 | "The Princess is Forbidden from Love?!" "Ohime-sama wa Renai Kinshi!?" (お姫様は恋愛禁止!?) |
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| Tatsuya and Feena are starting to have feelings between each other. At the same time, a young girl named Wreath is sent by a mysterious person named Feyaka to stop Feena and Tatsuya from developing their relation further. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07 | "The Princess's Fiancé" "Ohime-sama no Iinazuke" (お姫様の許婚) |
November 15, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feena decides to move out of Tatsuya's house in order to perform her princess duties at the embassy. Later, Feena's fiancé arrive on Earth and Tatsuya must decide what happens concerning him and Feena. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08 | "With the Princess Under the Lazuli Lapis Sky..." "Ohime-sama to Ruri-iro no Sora no Shita de..." (お姫様と瑠璃色の空の下で…) |
November 22, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuya and Feena have confessed their love to each other. Everyone except Karen accepted their relation. Karen set up a challenge which Tatsuya having to defeat Feena in a kendo match. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09 | "The Shadow Approaching the Princess" "Ohime-sama ni Semaru Kage" (お姫様に迫る影) |
November 29, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuya and Feena's relationship continues to grow stronger as Karen informs the King of the Kindgom of Sphere about the situation. Later, while on a date, Wreathlit attacks Tatsuya and Feena in order to prevent a war between the two worlds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | "The Princess with Only One Wing" "Katayoku dake no Ohime-sama" (片翼だけのお姫様) |
December 6, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| After Karen is arrested, Feena goes back to the moon alone in order to prevent anything more from happening. While there, the Feena's father is reminded about the past when he and Cephilia fell in love and the controversy it stirred. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | "Hold Hands with the Princess" "Ohime-sama to Sono Te o Kasane" (お姫様とその手を重ね) |
December 13, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | "With the Princess..." "Ohime-sama to..." (お姫様と…) |
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[edit] References
- (Japanese) Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Web site of original PC game manufacturer, August
- (Japanese) Web site of PS2 game manufacturer, ARIA
- (Japanese) Official anime website
- Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love- (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
