Moegaku

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Moegaku
もえがく
Genre	Magical Girl
Game
Developer	Studio Sagittarius
Publisher	Ask Co., Ltd.
Genre	adventure
Platform	Windows ME
Released	2005-11-25
Game
Developer	Studio Sagittarius
Publisher	Idea Factory
Genre	adventure
Rating	CERO: B
Platform	PSP
Released	2006-09-14
Game
Developer	Studio Sagittarius
Publisher	CyberFront Corporation
Genre	adventure
Platform	Windows 2000
Released	2008-03-21
TV anime
Studio	AIC Spirits
Network	BS Fuji
Original run	2008-01-14 – ongoing
Episodes	13

Moegaku (もえがく, Moegaku^?) is a series of English language study adventure games for PC and PSP developed by Studio Sagittarius. Based on the concept that was made popular by the Moetan series of English wordbooks, it tries to spark the interest of the player for language-learning with cute, moe characters and a setting that should feel familiar to otaku.^[1]

In January 2008, it was adapted into the television show Moegaku★5. It aired on BS Fuji Monday-Friday, and was hosted by well-known seiyū Aya Hirano.^[2]

1 Story
2 Characters
- 2.1 TV series characters
3 Moegaku@Portable
4 Motto Moegaku
5 Television series
- 5.1 Story
6 Notes
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Story

A 2nd year high school student named Tukishima Moe obtains the ability of becoming a magical girl with the help of Lulue. She became involved in battle against rival magical girls, so the only way to prevail is to study English, in order to prepare for the battle at 50 days later.

[edit] Characters

Tukishima Moe
Lulue
Mush
Emily
Kyoka Kaori
Orishima Yuzu
Senna Mayu
Kamishima Madoka
Kyoka Akira

[edit] TV series characters

Megamisama
American otaku
Korean otaku
Spain otaku
Chinese otaku
French otaku

[edit] Moegaku@Portable

It is a PSP port of the original video game.

[edit] Motto Moegaku

It is the enhanced version of the 2005 PC game.^[2] New features include:

Debut of Megamisama.
Transformation scene is added.
30 bonus sample questions, for a total 100.
Adjustable difficulty.
Windows Vista support

[edit] Television series

A television series based on the video game was produced, titled Moegaku★5. The 5 came from the use of 5 languages and its 5pm broadcast schedule.

The series further the original concept by expanded language study to include Korean, Spain, Chinese, French.

Each 15-episode was structured to include 7-minute animation segment and total of 4.5 minutes for live action segment. Live action segment features cast members of the series, and tutorials.

The weekly schedule was arranged to broadcast English, Korean, Spain, Chinese, French-themed episodes in Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday respectively. A marathon run of 5 episodes took place on Sunday.

[edit] Story

A Tokyo school girl named Tukishima Moe obtains the ability of becoming a magical girl with the help of Lulue. Her duty is to protect Akihabara, the source of moe energy, from falling into the evil hands.