Girls Beyond the Wasteland

Girls Beyond the Wasteland
少女たちは荒野を目指す
(Shōjotachi wa Kōya o Mezasu)
Genre Drama, Romance
Anime television series
Directed by Takuya Satō
Written by Yuniko Ayana
Music by Tsuyoshi Watanabe, GoKoY
Studio Project No.9
Licensed by
Network Tokyo MX, BS11, MBS, AT-X
English network
Original run January 7, 2016 – ongoing
Episodes 12
Manga
Written by Minato Soft
Illustrated by Kazuchi
Published by ASCII Media Works
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Dengeki G's Comic
Original run February 29, 2016scheduled
Original video animation
Directed by Takuya Satō
Studio Project No.9
Licensed by
Released March 25, 2016
Game
Developer Minato Soft
Publisher Minato Soft
Genre Visual novel
Platform Windows
Released
  • JP March 25, 2016

Girls Beyond the Wasteland (少女たちは荒野を目指す Shōjotachi wa Kōya o Mezasu, lit. Girls aim for the wasteland), often abbreviated as Shokomeza (しょこめざ) and also known as Girls Beyond the Youth Koya in Japan, is a visual novel developed by Minato Soft to be released for Windows on March 25, 2016 with a rating for all ages. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Project No.9 and directed by Takuya Satō, premiered in January 2016.

Gameplay

Girls Beyond the Wasteland is a romance visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Buntarō Hōjō. Much of its gameplay is spent on reading the story's narrative and dialogue. The text in the game is accompanied by character sprites, which represent who Buntarō is talking to, over background art. Throughout the game, the player encounters CG artwork at certain points in the story, which take the place of the background art and character sprites. The game follows a branching plot line with multiple endings, and depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.

There are four main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each heroine. Throughout gameplay, the player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made. Some decisions can lead the game to end prematurely, which offer an alternative ending to the plot. To view all plot lines in their entirety, the player will have to replay the game multiple times and choose different choices to further the plot to an alternate direction.

Characters

Buntarō Hōjō (北条 文太郎 Hōjō Buntarō)
Voiced by: Seiichirō Yamashita
Buntarō, nicknamed Bunta (ブンタ), is the protagonist. He is hardworking, friendly, and well-aware of his surroundings. He usually writes the scenarios for the drama club, although he writes based on an existing stories. He becomes the scenario writer for the game produced by Sayuki.
Sayuki Kuroda (黒田 砂雪 Kuroda Sayuki)
Voiced by: Haruka Chisuga
Sayuki is Buntarō's quiet classmate. She has been investigating Buntarō and convinces herself that he is fit to be scenario writer for her upcoming game. She wants to make a bishōjo game because she knows that this world is a "wasteland" where people are forced to do something they have no interest in so they can make money for living. She has an older brother who works for a game company.
Yūka Kobayakawa (小早川 夕夏 Kobayakawa Yūka)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Yūka is Buntarō's childhood friend. She is an energetic girl who is good at acting. She later becomes the voice director of Sayuki's game and provides her own voice. She has feelings for Buntarō.
Teruha Andō (安東 テルハ Andō Teruha)
Voiced by: Satomi Akesaka
Nicknamed Akkīna (アッキーナ), Teruha is another of Buntarō's classmate. Due to not getting permission from school, she is secretly working at a Maid Cafe and using an alter ego under the name of "Luka". She later becomes the programmer and script composition writer of Sayuki's game.
Uguisu Yūki (結城 うぐいす Yūki Uguisu)
Voiced by: Satomi Satō
Uguisu is a first-year student. She is nicknamed Tori (トリ, "bird") because her name stands for Japanese bush warbler. She is good at drawing illustrations, her pen name is "Hokekiyo" (ホケキヨ) and her art often gets a high rank in Pixi. She later becomes the illustrator of Sayuki's game.
Atomu Kai (甲斐 亜登夢 Kai Atomu)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Atomu is Buntarō's childhood friend. Along with Yūka, they are a trio who are always seen together. He doesn't have any special talents, but has the motivation that Sayuki needs, which makes him the Assistant Director.

Development and release

The planning for Girls Beyond the Wasteland was headed by Takahiro, with Romeo Tanaka writing the scenario. The art direction and character design was provided by Matsuryū.[1] A demo was released on October 23, 2015.[2] The game will be released on March 25, 2016 for Windows.[1]

The opening theme "Master Up" is sung by the voice cast of the main female characters: Haruka Chisuga, Kana Hanazawa, Satomi Satō and Satomi Akesaka.

Adaptations

Anime

An anime television series adaptation, produced by Project No.9 and directed by Takuya Satō, premiered on January 7, 2016. The screenplay is written by Yuniko Ayana and Takayuki Noguchi based the character design used in the anime on Matsuryū's original designs.[3] A Blu-ray Disc containing an original video animation episode will be bundled with an "Anime Edition" of the Windows game.[1] The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks.[4]

The opening theme "Wastelanders" is by Sayaka Sasaki and the ending theme "Sekai wa Kyō mo Atarashii" (世界は今日もあたらしい, lit. "The World Today is Also New") is sung by the voice cast of main female characters: Haruka Chisuga, Kana Hanazawa, Satomi Satō, and Satomi Akesaka.

Episode list

No. Title Original air date
1 "Girls Who Chase After Their Dreams"
"Yume o Ō Shōjo" (夢を追う少女) 
January 7, 2016
2 "This is Another Spring of Youth"
"Kore mo Hitotsu no Aoi Haru" (これもひとつの青い春) 
January 14, 2016
3 "It's the First Time"
"Hajimete Nan da" (はじめてなんだ) 
January 21, 2016
4 "A Melody of Selfishness and Subtraction"
"Wagamama to Hikizan no Merodi" (わがままと引き算のメロディ) 
January 28, 2016
5 "What You Can See in the Storm"
"Arashi no naka de mieru no wa" (嵐の中で見えるのは) 
February 4, 2016
6 "This is the So-Called Fanservice Episode"
"Kore ga iwayuru sābisu-kai to iu mono ne" (これがいわゆるサービス回というものね) 
February 11, 2016
7 "Itsumo to onaji, chigau kimi" (いつもと同じ、違うキミ) February 18, 2016

Manga

A manga adaptation with art by Kazuchi will begin serialization in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki G's Comic with the April 2016 issue to be released on February 29, 2016.[5]

References

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