Relevant information about "Magical Girl Ryuga"
First of all, the "Magical Girl Ryuga" animation series, also known as the "Magical Girl Nanoha" series, is hereinafter referred to as the Magic Cannon series.
Magic Bean Knowledge: Because in the "Magical Girl Rinana" series, compared to the fighting and magic of the traditional Magical Girl series, it pays more attention to technology-like settings and MS battles similar to those in Gundam. - style fighting style Note 1, and this is also one of the characteristics of this series, so there is a saying that "instead of calling it a magical girl, it is better to call it a magic gun girl". Over time, it has become a common folk abbreviation for this series. . It is also said that Nanoha's artillery fighting style is similar to Kirisame Marisa in the Touhou series, so it is called the magic cannon.
The origin of the Magic Cannon series is the GALGAME game series Note 3 called "Triangle Heart". As this series started in 1998, it absorbed the ideas of "TO HEART" started in 1997. GALGAME is one of the classic works that has left its name in history. The entire series is a heart-warming love story centered on the imaginary city of Haiming City. In order to distinguish it from "TO HEART", which is also a historical masterpiece, Hereinafter referred to as the TrH series (the Japanese abbreviation is "とらハ")
The TrH series has been produced in three generations, which were produced in 1998, 1999 and 2000. The entire series is related from beginning to end except for Outside of Haiming City, there are also subtle connections between characters of each generation. In addition to the unique warm and harmonious feeling of a big family (this is also inherited in the Magic Cannon series), another feature of this series is that action and combat also occupy a considerable proportion. The length of the story is large, and both the protagonist and the surrounding characters have unique experiences or identities, such as swordsmen, vampires, biochemical robots, killers, goblins, vengeful spirits, etc.
As for the main point now, it is "Triangle Heart 3" produced in 2000. The background of this game is also set in Kaiming City. The protagonist is Takamachi's eldest son who runs the Tsuiya Cafe. Takamachi Kyouya, yes, that is our Konaha’s brother Note 4. In this work, Takamachi Nanoha exists as the younger sister of the male protagonist. Although there is nothing particularly outstanding in the plot, as an older brother, of course, It is impossible to fall in love with his sister, but Xiaonai still did not become an insignificant character because of this. On the contrary, in the official survey of TrH3 that year, Xiaonai once topped the list, and in the game, she also half-jokingly mentioned magical girls. Some related plots.
Later, in 2001, a mini game with the theme of "Magical Girl Nirvana" appeared in TrH3's Fan Disc "Turning Box" Note 5, but the theme is still Game characters are the main ones, It is still very different from today's Magic Cannon series. It can only be said to satisfy the fans group who have special resentment towards Diamondback in the original work.
Unexpectedly, at the end of 2004, the new original animation "Magical Girl Rinbo" was written and set by Mr. Maki Tsuzuki, the original creator of the TrH series, and Akiyuki Shinbo, the animation director of the TrH series, was in charge. " started to air. The play quoted a lot of backgrounds and settings from TrH3, but more of them were updated original settings and plots. This time the protagonist is the familiar Xiao Caiye, and this series is what we are now. Magic gun series.
As a solo work, the Magic Cannon series has made a lot of modifications to the original work, and the plot and route are not closely related to the original work. Apart from the characters and some settings, it can indeed be regarded as Although it is regarded as a brand new animation, Tsuzuki Maki's so-called "warm theme of the TrH series" is still inherited in Magic Cannon.
Notes:
Note 1: The full name of MS is MOBILE SUIT, which comes from the name of the humanoid mobile weapons in the Gundam series, because the combat method in the Magic Cannon series has deviated from the combat performance of ordinary magical girls. In the field of techniques, most of them use artillery battles or continuous fire diversion as attack methods, as well as high-speed evasive movements in the air, so they are nicknamed MS girls.
Note 2: The Oriental series is the abbreviation of a series of famous Japanese doujin original vertical shooting games (that is, games developed and produced for personal hobbies that are not for commercial profit purposes). One of the masterpieces (the other two are Tsukihime and Cicada series), its main features are gorgeous barrage attacks and distinctive female characters. Among them, Kirisame Marisa, one of the "elderly" protagonists, is good at it. It gathers magic power and blasts it out in a straight line, which is called a magic cannon, so some people think that this is Nanoha's prototype.
Note 3: GALGAME comes from the Japanese pronunciation of "GIRLGAME". The translation is "girl game". Generally speaking, it is a romance game. However, in fact, the definition range is very wide. The earliest is "Heartbeat Memories" "For development-based AVGs like "Sakura Wars" and later "Sakura Wars"-style war chess-style AVGs, the GALGAME community is quite large, but generally speaking, "text option plot games" are the most widely viewed.
Note 4: Takamachi Nanoha, this name first came from the plot of TrH3. When Takamachi Shirou named his daughter, he gave this name. Later, Takamachi Momoko thought the Chinese characters were too strong, so she changed it. It became a pseudonym with the same pronunciation, which is now "Takamachi Nona", but in fact, in the plot of Fan Disc, the real reason is explained, that is, the name of a magical girl cannot use kanji XD, and now I am used to being called " "Takamachi Nanoha" was actually a translation error at the time, but now that I'm used to it, it has become popular. However, when introducing TrH, I still call her by her original name.
Note 5: Fan Disc is targeted at fans as a sequel or special version of a game. In the GALGAME field, Fan Disc is generally used as plot spin-offs, short stories, and additional songs. The wallpaper may exist as a completion of the plot.
The series composition of the Magic Cannon animation.
"Magical Girl Ryuga" (Magical Girl Nanoha)
Total one season TV version, 13 episodes
As the first part of the Magic Cannon series, " "Magic Girl Rinbo" started airing at the end of 2004. It was supervised by Akiyuki Shinbo, who has been responsible for the animation production of the TrH series. Maki Tsuzuki, the author of the TrH series, was responsible for the setting and script composition. It was originally planned as a 26-episode animation, but later due to various reasons The reason became a 13-episode season of animation, but the script was compact because of it. Although there was a relatively tacky illusion in the early stages, the climax began after the original animation character Fite appeared in the later period, with Shinbo's personal style and gorgeous battles. This determines the selling point of this animation, and the warm and emotional route that Tsuzuki has always called for is also reflected in this work.
Magic Pao Bean Knowledge: Because the subsequent series had subtitles similar to "AS" and "SS", the first season was jokingly called "Unprinted", which means it has no subtitles. watermark.
"Magical Girl Ryuga A'S" (Magical Girl Nanoha AS)
One season TV version, 13 episodes
After the success of the first part, At the end of 2005, the second part of the Magic Cannon series began to be released. One of the biggest changes this time was that Akiyuki Shinbo, the royal supervisor of the TrH series, did not continue to participate in the production (some say it was because he wanted to ensure the quality of the PPD and did not want to be distracted) ), and Keizo Kusakawa, who was originally responsible for the performance effects, took on the role of supervisor. It must be said that although AS has many battles, the combat effects and emotional descriptions are not as delicate as the first game.
However, whether it is the battle between magisters or the emotional details of the Hayate family as opponents, AS still has a lot to watch, and the original parts continue to increase, and the warm family feeling of Tsuzuki is also in the Space and Time Management Bureau and Hayate The home is perfectly represented.
Magic Cannon Bean Knowledge: Saito Yoshinari has been one of the painting supervisors of the Magic Cannon series since the first part. As a painting supervisor, his personal advantage is that the storyboards are extremely individual and characteristic, and the battle scenes are also very special. Gorgeous, the battles in Chapter 7 and Chapter 12 of AS were written by him, but another characteristic of him is that the characters he supervised also have personal characteristics, such as flat faces and thin limbs, etc. After AS was broadcast, FANS The response was great, so when AS released the DVD, they re-produced all the paintings by Saito and replaced them with the painting style of Yasuhiro Okuda, the main writer of Magic Cannon. Afterwards, the Japanese side also had a fierce debate on "whether the personal style of the animation director should be retained." In the third SS of Magic Cannon, Saito has resigned.
"Magical Girl Ryuga Striker S" (Magical Girl Nanoha SS)
Two seasons of TV version, 26 episodes
As the third installment in the Magic Cannon series SS, which started airing in April 2007, has jumped a long way in time. It is ten years after AS. The production team is basically the same, but many KOEI staff members are invited to SS (Magic Pao Wushuang is looking forward to it) Possibly?) At the same time, Tsuzuki intends to write about the interaction and generation gap between the new generation of protagonists and the older generation in terms of the theme. The theme of this season also adds the keyword "growth" based on the warm family. The biggest difference from the first two parts and the TrH series is that SS sets the background and events in the Time and Space Administration and the many dimensions under its jurisdiction, and breaks away from the original Haiming City background, and even the original Haiming City. Characters also rarely appear. It is speculated that Tsuzuki wants to get rid of the restrictions brought by TrH, and makes the magic gun feel more like a completely original animation, but this is really a problem for fans of TrH and Kaiming City (like me) No big or small sorrow.
Peripherals of the "Magical Girl Ryuga" series: novels, comics and radio dramas
The Magic Cannon series is not just animation. Maki Tsuzuki likes to tell stories, because animation is a business As a cultural carrier, there is not much space to describe the delicate emotional parts that Mr. Tsuzuki likes, so there are other peripheral series to complete it.
As a novel, Muji not only describes the detailed psychology of the characters in the first part, but also completes the part of Fit's mother, Aunt Pu.
Both Magic Cannon AS and Magic Cannon SS have a total of 7 chapters of comics. The comics themselves are not simply adaptations of the animation, but complete the plot before or in the animation.
As a work with a strong cast of voice actors, it is certain that Magic Pao will be released as a radio drama. However, with the supervision of Mr. Tsuzuki, Magic Pao’s radio drama is not just a commercial work. Regardless of the continuation of the three series The plot of the Happy Bath, Lilith who taught him like a mother in Feite's memory in Muji, and Hayate's love for his family in AS were all described in detail in the radio drama. Muji and AS each have three main-length radio dramas, and SS, which is twice as long as the first two games, may have six dramas.
There are others like Chapter 0 of the AS comics and the Christmas special of the radio drama. In short, as an animated work, Magic Cannon’s surroundings cannot be underestimated.
"Triangle Heart 3 ~Sweet Songs Forever~" (Eternal Love Song)
OVA version, total 4 episodes
Although it is not an animation of the Magic Cannon series , but there are a lot of people interested in it, so I’d better bring it up. First of all, this one is actually an animation adapted from the TrH3 game, so both the plot and setting follow the game; secondly, although many people call it Magic The prequel of Pao, but in fact, on the timeline, Eternal Love Song is after the two movies of Magic Pao Muji and AS, in which Xiao Nanye is already a sixth-grade elementary school student.
The director of this film is still TrH’s Queen Supervisor Akiyuki Shinbo. The plot is also dominated by Takamachi Kyoya and Takamachi Miyuki. Xiaonanaba only made a cameo. If you don’t understand Japanese or get For those who don’t know the original game, it is a very good choice to use it as a work to understand the origin of Magic Cannon.
The history of the characters in the original game "Triangle Heart 3" that appeared in the Magic Cannon series and the comparison with their images in the Magic Cannon animation.
Takamachi Shirou:
The real name is Fuwa Shirou, the last male of the Fuwa family, but after marrying Takamachi Momoko’s mother, in order to avoid being pursued by his enemies, he changed his surname to Takamachi. . He is the manager of the "Usuiya" coffee shop run by the Takamachi family and the coach of the local youth football team. He is also the official successor of the "Kodachi Nitomikan-ryu". Before that, he was also responsible for dangerous jobs such as bodyguards and killers. . Although he is the head of the family, he actually has a very cute personality. In addition to swordsmanship, he is also very good at electronic equipment and transportation. He likes desserts very much and stays in bed in the morning XD
Protected once in the game At a banquet for foreign dignitaries, he died trying to protect others due to a terrorist bomb attack. This setting was modified in the Magic Cannon animation. It was changed to being seriously injured after the bomb attack and took a long time to recover. In the Magic Cannon, Xiao Nanye's character naturally It was also because during this period, the family was only focused on taking care of Shirou.
In addition, the terrorists who killed Shirou in the game were mentioned in the OVA (also known as Eternal Love Song) of "TrH3".
Takamachi Momoko:
Narutoha’s biological mother was born with a fondness for making desserts (so she and Shirou fell in love at first sight? During the terrorist attack, he was rescued by Shirou, and thus developed feelings for him, got married in Japan, and ran his dream Green House Coffee Shop. The relationship with Shirou's father has always been as sweet as a newlywed.
Kyouya Takamachi:
The eldest son of the Takamachi family and the protagonist of the game TrH3. He is the child left by Shirou's ex-wife at Shirou's house (so he may not be Shirou's biological child XD). Unlike Shirou, who has a cute personality, Kyouya has a very rigid personality and doesn't like to talk much. His usual hobbies are fishing and potted plants (it seems As expected, he is not Shirou’s biological son , although he is not very good at showing emotions, he still loves his family.
The fighting ability is very strong. After Shirou’s father died in the game, he inherited the Gogami style. He is also the teacher of his younger sister Miyuki. Although he is very talented, he was irritated by the death of Shirou’s father when he was a child and protected his family. His sense of responsibility led to over-training and severe leg injuries. Therefore, the "divine speed" secret in Gogami-ryu cannot be used casually (the so-called "divine speed" secret is the Gogami-ryu footwork, which can theoretically exceed the speed of sound at the fastest speed. In the OVA, he was also shown to be faster than bullets) He had already failed as a Gogami-ryu swordsman, so he concentrated on training Miyuki, but in the OVA, his leg injury had been cured.
Because the setting of Shirou’s father’s death was modified in the Magic Cannon animation, Kyoya’s leg injury should no longer exist, but judging from the details in the Magic Cannon, he is still serving as Miyuki’s master.
Takamachi Miyuki:
Takamachi’s daughter, but she is actually the daughter of Shirou’s sister Misato Misato. After Misato’s husband was killed by terrorists, she came to seek revenge. Leave your daughter in the care of Shirou's brother (please mention here, Misato is currently working in Hong Kong She is extremely strong, even better than her brother Kyouya, so she is entrusted with important responsibilities by her brother and teaches her carefully. Although she is short-sighted, it seems that it doesn’t matter if she closes her eyes during battle XD
Takamachi Nanoha町なのは):
The second daughter of the Takamachi family, so she is the only one who is confirmed to be Shirou and Momo’s biological daughter But his athletic ability is very poor, but he is very good at mathematics and logic. He inherited Shirou's father's interest in electronic equipment and stayed in bed Fox as a pet. The school I attend is a private elementary school affiliated with Shengxiang University. This school is a famous aristocratic school, which shows how high the income of bodyguards and killers is XD
Although his athletic ability in the game is poor, in Magic Everyone has seen the strength of Canozhong, and he is the strongest person in the "Green House" in the true sense (in this way, the Diamond Leaf mentioned in the Eternal Love Song OVA is scary when angry, does it mean? XD)
He has a bright and lively personality, but in "Magic Cannon" he reveals his lonely and autistic side underneath his appearance.
Tsukimura Shinobu:
The sister of Nanoha’s friend Tsukimura Suzuka, and also Takamachi Kyouya’s classmate and girlfriend. She also has a hobby in mechanics. A member of the vampire Tsukimura family of the "Night Clan", that is to say, she is actually a vampire After sucking Kyouya's blood, he regenerated his severed hand within a few hours, and the blood sucking itself can also be used as a stimulant. After sucking blood, the overall combat effectiveness is completely increased. At the same time, another characteristic is that she has estrus (explosion)
She appeared as Kyoya's girlfriend in the Magic Cannon animation, which also confirmed her status as Kyoya's official partner in TrH3.
Tsukimura Suzuka (月村すずか):
Narutoba's friend is considered the original character of Magic Cannon. But I would also like to mention here that since she is Tsukimura Shinobi's sister, she is also a vampire, but it seems that she doesn't have much self-consciousness, she just acts like an ordinary and harmless young lady.
However, the official comics of AS reveal the tip of the iceberg of its strength. In an unawakened state, he completely defeated Fite in a dodgeball game. Maybe he is actually stronger than his sister Shinobu?
Noelle?K?Ehrlichkeit (ノエル?K?エーアリヒカイト):
One of the maids of the Tsukimura family, she works calmly and efficiently. In the original game, In fact, Noel is an automaton, which is commonly known as a biochemical robot. Originally, the "Yoru Clan" where the Tsukimura family belonged had the technology to produce automatons, but it seems to have been lost. The current Noel is Tsukimura Shinobu. Repaired after finding it.
There is no specific representation in the animation.
Faline?K?Ehrlichkeit (ファリン?K?エーアリヒカイト):
One of the maids of the Tsukimura family, claiming to be Noelle's sister, considering that Noelle is Automata, maybe Faline is just a sister she recognizes, or maybe it's a setting that eliminated the automatons in the magic cannon. They have a reckless personality and are prone to knocking things over.
Only appears in the anime, so I added it considering the connection.
Alyssa Banings (アリサ?バニングス):
Navy’s friend, in fact, this person does not really appear in the game, but appears in the game The person is called Arisura, with a different surname. It should be regarded as the origin of the animation. She was once a student of the private elementary school affiliated to Seisho University and a genius girl with an IQ of over 200. However, she was abducted and violated, committed suicide and became a ghost.
Elisa in the animation is also a student of Shengxiang. She comes from a wealthy family and does not seem to have much in common with the game. However, even so, Alisa is the reincarnation of a resentful spirit and has great power. The explanation of ability The current little REIN is the same size, and Aunt Lindy’s wings in the last few chapters of Muji also appeared during this period. In the game, it was Lindy who gave RH, the Heart of the Rising Sun, to Xiao Caiye, and collected them The so-called "seed" should also be the original prototype of the "Holy Stone Seed" in the first season. However, in the game, the "seed" was developed by Lindi herself. Later, Kuruno came to help collect the "seed". "Afterwards, the memory of his son was restored and he returned to another world.
If you have watched the first season, it should be easy to understand. Yes, that’s right, this Lindy may be the prototype of Fitt’s mother, Aunt Pu, but Lindy is still retained in the Magic Cannon animation. This character and its many settings include the mother-son relationship with Kuruno, the death of her husband in an accident, etc.
Kuruno Harlowen (クロノ?ハラオウン):
First appeared in the mini-game in the Fan Disc of TrH3. As the person in charge of handling the Lindy incident, he also He became Xiao Caiye's opponent in the game, and later pretended to be an ordinary person and developed a relationship with Xiao Naiye, and became Xiao Naiye's lover in the game.
The settings here are not very different from the Magic Cannon, except that the events of the game have been cancelled. Others include Kuruno's love for Diamond Leaf (unfortunately, there is Fite in the Magic Cannon, and he does not XD) and the magic weapon S2U (SONG TO YOU) given by his mother that contains important memories used by Kuruno are also inherited.
In short, Magic Cannon is an animation that is adjusted and adapted while not harming the settings of the original game as much as possible. Many of the world views and plots are closely related to the game.