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Angelique (アンジェリーク, Anjerīku) is Japanese otome game series, and a media franchise based on this game series. There are various OVAs, Drama CDs, Music CDs and Anime series, developed along with the base game, or broadcast on TV channels, etc. The series has continued since 1994 until today. The latest version of the series is Angelique Luminarise released in 2021.[1]

Angelique
The Angelique series logo.
Angelique
Angelique Limoges (left) and Rosalia de Catargena (right), the Image on Super Famicom Cartridge surface of Angelique 1994.
アンジェリーク
(Anjeri-ku)
GenreOtome, strategy, simulation
Game
Angelique
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI, NEC Home Electronics
GenreOtome, dating sim, visual novel
PlatformSuper Famicom,
Released
  • JP: September 23, 1994
Game
Angelique Voice Fantasy
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI, NEC Home Electronics
GenreOtome, dating sim, visual novel
PlatformSuper Famicom,
Released
  • JP: March 29, 1996
Game
Angelique Special
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI
GenreOtome, dating sim, visual novel
PlatformNEC PC-FX, PC, Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation
Released
  • JP: December 22, 1995
  • JP: March 29, 1996
Game
Angelique Special 2
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI
GenreOtome, dating sim, visual novel
PlatformNEC PC-FX, PC, Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation
Game
Angelique Duet
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI
GenreOtome, dating sim, visual novel
PlatformSony PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo DS
Released
  • JP: July 30, 1998
,
  • JP: February 2006
Game
Angelique Trois
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI
GenreOtome, dating sim, visual novel
Game
Angelique Etoile
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI
GenreOtome, dating sim, visual novel
Game
Angelique: Tenkuu no Requiem
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI
GenreOtome, mini games
PlatformSony PlayStation, Sega Saturn, NEC PC-FX
Game
Sweet Ange
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI
GenreOtome, simulation
PlatformGame Boy Color
Game
Fushigi no Kuni no Angelique
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI
GenreOtome, board game, dating sim
Game
Angelique: Maren no Roku Kishi
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherIdea Factory
GenreOtome, dating sim, visual novel
PlatformPlayStation Portable
Game
Angelique Retour
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI
GenreOtome, dating sim, visual novel
PlatformPlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita
Released
  • JP: December 17, 2015
Game
Angelique Luminarise
DeveloperRuby Party
PublisherKOEI
GenreOtome, dating sim, visual novel
PlatformNintendo Switch
Released
  • JP: May 20, 2021

The first game was released in 1994 on Super Famicom. This is the first otome game (dating sim for women) known in the world.[2] Angelique series is also the first otome game series of the Neo Romance series by Ruby Party.[3] At this point, the game series are only in Japanese.


Plot


The basic lore of the series is built around a Queen who fairly and wisely rules a Universe. By balancing elemental forces with the help of nine Guardians, she keeps the various planets in her domain stable and her people content. However, the powers of the Queen and the Guardians fade over time, and successors must be appointed. In the first game Angelique, the protagonist is a 17-year-old girl named Angelique Limoges who has been chosen by the current Queen and her aide Dia as one of two candidates from the Royal Smallney Girls' Academy to become the next Queen. She is transported to the Flying City to begin her final examination.

Each of the candidates is given a land to populate. Whoever finishes populating their land first wins and becomes the next Queen. It is done with the help of nine Guardians who use their powers to make the people of the candidate's land happy, or to devastate their rival's lands. Along the way, the candidates become friends with the Guardians and can fall in love. If they choose love, they forfeit their chance to become Queen, but will live happily ever after.

The story expands in later titles, but most entries in the series feature girls named Angelique or its short form name (Enju or Ange) as the protagonist, with ever larger casts of characters. The roster of potential love interests swells to 19 characters in later titles (in Angelique Trois and Angelique Etoile).


Gameplay


Through the Angelique series games, the story begins with some crisis of the Universe, or some troubles in the Universe. To resolve a crisis or troubles, one girl is selected who will become a savior of these crisis or troubels.

Player (you) takes a role of this girl. In the first game Angelique, a player becomes a candidate for a new queen who will be a savior of the universal crisis. Player is asked to complete her mission or task in the course of game playing. If the player complete her mission in the scheduled period, before her rival candidate will complete the mission, player will win and become a new queen.

But while trying to complete the given mission or task, player necessarily needs some helps from the nine guardians, who know and control the spiritual powers of the universe. Player needs to win their favour. Because if they don't favor you, they won't help you. To win favor from the guardians, player (you) should properly work in your mission. Thus, the guardians may favor you.

And when you win favor of the guardians and the male characters, you will be able to better perform your task, and at the same time, you are capable to establish romantic relations with some male characters. At this point, there are two options for you. Working best in your mission with the helps of guardians, you can defeat your rival, and become a new queen. The other option is to fall in love with one of your favourite male characters. If your love is fulfilled, your rival will become a new queen. But you may win the love.

These are two typical endings in this game.

  1. Queen ending
  2. Love ending

In the other games of this series, there is no rival, and you should perform your mission alone. While trying to complete your mission or task, the same situations take place. To perform your task, you need helps of guardians and male characters, and you should win favor of them. In this case, there are typically two endings like the first game:

  1. Mission complete ending
  2. Love fulfilled ending
  3. Other ending

There are many candidates of love romance. Typically, nine guardians are all possible target of your love. There are at least ten endings. But there are other endings as well, where both the mission and the romance may be broken. The number of endings is over 10 to 30.

The most interesting and difficult points of this game series are that there are many combinations of how to win favor from the guardians and how to complete the task. Sometimes the former and the latter are contradictory, yet you need the both to achieve good endings.


Characters


The major characters appeared in the otome games: Angelique 1994,[4] 1995 (Special),[5] Angelique Special 2 1995,[6][7] Angelique Trois 2000,[8][9] Angelique Etoile 2003,[10][11][12] and Angelique Luminarise (Anmina) 2021.[13]

Legend:

NameVersionPositionRoleUniverseAgeVoiced by
Angelique Limoges
(アンジェリーク・リモージュ)
AngeliqueProtagonistCandidate for 256th queenOriginal17(no voice)
Special 2-256th Queen of the universeYuri Shiratori
3rd Trois-
4th Etoile+-256th Queen of the ShinchōShinchō
Rosalia de Catargena
(ロザリア・デ・カタルヘナ)
AngeliqueRivalCandidate for 256th queenOriginal17Kotono Mitsuishi
Special 2-Aide of the queen Limoges
3rd Trois-
4th Etoile+-Shinchō
Julious
(ジュリアス)
AngeliqueTargetGuardian of the lightOriginal25Shō Hayami
Special 2
3rd Trois
4th Etoile+Shinchō
Clavis
(クラヴィス)
AngeliqueTargetGuardian of the darknessOriginal25Kaneto Shiozawa
Special 2
3rd Trois
4th Etoile+Shinchō
Luva
(ルヴァ)
AngeliqueTargetGuardian of the earthOriginal26Toshihiko Seki
Special 2
3rd Trois
4th Etoile+Shinchō
Oscar
(オスカー)
AngeliqueTargetGuardian of the fireOriginal22Kenyū Horiuchi
Special 2
3rd Trois
4th Etoile+Shinchō
Lumiale
(リュミエール)
AngeliqueTargetGuardian of the waterOriginal21Nobuo Tobita
Special 2
3rd Trois
4th EtoileShinchō
Olivie
(オリヴィエ)
AngeliqueTargetGuardian of the dreamOriginal22Takehito Koyasu
Special 2
3rd Trois
4th Etoile+Shinchō
Randy
(ランディ)
AngeliqueTargetGuardian of the windOriginal18Nobutoshi Canna
Special 2
3rd Trois
4th Etoile+Shinchō
Zephel
(ゼフェル)
AngeliqueTargetGuardian of the steelOriginal17Mitsuo Iwata
Special 2
3rd Trois
4th Etoile+Shinchō
Marcel
(マルセル)
AngeliqueTargetGuardian of the greenOriginal14Hiro Yūki
Special 2
3rd Trois
4th Etoile+Shinchō
Angelique
(アンジェリーク)
Angelique-255th Queen of the universeOriginal21Masako Katsuki
Dia
(ディア)
Angelique-Aide of the queen AngeliqueOriginal21Atsuko Tanaka
NameVersionPositionRoleUniverseAgeVoiced by
Angelique Collet
(アンジェリーク・コレット)
Special 2ProtagonistCandidate for new universe queenOriginal17(no voice)
3rd TroisProtagonist1st Queen of new universe(no voice)
4th Etoile+-1st Queen of the SeijūSeijūYoko Asada
Rachel Hart
(レイチェル・ハート)
Special 2RivalCandidate for new universe queenOriginal16Miki Nagasawa
3rd Trois-Aide of the queen Collet
4th Etoile+-Seijū
Alphonsia [14]
(アルフォンシア)
Special 2-The will of new universeNew universe--
3rd Trois(Mysterious Elda)
Etoile [15](Male form spirit)Seijū16Mitsuru Miyamoto[16]
Elda
(エルダ)
3rd Trois-The missed one
(Sealed spirit) [17]
New universe--
Leonard
(レオナード)
4th Etoile+TargetGuardian of the lightSeijū27Rikiya Koyama
Francis
(フランシス)
4th Etoile+TargetGuardian of the darknessSeijū23Tomokazu Sugita
Victor
(ヴィクトール)
Special 2TargetTutor of the spiritOriginal31Fumihiko Tachiki
3rd Trois34
4th Etoile+Guardian of the earthSeijū34
Charlie Won
(チャーリー)
Special 2TargetCollaboratorOriginal23Mitsuaki Madono
3rd Trois26
4th Etoile+Guardian of the fireSeijū26
Timka
(ティムカ)
Special 2TargetTutor of the dignityOriginal13Atsushi Kisaichi
3rd Trois16
4th Etoile+Guardian of the waterSeijū16
Mel
(メル)
Special 2TargetCollaboratorOriginal15Yumi Tōma
3rd Trois18
4th Etoile+Guardian of the dreamSeijū18
Heuye
(ユーイ)
4th Etoile+TargetGuardian of the windSeijū17Daisuke Namikawa
Ernst
(エルンスト)
Special 2TargetCollaboratorOriginal27Toshiyuki Morikawa
3rd Trois30
4th Etoile+Guardian of the steelSeijū30
Sei-lan
(セイラン)
Special 2TargetTutor of the sensibilityOriginal19Tetsuya Iwanaga
3rd Trois22
4th Etoile+Guardian of the greenSeijū22
Arios
(アリオス)
3rd TroisTargetMysterious manOriginal28Ken Narita
4th Etoile+Shadow of the queen (Collet)Unknown
NameVersionPositionRoleUniverseAgeVoiced by
Ange (Enju)
Sakaki

(エンジュ・サカキ)
4th EtoileProtagonistLegendary EtoileBoth universes17(no voice)
Etoile_animYōko Honna
Constantan
(タンタン)
4th Etoile+-Spirit of the monolithBoth universes ?-
Conrad
(コンラッド)
4th Etoile-Captain of space-shipSeijū46-
Sacrea no seirei
(サクリアの精霊)
Etoile_anim-Spirit of the sacreaSeijū ?Akimitsu Takase
/ Eri Ōno
Moira
(モイラ)
Etoile_anim-Cosmic mind of AngeSeijū ?Yōko Honna
NameVersionPositionRoleUniverseAgeVoiced by
Ange
(アンジュ)
AnminaProtagonistCandidate for new queenReikyō [18]25(no voice)
Reina
(レイナ)
AnminaRivalCandidate for new queenReikyō25Ryōko Shiraishi
Yue
(ユエ)
AnminaTargetGuaridian of the lightReikyō25Shimba Tsuchiya
Noah
(ノア)
AnminaTargetGuardian of the darknessReikyō22Hiroki Nanami
Lorenzo
(ロレンツォ)
AnminaTargetGuaridian of the earthReikyō30Ryōta Takeuchi
Shuri
(シュリ)
AnminaTargetGuardian of the fireReikyō27Takuya Satō
Kanata
(カナタ)
AnminaTargetGuardian of the waterReikyō18Takeo Ōtsuka
Felix
(フェリクス)
AnminaTargetGuardian of the dreamReikyō25Yūto Uemura
Vergil
(ヴァージル)
AnminaTargetGuardian of the windReikyō27Yū Miyazaki
Xeno
(ゼノ)
AnminaTargetGuardian of the steelReikyō19Nobunaga Shimazaki
Milan
(ミラン)
AnminaTargetGuardian of the greenReikyō26Shōhei Komatsu
Cyrus
(サイラス)
Anmina-ButlerReikyō -28Yūki Ono
Taira
(タイラー)
Anmina-Chief of Royal InstituteReikyō25Fumiya Imai

Titles



Main series


Super Famicom catridge, Angelique 1994, the image at upper right-hand is mosaic censored. This image is shown as the title image at the top.
Super Famicom catridge, Angelique 1994, the image at upper right-hand is mosaic censored. This image is shown as the title image at the top.
  • Angelique Special is a revised version of the first game and features several new animated scenes, in addition to voice acting by several big-name voice actors. Among the new animated scenes were several love events that were not present in the original game. Others included the opening sequence and the endings. released on December 22, 1995 for PC-FX and published by NEC Home Electronics. The game was ported to PC, Sega Saturn, and PlayStation on March 29, 1996.[21]
  • Angelique Voice Fantasy included a special Audio CD and an add-on called Voicer-kun, which allowed for the addition of voice acting. The game contents are otherwise identical to the original version. It was released on March 29, 1996 for Super Famicom.
  • Angelique Duet was released on July 30, 1998 for Sega Saturn and PlayStation. The game was ported to the Nintendo DS on February 2006[22] This version allows the player to choose the usual heroine, Angelique Limoges, or her rival Rosalia de Catargena, as the main character. The DS version introduced a messaging feature.[22]
  • Angelique Retour (アンジェリーク ルトゥール), a full remake with new artwork as well as two new characters, was released for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita on December 17, 2015.[23][24][25]

Spin-offs


A traditional role-playing video game with dating sim events and multiple endings. Angelique Collet is the heroine. The universe which Angelique Limoges rules is under attack from a mysterious figure called the "emperor", and Angelique Collet must come to the rescue.

Games in non-Japanese language


At this point (May 2022), the game series have been released only in Japanese except for Chinese PC version of the first game in 1994. KOEI does not deny to release the games in other language(s) than Japanese. But for the realization of release(s), the existence of enough demand shall be shown.




Software



OVA



Manga



Anime, OVA series


There are 4 OVA series:

  1. OVA 1 - Angelique: Shiroi Tsubasa no Memoire (アンジェリーク 白い翼のメモワール) (2000; 2 episodes) - sequel to game events
  2. OVA 2 - Angelique: Seichi yori Ai o Komete (アンジェリーク 聖地より愛をこめて) (2001; 3 episodes)
  3. OVA 3 - Angelique Twin Collection (アンジェリークTWINコレクション) (2002; 8 episodes)
  4. OVA 4 - Angelique (オリジナルビデオアニメーション アンジェリーク) (2004; 3 episodes) - based on video game; first series chronologically, prequel to Shiroi Tsubasa no Memoire

Angelique Limoges and Rosalia de Catargena have been chosen as candidates in a Queen Examination - a test to see who is better qualified to be the next Queen of the universe. For this special examination, both girls are given their own continent on a planet. The girls must raise the continents into thriving civilizations and environments. Nine Guardians (who control various spiritual elements, such as fire, wind, and water) have been chosen to help the girls raise their continents during the Queen Examination.


Anime, Television series spin-offs


There was a Koi Suru Tenshi Angelique series (25 episodes) from 2006 to 2007.

  1. Koi suru Tenshi Angelique: Kokoro no Mezameru Toki (恋する天使アンジェリーク 〜心のめざめる時〜) (13 eps) 2006 spinoff of the OVAs
  2. Koi suru Tenshi Angelique ~ Kagayaki no Ashita ~ (恋する天使アンジェリーク 〜かがやきの明日〜) (12 eps) 2007 sequel to 2006 series

CDs



Vocal and soundtrack CDs



Drama CDs



Gaiden Drama series



Reception


Keiko Erikawa established the woman-based game developing team in the middle of 1980s. This resulted in the birth of team Ruby Party and the first otome game Angelique in 1994.[32][33][34]

The Angelique series greatly promoted and produced the development of otome games and their franchise markets.[32][33]

The Angelique games sold than 850,000 copies in 2020.[35] Koei-Tecmo has reported that sales of the 2021 game, Angelique Luminarise, in the 30,000s in Japan and Asia in the first quarter of 2021 (April to June).[36] According to Teitengame.com, the sales ranking of Angelique Luminarise is 132nd, and its total sales in 2021 were 14,506.[37]




Neo Romance series


Neo Romance series is the otome game series developed by the women-based group Ruby Party in KOEI.[3]

  1. Angelique series (The otome game series in this article).
  2. Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Second game series of the Neo Romance.
  3. Kin'iro no Corda - Third game series of the Neo Romance.
  4. Neo Angelique - Fourth game series. This is totally different game from the series Angelique. Neither sequel nor spin-off. According to Ruby Party, the world of the series Angelique is the distant past of the Neo Angelique.[38] Therefore, a bit similar gadgets appear, such that the stage of Neo Angelique is the continent Arcadia, which was the stage of Angelique Trois.

Notes and references


  1. (ja) "Angelique Luminarise (Anmina)".
  2. (ja) Famitsu-news 190914
  3. (ja) Official Neo Romance website: About (retrieved 25 March 2022).
  4. (ja) Angelique, Memorial book pp.8-32
  5. (ja) Angelique Special, Sweet guide pp.10-80.
  6. (ja) Angelique Special 2, Sweet guide pp.14-44.
  7. (ja) Angelique Special 2, Memorial book pp.6-47
  8. (ja) Angelique Trois, Sweet guide pp.10-46.
  9. (ja) Angelique Trois, Memorial book I pp.6-44
  10. (ja) Angelique Etoile, Official guide pp.3-48.
  11. (ja) Angelique Etoile, Memorial book pp.9-95
  12. (ja) Angelique Etoile, Handbook.
  13. (ja) Gamecity, Luminarise: Ange (retrieved 5 March 2022).
  14. (ja) Angelique Special 2, Memorial book p.46. The seijū appears in different form for Collet and Hart. It looks like a pink small animal for Collet (she calls it Alphonsia). And a blue small animal for Hart (she calls it Rutis). There are two Wills in the new universe. If Collet becomes a queen, Alphonsia will be the only Will. and vice versa.
  15. (ja) Angelique Etoile, Memorial book, p.92
  16. (ja) Angelique Trois, Memorial book I pp.44 and p.103
  17. (ja) Angelique Trois, Memorial book II, Event movie pp.12-15
  18. (ja) 4gamer.net, 520 (retrieved 14 May 2022)
  19. (ja) Angelique Special 2, Sweet guide, p.2 prestory
  20. (ja) Famitsu-news 210923 (retrieved 2 March 2022)
  21. (ja) "ゲーム アンジェリークSpecial" [Games Angelique Special]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  22. Gantayat, Anoop (18 November 2005). "Koei Brings Love to the DS". IGN. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  23. "New Angelique Retour Trailer Revealed". 12 November 2015.
  24. "Angelique Retour Adds a Pair of Dapper Twins to the Dating Sim". 23 June 2015.
  25. "Angelique Retour Arrives in Japan on December 17". 2 September 2015.
  26. (ja) famitsu-news-210520
  27. (ja) bs-log-210519
  28. (ja) famitsu-news-210420
  29. (ja) famitsu-news-190914
  30. The former game is Angelique Etoile 2003. After 18 years since 2003, the new game Luminarise has been released.
  31. anmina for beginners (retrieved 14 May 2022)
  32. (ja) Interview to Keiko Erikwa (retrieved 14 May 2022)
  33. (ja) Den-faminico-gamer.com (retrieved 14 May 2022)
  34. (ja) bs-log 1804-23 (retrieved 14 May 2022)
  35. (ja) 4Gamer.net 20-0722 anmina (retrieved 14 May 2022)
  36. (ja) Koei-Tecmo report (retrieved 14 May 2022)
  37. (ja) Teitengemae.com 2021 (retrieved 14 May 2022)
  38. (ja) Neo Angelique, Memorial book, 2008, p.111, q3 ISBN 978-4-7758-0664-7.

Bibliography





На других языках


- [en] Angelique (video game series)

[ru] Angelique

Angelique (яп. アンジェリーク Андзери:ку) — название серии романтических симуляторов отношений для женщин, по мотивам которых были сняты TV и OVA сериалы. Первую игру выпустила компания Koei 23 сентября 1994 года, и она тут же завоевала популярность. Angelique является первой игрой в жанре отомэ[1].



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