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Director(s)
  
Kōji Ikemoto

Writer(s)
  
Kō Maisaka

Developer
  
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Designer(s)
  
Junji Shigematsu

Initial release date
  
18 December 1992

Genre
  
Role-playing video game

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Producer(s)
  
Rika SuzukiKazuhiro Okazaki

Artist(s)
  
Ran IshidaFumio MatsumotoOsamu Inoue

Platforms
  
Super Nintendo Entertainment System, TurboGrafx-16, PC-9800 series, TurboGrafx-CD

Publishers
  
Riverhillsoft, Tokai Communications

Similar
  
Riverhillsoft games, Role-playing video games

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Princess Minerva (プリンセス・ミネルバ, Purinsesu Mineruba) is a role-playing video game developed and published by Riverhillsoft for the NEC PC-9801 in 1994 in Japan only. An original video animation by Group TAC was originally released by Toho in May 1995 in Japan; it was later released also in the United States. The extended franchise also includes a manga series, an illustrated serial novel, and other media.

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Video game

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The video game eveloped by Riverhillsoft and published by Riverhillsoft and Vic Tokai Corporation for the NEC PC-9801, PC Engine and Super Famicom.

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In the game, the evil sorceress Dynastar (ダイナスター) (voiced by Yōko Matsuoka) challenges Princess Minerva (voiced by Miki Itou, threatening to kidnap all the girls in the world and turn them into monsters. Minerva leaves with her eight personal female bodyguards to defeat Dynastar and her six also female demon generals. The game starts when all their weapons, armor and money gets stolen.

On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the Super Famicom version of the game a 23 out of 40.

Anime

The original video animation Princess Minerva was produced by Group TAC was released by Toho in May 1995 in Japan. It was released by A.D. Vision in the United States in September 1995 and then again in 1998.

The OAV serves as a prequel to the game, telling how Minerva assembled her team of the most beautiful and powerful women warriors, and how she first run into Dynastar who tried to kidnap her and her friends.

Dave Halverson gave the anime version a rating of C. Chris Beveridge of Mania.com gave it a B-.

Cast

  • Princess Minerva. Voiced by: Miki Itou (Japanese); Jessica Calvello (English)
  • Blue Morris Rui Elmitage. Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese); Kim Sevier (English)
  • Whisler. Voiced by: Akio Ohtsuka (Japanese); Guil Lunde (English)
  • Yurisis Cheloria. Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese); Marcy Rae (English)
  • Tua. Voiced by: Junko Iwao (Japanese); Junie Hoang (English)
  • Dynastar. Voiced by: Masako Katsuki (Japanese); Pam Rosenberger (English)
  • Precission. Voiced by: Miki Nagasawa (Japanese); Meredith Dahl (English)
  • Lakuroa Balbis. Voiced by: Rei Sakuma (Japanese); Toni Navarre (English)
  • Kessley. Voiced by: Rica Matsumoto (Japanese); Laura Chapman (English)
  • K-2. Voiced by: Rikako Aikawa (Japanese); Kurt Stoll (English)
  • Orlin. Voiced by: Rio Natsuki (Japanese); Tiffany Grant (English)
  • Linealter. Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu (Japanese); Steve Spurgat (English)
  • Hagan. Voiced by: Seizo Katou (Japanese); Rob Mungle (English)
  • Yamaha. Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese); Bryan Bounds (English)
  • Other media

    A five-issue shounen manga series and a nine-volume illustrated serial novel were also released, written by the game's writer Maisaka Kou and published by ASCII comix and Shueisha, respectively, during the 1990s. An original soundtrack / drama CD compilation was released by Futureland in 1995. Other released included a regular original soundtrack and a CD collection of graphics.

    References

    Princess Minerva Wikipedia