5.8 /10 1 Votes
Director(s) Kōji Ikemoto Writer(s) Kō Maisaka | 5.8/10 MyAnimeList 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 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
The video game eveloped by Riverhillsoft and published by Riverhillsoft and Vic Tokai Corporation for the NEC PC-9801, PC Engine and Super Famicom.
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-.
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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.