World War Blue

Plot

A re-imagining of the console wars, the series tells the story of two kingdoms, the Segua Kingdom and Ninteldo Empire, locked in a struggle for dominance over the land of Consume. After years of war, the Segua Kingdom is on the defensive until a kid named Gear appears boasting of his incredible speed and powers, but what he does not know that is another person out there that is more powerful than him.

Characters

All of the characters are inspired by characters from various video game franchises.

Segua Kingdom

Gear (ギア, Gia)

Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Matt Shipman (English)A young man from Marcthree Village who possesses incredible speed. When he was young, his father left him to fight in the war; following the death of his friend Tial, he too joins the Segua Army in order to get revenge against the Ninteldo Empire. His father is shown to be General Alex, Segua's strongest Killer.

Nel (ネル, Neru)

Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (Japanese); Cait Page (English)A young girl with pointy ears who is Gear's childhood friend. After her parents were killed in the Marcthree massacre, she was taken in by Gear and Tial. She thinks of Gear as her older brother.

Til (ティル, Tiru)

Voiced by: Kōki Uchiyama (Japanese); Clifford Chapin (English)Gear's best friend who was killed by Ninteldo soldiers, prompting Gear to get revenge.

Opal (オパール, Opāru)

Voiced by: Izumi Kitta (Japanese); Brittany Lauda (English)An archer who is the second strongest in the Segua Special Forces. She prides herself on never missing with her arrows. She starts to fall in love with Gear after he shows her his true nature and strength.

Ramses (ラムセス, Ramusesu)

Voiced by: Yukiko Monden (Japanese); Theresa Buchheister (English)The lieutenant general of the Segua Army.

Ninteldo Empire

Marcus (マルクス, Marukusu)

Voiced by: Atsushi Ono (Japanese); Mike Pollock (English)The moustachioed general of the Ninteldo Empire, who helped it gain control of 90% of Consume. He is occasionally seen riding a green dinosaur named Yozu.

Zelig (ゼリグ, Zerige)

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Chris Niosi (English)One of the top soldiers of the Ninteldo Empire.

Guliji (グリージ, Guriji)

Voiced by: Mike PollockMarcus' younger brother and a commander in the Ninteldo Army.

Fae (ファーエ, Fāe)

Voiced by: Amanda Lee

Masa (マーサ, Māsa)

Karvai (カーヴァイ, Kavai)

Voiced by: Kira Buckland

Saroid (サーロイド, Sāroido)

Foster (フォスタ, Fosuta)

Pirika (ピリカ, Pirika)

Other nations

Tejirov (テジロフ, Tejirof)

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (Japanese); Y. Chang (English)A mercenary from the island of Lorgue who was once Ramses' upperclassman at the Puzzle Academy. He is able to produce magical barriers and has a tendency to make various dirty jokes.

Manga

The original manga by Anastasia Shestakova and illustrated by Crimson began release on Red Road's mobile service from 2007. Nine tankōbon volumes have been released as of 2012. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the series for release in North America. The first volume was released in Summer of 2013.

Volume list

Anime

An anime adaptation was produced by 5th Avenue. The first episode was aired on Tokyo MX from October 20, 2012 and was also simulcast by Crunchyroll. Episode 2 aired on December 27, 2012, and episode 3 aired on April 4, 2013. On September 11, 2016, Media Blasters announced that they would dubbed and distribute the series. On January 11, 2017, TOKU announced that it will premiere the World War Blue anime series in February. Later this month, was announced to begin on February 6.

The opening theme is "retrospective world" by Hiro Shimono and Nobuhiko Okamoto whilst the ending theme is "0 and 1's Flowers" (0と1の花, Zero to Ichi no Hana) by Izumi Kitta and Suzuko Mimori.