Gdleen

Jikō Wakusei Gdleen

Cover of the first light novel
自航惑星ガデュリン
(Jikō Wakusei Gadyurin)
Genre Science fiction
Light novel
Written by Yuto Ramon
Illustrated by Hitoshi Yoneda
Published by Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic Male
Imprint Sneaker Bunko
Original run September 1989November 1991
Volumes 7
Original video animation
Directed by Takao Kato, Toyoo Ashida
Written by Michiru Shimada
Music by Michiaki Kato
Studio Tokyo Laboratory
Released March 1, 1990
Runtime 45 minutes
Game
Developer Jorudan
Publisher SETA
Genre Role-playing game
Platform Super Famicom
Released May 28, 1991

Jikō Wakusei Gdleen (自航惑星ガデュリン Jikō Wakusei Gadyurin), known simply as Gdleen, is a Japanese science fiction light novel series written by Yuto Ramon and illustrated by Hitoshi Yoneda. The first novel in the series, subtitled Kamigami no Mikotachi (神々の巫子たち, trans. The Shamans of the Gods), was published in September 1989 by Kadokawa Shoten under the Sneaker Bunko imprint. It was adapted into an original video animation and released in 1990.

A role-playing video game based on the anime was developed by Jorudan and published by SETA, for the Super Famicom in 1991.

Plot

The plot of Gdleen revolves around Ryūn who crash lands on the planet Gdleen. There he meets Fana and the two are soon entangled in a long-standing war between the Babaress and Miyorl tribes.

Media

Light novels

Jikō Wakusei Gdleen series
No. Subtitle Release date ISBN
1 Kamigami no Mikotachi (神々の巫子たち, trans. Shamans of the Gods) September 1989[1] 978-4044112011
2 Ryūn no Densetsu (リューンの伝説, trans. Legend of Ryūn) November 1989[2] 978-4044112028
3 Gdleen Keikaku (ガデュリン計画, trans. The Gdleen Project) January 1990[3] 978-4044112035
Gdleen (Ai Hōrō Hen (愛・放浪編)) series
No. Subtitle Release date ISBN
1 Atsuki Kaze no Otome (熱き風の乙女, trans. Maiden of the Passionate Wind) October 1990[4] 978-4044112042
2 Kurenai no Senshi-tachi (紅の戦士たち, trans. The Crimson Warriors) December 1990[5] 978-4044112059
3 Unmei no Hijiri Kyōdai (運命の聖兄妹) May 1991[6] 978-4044112066
4 Taiyō no Musume (太陽の娘, trans. Daughter of the Sun) November 1991[7] 978-4044112073

Anime

The OVA, called Gdleen, was directed by Takao Kato and Toyoo Ashida and based on a screenplay written by Michiru Shimada.

Video game

The video game adaptation, called Gdleen,[8] was designed by Yuhei Yamaguchi, while the music was composed by Psychosonic, You Ohyama, and Toshimichi Isoe.[9] It is a single-player video game, and was the first role-playing game for the Super Famicom, released six months after the video game console's launch in Japan.

References

  1. 自航惑星ガデュリン(1)神々の巫子たち (角川文庫―スニーカー文庫) (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  2. 自航惑星ガデュリン(2)リューンの伝説 (角川文庫―スニーカー文庫) (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  3. 自航惑星ガデュリン(3)ガデュリン計画 (角川文庫―スニーカー文庫) (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  4. ガデュリン(愛・放浪編 1)熱き風の乙女 (角川文庫―スニーカー文庫) (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  5. カデュリン(愛・放浪編 2)紅の戦士たち (角川文庫―スニーカー文庫) (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  6. ガデュリン(愛・放浪編 3)運命の聖兄妹 (角川文庫―スニーカー文庫) (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  7. 太陽の娘―ガデュリン(愛・放浪編) 4 (角川文庫―スニーカー文庫) (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  8. ガデュリン [Gdleen] (in Japanese). super-famicom.jp. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  9. "GD Leen for SNES (1991)". MobyGames. Retrieved September 15, 2012.

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