Galaxy Fräulein Yuna

Galaxy Fräulein Yuna
銀河お嬢様伝説ユナ
(Ginga Ojōsama Densetsu Yuna)
Genre Comedy, magical girl, mecha
Original video animation
Galaxy Fräulein Yuna: Siren's Sadness
銀河お嬢様伝説ユナ〜哀しみのセイレーン
Directed by Yorifusa Yamaguchi
Written by Masashi Noro
Satoru Akahori
Music by Takanori Arisawa
Studio Movic, Starchild Records, Toho, J.C.Staff [1]
Licensed by United States ADV Films
Released September 21, 1995 November 22, 1995
Episodes 2
Original video animation
Galaxy Fräulein Yuna: The Abyssal Fairy
銀河お嬢様伝説ユナ♡〜深闇のフェアリィ〜
Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo
Written by Satoru Akahori
Music by Takanori Arisawa
Studio Movic, Starchild Records, Toho, J.C.Staff
Licensed by United States ADV Films
Released December 21, 1996 May 21, 1997
Episodes 3

Galaxy Fräulein Yuna (銀河お嬢様伝説ユナ Ginga Ojōsama Densetsu Yuna) is a series of video games, anime, and other media from Japan. The Japanese title literally translates to "Galaxy Lady Legend Yuna", "Fraulein" refers to the German word "Fräulein" standing for "Miss".

The main character of the series is Yuna Kagurazaka, a somewhat ditzy 16-year-old girl. After winning a "Galactic Bishōjo Contest", she becomes "The Savior of Light", a magical girl charged with defending the universe from evil. After becoming the "The Savior of Light", Yuna gains an impressively powerful armored suit. Her greatest strength, however, lies in her ability to befriend anyone, even her enemies. Her group of comrades (which is extensive) is comprised almost exclusively of former opponents.

History

Galaxy Fräulein Yuna originated in 1992 when Red Company, in association with Hudson Soft asked Akitaka Mika to create a video game for the PC Engine Super-CD console. Mika Akitaka was an established artist and mechanical designer, having worked on several Mobile Suit Gundam anime titles, including Zeta Gundam, War in the Pocket, and Stardust Memory. Hudson Soft released Galaxy Fräulein Yuna in Japan in 1992, with Mika Akitaka as character designer and writer.

The specific origins of Yuna lie in Mika Akitaka's MS Girls artwork, which were featured in many anime-related magazines during the late 1980s and early 1990s. With "MS" standing for "Mobile Suit", MS Girls was a collection of drawings of pretty girls dressed in Gundam-style powered armor. It is generally acknowledged that his work on Yuna was an evolution of the MS girls artwork. In fact, some of the original drawings in Mika Akitaka's book The World Wide Merchandise Division 2001 of Les MS Girls bear a striking resemblance to characters in the Yuna universe. At the 1998 Anime Expo in Anaheim, California, Mika Akitaka explained that Yuna began when his producer at Red Company asked him to design a shoot-em-up game featuring a character based on his Gundam F91 girl. The shooter ended up evolving instead into a visual novel, although Mika Akitaka would much later develop a title similar to the original Yuna design proposal titled Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire.

The Yuna series became popular quite quickly. This led to the production of several sequels for various platforms, as well as art books, music, CD dramas, and two anime OVA series.

Video games

There are a total of seven Yuna video games, and a few related software releases:

In addition, two Sega Saturn discs entitled Mika Akitaka Illust. Works, volumes 1 and 2, were released in 1996 and 1997 respectively. While these were software for a video game console, they are not true games, but rather collections of artwork, music, and digital omake material. Also released in 1997 were two computer software packages: Galaxy Fräulein Yuna Hybrid Collection and Galaxy Fräulein Yuna Visual Soundtrack. The former was a collection of PC-related omake such as desktop wallpaper, custom cursors, and screensavers. The latter contained a few music clips with slide-show style "videos".

All Yuna video games are mainly of the visual novel type. Combat scenes are played out in turn-based role-playing video game style. Yuna 3 incorporates a 3D Isometric view "tactical simulation combat system", transforming the combat into a that of a tactical RPG. Yuna also makes a cameo appearance in Saturn Bomberman as a secret unlockable character.

Anime releases

There are two Yuna anime series. The first, Galaxy Fräulein Yuna: Siren's Sadness, is a two-episode OVA. It was later translated and released in the west as simply Galaxy Fräulein Yuna. The plot of this anime overlaps with that of the Yuna FX video game; in fact, the opening sequence is completely identical, except for a difference in title card. This series is quite lighthearted and is primarily a comedy.

The second, Galaxy Fräulein Yuna: The Abyssal Fairy, is a three-episode OVA. It was released in the west as Galaxy Fräulein Yuna Returns or Galaxy Fräulein Yuna: Dawn of the Dark Sisters. This series does not duplicate any of the video game content directly, though chronologically it does takes place sometime after the first OVA but before Yuna 3. This series has a much darker tone than the earlier Yuna works, and while it does contain some comedy it is primarily an action/drama film.

CD and music releases

Music for the series was written by Takanori Arisawa. There have been many Yuna-related audio CDs released, including anime and game soundtracks, image albums, and several drama CDs. As well, in 1997 the Japanese radio station Bunka Housou broadcast a live radio show entitled Galaxy Fräulein Radio. The radio show content was later released on three separate CDs.

Characters

Matrix of Light

They are Yuna's first allies, as her main task in the first game was to find Erina, Jina and Marina. Together they can combine into a giant robot called El-Line to fight against the never ending Battle of Light vs Dark.

References

External links

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