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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS |
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魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS
(Mahō Shōjo Ririkaru Nanoha
Sutoraikāzu) |
| Genre |
Action, Drama, Psychological, Magical girl, Science
fiction |
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Manga |
| Magical Girl
Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS THE COMICS |
| Author |
Masaki Tsuzuki |
| Illustrator |
Kōji Hasegawa |
| Publisher |
 Gakken |
| Demographic |
Seinen |
| Magazine |
Megami Magazine |
| Original run |
November
2006 – February
2008 |
| Volumes |
2 |
| TV
anime |
| Director |
Keizō Kusakawa |
| Writer |
Masaki Tsuzuki |
| Studio |
Seven Arcs |
| Network |
Teletama,
Chiba
TV, TV Kanagawa, Tokyo MX, Mie TV, KBS Kyoto, TV Wakayama |
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| Original run |
April 1,
2007 – September 23,
2007 |
| Episodes |
26 |
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
(魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS, Mahō
Shōjo Ririkaru Nanoha Sutoraikāzu
?) is the third season of the Magical Girl Lyrical
Nanoha series. The Nanoha anime was, in turn, a spin-off of the Triangle
Heart series of games and OVAs, specifically Triangle Heart 3:
Sweet Songs Forever. This season aired shortly after the
promotional event "Lyrical Party III" scheduled on April 1,
2007.
StrikerS takes place after the epilogue of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
A's, aired between October and December 2005. While the
epilogue connected A's to a world six years later,
StrikerS advances the timeline another four years, where
the main characters have gone on to work for the Time-Space
Administration Bureau (TSAB) and come upon a new case. The series
focuses more on team-based battles and bureaucracy rather than individual rivalry
and school life, due to the change in character dynamics. The name
StrikerS refers to an SS rank given to top mages, much
like how A's refers to A rank mages.
A special sound stage, under the name of StrikerS Sound
stage X will be released in Autumn 2008 on October 29. The
story takes place 3 years after the events of StrikerS and
continues the story of the 4 recruits of Section 6: Subaru, Teana, Erio and Caro, along with Vivio and the rest of the other Numbers.
Characters
Returning
characters
- Captain Nanoha Takamachi (高町 なのは, Takamachi Nanoha
?)
-
- Age: 19
- Voiced by: Yukari
Tamura
- An experienced combat instructor who, with her intelligent device Raising
Heart (sometimes called Raging Heart due to the actual Japanese
pronunciation the seiyū
use) and her best friends, has done great work for the TSAB.
Takamachi, commander of the Forward Stars Squad of Lost Property
Riot Force 6 (機動六課, Kidō
Rokka
?), despite her sweet and optimistic
personality, is an S+ (restricted 2.5 rank down to AA for routine
operations in Lost Property Riot Force 6 due to bureaucratic
limitations, revealed in episode 4) rank mage (the third-highest
possible ranking) who will use force to subdue someone if
absolutely necessary.
- Ensign Fate
T. Harlaown (フェイト・Ｔ・ハラオウン, Feito T. Haraōn
?)
-
- Age: 19
- Voiced by: Nana
Mizuki
- Fate T. Harlaown is the commander of the Riot Force 6's Forward
Lightning Squad and Nanoha's longtime best friend. Accompanied by
the intelligent device Baradiche, she is also ranked S+ (restricted
2.5 rank down to AA for routine operations in Lost Property Riot
Force 6 due to bureaucratic limitations), the third highest mage
ranking. Fate's birth name comes from the Ferrari
Testarossa.
- Lieutenant Colonel Hayate Yagami (八神 はやて, Yagami Hayate
?)
-
- Age: 19
- Voiced by: Kana
Ueda
- Hayate is a quiet and caring young woman who possesses one of
the most fearsome Lost Logia that the universe has ever known.
Ranked SS (restricted 4 rank down to about A for routine operations
in Lost Property Riot Force 6 due to bureaucratic limitations), the
second highest rank that a mage can attain (with SSS as the highest
possible rank), she has a vast expanse of power that even the TSAB
has trouble handling after ten years in the service. Lieutenant
Colonel Yagami is the commanding officer of Riot Force 6, which she
started, and is aided by Reinforce II, her unison device.
- Reinforce II (リインフォースII, Rīnfōsu
Tsuvai
?, Reinforce Zwei)
-
- A cute, super
deformed character—approximately 30 cm tall—that appears
harmless, but is in fact a very strong reformatted Lost Logia.
Easily annoyed but generally good-tempered, Reinforce II, Hayate's
fully sentient unison device, is also her chief of staff.
- Admiral Chrono
Harlaown (クロノ・ハラオウン, Kurono Haraōn
?)
-
- Age: 25
- Voiced by: Tomokazu
Sugita
- Commanding officer of the TSAB Navy cruiser Arthra,
the former command of his mother, Admiral Lindy Harlaown, who
stepped down in favour of a calm desk job. He is one of two people
with the authority to remove the limiters on Nanoha, Fate, and
Hayate and restore them to their true power levels; however, he can
and will only do such in a dire state of emergency. Chrono has done
so once.
- Second Lieutenant Vita (ヴィータ, Vīta
?)
-
- Age: 18
- Voiced by: Asami
Sanada
- A member of Hayate's magical servants/family, the Wolkenritter,
Vita is a short girl, in both appearance and personality of a
child. Temperamental and vengeful, she works under Nanoha as
sub-commander of the Stars Squad. She is named after the Opel
Vita.
- First Lieutenant Signum (シグナム, Shigunamu
?)
-
- Age: 29
- Voiced by: Kaori
Shimizu
- The Lieutenant is the leader of the Wolkenritter, the dutiful
Signum works as Fate's sub-commander of the Lightning Squad. She is
named after the Opel
Signum.
Signum does not really do much training with the new recruits of
Section 6, but she does help out on missions when necessary.
- Shamal (シャマル,
Shamaru
?)
-
- Age: 32
- Voiced by: Ryoka
Yuzuki
- A soft-spoken member of the Wolkenritter that specializes in
defense and healing. She is a medical officer. She is named after
the Maserati
Shamal.
She works in the Medical Area of Section 6.
- Zafira (ザフィーラ,
Zafīra
?)
-
- Age: 30
- Voiced by: Kazuya
Ichijō
- The lone male member of the Wolkenritter, this wolf-man, a
member of the support force, specializes in hand-to-hand combat. He
is named after the Opel
Zafira.
Even though he can transform into a wolf-man, he does not through
this entire series.
- Yūno
Scrya (ユーノ・スクライア, Yūno Sukuraia
?)
-
- Age: 19
- Voiced by: Kaori
Mizuhashi
- A Mage and Archeologist as early as the age of 9. He currently
works for TSAB as the chief librarian of the Infinity Library. He
is named after the Eunos series
of cars.
He does not appear much in the series this time around.
- Arf (アルフ, Arufu
?)
-
- Voiced by: Natsuko
Kuwatani
- Arf is Fate's familiar. She does not play any major role in the
plot nor does she make any major appearances. Sometimes, she is
seen as a dog-girl and appears about the age of Vivio, maybe a
little older.
New
characters
Along with the new character designs, the series introduced new
characters. This new roster includes:
TSAB
- Private Subaru Nakajima (スバル・ナカジマ, Subaru
Nakajima
?)
-
- Age: 15
- Voiced by: Chiwa
Saito
- A young woman who appears to use the modern-Belka magic system
and currently achieved Rank B, which is that of an average mage.
Her intelligent device, Mach Caliber, is a pair of roller blades.
She also possesses a second device, Revolver Knuckle, an armed
device which is also equipped with a Cartridge System. The Revolver
Knuckle once belonged to Subaru's mother, and comes in a pair, with
Subaru's sister, Ginga, possessing the Revolver Knuckle for the
left hand. Subaru was saved by Nanoha four years ago in a Lost
Logia incident at an airport on Midchilda, and it was this incident
that inspired her to join the Armed Forces. Subaru met Teana while
in the military academy, and were paired up by their instructors
due to the two being the only ones using non-standard devices.
While at the academy, Subaru was also a victim of harsh criticism
among her peers, due to her father being a higher up in the
military and the assumption that she is getting special treatment.
Subaru is extremely fast and strong, and had problems working
alongside Teana during their training days as she had difficulty
controlling her strength. Working under Nanoha as front attacker of
the Stars Squad, she greatly idolizes her commander. Subaru is a
bit naive about the military world -- for example, she didn't know
about limiters or what a Lost Logia was -- which allows for
exposition to both new viewers and those that have not read the
manga.
- Subaru, literally Pleiades in Japanese,
is apparently named after two Fuji Heavy Industries divisions,
Subaru and Nakajima Aircraft Company;
her name is written in katakana format which is usually used for
non-Japanese, as she is a native of Mid-Childa.
- Private Teana
Lanster (ティアナ・ランスター, Tiana Ransutā
?)
-
- Age: 16
- Voiced by: Mai
Nakahara
- Subaru's pigtailed roommate. Her handgun-like device, Cross
Mirage, uses a Cartridge System, and is considered a non-standard
device, although she is schooled in the Mid-Childa magic system.
The direction of the magic bullets that Cross Mirage fires can also
be controlled by Teana. Teana is an orphan whom lost her parents
when she was little, and was raised by her older brother ever
since, though he is now dead. Teana met Subaru and were assigned
roommates/partners in the military academy, and had been paired up
ever since. Though she aspires to become a great Ground Combat
Mage, her dream is to one day be able to take to the skies as a Sky
Combat Mage. This feat will be very difficult for her because her
magic ranking is considered too low and would make flight magic
difficult. However, Teana is able to use magic to create illusions
which is considered to be rare.[1]
This B-rated mage takes on the role of center guard in the Stars
Squad.
- While the official website gives her name as "Teana", the
opening animation calls her "Tiana". Her name appears to have been
taken from the Nissan
Teana.
- Private Caro Ru
Lushe (キャロ・ル・ルシエ, Kyaro Ru Rushie
?)
-
- Age: 10
- Voiced by: Mikako
Takahashi
- A pink-haired little girl with jewels on her gloves (which may
be a reference to Magic Knight Rayearth, as were
the names of the Wolkenritter) that are actually a new type of
device, a "Boost Device" named Kerykeion. She seems to have a magic
circle that is light pink, but then it also shows that she has a
magical square just like Lutecia. She first uses her magical square
in episode 17 when she summoned the Dragon King to destroy. Though
she is not proficient in attack magics, she is good at boost magics
and can perform the unique summon magics. Her unique talent as a
dragon summoner was frightening to the Ru Lushe clan, by which she
was raised, and they banished her from their native land of Alzas.
On the other extreme, the TSAB almost refused her because, though
her talent was great, her skills were not refined. However, Fate T.
Harlaown took her on herself. Caro appears to have a slight
romantic interest in Erio. She is currently a Rank C mage, and is
assigned to the Lightning Squad as fullback.
- It has been speculated, given the naming conventions used for
the other characters that are native to magical worlds, that her
first and middle names together were modified from the Mazda Carol. There is
also a motor vehicle named the Caro.
- Private Erio
Mondial (エリオ・モンディアル, Erio Mondīaru
?)
-
- Age: 10
- Voiced by: Marina
Inoue
- A boy whom Fate takes in and cares for, and the guard wing of
the Lightning Squad. He uses an armed device named Strada. It is a
spear (electricity attribute), similar to Signum's sword (flare
attribute). He uses the modern-Belka magic system, but is also able
to perform some Mid-Childa mobile magics like Sonic Move. Erio was
adopted by Lindy Harlaown four years prior to StrikerS, as Fate was
legally too young to do so. He is being monitored by the villain as
a creation of "Project F", also known as the "Project Fate" that created the character of
the same name. He is currently a rank B mage and was also said to
be an artificial human. Erio shows signs of a romantic interest in
Caro.
- Erio is named for the Ferrari Mondial.
- Friedrich (フリードリヒ,
Furīdorihi
?)
- Friedrich is Caro's dragon companion, the Silver Flying Dragon
(白銀の飛竜, Hakugin no Hiryū
?), raised by her since he hatched. He
responds to Caro's commands and can grow to incredible size.
Friedrich, unlike familiars, does not talk or have an alternate
human or kemonomimi form.
By Caro's request, he can grow into a full-sized dragon.
- Voltaire (ヴォルテール,
Vorutēru
?)
- Voltaire is Caro's guardian dragon, the Black Fire Dragon (黒き火竜, Kuroki Hi Ryū
?). He was first mentioned by name in
episode 10, and is said in the StrikerS manga to be Caro's trump
card. He is a fully summoned dragon, unlike Friedrich. Voltaire
first appears in Episode 17 and appears as a humanoid-form
dragon.
- Ginga Nakajima (ギンガ・ナカジマ, Ginga Nakajima
?)
-
- Subaru's older sister. She belongs to Battalion 108 along with
her father Major Genya Nakajima. When fighting, she uses the
intelligent device Blitz Caliber which has the same dynamics as
Subaru's Mach Caliber. She admires Fate for saving her from the
fire four years ago. She joined TSAB in order to further
investigate the death of her mother.
- Ginga literally means Milky Way or galaxy in Japanese.
Saint
Church
- Carim Gracia (カリム・グラシア, Carimu Gurashia
?)
-
- A Knight of the Saint Church and a member of the TSABs board of
directors. She's one of Mobile Section 6's supporters, and is
viewed as a sister-figure by Hayate. She's a practitioner of the
Ancient Belka system. Along with Chrono, she hold's the right to
release the limiter on Hayate's magic. She is named for the Toyota Camry
Gracia.
She uses cards to be able to tell the future of what will
happen.
- Schach Nouera (シャッハ・ヌエラ, Shahha Nuera
?)
-
- A Nun of the Saint Church and Carim's personal assistant. She
is named for the Mitsuoka
Nouera. She can transform just like mages. She uses mostly wind
attacks.
Scaglietti's
Organization
- Jail Scaglietti (ジェイル・スカリエッティ, Jeiru Sukarietti
?)
-
- A highly dangerous criminal that Fate has been chasing for
years, he specializes in Lost Logia, and his interests lie in
"biological manipulation and control". He is responsible for
creating the accidents surrounding the Relics, meaning to use them
for an unknown purpose, and using the long-thought-lost Jewel Seeds
from the first season to do it. According to Fate, he likes to toy
with his pursuers, and is especially trying to provoke her and
Nanoha. He was the founder of what would become Project Fate - Precia Testarossa created
Fate based on Scaglietti's research. He was also the one to fully
realize the Combat Cyborg project, which would lead to the creation
of the Numbers. It is later revealed that he
was himself created by the TSAB's High Council in order to bring
these projects about, being given a mind of great intelligence and
"infinite greed". (How he was created is left unexplained.) In
combat he uses an Inherent Equipment on his right hand to
manipulate AMF (anti magilink field) and bind/attack his
targets.
- His name comes from the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, which
got its name from the Italian coachbuilder firm Carrozzeria Scaglietti.
- Numbers (ナンバーズ, Nanbāzu
?)
- A group of 12 Sentoukijins(combat cyborgs) created by Jail
Scaglietti as his personal task force, all named after Italian
numbers. Each is gifted with a different Inherent Skill (IS), which
is nonmagical in nature and is thus able to function normally
within an AMF. As a result, they tend to work together with several
gadgets. Furthermore, each Number carries a clone of Scaglietti in
her womb which is set to develop into a fully functional copy of
Scaglietti in possession of all the original's memories within one
month of the original's death.
Key
Characters
- Lutecia Alpine (ルーテシア・アルピーノ, Rūteshia Arupīno
?)
-
- Voiced by: Natsuko
Kuwatani
- A purple-haired girl with a strange mark on her forehead, she
works for Jail Scaglietti and his mysterious superior and client.
She is seen in the opening credits standing on a magic square,
similar to the magic square of Caro's Mid-Childa summon magics, and
uses a jeweled glove Boost Device like Caro does. According to her
profile on the official website, her summons are Belka-based, which
makes her different from Caro who uses the Mid-Childa system. Her
summons include the small robotic fly-like Insekt (インゼクト, Inzekuto
?) and the human-sized Garyuu (ガリュー, Garyū
?). Referred to in the Magical Girl
Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Starter Book as simply "mystery girl".
Lutecia's Boost Device is named Asclepius, and it has black and
purple Boost Drives.
- Her name comes from the Renault Lutecia,
which is the Japanese market version of the Renault Clio. Her character design appears
to be inspired by Rider from
Fate/stay
night
- Vivio Takamachi (高町
ヴィヴィオ
?)
-
- Voiced by: Kaori
Mizuhashi
- After found by Caro and Erio during their break, she was taken
into Nanoha and Fate's care. Her most visible feature is heterochromia. In
episode 20, Vivio is revealed to be a clone of the "Saint regina"
of the ancient belka world. In the end of the series, Nanoha
officially adopted her as own child.
- Her name comes from the Subaru Vivio.
Media
Manga
A manga adaptation of the anime series was written by Masaki
Tsuzuki and illustrated Kōji Hasegawa and was serialized in Megami
Magazine between November 2006 and February 2008. The nine
chapters were then compiled into two tankōbon volumes by Gakken and published on May 30, 2007[2] and
March 28, 2008,[3]
respectively.
Anime
Seven Arcs produced
a twenty-six episode anime television series directed by Keizō
Kusakawa and written by Masaki Tsuzuki. Broadcasted on TV
Wakayama, it premiered on April 1, 2007 and aired weekly until its
conclusion on September 23, 2007.[4]
Most of the music was composed by Hiroaki Sano. It features four
pieces of theme
music: two opening themes performed by Nana Mizuki and two ending themes performed
by Yukari
Tamura. "Secret Ambition" is the first opening
theme for episodes one to seventeen. "Massive Wonders" is the second opening
for episodes eighteen to twenty-six. "Hoshizora no Spica" is the first
ending theme for episodes one to fourteen. "Beautiful
Amulet" is the second ending theme used in episodes fifthteen
to twenty-six. The series was released across nine Region 2
DVD compilation volumes in Japan.
Drama CDs
A series of four drama CDs were released by King
Records between May 23, 2007 and December 12, 2007 titled
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound Stage
01~04.[5][6] The
first drama CD of the series Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
StrikerS Sound Stage 01 contained a track titled
"Empty-Colored Promise" performed by Chiwa Saitō that was featured as an insert
song into the eighth episode of the anime television series.[4]
Two additional drama CDs were released as part of volume 84 and 100
of Megami
Magazine on May 1, 2007 and September 1, 2008 respectively
titled Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound Stage M The
StrikerS and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound
Stage M3 respectively. An additional drama CD titled
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound Stage X was
released by King Records on October 29, 2008.[7] Its
storyline takes place two years after the anime series and covers
the events surrounding the four new protagonists introduced.
CDs
The original soundtrack that contained all the
background
music used throughout the anime series was released across
three soundtrack albums titled Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
StrikerS Original Soundtrack Plus Vol.1~3 that were bundled
with first, fifth, and ninth DVD volumes that compiled the episodes
aired for the anime series. In total, the soundtrack consisted of
seventy-eight tracks composed by Hiroaki Sano that were released
between July 25, 2007 and March 26, 2008.[8][9][10] King
Records released four maxi singles between April 18, 2007 and
August 22, 2007 each containing a theme song featured in the anime
television series.[11][12] One
of the maxi singles, "Massive Wonders", also contained a track
titled "Pray", which is featured as an insert song into episode
twenty-four of the anime series.[4]
Reception
References
Megami Magazine Volume 82
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