Million Arthur

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Million Arthur
ミリオン ア?サ?
( Mirion ?s? )
Created by Square Enix
Video game
Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur
Developer Square Enix
Publisher
Platform Android , iOS
Released
  • JP : April 9, 2012
  • WW : July 14, 2015 [1]
Manga
Jaku-San-Sei Million Arthur
Written by Choboraunyopomi
Published by Square Enix
Magazine Gangan Comics
Original run 2012 ? 2019
Video game
Kai-Ri-Sei Million Arthur
Developer Square Enix
Publisher Square Enix
Platform Android, iOS
Released
  • JP : November 19, 2014
Original net animation
Jaku-San-Sei Million Arthur
Directed by Manky?
Produced by Hiroaki Iwano
Music by Yasuhiro Misawa
Studio Gathering
Released November 20, 2015 ? November 14, 2019
Runtime 3 minutes
Episodes 90
Video game
Kai-Ri-Sei Million Arthur VR
Developer Square Enix
Publisher Square Enix
Platform PlayStation VR
Released
  • JP : May 25, 2017
Video game
Million Arthur: Arcana Blood
Developer
Publisher Square Enix
Music by Yoko Shimomura [2]
Platform
Released
  • Arcade
    • JP : November 21, 2017
  • PlayStation 4
    • JP : November 29, 2018
  • Windows
    • WW : June 20, 2019
Video game
Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur
Developer
Publisher
Platform Android, iOS
Released
  • PRC : March 30, 2018
  • JP : November 29, 2018
Video game
Kou-Kyou-Sei Million Arthur
Developer Square Enix
Publisher Square Enix
Platform Android, iOS
Released
  • JP : October 4, 2018
Anime

Million Arthur ( ミリオン ア?サ? , Mirion ?s? ) is a Japanese media franchise created by Square Enix , consisting primarily of a series of video games. The first release was an online free-to-play card battle game titled Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur ( ?散性ミリオンア?サ? , Kakusansei Mirion ?s? , lit. Diffusion Million Arthur ) , which was released for iOS and Android in 2012. A sequel game titled Kai-Ri-Sei Million Arthur ( 乖離性ミリオンア?サ? , Kairisei Mirion ?s? ) was released in Japan in November 2014.

An MMORPG titled Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur ( 叛逆性ミリオンア?サ? ) was released in 2018. The TV anime adaptation of the game Operation Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur premiered on October 25, 2018. The TV anime series is licensed in North America by Funimation . [3]

Franchise [ edit ]

Games [ edit ]

Series titles [ edit ]

The first game, an online free-to-play card battle game titled Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur ( ?散性ミリオンア?サ? , Kakusansei Mirion ?s? ) was released in 2012, written by Kazuma Kamachi . The title was ported to the Nintendo 3DS in October 2014 with a new interface to match the system's two screens. [4] An English language version of the game was released for Southeast Asia entitled Magnificent Million Arthur . [5] It was also ported to the PlayStation Vita with additional features including voice acting, gameplay changes and the ability of a player to edit their deck. [6] Square Enix closed the game's Japanese servers in 2015. On July 14, 2015 [1] it was released in Europe and North America by the South Korean publisher Gamevil . Servers for this release were closed on December 7 of that same year. [7]

A sequel game titled Kai-Ri-Sei Million Arthur ( 乖離性ミリオンア?サ? , Kairisei Mirion ?s? ) was released in Japan in November 2014. [8] The service ended on September 30, 2020. [9]

A virtual reality game titled Kai-Ri-Sei Million Arthur VR ( 乖離性ミリオンア?サ? VR , Kairisei Mirion ?s? VR ) was shown at the Tokyo Game Show in September 2016. [10] It was released in Japan on May 25, 2017, for the PC via Steam , requiring an HTC Vive headset to play. [11] A PlayStation VR version was released in Japan on September 28, 2017. [12] Released in English-speaking countries as Million Arthur VR: Character Command RPG , the PC version was released by Vive Studios in the United States and the Commonwealth nations (inc. the United Kingdom , Canada , Thailand , India , Australia and New Zealand ) on October 12, 2017. [13] [14]

An arcade game called Million Arthur: Arcana Blood was developed by Arcana Heart ’s developer Team Arcana , originally owned by Examu and released in Japan on November 21, 2017. [15] A PlayStation 4 port was released on November 29, 2018, and was originally planned only for release in Japan. [16] The game was later ported to PC and released worldwide on June 20, 2019. [17] The plot revolves around many Arthurs armed with Excaliber blades fighting to become the true king. [18] The roster of fighters features thirteen characters including faeries, clones, and guest fighters from other titles such as King of Fighters XIV and Trials of Mana . [18] [15] During combat, players can have three supporting fighters at a time from a selection of thirty one. [19] [20]

An MMORPG titled Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur ( 叛逆性ミリオンア?サ? ) was released in China for iOS and Android in March 2018 and released in Japan in November 2018. [8] The MMO was terminated on September 30, 2019. [21]

An action role-playing game titled Kou-Kyou-Sei Million Arthur ( 交響性ミリオンア?サ? , K?ky?sei Mirion ?s? ) was released for iOS and Android in Japan during October 2018. [22] Players create characters who explore 3D terrains, fight monsters, and perform special attacks with other characters within a players party. [22] The mobile service shut down on May 12, 2020. [23]

In 2021, Perfect World Games developed a licensed sequel codenamed "MA", it was officially unveiled as Kai-Ri-Sei Million Arthur: Ring in 2023. [24]

Character crossovers [ edit ]

Million Arthur appeared in the 2015 role-playing game Megadimension Neptunia VII as a DLC character, [25] but the character was removed from the Steam version of the game in January 2020. Thief (T?zoku) Arthur appears as a guest DLC character in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy . [26] Gestalt Odin featured six characters from the series as guest fighters. [27] Characters from others games have also appeared in the Million Arthur series, such as Iori Yagami from The King of Fighters series, who is both under his Miss X disguise and also a DLC in Heroines , appears as a guest character in Arcana Blood . [28]

Live-action television [ edit ]

A live-action television adaptation premiered on October 3, 2014. [29]

Manga [ edit ]

A 4-panel manga adaptation by Choboraunyopomi, titled Jaku-San-Sei Million Arthur ( 弱酸性ミリオンア?サ? ) , has been serialized within the Million Arthur games and via the Niconico Seiga website since 2012. [30]

Anime [ edit ]

Main article: Million Arthur (TV series)

An ONA adaptation of the Jaku-San-Sei Million Arthur manga premiered on November 20, 2015. [30]

An anime television series adaptation of the Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur MMORPG by J.C.Staff premiered on October 25, 2018, on Tokyo MX and other channels. [8] It was announced that the series will be split-cour, with the second season airing in April 2019. [31] The series is directed by Y?hei Suzuki and written by Tsuyoshi Tamai. Yoshinari Saito provides the character designs. The series' music is composed by Go Shiina and produced by Lantis . Genco is producing the series. [31] The opening theme song is "Highlight" by Ayaka ?hashi , and the ending theme song is "KI-te MI-te HIT PARADE!" by Himika Akaneya , Rie Takahashi , Nao T?yama , Yu Serizawa , Suzuko Mimori , and Rina Hidaka under their character names. [31] The second opening theme song is "Open the Worlds" by ORESAMA, and the second ending theme song is "Pearly×Party" by the voice actress unit Pearly Fairy. [32]

Merchandise [ edit ]

Square Enix announced that in mid-2021 they would be offering NFT 's of comics and stickers from the Million Arthur series. [33]

Common elements [ edit ]

The series is based around Arthurian legends and the blade Excalibur . [6] Demons invade Britain, and while the countries eleven leaders quarrel, the protagonist Arthur draws the sword, becomes king of the dragons, and leads the countries defenses against the invaders. [6] Other games take place in the fictional land of Camelot . [22] Kou-Kyou-Sei Million Arthur takes place in Camelot's future, where evil has conquered the land and a girl named Merlin gathers new "Arthur's" to retake the kingdom. [22]

Development and history [ edit ]

The original game was written by Kazuma Kamachi , creator of A Certain Magical Index , and over fifty illustrators created 170 playing cards for the title. [34] [35]

Reception [ edit ]

Western reviews were generally unfavorable for the original Million Arthur , with Touch Arcade praising the story and dialogue but blasted the passive and boring gameplay. [36] Gamezebo applauded the art direction and the games unique premise but also criticized the battle system and the Japanese-only voiceover. [37]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b Musgrave, Shaun (2015-07-14). "Square Enix And Gamevil Bring Smash Hit Social RPG 'Million Arthur' Global Today" . TouchArcade . Retrieved 2019-10-14 .
  2. ^ Heaney, Duncan. "Million Arthur: Arcana Blood out now on Steam!" . square-enix-games.com . Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  3. ^ "Spring 2019, Will Warm You Up!" . Funimation . 2 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Million Arthur Arrives On Nintendo 3DS" . Siliconera. October 22, 2014 . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  5. ^ "Square Enix's Million Arthur Has Been Localized into English" . Siliconera. April 4, 2014 . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  6. ^ a b c "Square Enix's Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur Starts When You Draw Excalibur" . Siliconera. April 11, 2013 . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  7. ^ Blyden, Jabulani (2015-10-30). "Million Arthur Smartphone Game Ends Service in N. America, Europe" . Anime News Network . Retrieved 2019-10-14 .
  8. ^ a b c "Square Enix's Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur MMORPG Gets TV Anime by J.C. Staff" . Anime News Network. March 21, 2018. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018 . Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  9. ^ "Notice of End of Operation Service" . July 31, 2020. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020 . Retrieved August 1, 2020 .
  10. ^ Cowley, Ric (September 2016). "Square Enix to collaborate with HTC to bring Million Arthur VR to Vive" . Pocket Gamer . Retrieved July 28, 2021 .
  11. ^ Romano, Sal (May 25, 2017). "Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur VR now available for PC via Steam in Japan" . Gematsu . Archived from the original on March 22, 2018 . Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  12. ^ Romano, Sal (September 19, 2017). "Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur VR for PlayStation VR launches September 28 in Japan" . Gematsu . Archived from the original on March 22, 2018 . Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  13. ^ Romano, Sal (October 17, 2017). "Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur VR for PC now available in the west" . Gematsu . Archived from the original on 2018-03-22 . Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  14. ^ Chow, Stephanie (October 12, 2017). "Square Enix brings Million Arthur VR card battler to the U.S. and more" . Venture Beat . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  15. ^ a b Romano, Sal (October 22, 2017). "Million Arthur: Arcana Blood launches November 21 in Japan" . Gematsu . Archived from the original on March 22, 2018 . Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  16. ^ Romano, Sal (2018-11-20). "Million Arthur: Arcana Blood for PS4 currently only planned for Japanese release" . Gematsu . Retrieved 2019-10-14 .
  17. ^ Heaney, Duncan (2019-06-20). "Million Arthur: Arcana Blood out now on Steam!" . Square Enix . Retrieved 2019-10-14 .
  18. ^ a b O'Connor, Alice (February 19, 2019). "Punch through magical Britain in Square Enix's Million Arthur: Arcana Blood" . Rock Paper Shotgun . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  19. ^ Sato (October 23, 2017). "Million Arthur: Arcana Blood's Opening Movie Shows Off Its Characters And Fast-Paced Action" . Siliconera . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  20. ^ Sato (June 20, 2019). "Million Arthur: Arcana Blood Stealth-Released On Steam, But One Support Character Got The Shaft" . Siliconera . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  21. ^ "Notice of End of Operation Service" . September 9, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-04 . Retrieved August 1, 2020 .
  22. ^ a b c d Sato (March 11, 2020). "Kou-Kyou-Sei Million Arthur is Ending Service on May 12, 2020" . Siliconera . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  23. ^ "Notice of End of Operation Service" . May 5, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-08-01 . Retrieved August 1, 2020 .
  24. ^ "《代?MA》定名《乖?性百万?瑟王：?》" . Perfect World. July 2023 . Retrieved July 20, 2023 .
  25. ^ Romano, Sal (August 10, 2015). "Neptune VS Zombie Army adds Tamsoft-chan, Neptunia VS Sega Hard Girls adds Nepbike" . Gematsu . Archived from the original on March 22, 2018 . Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  26. ^ Sato (August 26, 2018). "SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy Gets A Square Enix Guest From Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur" . Siliconera . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  27. ^ Wong, Alistair (October 16, 2018). "Square Enix Introduces Gestalt Odin's Story And Crossover Characters" . Siliconera . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  28. ^ Gordon, Justin (August 26, 2018). "Thief Arthur from Square-Enix's Million Arthur series revealed as a guest character for SNK Heroines" . Eventhubs . Retrieved August 26, 2018 .
  29. ^ "Million Arthur Game Gets Live-Action TV Show" . Anime News Network . August 20, 2014. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018 . Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  30. ^ a b "Million Arthur RPGs' 4-Panel Manga Gets Web Anime in Fall" . Anime News Network. June 11, 2015. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018 . Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  31. ^ a b c Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 6, 2018). "Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur Anime Gets 2nd Season in April" . Anime News Network . Retrieved September 6, 2018 .
  32. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 8, 2019). "Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur Anime's 2nd Season Premieres on April 4" . Anime News Network . Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
  33. ^ Kiya, Andrew (June 9, 2021). "Square Enix Million Arthur NFT Pressing Forward, Will Use LINE Blockchain Service" . Siliconera . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  34. ^ "Square Enix Working With Takehito Harada And VOFAN On A Card Battling RPG" . Siliconera. March 21, 2012 . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  35. ^ Priestman, Chris (July 14, 2015). "Fight to become the king in Square Enix's card-based RPG Million Arthur, out on iOS and Android" . Pocket Gamer . Retrieved July 28, 2021 .
  36. ^ Musgrave, Shaun (July 24, 2015). " 'Million Arthur' Review ? A Rusty Blade" . Touch Arcade . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .
  37. ^ Faulkner, Jason (July 21, 2015). "Million Arthur Review: A Sword Best Left in Stone" . Gamezebo. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019 . Retrieved July 27, 2021 .

External links [ edit ]

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