Angelique (video game series)

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' is a Japanese otome game series and media franchise. There are various OVAs, Drama CDs, Music CDs and Anime series, developed along with the base game, or broadcast on TV channels, etc. The series began in 1994 and has continued since. The latest entry in the series is Angelique Luminarise, released in 2021. The Angelique series is also the first otome game series of the ' by Ruby Party. 1995 (Special), Angelique Special 2 1995, Angelique Trois 2000, Angelique Etoile 2003, and Angelique Luminarise (Anmina) 2021.

Legend:

"Etoile+" indicates: Both in game Angelique Etoile and anime Koisuru tenshi Angelique.
"Etoile anim" indicates: In anime Koisuru tenshi Angelique.
"Etoile" indicates: In game Angelique Etoile.

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! Name !! Version !! Position !! Role !! Universe !! Age !! Voiced by

|rowspan=4 | Angelique Limoges () || rowspan=1 | Angelique || rowspan=1 | Protagonist || rowspan=1 | Candidate for 256th queen ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 17 || rowspan=1 | (no voice)

| Special 2 || - ||rowspan=2 | 256th Queen of the universe || rowspan=3 | Yuri Shiratori

| 3rd Trois || -

| 4th Etoile+ || - || 256th Queen of the Shinchō || Shinchō

|rowspan=4 | Rosalia de Catargena () ||Angelique || Rival || Candidate for 256th queen ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 17 ||rowspan=4 | Kotono Mitsuishi

| Special 2 || - ||rowspan=3 | Aide of the queen Limoges

| 3rd Trois || -

| 4th Etoile+ || - || Shinchō

|rowspan=4 | Julious () || Angelique ||rowspan=4 | Target || rowspan=4 | Guardian of the light ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 25 ||rowspan=4 | Shō Hayami

| Special 2

| 3rd Trois

| 4th Etoile+ || Shinchō

|rowspan=4 | Clavis () || Angelique ||rowspan=4 | Target || rowspan=4 | Guardian of the darkness ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 25 ||rowspan=4 | Kaneto Shiozawa

| Special 2

| 3rd Trois

| 4th Etoile+ || Shinchō

|rowspan=4 | Luva () ||Angelique ||rowspan=4 | Target || rowspan=4 | Guardian of the earth ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 26 ||rowspan=4 | Toshihiko Seki

| Special 2

| 3rd Trois

| 4th Etoile+ || Shinchō

|rowspan=4 | Oscar () || Angelique ||rowspan=4 | Target || rowspan=4 | Guardian of the fire ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 22 ||rowspan=4 | Kenyū Horiuchi

|Special 2

| 3rd Trois

| 4th Etoile+ || Shinchō

|rowspan=4 | Lumiale () || Angelique ||rowspan=4 | Target || rowspan=4 | Guardian of the water ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 21 ||rowspan=4 | Nobuo Tobita

| Special 2

| 3rd Trois

| 4th Etoile || Shinchō

|rowspan=4 | Olivie () || Angelique ||rowspan=4 | Target || rowspan=4 | Guardian of the dream ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 22 ||rowspan=4 | Takehito Koyasu

| Special 2

| 3rd Trois

| 4th Etoile+ || Shinchō

|rowspan=4 | Randy () || Angelique ||rowspan=4 | Target || rowspan=4 | Guardian of the wind ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 18 ||rowspan=4 | Nobutoshi Canna

| Special 2

| 3rd Trois

| 4th Etoile+ || Shinchō

|rowspan=4 | Zephel () || Angelique ||rowspan=4 | Target || rowspan=4 | Guardian of the steel ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 17 ||rowspan=4 | Mitsuo Iwata

| Special 2

| 3rd Trois

| 4th Etoile+ || Shinchō

|rowspan=4 | Marcel () || Angelique ||rowspan=4 | Target || rowspan=4 | Guardian of the green ||rowspan=3 | Original ||rowspan=4 | 14 ||rowspan=4 | Hiro Yūki

| Special 2

| 3rd Trois

| 4th Etoile+ || Shinchō

| Angelique () || Angelique || - || 255th Queen of the universe || Original || 21 || Masako Katsuki

| Dia () || Angelique || - || Aide of the queen Angelique || Original || 21 || Atsuko Tanaka

! Name !! Version !! Position !! Role !! Universe !! Age !! Voiced by

|rowspan=3 | Angelique Collet () || Special 2 || Protagonist || Candidate for new universe queen ||rowspan=2 | Original ||rowspan=3 | 17 ||rowspan=1 | (no voice)

| 3rd Trois || Protagonist || 1st Queen of new universe || rowspan=1 | (no voice)

| 4th Etoile+ || - || 1st Queen of the Seijū || Seijū || rowspan=1 | Yoko Asada

|rowspan=3 | Rachel Hart () || Special 2 || Rival || Candidate for new universe queen ||rowspan=2 | Original ||rowspan=3 | 16 ||rowspan=3 | Miki Nagasawa

| 3rd Trois || - ||rowspan=2 | Aide of the queen Collet

| 4th Etoile+ || - || Seijū

|rowspan=3 | Alphonsia || (Male form spirit) || Seijū || 16 || Mitsuru Miyamoto

|rowspan=1 | Elda () || 3rd Trois || - || The missed one (Sealed spirit) || New universe || - || -

|rowspan=1 | Leonard () || 4th Etoile+ || Target || Guardian of the light ||rowspan=1 | Seijū ||rowspan=1 | 27 ||rowspan=1 | Rikiya Koyama

|rowspan=1 | Francis () || 4th Etoile+ || Target || Guardian of the darkness ||rowspan=1 | Seijū ||rowspan=1 | 23 ||rowspan=1 | Tomokazu Sugita

|rowspan=3 | Victor () || Special 2 ||rowspan=3 | Target || rowspan=2 | Tutor of the spirit ||rowspan=2 | Original ||rowspan=1 | 31 ||rowspan=3 | Fumihiko Tachiki

| 3rd Trois || 34

| 4th Etoile+ || Guardian of the earth || Seijū || 34

|rowspan=3 | Charlie Won () || Special 2 ||rowspan=3 | Target || rowspan=2 | Collaborator ||rowspan=2 | Original ||rowspan=1 | 23 ||rowspan=3 | Mitsuaki Madono

| 3rd Trois || 26

| 4th Etoile+ || Guardian of the fire || Seijū || 26

|rowspan=3 | Timka () || Special 2 ||rowspan=3 | Target || rowspan=2 | Tutor of the dignity ||rowspan=2 | Original ||rowspan=1 | 13 ||rowspan=3 | Atsushi Kisaichi

| 3rd Trois || 16

| 4th Etoile+ || Guardian of the water || Seijū || 16

|rowspan=3 | Mel () || Special 2 ||rowspan=3 | Target || rowspan=2 | Collaborator ||rowspan=2 | Original ||rowspan=1 | 15 ||rowspan=3 | Yumi Tōma

| 3rd Trois || 18

| 4th Etoile+ || Guardian of the dream || Seijū || 18

|rowspan=1 | Heuye () || 4th Etoile+ || Target || Guardian of the wind ||rowspan=1 | Seijū ||rowspan=1 | 17 ||rowspan=1 | Daisuke Namikawa

|rowspan=3 | Ernst () || Special 2 ||rowspan=3 | Target || rowspan=2 | Collaborator ||rowspan=2 | Original ||rowspan=1 | 27 ||rowspan=3 | Toshiyuki Morikawa

| 3rd Trois || 30

| 4th Etoile+ || Guardian of the steel || Seijū || 30

|rowspan=3 | Sei-lan () || Special 2 ||rowspan=3 | Target || rowspan=2 | Tutor of the sensibility ||rowspan=2 | Original ||rowspan=1 | 19 ||rowspan=3 | Tetsuya Iwanaga

| 3rd Trois || 22

| 4th Etoile+ || Guardian of the green || Seijū || 22

|rowspan=2 | Arios () || 3rd Trois ||rowspan=2 | Target || rowspan=1 | Mysterious man ||rowspan=1 | Original ||rowspan=2 | 28 ||rowspan=2 | Ken Narita

| 4th Etoile+ || Shadow of the queen (Collet) || Unknown

! Name !! Version !! Position !! Role !! Universe !! Age !! Voiced by

|rowspan=2 | Ange (Enju) Sakaki () ||rowspan=1 | 4th Etoile ||rowspan=2 | Protagonist || rowspan=2 | Legendary Etoile ||rowspan=2 | Both universes ||rowspan=2 | 17 ||rowspan=1 | (no voice)

|rowspan=1 | Etoile_anim ||rowspan=1 | Yōko Honna

|rowspan=1 | Constantan () || 4th Etoile+ || - || Spirit of the monolith ||rowspan=1 | Both universes ||rowspan=1 | ? ||rowspan=1 | -

|rowspan=1 | Conrad () || 4th Etoile || - || Captain of space-ship ||rowspan=1 | Seijū ||rowspan=1 | 46 ||rowspan=1 | -

|rowspan=1 | Sacrea no seirei () ||Etoile_anim || - || Spirit of the sacrea ||rowspan=1 | Seijū ||rowspan=1 | ? ||rowspan=1 | Akimitsu Takase / Eri Ōno

|rowspan=1 | Moira () ||Etoile_anim || - || Cosmic mind of Ange ||rowspan=1 | Seijū ||rowspan=1 | ? ||rowspan=1 | Yōko Honna

! Name !! Version !! Position !! Role !! Universe !! Age !! Voiced by

|rowspan=1 | Ange () ||Anmina || Protagonist || Candidate for new queen ||rowspan=1 | Reikyō

In Angelique Luminarise, the stage of the game is the third universe. "The universe of Reikyō (, the Honorable Owl)".

Titles

Main series

thumb|right|220px|Super Famicom catridge, Angelique 1994, the image at upper right-hand is mosaic censored. This image is shown as the title image at the top.

First installment in the series developed by Ruby Party. The game follows Angelique Limoges, an ordinary high school girl, is chosen as a queen candidate. With help from the power of the nine Guardians, she aims to be the next Queen. Angelique is generally considered to have popularized the otome game market. Angelique Voice Fantasy, Angelique Special, and Angelique Duet are all different versions of this game. The game was released on September 23, 1994, for Super Famicom. A Game Boy Advance version was released on March 21, 2003. A full remake titled was released for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.

:*Angelique Special is a revised version of the first game and features several new animated scenes, in addition to voice acting by several big-name voice actors. Among the new animated scenes were several love events that were not present in the original game. Others included the opening sequence and the endings. released on December 22, 1995 for PC-FX and published by NEC Home Electronics. The game was ported to PC, Sega Saturn, and PlayStation on March 29, 1996.

:*' included a special Audio CD and an add-on called Voicer-kun, which allowed for the addition of voice acting. The game contents are otherwise identical to the original version. It was released on March 29, 1996 for Super Famicom.

:*Angelique Duet was released on July 30, 1998 for Sega Saturn and PlayStation. The game was ported to the Nintendo DS in February 2006 This version allows the player to choose the usual heroine, Angelique Limoges, or her rival Rosalia de Catargena, as the main character. The DS version introduced a messaging feature.

Second installment in the series. Angelique Collet, a girl who lives in the universe that the heroine of the first game now rules, is chosen as a queen candidate for a new universe. The count of male characters increases to include the nine Guardians, as well as three Tutors and three Collaborators.
Third installment in the series. Angelique Collet, now queen of a new universe, is drawn into a pocket universe, Arcadia, with the rest of the Angelique Special 2 cast. She develops the wilderness of Arcadia in order to free Elda, a strange being she finds there.
Fourth installment in the series. The main character is a girl from the universe ruled by Angelique Limoges named Ange, who must save the new universe (the Seojū universe) as the "Legendary Etoile". Includes all of the major characters from previous Angelique titles, plus three new "Seijū Universe" Guardians.

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A renewal of the series with all new characters.
for PlayStation Portable
for PlayStation Vita, released on December 7, 2017.

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The first Nintendo Switch installment of the series, scheduled for release on May 20, 2021. The main character is a 25-year-old single office worker. It is the first new entry in the main Angelique series in 18 years.

Spin-offs

:A traditional role-playing video game with dating sim events and multiple endings. Angelique Collet is the heroine. The universe which Angelique Limoges rules is under attack from a mysterious figure called the "emperor", and Angelique Collet must come to the rescue.

Angelique Limoges is the main character. The goal is to explore the Flying City to find the Guardian's tea party. Though a board game, it has dating sim events and multiple endings.
Features the first two heroines, their rivals, the nine Guardians and the tutors and collaborators as students attending the same high school. The goal is to make dessert dishes and get rewards for them. Though a board game, it has dating sim events and multiple endings.
for PlayStation Portable

Games in non-Japanese language

As of May 2022, the game series has been released exclusively in Japanese, except for a Chinese PC version of the first game in 1994. Although KOEI is not opposed to releasing the games in other language(s) than Japanese, in order for such translations to be produced, the existence of enough demand must be shown.

Software

The first game series (Angelique 1994, Angelique Special 1995)
' : Released on July 21, 1995. Desktop accessories for Windows and Macintosh.
' : Released in 1996. Multi-letter printing software for Windows 95.
' : Released on January 31, 1997. Desktop accessories for Windows 95.
' : Released on October 27, 2000. Email software for Windows95/98/Me and MacOS8.1/9.

OVA

Angelique (Special, part 1, 2, 3) () (Clavis: Hideyuki Tanaka)

Manga

Angelique Serialized in Monthly Asuka by Kadokawa Shoten in 1996. This manga series was published as ten tankobon books series. Artist is Kairi Yura () who is the character designer of the game series Angelique.
Guruguru Angelique () (J.O. Oda)
Angelique Retour (). two volumes tankobon.
Sengoku Angelique (), a 2010 spinoff published in B's LOG Comic Kyun

Anime, OVA series

There are 4 OVA series:

OVA 1 - (2000; 2 episodes) - sequel to game events
OVA 2 - (2001; 3 episodes)
OVA 3 - (2002; 8 episodes)
OVA 4 - (2004; 3 episodes) - based on video game; first series chronologically, prequel to Shiroi Tsubasa no Memoire

Angelique Limoges and Rosalia de Catargena have been chosen as candidates in a Queen Examination - a test to see who is better qualified to be the next Queen of the universe. For this special examination, both girls are given their own continent on a planet. The girls must raise the continents into thriving civilizations and environments. Nine Guardians (who control various spiritual elements, such as fire, wind, and water) have been chosen to help the girls raise their continents during the Queen Examination.

Anime, Television series spin-offs

There was a Koi Suru Tenshi Angelique series (25 episodes) from 2006 to 2007.

(13 eps) 2006 spinoff of the OVAs
(12 eps) 2007 sequel to 2006 series

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CDs

Vocal and soundtrack CDs

Angelique, Yasashī ai no melody ()
Angelique, Fallin' love ()
Angelique, Soiree ()
Angelique, Sing & Talk - Harmonia ()
Vocal collection, Angelique Luminarise Sparkle! 10 March 2022

Drama CDs

Angelique, Hikari to yami no sacrea () (Clavis: Bin Shimada)
Angelique, Tokimeki no hōseki-bako () (Clavis: Bin Shimada)
Angelique, Koi wa Push & Push! ()
Angelique, Anata no hitomi ni yume-tenshi (sweet angel) ()
Angelique, Madowase naide sei-shōjo (innocent girl) ()
Angelique duet, Hikōtoshi monogatari ()
Angelique Luminarise, 1st step, 14 October 2020

The Angelique series greatly promoted and produced the development of otome games and their franchise markets. Koei-Tecmo has reported sales of the 2021 game Angelique Luminarise in the 30,000s in Japan and Asia in the first quarter of 2021 (April to June). According to Teitengame.com, the sales ranking of Angelique Luminarise is 132nd, and its total sales in 2021 were 14,506.

Neo Romance series

Neo Romance series is the otome game series developed by the women-based group Ruby Party in KOEI.

Angelique series (The otome game series in this article).
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Second game series of the Neo Romance.
Kin'iro no Corda - Third game series of the Neo Romance.
Neo Angelique - Fourth game series. This is totally different game from the series Angelique. Neither sequel nor spin-off. According to Ruby Party, the world of the series Angelique is the distant past of the Neo Angelique. Therefore, a bit similar gadgets appear, such that the stage of Neo Angelique is the continent Arcadia, which was the stage of Angelique Trois.

Notes and references

Bibliography

(ja) Naomi Tanizaki Angelique, Memorial book, 1995–0810, Koei
(ja) Naomi Tanizaki Angelique Special, Sweet guide, 1996, Koei
(ja) Naomi Tanizaki Angelique Special 2, Sweet guide, 1997, Koei
(ja) Naomi Tanizaki, Kio Okita Angelique Special 2, Memorial book, 1997–0930, Koei
(ja) Ruby Party ed. Angelique Trois, Sweet guide, 2000, Koei
(ja) Ruby Party ed. Angelique Trois, Memorial book, I, 2001–0707, Koei
(ja) Ruby Party ed. Angelique Trois, Memorial book, II, 2001–0904, Koei
(ja) Ruby Party ed. Angelique Etoile, Official guide, 2003–1230, Koei
(ja) Ruby Party ed. Angelique Etoile, Handbook, 2004–0129, Koei
(ja) Ruby Party ed. Angelique Etoile, Memorial book, 2005–0319, Koei
(ja) Ruby Party ed. Neo Angelique, Memorial book, 2008, Koei

External links

Official Neoromance website
Angelique at Neo-Romance.net
My Neoromance
Angelique Games information and screenshots from C-games.info

Titles

Main series

Spin-offs

Games in non-Japanese language

Related media

Software

OVA

Manga

Anime, OVA series

Anime, Television series spin-offs

CDs

Vocal and soundtrack CDs

Drama CDs

Related game series

Neo Romance series

Notes and references

Bibliography

External links