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Date A Live

February 26, 2023

Date A Live (Japanese: デート・ア・ライブ, Hepburn: Dēto A Raibu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kōshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. Fujimi Shobo published 22 volumes from March 2011 to March 2020 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. Yen Press holds the license to publish the light novel in English.

Date A Live
Cover of Date A Live Volume 1 as published by Fujimi Shobo featuring Tohka Yatogami
デート・ア・ライブ
(Dēto A Raibu)
Genre
Light novel
Written byKōshi Tachibana
Illustrated byTsunako
Published byFujimi Shobo
English publisher
ImprintFujimi Fantasia Bunko
MagazineDragon Magazine
DemographicMale
Original runMarch 19, 2011 – March 19, 2020
Volumes22 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Keitaro Motonaga (I–III)
  • Jun Nakagawa (IV)
Produced by
List
    • Satoshi Motonaga (I)
    • Chiaki Kurakane (I–III)
    • Noritomo Isogai (III)
    • Daisuke Iwasaki (III)
    • Seiichi Kawashima (III)
    • Yuuji Matsukura (III)
    • Mitsuhiro Ogata (III)
    • Hiroyasu Taniguchi (III)
    • Mieko Tsuruta (III)
    • Yuuji Oosato (III)
    • Hisanori Numano (III)
    • Junichi Takagi (IV)
    • Yuu Kanemaru (IV)
    • Joutarou Ishigami (IV)
    • Shunichi Uemaru (IV)
    • Taiyou Matsuda (IV)
    • Naruki Fukaya (IV)
    • Masakatsu Umeda (IV)
    • Li Yang (IV)
Written by
Music byGo Sakabe
Studio
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Funimation (former)
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, GBS, TVS, SUN, TVQ, Chiba TV, TwellV, MTV
Original run April 6, 2013 – present
Episodes46 + 2 OVAs (List of episodes)
Light novel
Date A Live Encore
Written byKoushi Tachibana
Illustrated byTsunako
Published byFujimi Shobo
ImprintFujimi Fantasia Bunko
MagazineDragon Magazine
DemographicMale
Original runMay 18, 2013 – May 20, 2022
Volumes11 (List of volumes)
Media franchise

Five manga were published by Kadokawa Shoten and Fujimi Shobo in Monthly Shōnen Ace and Monthly Dragon Age. An anime television series adaptation animated by AIC Plus+ aired between April and June 2013. A second season by Production IMS aired between April and June 2014. An original anime film, Date A Live: The Movie – Mayuri Judgement, was released in August 2015. A spin-off light novel series, Date A Live Fragment: Date A Bullet, began publication in March 2017. A third season by J.C.Staff aired between January and March 2019. A fourth season by Geek Toys aired from April to June 2022. A fifth season has been announced.

Plot

See also: List of Date A Live characters

The series begins with a strange phenomenon called a "spatial quake" devastating the center of Eurasia, resulting in at least 150 million casualties. For the next 30 years, smaller spatial quakes plague the world on an irregular basis. In the present, Shido Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high school student, comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spatial quake. He learns from his adoptive sister Kotori the girl is one of the "Spirits" from different dimensions who are the real cause of the spatial quakes to occur when they manifest themselves in the real world. He also learns Kotori is the commander of the airship Fraxinus, crewed by the organization Ratatoskr and its parent company Asgard Electronics.

Shido is recruited by Ratatoskr to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits' powers thus stopping them from being a threat to mankind. However, there is a catch: to seal a Spirit's power, he must make each Spirit fall in love with him and make her kiss him. Moreover, Shido and his companions face the opposition of the AST (Anti-Spirit Team), a special unit designed to suppress the threat posed by Spirits by eliminating them, which is backed by DEM (Deus Ex Machina) Industries, a conglomerate led by Sir Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott who intends to exploit the powers of the Spirits for his own agenda. As Shido successfully keeps sealing more and more Spirits, he gains allies to help him with his dates with other Spirits but also increases the competition among them for his attention and affection, much to his chagrin.

Publication

Main article: List of Date A Live volumes § Light novels

Date A Live began as a light novel series written by Koushi Tachibana with illustrations by Tsunako. The first volume was published on March 19, 2011 under Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Twenty-two volumes have been released in Japan.[4] During their panel at the 2020 Crunchyroll Expo, Yen Press announced that they have licensed the light novel.[5]

Media

Manga

Main article: List of Date A Live volumes § Manga

The series received a total of five manga adaptions, all of which were published by Kadokawa Shoten and Fujimi Shobo in Monthly Shōnen Ace and Monthly Dragon Age.

Anime

Main article: List of Date A Live episodes
See also: Date A Live Fragment: Date A Bullet

The anime adaptation was directed by Keitaro Motonaga and produced by AIC Plus+. The series was streamed in lower quality on Niconico, with each episode available a week before its TV premiere. The first episode was streamed on March 31 and aired on Tokyo MX on April 6, 2013.[6] The final episode was streamed on Niconico on June 16 and aired on Tokyo MX on June 22. The opening theme is titled "Date A Live" (デート・ア・ライブ, Dēto A Raibu) sung by sweet ARMS, a vocal group consisting of Iori Nomizu, Misuzu Togashi, Kaori Sadohara, and Misato. The series makes use of four ending themes: "Hatsukoi Winding Road", by Kayoko Tsumita, Risako Murai and Midori Tsukimiya; "Save The World", "Save My Heart" and "Strawberry Rain" (ストロベリーレイン), all three by Nomizu.

Following the TV broadcast of the final episode of the first season, a second season was announced, which was set to air in April 2014.[7][8] The opening theme is sung by sweet ARMS titled "Trust in You" and the ending theme is sung by Kaori Sadohara titled "Day to Story".[9] The animation production was held by Production IMS.[10] An unaired episode was bundled with the third volume of the Date A Live Encore short story collection was released on December 9, 2014.[11]

The first and second season have been licensed by Funimation for streaming and home video release in North America and by Madman Entertainment in Australia.[12][13][14]

In his Twitter account, Tachibana announced Date A Live would get a third new anime series.[15] Animation production was held by J.C.Staff, with the cast and staff reprising their respective roles from the previous seasons. The series aired from January 11 to March 29, 2019.[16][17] The opening theme is sung by sweet ARMS titled "I Swear",[18] and the ending theme is sung by Erii Yamazaki titled "Last Promise".[19] The third season ran for 12 episodes.[20] Crunchyroll simulcast the third season,[21] while Funimation produced a simuldub.[22] In Australia and New Zealand, AnimeLab simulcast the third season.[23]

On September 17, 2019, a new anime project was announced.[24] It was later announced to be an anime adaptation of the Date A Live Fragment: Date A Bullet spin-off novels.[25] Tachibana announced via his Twitter account that apart from the spin-off adaptation, the main series would get a new anime as well.[26]

On March 16, 2020, it was announced that the series would get a fourth season.[27][28] The season is produced by Geek Toys and was scheduled to premiere in October 2021, but was delayed to 2022 for "various reasons".[29] Jun Nakagawa directed the fourth season, with Fumihiko Shimo writing the series' scripts, Naoto Nakamura designing the characters, and Go Sakabe returning to compose the series' music.[30] It aired from April 8 to June 24, 2022.[31] The opening theme is sung by Miyu Tomita titled "OveR" and the ending theme is sung by sweet ARMS titled "S.O.S".[32] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved from Funimation to Crunchyroll.[33] On April 21, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that the season would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.[34]

After the conclusion of the fourth season, a fifth season was announced.[35]

Theatrical film

Main article: Date A Live: The Movie – Mayuri Judgement

An animated theatrical film was announced via the official Twitter account of the television series as the airing of the second television season concluded.[36] On the event of "Date A Live II", the staff unveiled that the film will be titled as Date A Live: The Movie – Mayuri Judgement and premiered on August 22, 2015, with an original story supervised by the original light novel author, Koushi Tachibana. Nobunaga Shimazaki, the voice actor of Shido Itsuka, introduced a silhouette of the new title character, named Mayuri (万由里, Mayuri).[37] During the events of "Tohka's Birthday" on 10 April, Sora Amamiya was confirmed to be voicing Mayuri.[38]

Video games

A video game named Date A Live: Rinne Utopia (デート・ア・ライブ　凜祢ユートピア, Dēto A Raibu Rinne Yūtopia) produced by Compile Heart and Sting Entertainment released on June 27, 2013 for the PlayStation 3. A promotional video was shown at Anime Contents Expo 2013. The game features a new original character named Rinne Sonogami (園神 凜祢, Sonogami Rinne), voiced by Kana Hanazawa. A PlayStation Vita version of the game was released in on July 30, 2015, and features new characters and scenarios.[39][40]

Another video game, titled Date A Live: Arusu Install (或守インストール), was released in June 26, 2014 for the PlayStation 3, featuring another new character named Maria Arusu (或守 鞠亜, Arusu Maria), voiced by Suzuko Mimori. A new installment for both past games, named Date A Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation (デート・ア・ライブ Twin Edition 凜緒リンカーネイション, Dēto A Raibu Tsuin Edishon Rio Rinkāneishon) produced by Compile Heart and Sting Entertainment was released on July 30, 2015 for the PlayStation Vita. It is a de facto sequel with new characters and new scenarios. The game features the Yamai Sisters, Miku Izayoi, Rinne Sonogami, Maria Arusu, as well as Marina Arusu, and a new original character named Rio (凜緒, Rio), voiced by Ayane Sakura. A promotional video was shown at the events of Date A Fes II. An English version of Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation has been released on PlayStation 4 and Steam platforms on July 23, 2019.[41] The PlayStation 4 version was censored, which caused criticism.[42]

A fourth video game produced again by Compile Heart, titled Date A Live: Ren Dystopia (デート・ア・ライブ 蓮ディストピア, Dēto A Raibu: Ren Disutopia), was scheduled to be released on July 18, 2019 for the PlayStation 4, in Japan.[43] In addition to the standard addition, which will cost 7,776 yen at retail and yen via download, a 9,936 yen limited edition is also planned. The limited edition includes a Tsunako-designed box, special books (Koushi Tachibana-written short story, etc.), and a drama CD. Due to various reasons, the release date has been pushed back to September 24, 2020.[44][45]

A free-to-play mobile game titled Date A Live: Spirit Pledge was released in China on September 21, 2018 for Android and iOS.[46][47] A beta test of a global version started on July 26, 2020.[48]

Reception

The first volume of the first anime season placed eighth place amongst Blu-ray sales in Japan during its debut week within the Oricon charts.[49] The PS3 game Date A Live: Rinne Utopia sold 23,340 physical retail copies within the first week of release in Japan.[50] By October 2015, the series as a whole had sold over four million copies.[51]

On June 12, 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Culture listed Date A Live II among 38 anime and manga titles banned in China.[52]

See also

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Date A Live Japanese デート ア ライブ Hepburn Deto A Raibu is a Japanese light novel series written by Kōshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako Fujimi Shobo published 22 volumes from March 2011 to March 2020 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint Yen Press holds the license to publish the light novel in English Date A LiveCover of Date A Live Volume 1 as published by Fujimi Shobo featuring Tohka Yatogamiデート ア ライブ Deto A Raibu GenreHarem 1 Romantic comedy 2 Science fantasy 3 Light novelWritten byKōshi TachibanaIllustrated byTsunakoPublished byFujimi ShoboEnglish publisherNA Yen PressImprintFujimi Fantasia BunkoMagazineDragon MagazineDemographicMaleOriginal runMarch 19 2011 March 19 2020Volumes22 List of volumes Anime television seriesDirected byKeitaro Motonaga I III Jun Nakagawa IV Produced byList Satoshi Motonaga I Chiaki Kurakane I III Noritomo Isogai III Daisuke Iwasaki III Seiichi Kawashima III Yuuji Matsukura III Mitsuhiro Ogata III Hiroyasu Taniguchi III Mieko Tsuruta III Yuuji Oosato III Hisanori Numano III Junichi Takagi IV Yuu Kanemaru IV Joutarou Ishigami IV Shunichi Uemaru IV Taiyou Matsuda IV Naruki Fukaya IV Masakatsu Umeda IV Li Yang IV Written byHideki Shirane I III Fumihiko Shimo IV Music byGo SakabeStudioAIC Plus I Production IMS II J C Staff III Geek Toys IV Licensed byCrunchyroll AUS Madman EntertainmentNA Funimation former Original networkAT X Tokyo MX GBS TVS SUN TVQ Chiba TV TwellV MTVOriginal runApril 6 2013 presentEpisodes46 2 OVAs List of episodes Light novelDate A Live EncoreWritten byKoushi TachibanaIllustrated byTsunakoPublished byFujimi ShoboImprintFujimi Fantasia BunkoMagazineDragon MagazineDemographicMaleOriginal runMay 18 2013 May 20 2022Volumes11 List of volumes Media franchiseList of Date A Live manga Date A Live The Movie Mayuri Judgement Date A Live Fragment Date A Bullet List of Date A Live video gamesFive manga were published by Kadokawa Shoten and Fujimi Shobo in Monthly Shōnen Ace and Monthly Dragon Age An anime television series adaptation animated by AIC Plus aired between April and June 2013 A second season by Production IMS aired between April and June 2014 An original anime film Date A Live The Movie Mayuri Judgement was released in August 2015 A spin off light novel series Date A Live Fragment Date A Bullet began publication in March 2017 A third season by J C Staff aired between January and March 2019 A fourth season by Geek Toys aired from April to June 2022 A fifth season has been announced Contents 1 Plot 2 Publication 3 Media 3 1 Manga 3 2 Anime 3 3 Theatrical film 3 4 Video games 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPlot EditSee also List of Date A Live characters The series begins with a strange phenomenon called a spatial quake devastating the center of Eurasia resulting in at least 150 million casualties For the next 30 years smaller spatial quakes plague the world on an irregular basis In the present Shido Itsuka a seemingly ordinary high school student comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spatial quake He learns from his adoptive sister Kotori the girl is one of the Spirits from different dimensions who are the real cause of the spatial quakes to occur when they manifest themselves in the real world He also learns Kotori is the commander of the airship Fraxinus crewed by the organization Ratatoskr and its parent company Asgard Electronics Shido is recruited by Ratatoskr to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits powers thus stopping them from being a threat to mankind However there is a catch to seal a Spirit s power he must make each Spirit fall in love with him and make her kiss him Moreover Shido and his companions face the opposition of the AST Anti Spirit Team a special unit designed to suppress the threat posed by Spirits by eliminating them which is backed by DEM Deus Ex Machina Industries a conglomerate led by Sir Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott who intends to exploit the powers of the Spirits for his own agenda As Shido successfully keeps sealing more and more Spirits he gains allies to help him with his dates with other Spirits but also increases the competition among them for his attention and affection much to his chagrin Publication EditMain article List of Date A Live volumes Light novels Date A Live began as a light novel series written by Koushi Tachibana with illustrations by Tsunako The first volume was published on March 19 2011 under Fujimi Shobo s Fujimi Fantasia Bunko Twenty two volumes have been released in Japan 4 During their panel at the 2020 Crunchyroll Expo Yen Press announced that they have licensed the light novel 5 Media EditManga Edit Main article List of Date A Live volumes Manga The series received a total of five manga adaptions all of which were published by Kadokawa Shoten and Fujimi Shobo in Monthly Shōnen Ace and Monthly Dragon Age Anime Edit Main article List of Date A Live episodes See also Date A Live Fragment Date A Bullet The anime adaptation was directed by Keitaro Motonaga and produced by AIC Plus The series was streamed in lower quality on Niconico with each episode available a week before its TV premiere The first episode was streamed on March 31 and aired on Tokyo MX on April 6 2013 6 The final episode was streamed on Niconico on June 16 and aired on Tokyo MX on June 22 The opening theme is titled Date A Live デート ア ライブ Deto A Raibu sung by sweet ARMS a vocal group consisting of Iori Nomizu Misuzu Togashi Kaori Sadohara and Misato The series makes use of four ending themes Hatsukoi Winding Road by Kayoko Tsumita Risako Murai and Midori Tsukimiya Save The World Save My Heart and Strawberry Rain ストロベリーレイン all three by Nomizu Following the TV broadcast of the final episode of the first season a second season was announced which was set to air in April 2014 7 8 The opening theme is sung by sweet ARMS titled Trust in You and the ending theme is sung by Kaori Sadohara titled Day to Story 9 The animation production was held by Production IMS 10 An unaired episode was bundled with the third volume of the Date A Live Encore short story collection was released on December 9 2014 11 The first and second season have been licensed by Funimation for streaming and home video release in North America and by Madman Entertainment in Australia 12 13 14 In his Twitter account Tachibana announced Date A Live would get a third new anime series 15 Animation production was held by J C Staff with the cast and staff reprising their respective roles from the previous seasons The series aired from January 11 to March 29 2019 16 17 The opening theme is sung by sweet ARMS titled I Swear 18 and the ending theme is sung by Erii Yamazaki titled Last Promise 19 The third season ran for 12 episodes 20 Crunchyroll simulcast the third season 21 while Funimation produced a simuldub 22 In Australia and New Zealand AnimeLab simulcast the third season 23 On September 17 2019 a new anime project was announced 24 It was later announced to be an anime adaptation of the Date A Live Fragment Date A Bullet spin off novels 25 Tachibana announced via his Twitter account that apart from the spin off adaptation the main series would get a new anime as well 26 On March 16 2020 it was announced that the series would get a fourth season 27 28 The season is produced by Geek Toys and was scheduled to premiere in October 2021 but was delayed to 2022 for various reasons 29 Jun Nakagawa directed the fourth season with Fumihiko Shimo writing the series scripts Naoto Nakamura designing the characters and Go Sakabe returning to compose the series music 30 It aired from April 8 to June 24 2022 31 The opening theme is sung by Miyu Tomita titled OveR and the ending theme is sung by sweet ARMS titled S O S 32 Following Sony s acquisition of Crunchyroll the series was moved from Funimation to Crunchyroll 33 On April 21 2022 Crunchyroll announced that the season would receive an English dub which premiered the following day 34 After the conclusion of the fourth season a fifth season was announced 35 Theatrical film Edit Main article Date A Live The Movie Mayuri Judgement An animated theatrical film was announced via the official Twitter account of the television series as the airing of the second television season concluded 36 On the event of Date A Live II the staff unveiled that the film will be titled as Date A Live The Movie Mayuri Judgement and premiered on August 22 2015 with an original story supervised by the original light novel author Koushi Tachibana Nobunaga Shimazaki the voice actor of Shido Itsuka introduced a silhouette of the new title character named Mayuri 万由里 Mayuri 37 During the events of Tohka s Birthday on 10 April Sora Amamiya was confirmed to be voicing Mayuri 38 Video games Edit A video game named Date A Live Rinne Utopia デート ア ライブ 凜祢ユートピア Deto A Raibu Rinne Yutopia produced by Compile Heart and Sting Entertainment released on June 27 2013 for the PlayStation 3 A promotional video was shown at Anime Contents Expo 2013 The game features a new original character named Rinne Sonogami 園神 凜祢 Sonogami Rinne voiced by Kana Hanazawa A PlayStation Vita version of the game was released in on July 30 2015 and features new characters and scenarios 39 40 Another video game titled Date A Live Arusu Install 或守インストール was released in June 26 2014 for the PlayStation 3 featuring another new character named Maria Arusu 或守 鞠亜 Arusu Maria voiced by Suzuko Mimori A new installment for both past games named Date A Live Twin Edition Rio Reincarnation デート ア ライブ Twin Edition 凜緒リンカーネイション Deto A Raibu Tsuin Edishon Rio Rinkaneishon produced by Compile Heart and Sting Entertainment was released on July 30 2015 for the PlayStation Vita It is a de facto sequel with new characters and new scenarios The game features the Yamai Sisters Miku Izayoi Rinne Sonogami Maria Arusu as well as Marina Arusu and a new original character named Rio 凜緒 Rio voiced by Ayane Sakura A promotional video was shown at the events of Date A Fes II An English version of Date A Live Rio Reincarnation has been released on PlayStation 4 and Steam platforms on July 23 2019 41 The PlayStation 4 version was censored which caused criticism 42 A fourth video game produced again by Compile Heart titled Date A Live Ren Dystopia デート ア ライブ 蓮ディストピア Deto A Raibu Ren Disutopia was scheduled to be released on July 18 2019 for the PlayStation 4 in Japan 43 In addition to the standard addition which will cost 7 776 yen at retail and yen via download a 9 936 yen limited edition is also planned The limited edition includes a Tsunako designed box special books Koushi Tachibana written short story etc and a drama CD Due to various reasons the release date has been pushed back to September 24 2020 44 45 A free to play mobile game titled Date A Live Spirit Pledge was released in China on September 21 2018 for Android and iOS 46 47 A beta test of a global version started on July 26 2020 48 Reception EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2014 The first volume of the first anime season placed eighth place amongst Blu ray sales in Japan during its debut week within the Oricon charts 49 The PS3 game Date A Live Rinne Utopia sold 23 340 physical retail copies within the first week of release in Japan 50 By October 2015 the series as a whole had sold over four million copies 51 On June 12 2015 the Chinese Ministry of Culture listed Date A Live II among 38 anime and manga titles banned in China 52 See also Edit Japan portal Speculative fiction portal Video games portalReferences Edit Martin Theron September 8 2014 Date A Live BD DVD 1 4 Review Anime News Network Retrieved February 9 2021 Iori Nomizu Sings Date A Live Anime s Ending Theme Anime News Network February 1 2013 Archived from the original on 2018 08 29 Retrieved August 28 2018 The Flying Dog website has revealed that Iori Nomizu will perform the ending theme song Save the World for the anime adaptation of Koushi Tachibana s Date A Live science 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