Log Horizon
Log Horizon (Japaneseログ·ホライズン, Rogu Horaizon ) is a Japanese novel series by Mamare Tono, which was several times as manga, as well adapted as an anime television series.
Action
As in the popular MMORPG Elder Tale (エルダー·テイル, Erudā Teiru ) its twelfth expansion Novasphere / Noosphere no Kaikon (ノウアスフィア の 開墾, Nouasufia no Kaikon, " land development from / to the Novasphere / noosphere " ) is played, suddenly find themselves all too this time logged in players - 30,000 in Japan - in the game caught again. Among these are the protagonist of the Enchanter (付 与 术 师(エンチャンター)) ( = support wizard ) Shiroe (シロエ) -, his old friend, the Guardian (守护 戦 士(ガーディアン)) ( = tank) Naotsugu (直 継) and the Assassin (暗杀者(アサシン)) ( = damage dealer ) Akatsuki (アカツキ), which rank among the most experienced players.
From his eccentric acquaintance Marielle (マリエール, Mariēru ), the (三 日月 同盟, " crescent Alliance" ) leads the guild Mikazuki domei, he learns also that all the portals between the five starting cities no longer work, but also beats from their Anwerbungsversuch. In addition, he must also learn how it is to be in a game, starting from the fact that the body sensation due to the different character size is another, but also how to effectively use his game skills. Fortunately, he learns, however, that one is automatically revived with a death in the game in the last visited city, but this also means that there is no escape from the game, and that the raids of players will increase rapidly to other games. Marielle told him that a guild member, Serara, in the local Akiba (Tokyo) remote Susukino ( Sapporo ) is caught, and asks Shiroe during her absence to take over the guild, what Shiroe thus rejects that he will undertake the rescue mission itself. Meanwhile Serara in the care of Nyanta, an acquaintance Shiroes, with whose help he freed Serara.
After his return, he learns that it was in Akiba mistakes during his absence. Thus, the stronger guilds those areas verleibten a deliver the fastest experience points, so that the weaker guilds are at a disadvantage; other guilds in turn use the game from beginners for their own purposes. In one of them, Hamelin (ハーメルン, Hāmerin, see Pied Piper of Hamelin ), landed the young siblings Minori (ミノリ) and Toya (トウヤ), Shiro used to know. To address these problems, he founded with his three friends the guild log Horizon (記録 の 地平線(ログ·ホライズン), "Log - horizon ").
Publication
Log Horizon is Mamare Tonos second plant after Maoyū Mao Yusha, and it has a similar unusual genesis. While Maoyū originally arose in an internet forum, he published History Horizon since April 13, 2010, on the site Shōsetsuka ni Naro (小説家になろう, " career novelist " ) on the users to publish novels. The first five volumes were published within a period of four months. Log Horizon served him here as an experiment, how to write a book in Japanese narrative style Kishōtenketsu. Was finally taken as Mamare Tono because Maoyū from the publisher Enterbrain under the contract, he was also offered Login Horizon publish professionally, with the five volumes sold more than 300,000 times.
From December 2011 he began with the sixth volume, which is ' the beginning of the second story cycle. The individual chapters appear here despite publishing release is still first on the website Shōsetsuka ni Naro and then published in book form by Enterbrain.
The individual volumes are as of March 2014:
The illustrations for novels come from Kazuhiro Hara.
Adaptations
Manga
In Enterbrain, as well as other publishers of Kadokawa Group, published four manga adaptations of the novel.
The first manga, which is drawn by Kazuhiro Hara appear on Enter Brains Webmanga site Famitsu Comic Clear since May 18, 2012. On February 15, 2013, the first summary of the chapter was published as a printed anthology ( tankōbon; ISBN 978-4-04-728718-1 ).
In ASCII Media Works magazine Comic Dengeki Daio published since issue 3/2012 of 27 January 2012, the manga Log Horizon Gaiden: Honeymoon Logs (ログ·ホライズン 外伝Honeymoon logs), drawn by Motoya Matsu. In this spin-off from the figures Marielle and Henrietta the guild Mikazuki domei are the protagonists. So far (as of October 2013) appeared to three anthologies:
In Fujimi Shobōs Magazine Age Premium is Vol.12 since July 9, 2012, the subscribed by Yūki Manga Log Horizon - published Seifu no Ryodan (ログ·ホライズン~ ~西 風の旅団). The series plays from the perspective of the organization Seifu no Ryodan the figure Sojiro. So far, the chapters have been summarized in three volumes:
The most recent manga adaptation is log Horizon Gaiden - Nyanta Hanchō Shiawase no Recipe (LOG HORIZON外 伝-にゃん太 班長·幸せのレシピ- ), drawn by草 中with the figure Nyanta as protagonists. This appears in Enter Brains Webmanga magazine comic B's -LOG AirRaid since 21 December, 2012. On 31 August 2013, the first print summary ( ISBN 978-4-04-729072-3 ) was released.
Anime
Studio Satelight adapted on behalf of the Roman NHK anime television series directed by Shinji Ishihira. The character design is by Mariko Ito.
The series ran from October 5, 2013 to March 22, 2014, the educational channel of the public NHK. The 25 episodes here include the first 5 volumes of the novel. In the last episode a second season for autumn 2014 has been announced.
Crunchyroll is streaming the series as a simulcast of the Japanese broadcast with English subtitles in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. Sentai Filmworks acquired the series for the North American home video market.
Music
The soundtrack to the series comes from Yasuharu Takanashi. As preload title database feat. TAKUMA (10 - FEET ) by Man With A Mission and Takuma by 10 - Feet used. The credits title song * Your turn is composed by Hayato Tanaka, and texted and sung by Yun * chi.