Maoyu

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Japanese light novel series by Mamare Touno

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::summary Japanese light novel series by Mamare Touno ::

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nameMaoyū: Maō Yūsha
imageMaoyu cover.jpg
captionCover of volume 1 featuring the title characters
ja_kanjiまおゆう魔王勇者
genreFantasy
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| name = Maoyū: Maō Yūsha | image = Maoyu cover.jpg | caption = Cover of volume 1 featuring the title characters | ja_kanji = まおゆう魔王勇者 | ja_romaji = | genre = Fantasy | type = light novel | author = Mamare Touno | illustrator = | publisher = Enterbrain | imprint = | magazine = | first = December 29, 2010 | last = December 22, 2012 | volumes = 8 | volume_list = | type = manga | title = Maoyū Maō Yūsha: Oka no Mukō e | author = Mamare Touno | illustrator = Hiro Touge | publisher = Akita Shoten | magazine = Champion Red | first = May 19, 2011 | last = August 19, 2014 | volumes = 8 | volume_list = | type = manga | title = Maoyu: Archenemy and Hero "Become Mine, Hero" "I Refuse!" | author = Mamare Touno | illustrator = Akira Ishida | publisher = Kadokawa Shoten | publisher_en = Kadokawa Shoten | magazine = Comp Ace | first = May 26, 2011 | last = August 26, 2016 | volumes = 18 | volume_list = | type = manga | author = Mamare Touno | illustrator = You Asami | publisher = Enterbrain | magazine = Famitsu Comic Clear | first = June 24, 2011 | last = November 11, 2016 | volumes = 8 | volume_list = | type = manga | title = Maoyū 4-Koma: Muitemasen yo, Maō-sama! | author = Mamare Touno | illustrator = Ronchi Nanatsumu | publisher = Enterbrain | magazine = Magi-Cu Comics web | first = Jun 29, 2011 | last = October 2, 2014 | volumes = 3 | volume_list = | type = manga | title = Maoyū Maō Yūsha Gaiden: Madoromi no Onna Mahōtsukai | author = Mamare Touno | illustrator = Taiki Kawakami | publisher = Kodansha | magazine = Monthly Shōnen Sirius | first = November 26, 2011 | last = March 25, 2014 | volumes = 7 | volume_list = | type = tv series | director = Takeo Takahashi | producer = | writer = Naruhisa Arakawa | music = Takeshi Hama | studio = Arms | licensee = | network = Tokyo MX, Mie Television, tvk, Sun TV, KBS, GBS, Animax | network_en = | first = January 5, 2013 | last = March 30, 2013 | episodes = 12 | episode_list = List of Maoyu episodes Maoyū: Maō Yūsha, also known as Maoyu or Archenemy and Hero in English, is a Japanese light novel series by Mamare Touno that was initially posted in a play format on the textboard 2channel in 2009. Enterbrain published five main novels in the series, in addition to three side-story novels between 2010 and 2012, selling over 450,000 copies in total. It has received several manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime adaptation by Arms aired in Japan from January 5 to March 30, 2013. The series follows the exploits of a human hero and the queen of demons who join forces to bring peace and prosperity to their war-torn world.

Plot

The story is set in a world embroiled by war between Humans and Demons. The Humans' greatest warrior, the Hero, invades the castle of the Demon King, intent on vanquishing the leader of the Demons. Inside, the Hero discovers that the Demon King is in fact a Demon Queen; and instead of battling him, the Demon Queen proposes an alliance with the Hero. She explains how a sudden end to the war can bring further chaos to the world as the Humans, once united to stand against their common enemies, would eventually begin fighting among themselves, with similar issues already occurring in the Demon Realm. Convinced by her words, the Hero joins forces with the Queen, and together they execute a plan to bring prosperity and a lasting peace to both Humans and Demons alike.

Production

Commercial releases

Game designer Shōji Masuda took note of the series and contacted the author on Twitter. This led to the establishment of a project to publish the series commercially as a novel. Masuda acted as the series' publication supervisor, with Atsushi Yamakita and Hiromi Hosoe taking on the role of setting director, Atsushi Yamakita providing extra consulting on map creation, toi8 providing illustrations, with additional character design assistance from Keinojō Mizutama. Besides the novel series, the franchise has received several manga adaptations and drama CDs and a TV anime adaptation, which was broadcast between January and March 2013.

Media

Light novels

| WithTitle = yes | OneLanguage = yes | LineColor = CCF | Width = 60% | VolumeNumber = 01 | RelDate = December 29, 2010 | ISBN = 978-4-04-726933-0 | OriginalTitle = 「この我のものとなれ、勇者よ」「断る!」 | LicensedTitle = | TranslitTitle = "Become Mine, Hero" "I Refuse!" | VolumeNumber = 02 | RelDate = January 31, 2011 | ISBN = 978-4-04-726994-1 | OriginalTitle = の陰謀 | LicensedTitle = | TranslitTitle = Conspiracy of Kurultai | VolumeNumber = 03 | RelDate = April 28, 2011 | ISBN = 978-4-04-727097-8 | OriginalTitle = 遠征軍 | LicensedTitle = | TranslitTitle = Expeditionary force of Seiken | VolumeNumber = 04 | RelDate = July 16, 2011 | ISBN = 978-4-04-727098-5 | OriginalTitle = この手でできること | LicensedTitle = | TranslitTitle = What Can be Done With These Hands | VolumeNumber = Episode01 | RelDate = October 31, 2011 | ISBN = 978-4-04-727551-5 | OriginalTitle = エピソード1 楡の国の女魔法使い | LicensedTitle = | TranslitTitle = Episode1 Female Magician from Elms country | VolumeNumber = 05 | RelDate = January 21, 2012 | ISBN = 978-4-04-727144-9 | OriginalTitle = あの丘の向こうに | LicensedTitle = | TranslitTitle = The other side of the hill | VolumeNumber = Episode00 | RelDate = June 30, 2012 | ISBN = 978-4-04-728095-3 | OriginalTitle = エピソード0 砂丘の国の弓使い | LicensedTitle = | TranslitTitle = Episode0 Archer from Dune country | VolumeNumber = Episode02 | RelDate = December 22, 2012 | ISBN = 978-4-04-728456-2 | OriginalTitle = エピソード2 花の国の女騎士 | LicensedTitle = | TranslitTitle = Episode2 Female Knight from Flowers country

Manga

The manga series Maoyu: Archenemy and Hero "Become Mine, Hero" "I Refuse!", illustrated by Akira Ishida, was published in English digitally by Kadokawa Shoten, with the first two volumes made available on BookWalker on December 24, 2014. 16 volumes out of 18 were released. Yen Press had licensed the manga and planned to release it in a digital format, but this didn't happen.

| WithTitle = no | OneLanguage = yes | LineColor = CCF | Width = 70% | VolumeNumber = 01 | RelDate = August 24, 2011 | ISBN = 978-4-04-715766-8 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 02 | RelDate = December 20, 2011 | ISBN = 978-4-04-120054-4 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 03 | RelDate = April 24, 2012 | ISBN = 978-4-04-120205-0 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 04 | RelDate = August 23, 2012 | ISBN = 978-4-04-120361-3 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 05 | RelDate = December 21, 2012 | ISBN = 978-4-04-120518-1 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 06 | RelDate = February 22, 2013 | ISBN = 978-4-04-120577-8 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 07 | RelDate = May 23, 2013 | ISBN = 978-4-04-120697-3 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 08 | RelDate = August 21, 2013 | ISBN = 978-4-04-120822-9 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 09 | RelDate = December 26, 2013 | ISBN = 978-4-04-120938-7 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 10 | RelDate = March 26, 2014 | ISBN = 978-4-04-121047-5 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 11 | RelDate = July 26, 2014 | ISBN = 978-4-04-101732-6 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 12 | RelDate = October 25, 2014 | ISBN = 978-4-04-101733-3 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 13 | RelDate = January 26, 2015 | ISBN = 978-4-04-101734-0 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 14 | RelDate = April 25, 2015 | ISBN = 978-4-04-101735-7 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 15 | RelDate = July 25, 2015 | ISBN = 978-4-04-102908-4 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 16 | RelDate = October 26, 2015 | ISBN = 978-4-04-102909-1 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 17 | RelDate = February 26, 2016 | ISBN = 978-4-04-102910-7 | LicensedTitle = | VolumeNumber = 18 | RelDate = August 26, 2016 | ISBN = 978-4-04-104685-2 | LicensedTitle =

Anime

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Takeo Takahashi and produced by Arms, aired in Japan on January 5 to March 30, 2013, on Tokyo MX. The screenplay is written by Naruhisa Arakawa and the music is by Takeshi Hama. The anime is streaming by Crunchyroll with English subtitles. The opening theme song is "Headwind" by Yohko and the ending theme song is "Unknown Vision" by Akino Arai. Sentai Filmworks has acquired the series for a release in North America, while in Australia it is licensed by Madman Entertainment.

References

References

  1. (November 6, 2012). "Maoyū Maō Yūsha Fantasy Anime's 2nd Promo Reveals Voices".
  2. "まおゆう魔王勇者~丘の向こうへ 8 (チャンピオンREDコミックス)".
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  6. (September 3, 2015). "Animax Asia to Start Airing MAOYU TV Anime on September 8".
  7. Yo Asami, よう 浅見. (September 2011). "Maoyu mao yusha. vol. 1.". Entaburein.
  8. "@ShojiMasuda's Twitter".
  9. Touno. Mamare. (December 29, 2010). [[Enterbrain]]
  10. "BOOK WALKER Global:MAOYU : Archenemy and Hero "Become mine, Hero" "I refuse!"｜ KADOKAWA eBook Store - BookWalker".
  11. (July 6, 2017). "Yen Press Licenses Silver Spoon, Kemono Friends Manga, A Sister's All You Need, Reborn as a Vending Machine Light Novels, More".
  12. "「まおゆう魔王勇者 「この我のものとなれ、勇者よ」「断る！」 （１６）」 石田 あきら[角川コミックス・エース]".
  13. "「まおゆう魔王勇者 「この我のものとなれ、勇者よ」「断る！」 （１７）」 石田 あきら[角川コミックス・エース]".
  14. "「まおゆう魔王勇者 「この我のものとなれ、勇者よ」「断る！」 （１８）」 石田 あきら[角川コミックス・エース]".
  15. (September 24, 2012). "Ami Koshimizu, Jun Fukuyama Lead ''Maoyū Maō Yūsha'' Anime Cast". [[Anime News Network]].
  16. (January 2, 2013). "Crunchyroll to Stream "Maoyu" Anime". [[Crunchyroll]].
  17. "Sentai Filmworks Offers Maoyu - Archenemy & Hero on Home Video". Anime News Network.

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