Chain Chronicle | |
Official Cover for the First Season Artbook, depicting Yuri, Phoena and Pirika
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チェインクロニクル (Chein Kuronikuru) |
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Genre | Action, Fantasy |
Game | |
Developer | Sega |
Publisher | Sega |
Music by | Takahiro Kai |
Genre |
Role-playing game trading card game tower defense |
Platform |
iOS Android PlayStation Vita |
Released | July 26, 2013 (iOS) August 1, 2013 (Android) July 16, 2014 (PlayStation Vita) |
Manga | |
Chain Chronicle Crimson | |
Written by | Junpei Okazaki |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Shonen |
Magazine | Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine |
Original run | July 2014 – August 2015 |
Volumes | 3 |
Original video animation | |
Chain Chronicle ~Short Animation~ | |
Directed by | Takeshi Mori |
Written by | Ken Shimomura |
Music by | Hideharu Mori Manami Kiyota |
Studio | Jūmonji |
Released | September 6, 2014 (Theatrical Screening) December 18, 2014 (DVD) |
Runtime | 40 minutes (5 minutes per episode) |
Episodes | 8 |
Anime television series | |
Chain Chronicle ~Light of Haecceitas~ | |
Directed by | Masashi Kudō |
Produced by | Kōtarō Urade Ken Kawakita Takayuki Funahashi Hiroyuki Kikugawa Makoto Nishibe Kazuyoshi Nishikawa |
Written by | Tōko Machida |
Music by | Masato Kōda |
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Licensed by | |
Original network | ABC, Tokyo MX, AT-X, TVA, BS11, TVQ |
Original run |
January 8, 2017 – present Theatrical Screening December 3, 2016 (Part 1) January 14, 2017 (Part 2) February 11, 2017 (Part 3) |
Episodes | 12 |
Chain Chronicle (Japanese: チェインクロニクル Hepburn: Chein Kuronikuru?) is a tower defense role-playing game developed and published by Sega for iOS, Android, and PlayStation Vita. It was released in Japan on July 26, 2013 for iOS, August 1, 2013 for Android and on July 16, 2014 for the PlayStation Vita. The game is licensed in Asia by SNDA in China, MobiMon for both Taiwan and Macau, Actoz Soft for South Korea and gumi Asia for both Southeast Asia and North American release, however the game was closed down in February 29, 2016.
The series spawned an original video animation series directed by Takeshi Mori, animated by Jūmonji. It was released on December 18, 2014. An anime film trilogy titled Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas premiered in Japanese Theaters between December 3, 2016 and February 11, 2017. An anime television series adaptation compiling the film trilogy was aired on January 8, 2017.
Chain Chronicle combines three gameplay elements: Tower Defense, Traditional Role Playing and Trading Card in the form of Arcanas. The RPG Elements drive the entire story, allowing the player to make decisions, visit towns and participate in events. The map system shows the towns and areas that the player must visit by tapping on one town to another, however for the player to get to the next town, it must clear some enemies first. Battle in the game is similar to a traditional tower defense game, each player can command a team of four Arcanas, with two more as sub-party extras and a guest unit. Each Arcana is assigned to 5 classes: Swordsman, Knight, Cleric, Archer and Mage, and each unit are weak to specific class. In the second versions of the game, updates introduced Fighters and Gunners, with the former being a type of Swordsman, and the latter being an archer-type.