Date A Live | |
Cover of Date A Live Volume 1 as published by Fujimi Shobo featuring Tohka Yatogami
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デート・ア・ライブ (Dēto A Raibu) |
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Genre | Science fantasy |
Light novel | |
Written by | Kōshi Tachibana |
Illustrated by | Tsunako |
Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
Demographic | Shonen |
Imprint | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
Magazine | Dragon Magazine |
Original run | March 19, 2011 – present |
Volumes | 16 |
Manga | |
Date AST Like | |
Illustrated by | Kakashi Oniyazu |
Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
Demographic | Shonen |
Magazine | Monthly Dragon Age |
Original run | March 9, 2012 – December 9, 2013 |
Volumes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
Produced by | Chiaki Kurakane |
Written by | Hideki Shirane |
Music by | Go Sakabe |
Studio | AIC Plus+ |
Licensed by | |
Original network | JAITS, Tokyo MX, AT-X, TwellV, Animax |
Original run |
March 31, 2013 – June 16, 2013 (Niconico broadcast) April 6, 2013 – June 22, 2013 (Tokyo MX broadcast) |
Episodes | 12 + OVA |
Game | |
Date A Live: Rinne Utopia | |
Developer | Compile Heart, Sting |
Publisher | Compile Heart |
Genre | Adventure |
Platform | PlayStation 3 |
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Anime television series | |
Date A Live II | |
Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
Produced by | Chiaki Kurakane |
Written by | Hideki Shirane |
Music by | Go Sakabe |
Studio | Production IMS |
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Original network | Tokyo MX, AT-X |
Original run | April 12, 2014 – June 14, 2014 |
Episodes | 10 + OVA |
Game | |
Date A Live: Arusu Install | |
Developer | Compile Heart, Sting |
Publisher | Compile Heart |
Music by | Shigeki Hayashi |
Genre | Adventure |
Platform | PlayStation 3 |
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Game | |
Date A Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation | |
Developer | Compile Heart, Sting |
Publisher | Compile Heart |
Genre | Adventure |
Platform | PlayStation Vita |
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Anime film | |
Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgement | |
Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
Written by | Hideki Shirane |
Studio | Production IMS |
Released | August 22, 2015 |
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. An anime adaptation series was broadcast on AT-X from April 6 to June 22, 2013. Each episode was streamed in lower quality on Niconico a week before its TV premiere. The series continued its broadcast run with Date A Live II from April 12 to June 14, 2014. A film adaptation premiered on August 22, 2015.
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 that the girl is one of the "Spirits" from different dimensions who are the real cause of the spatial quakes that occur when they manifest themselves in the real world. He also learns that Kotori is the commander of the airship Fraxinus, crewed by the organization Ratatoskr, and is recruited 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 her fall in love with him and make her kiss him. Shido's intelligent classmate, Origami Tobiichi, is a sergeant of the AST (Anti-Spirit Team), a special unit designed to suppress the threat posed by Spirits. As Shido successfully keeps sealing more and more Spirits, he gains allies to help him with his dates with other Spirits. Shido also increases the competition among them for his attention and affection, much to his chagrin.
Date A Live was originally released as a light novel. It is a light novel series written by Kōshi Tachibana with illustrations by Tsunako. The first volume was published on March 19, 2011 under Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Fifteen volumes have been released in Japan