Dual!
| Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure | |
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デュアル!ぱられルンルン物語 (Dyuaru! Parare Runrun Monogatari) |
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| Genre | Comedy, Mecha, Harem |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Katsuhito Akiyama |
| Written by | Yousuke Kuroda |
| Music by | Seikou Nagaoka |
| Studio | AIC |
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| Original network | WOWOW |
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| Original run | April 8, 1999 – July 1, 1999 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Katsuhito Akiyama |
| Studio | AIC |
| Released | December 22, 1999 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (デュアル!ぱられルンルン物語 Dyuaru! Parare Runrun Monogatari) is a fourteen episode series created in 1999 by Masaki Kajishima and produced by AIC, both well known for the Tenchi Muyo! franchise. It is licensed in the US by Pioneer LDC, later known as Geneon. In addition to the original run, an OVA special was added to conclude the series as a de facto "14th episode".
The title refers to the fact that the story takes place in two parallel universes, a concept loosely based on multiverse theory.
22 years ago, a huge alien artifact is found on a construction site by a worker named Yotsuga. The foreman orders that the artifact be broken apart to avoid delays. As Yotsuga walks towards the dumpsters to dispose of a small piece of the artifact, the world splits into two. In one world, Yotsuga tosses away the piece and the artifact is destroyed. In the other world, Yotsuga keeps the artifact, leading to the discovery of extraterrestrial technology that changes history.
In the present, Kazuki Yotsuga is a high school student who is shunned by other students as an otaku; his web site describes battles between giant robots that only he can see, but it is mostly as a result of him being occasionally seen by the other students reacting to their "presence". One day, the most popular girl in school, Mitsuki Sanada, approaches him to tell him that she likes his stories. This is only a ruse; she lures him to her father, Dr. Ken Sanada, who wishes to study Kazuki for his research on parallel worlds.
After being thrown into the other possible world by Dr. Sanada's devices, Kazuki finds himself still in Dr. Sanada's basement, but everything is covered with cobwebs. Kazuki goes home, but his parents no longer recognize him. He is found by Mitsuki, who has followed him. Along with a military escort, she takes him to the Earth Defense Force HQ, a paramilitary operation led by this world's Dr. Sanada. He soon employs him as a giant robot pilot.
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