El-Hazard | |
Title screen for The Magnificent World
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神秘の世界エルハザード (Shinpi no Sekai El-Hazard) |
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Genre | Adventure, comedy, romance, science fantasy |
Original video animation | |
El Hazard: The Magnificent World | |
Directed by | Hiroki Hayashi |
Produced by | Hiroaki Inoue Yasuo Hasegawa |
Written by | Ryoe Tsukimura |
Music by | Seikou Nagaoka |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Released | May 26, 1995 – January 25, 1996 |
Runtime | 30 minutes (epis. 2–6, each) 45 minutes (epis. 1 & 7, each) |
Episodes | 7 |
Manga | |
Written by | Hidetomo Tsubura |
Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Monthly Dragon Age |
Original run | 1995 – 1996 |
Volumes | 3 |
Anime television series | |
El-Hazard: The Wanderers | |
Directed by | Katsuhito Akiyama |
Produced by | Kazuaki Morijiri Kyoko Kobayashi |
Written by | Ryoe Tsukimura |
Music by | Seikou Nagaoka |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | October 6, 1995 – March 29, 1996 |
Episodes | 26 |
Original video animation | |
El Hazard: The Magnificent World 2 | |
Directed by | Yoshiaki Iwasaki |
Produced by | Hiroaki Inoue Kazuaki Morijiri Akiko Odawara |
Written by | Kazuhisa Onishi |
Music by | Seikou Nagaoka |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Released | March 21, 1997 – October 25, 1997 |
Runtime | 30 minutes (each) |
Episodes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
El-Hazard: The Alternative World | |
Directed by | Yasuhito Kikuchi |
Produced by | Hiroaki Inoue Kazuaki Morijiri Kin'ya Watanabe |
Written by | Mitsuhiro Yamada |
Music by | Seikou Nagaoka |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | January 8, 1998 – March 25, 1998 |
Episodes | 12 |
Original video animation | |
A Night of Captivation, Temptation, and Purification | |
Directed by | Yasuhito Kikuchi |
Written by | Mitsuhiro Yamada |
Music by | Seikou Nagaoka |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Released | 1999 |
El-Hazard (Japanese: 神秘の世界エルハザード Hepburn: Shinpi no Sekai Eru Hazādo?, lit. "The Magnificent World of El-Hazard") is a Japanese anime franchise written by Ryoe Tsukimura and directed by Hiroki Hayashi. The series was produced and animated by AIC.
There is also a manga adaptation, which is published in English by VIZ Media. The series was formerly distributed in the U.S. by Geneon. The distribution rights to the Wanderers TV series were acquired from Geneon by Right Stuf entertainment, announced during a Right Stuf press release on May 18, 2010. The anime was distributed by Right Stuf's publishing label Nozomi Entertainment.
The story focuses on three high school students, Makoto Mizuhara, Katsuhiko Jinnai and Nanami Jinnai, and the History teacher Masamichi Fujisawa, who are mysteriously transported to the fantastical world of El-Hazard. El-Hazard is threatened by a possible war between the human nations and the insectoid Bugrom tribe.
The central conflict in El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (神秘の世界エルハザード Shinpi no Sekai Eru Hazādo?, lit. "The Magnificent World of El-Hazard") focuses on Makoto, who along with Nanami, Mr. Fujisawa and human residents of El-Hazard fight against Jinnai's conquest, but other, more sinister machinations lie below the surface.