Elemental Gelade
| Elemental Gelade | |
English manga cover of Elemental Gelade Vo1. 1 featuring Coud Van Giruet
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エレメンタルジェレイド (Erementaru Jereido) |
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| Genre | Action, Romance, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mayumi Azuma |
| Published by | Mag Garden |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Blade |
| Original run | February 28, 2002 – December 28, 2009 |
| Volumes | 18 |
| Manga | |
| Elemental Gelade: Flag of Bluesky | |
| Written by | Mayumi Azuma |
| Published by | Mag Garden |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic |
Shōnen Shōjo |
| Magazine | Comic Blade Masamune Comic Blade Avarus |
| Original run | June 15, 2003 – present |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shigeru Ueda |
| Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 5, 2005 – September 27, 2005 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Asaka Shou |
| Illustrated by | Mayumi Azuma |
| Published by | Mag Garden |
| Original run | August 29, 2005 – present |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Game | |
| Elemental Gelade: Matoe, Suifu no Ken | |
| Developer | Taito Corporation |
| Genre | Fighting |
| Platform | PlayStation 2 |
| Released | June 30, 2005 |
| Game | |
| Elemental Gelade: Tozasareshi Uta | |
| Developer | Jupiter |
| Genre | Role-playing video game |
| Platform | Game Boy Advance |
| Released | July 7, 2005 |
Elemental Gelade (Japanese: エレメンタルジェレイド Hepburn: Erementaru Jereido?, also translated as "Erementar Gerad") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mayumi Azuma. The fantasy adventure is a tale of a group of five who are on a journey to Edel Garden, the birthplace of mystical beings called Edel Raids who are described as "living weapons".
The manga series has been adapted into an anime TV series produced by Xebec, two light novels, two video games for the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance and four drama CDs. The anime ended after 26 episodes. The manga ended on 2009.
Prior to the original broadcast of the anime on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2005, both the manga and anime were licensed by Tokyopop and Geneon Entertainment, respectively for North American distribution. The announcement was made even after ADV announced they acquired licensing rights for both manga and anime a year before.
The tale of Elemental Gelade is set in the world of Guardia where beings called Edel Raids co-exist with humans. Edel Raids, (With it instead being pronounced EL-Dell) have the ability to fuse with a human and become a living weapon. The story focuses on the adventures of a young sky pirate named Cou Van Giruet, an Edel Raid named Reverie Metherlance or Ren as she prefers to be called, and three guardians of an Edel Raid protection organization called Arc Aile named Cisqua, Rowen, and Kuea. Reverie Metherlance is set on journeying to the legendary land of gold called Edel Garden, but it turns out that she is a powerful and rare Edel Raid called the shichikouhouji which leads to many villains attempting to kidnap her for themselves.
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