Gate (novel series)
| Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri | |
Cover of the first edition of Gate volume 1 featuring the main characters (from left to right): Rory Mercury, Yōji Itami, Tuka Luna Marceau and Lelei La Lelena.
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ゲート 自衛隊 彼の地にて、斯く戦えり (Gēto Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri) |
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| Genre | Fantasy |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Takumi Yanai |
| Illustrated by | Daisuke Izuka Kurojishi |
| Published by | AlphaPolis |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | April 12, 2010 – present |
| Volumes | 10 (original) 16 (reprint) |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takumi Yanai |
| Illustrated by | Satoru Sao |
| Published by | AlphaPolis |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | July 2011 – present |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takahiko Kyōgoku |
| Produced by | Nobuhiro Nakayama Teppei Ōta Nobuhiro Osawa |
| Written by | Tatsuhiko Urahata |
| Music by | Yoshiaki Fujisawa |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, TVA, MBS, BS11, AT-X |
| Original run | July 4, 2015 – March 26, 2016 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri (Japanese: ゲート 自衛隊 彼の地にて、斯く戦えり?, lit. Gate: Thus the Japanese Self-Defense Force Fought There!) is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Takumi Yanai and illustrated by Daisuke Izuka and Kurojishi from 2006 and later published by AlphaPolis. A manga adaptation illustrated by Satoru Sao began in July 2011, and three spin-off manga began in 2015. The first half of an anime television series adaptation aired from July to September 2015 and the second half aired from January to March 2016. The series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America.
When a portal from another world appears in Ginza, Tokyo, a legion of soldiers and monsters emerge to attack the city. Thanks to their far more advanced weaponry and tactics, the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) easily repels the enemy, passes through the gate and establish a forward base of operations to force the Roman-styled empire of the other world to open peace negotiations. Yōji Itami is a JSDF officer sent to investigate the other world, where magic, dragons and elves are real, using his knowledge of fantasy stories to make his way in this new environment.
The Order of the Rose Knights consists of an all female group of noble women from the Empire. Originally, they served as color guard and "decorative" pieces for the Empire's Army and was never used in battle. Their first form of full combat came at the Siege of Italica, where rogue Allied Soldiers became marauders and attacked the merchant city.
Clan Formal is a neutral clan that resides in Italica. The former patriarch was Colt Formal, a nobleman, who took in many poor residents and humanoids as servants. Normally, interaction between humans and humanoids are forbidden; but Colt took in many as it was a "hobby" for him. It's implied that his maids are also combat efficient, should the household be threatened.
Takumi Yanai, a former member of the JSDF, initially published the work on the user-generated content site Arcadia from April 2006 until June 2009 under the pseudonym Todoku Takusan (とどく＝たくさん?). In 2010, AlphaPolis made an arrangement with him to publish his work in print. The first two web-novel volumes were slightly altered to make them less nationalistic whereas the third, and final, web-novel volume was rewritten and expanded into three volumes. These five volumes were published from April 12, 2010 to December 22, 2011 with cover illustrations by Daisuke Izuka. Since then, the series has continued with five volumes of side stories as of July 2015. In December 2012, AlphaPolis began a reprint of the series as a light novel, where each novel volume was split into two small-sized light novel volumes in bunkobon format, as well as new cover and inside illustrations by Kurojishi.
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