Lime-Iro Senkitan | |
らいむいろ戦奇譚 (Raimuiro Senkitan) |
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Genre | Supernatural, Mecha |
Game | |
Developer | ELF Corporation |
Publisher | ELF Corporation |
Platform | Microsoft Windows |
Released | December 13, 2002 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Akira Suzuki |
Music by | Toshiyuki Omori |
Studio | Studio Hibari |
Original network | Television Kanagawa |
Original run | January 5, 2003 – March 30, 2003 |
Episodes | 13 |
Original video animation | |
Lime-iro Senkitan: The South Island Dream Romantic Adventure | |
Directed by | Akira Suzuki |
Studio | Studio Hibari |
Released | April 23, 2004 – June 25, 2004 |
Episodes | 2 |
Light novel | |
Lime-Iro Senkitan Amanohara Gakkyū Nisshi | |
Written by | Satoru Akahori |
Illustrated by |
Yoshiten Mayumi Watanabe |
Demographic | Male |
Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
Published | June 10, 2004 |
Anime television series | |
Lime-iro Ryūkitan X | |
Directed by | Tsuneo Tominaga |
Music by | Kazuhiko Sawaguchi |
Studio | A.C.G.T |
Original run | January 4, 2005 – March 29, 2005 |
Episodes | 13 |
Lime-Iro Senkitan (らいむいろ戦奇譚?, lit. Lime-Colored Exotic War Story) is a game series developed and published by ELF Corporation. The story was adapted to a 13-episode anime that aired in Japan between January 5, 2003 and March 30, 2003.
It has two sequels: a second season Lime-Iro Ryukitan X; and a 2 episode OVA Lime-Iro Senkitan: The South Island Dream Romantic Adventure.
The original game was released for PC on 13 December 2002.
A PlayStation 2 version titled Lime-Iro Senkitan Jun (らいむいろ戦奇譚☆純?) was announced on 21 July 2003 at the Tokyo Character Show and was published 25 March 2004.
The story takes place in 1904 (37th year of the Meiji Era) during the Russo-Japanese War in which former Japanese diplomat, Shintaro Umakai, becomes the teacher of a secret group of teenage girls, the Lime Unit, who are based on the flying battleship Amanohara. The girl's Konjiki (supernatural powers) enables them to operate unmanned mecha named Lime against Russian Lime units led by Grigori Rasputin who often attack the Amanohara while it is travelling towards Port Arthur for the final battle.
A former Japanese diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Russia. He received his degree in teaching in Sapporo, Hokkaidō which led him to being hired as teacher for the Lime Unit. His leaving of Russia caused his former fiancée, Sophia, to join with the Russian Spiritual Corps. Early on, and after the death of Lt. Commander Date, he became the commander of the Lime Unit, even though he is a civilian.