MapleStory (anime)

MapleStory
Cover of the Japanese release of Maple Story anime DVD Disc volume 1 featuring Al and Kino
メイプルストーリー (Meipuru Sutōrī)
Genre	Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Anime television series
Directed by	Takaaki Ishiyama
Studio	Madhouse
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo), BS Japan, FCT, TeNY
Original run	October 7, 2007 – March 30, 2008
Episodes	25 (List of episodes)

MapleStory (メイプルストーリー, Meipuru Sutōrī^?) is a Japanese-Korean anime based on the popular South Korean online game MapleStory. It began airing on October 7, 2007.

Ten years ago, the World Tree that protected peace and order of the world was being targeted by an evil organization called the Black Wings. The Human race led five other races: the powerful warriors, the intelligent magicians, the agile archers, sly thieves and soon after pirates in a fight against the Black Wings. In the end, the World Tree activated self-destruction to protect itself. However, the other races thought it was the Human race that destroyed the World Tree. When the World Tree was destroyed most of the races had nothing left, so a number of them went to Maple Island thinking the ones who stayed would die. They escaped Victoria and lived on Maple Island where living is getting harder and harder. Since then, a never-ending war between the different races began.

Ten years later, the main protagonist, Al, is determined to revive the World Tree. Al and his companions begin their journey to seek the seeds of the World Tree. At the same time, the Black Wings reappear to get the seed first to rule the entire world.

Madhouse made an adaptation of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game, MapleStory. The anime aired on TXN stations between October 7, 2007 and March 30, 2008. The anime uses three pieces of theme music. "Scratch on the Heart" by Younha is the series' opening theme, while Kokoro no Kagayaki (心の輝き^?, lit. "Radiance of the Heart") by Fumiko Orikasa is the series' ending theme. The last episode had "Boku no Rhythm" by Fumiko Orikasa as the ending theme.