Mirage of Blaze
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DVD cover for Mirage of Blaze: The Complete Collection
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炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] (Honoo no Mirage) |
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| Genre | Historical, Supernatural, Shōnen-ai, Melodrama, Romance |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Mizuna Kuwabara |
| Illustrated by |
Kazumi Toujou (novels 1-11) Shouko Hamada (novels 12-40) |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Female |
| Magazine | Cobalt |
| Original run | November 2, 1990 – April 27, 2004 |
| Volumes | 40 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mizuna Kuwabara |
| Illustrated by | Shouko Hamada |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| Magazine | Serie Mystery |
| Original run | October, 1994 – 1997 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Susumu Kudo |
| Produced by | Ryuzo Shirakawa |
| Music by | Koichiro Kameyama |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Kids Station |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 7, 2002 – April 8, 2002 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Original video animation | |
| Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River Edge | |
| Directed by | Fumie Muroi |
| Music by | Koichiro Kameyama |
| Studio | Madhouse |
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| Released | July 28, 2004 – November 26, 2004 |
| Episodes | 3 |
Mirage of Blaze (炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] Honō no Mirāju?) is a Japanese light novel series written by Mizuna Kuwabara, which are published under Shueisha's Cobalt label. It was partially adapted into an anime TV series directed by Susumu Kudo in 2002 and an OVA directed by Fumie Muroi in 2004.
Difficult to classify, Mirage of Blaze is equal parts melodrama, historical, romance, and supernatural fantasy. Japanese history predominates a heavily structured plot, which mainly involves the continued aggression between magic using guardians, or "possessors," and the denizens of a "feudal underworld," or the restless souls of long-dead samurai attempting to re-ignite ancient war on the modern plane. As for the main characters; Takaya Ougi and Nobutsuna Naoe's relationship was inspired by Mozart and Antonio Salieri in Peter Shaffer's play "Amadeus", Jesus Christ and Judas in Osamu Dazai's short novel "Kakekomi Uttae".
Prequel series, "Honō no Mirage: Kaikou-hen <Mashiroki Zankyou> (炎の蜃気楼邂逅編 真皓き残響)" set in Sengoku period; all 15 volumes (1999-2012), "Honō no Mirage: Bakumatsu-hen (炎の蜃気楼幕末編)" set in Edo period; all 2 volumes (2009-2013), "Honō no Mirage: Shouwa-hen (炎の蜃気楼昭和編)" set in Shouwa period; 5 volumes (2014–present) are also published.
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