Shido Itsuka

Date A Live
Cover of Date A Live Volume 1 as published by Fujimi Shobo featuring Tohka Yatogami
デート・ア・ライブ (Dēto A Raibu)
Genre	Science fantasy
Light novel
Written by	Kōshi Tachibana
Illustrated by	Tsunako
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Demographic	Shonen
Imprint	Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
Magazine	Dragon Magazine
Original run	March 19, 2011 – present
Volumes	16 (List of volumes)
Manga
Date AST Like
Illustrated by	Kakashi Oniyazu
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Demographic	Shonen
Magazine	Monthly Dragon Age
Original run	March 9, 2012 – December 9, 2013
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Keitaro Motonaga
Produced by	Chiaki Kurakane
Written by	Hideki Shirane
Music by	Go Sakabe
Studio	AIC Plus+
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation
Original network	JAITS, Tokyo MX, AT-X, TwellV, Animax
Original run	March 31, 2013 – June 16, 2013 (Niconico broadcast) April 6, 2013 – June 22, 2013 (Tokyo MX broadcast)
Episodes	12 + OVA (List of episodes)
Game
Date A Live: Rinne Utopia
Developer	Compile Heart, Sting
Publisher	Compile Heart
Genre	Adventure
Platform	PlayStation 3
Released	JP: June 27, 2013
Anime television series
Date A Live II
Directed by	Keitaro Motonaga
Produced by	Chiaki Kurakane
Written by	Hideki Shirane
Music by	Go Sakabe
Studio	Production IMS
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation
Original network	Tokyo MX, AT-X
Original run	April 12, 2014 – June 14, 2014
Episodes	10 + OVA(List of episodes)
Game
Date A Live: Arusu Install
Developer	Compile Heart, Sting
Publisher	Compile Heart
Music by	Shigeki Hayashi
Genre	Adventure
Platform	PlayStation 3
Released	JP: June 26, 2014
Game
Date A Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation
Developer	Compile Heart, Sting
Publisher	Compile Heart
Genre	Adventure
Platform	PlayStation Vita
Released	JP: July 30, 2015
Anime film
Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgement
Directed by	Keitaro Motonaga
Written by	Hideki Shirane
Studio	Production IMS
Released	August 22, 2015

Date A Live (Japanese: デート・ア・ライブ, Hepburn: Dēto A Raibu^?) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kōshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. An anime adaptation series was broadcast on AT-X from April 6 to June 22, 2013. Each episode was streamed in lower quality on Niconico a week before its TV premiere. The series continued its broadcast run with Date A Live II from April 12 to June 14, 2014. A film adaptation premiered on August 22, 2015.

The series begins with a strange phenomenon called a "spatial quake" devastating the center of Eurasia, resulting in at least 150 million casualties. For the next 30 years, smaller spatial quakes plague the world on an irregular basis. In the present, Shido Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high school student comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spatial quake. He learns from his adoptive sister Kotori that the girl is one of the "Spirits" from different dimensions who are the real cause of the spatial quakes that occur when they manifest themselves in the real world. He also learns that Kotori is the commander of the airship Fraxinus, crewed by the organization Ratatoskr, and is recruited to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits' powers thus stopping them from being a threat to mankind. However, there is a catch: to seal a Spirit's power, he must make her fall in love with him and make her kiss him. Shido's intelligent classmate, Origami Tobiichi, is a sergeant of the AST (Anti-Spirit Team), a special unit designed to suppress the threat posed by Spirits. As Shido successfully keeps sealing more and more Spirits, he gains allies to help him with his dates with other Spirits. Shido also increases the competition among them for his attention and affection, much to his chagrin.

Date A Live was originally released as a light novel. It is a light novel series written by Kōshi Tachibana with illustrations by Tsunako. The first volume was published on March 19, 2011 under Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Fifteen volumes have been released in Japan