Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis
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Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis (マナケミア ～学園の錬金術士たち～ Mana Khemia ~Gakuen no Renkinjutsushi-tachi~) is a console role-playing game developed by Japanese developer Gust for the PlayStation 2
. The game was released in Japan on June 21, 2007 and in the US on March 31, 2008. The game is another iteration of Gust's Atelier
series, and incorporates elements of standard turn-based combat and alchemy
. A PlayStation Portable
version was released, with additional features included.
At the core of the game is alchemy
through which the player can create weapons, armor, usable items, and complex ingredients for these recipes. The player is required to gather core materials through field exploration, spoils of combat, or buying them in the shops. Each item carries fundamental properties that include elemental and special abilities and character stat improvements that can be infused into equipment. Though the creation of new items, these properties can transfer over into the new item. A new "alchemy wheel" allows the player to adjust the quality of each ingredient as it is added to the mix, for better or worse, in order to alter the final item's properties as well. Recipes for items are learned over the course of the game by finding or buying recipe books, conversing with characters, or can be extrapolated from existing recipes by altering the ingredients list.
When in the field, the player can opt to avoid encounters with monsters by running and jumping over them, but also may attempt to strike first to go into battle. Mana Khemia uses a turn-based system similar to previous Atelier Iris games. Once the player has more than three characters in the party, he or she can then have up to three characters in reserve; these characters can switch in during a normal turn, or be called in at the end of one character's attack to provide an additional blow, or be called in to replace a character about to be attacked. The swapped out characters require a number of turns to recover before being called in again. As the player becomes able to inflict more damage, they can activate "Burst Mode" that temporarily increases the damage from each attacks and rewards the player with a large number of hits in this mode. Additionally, about mid-game, Burst Mode can lead to a "Finishing Burst" that requires the player to meet a certain condition while Burst Mode is activated, such as striking with each team member or healing a certain amount of damage; this allows for a special powerful finishing move to be unleashed by one of the characters.
Both alchemy and combat are necessary to grow the characters. Unlike typical role-playing games, there are no experience points or characters levels. Instead, through combat, the characters earn "action points" which are used in the character-specific "grow book" to unlock new skills and character bonuses such as additional health or mana points. However, these bonuses are tied to completing the recipes for specific items in that book. The grow book is presented as a graph of synthesizable items. The bonuses for an item cannot be acquired using action points until an adjacent item on the graph and the item itself has been made.
The game is presented as a series of terms at a school. Each term is made up of several weeks, typically starting and ending with an event, ultimately leading to a key battle to be won. In between, the player is generally required to complete two or three courses, earning a grade for how well the course was completed. This is then followed by two or three days of free time. If the player should fail to make a decent cumulative grade by the end of courses, they will need to spend one day of free time in detention, doing required tasks. Once in free time, the player is free to take odd jobs, talk with characters, and perform side quests related to the other members of the party.
(JP: Philomel Hartung)
(JP: Gunnar Damm)
(JP: Titil Mimi Nike Mele)
(JP: Roxis Rosenkranz)
(JP: Anna Laemmle)
(JP: Mupe Oktavia Wondrastschek VIII)
(JP: Seppl Kleiber)
(JP: Toni Eisler)
(JP: Lene Kier)
(JP: Bernhard Tieck)
(JP: Ernentraud Carnap)
(JP: Melhis Roythiers)
(JP: Carda Dii Rol Ale)
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Opening Song
Insert Songs
Ending Song
system that was released in Japan
on September 25, 2008 under the title Mana-Khemia Gakuen no Renkinjutsushi-tachi Plus, and in North America
on March 10, 2009, branded under the name Mana Khemia: Student Alliance. There are added features like multiplayer battles, Jump Start function to allow the game to load faster, and more items that can be synthesized. In multiplayer battles, enemies may drop rare items that cannot be found in the main game. Student Alliance was generally given lower reviews than its PS2 counterpart due to its additional loading times, but this can be remedied by playing the download rather than the UMD or using the install function.
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
. The game was released in Japan on June 21, 2007 and in the US on March 31, 2008. The game is another iteration of Gust's Atelier
Atelier (series)
The Atelier series is a series of role-playing video games developed by the Gust Corporation since 1997, primarily for the PlayStation consoles , though portable versions for the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable have also been made. Two of the games in the...
series, and incorporates elements of standard turn-based combat and alchemy
Alchemy
Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners’ claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied; these include the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone possessing powers including the capability of turning base...
. A PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
version was released, with additional features included.
Gameplay
Mana Khemia is console role playing game and is a spiritual successor to the Atelier Iris series, also created by Gust. As a result, the game shares many common elements with games in that series.At the core of the game is alchemy
Alchemy
Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners’ claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied; these include the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone possessing powers including the capability of turning base...
through which the player can create weapons, armor, usable items, and complex ingredients for these recipes. The player is required to gather core materials through field exploration, spoils of combat, or buying them in the shops. Each item carries fundamental properties that include elemental and special abilities and character stat improvements that can be infused into equipment. Though the creation of new items, these properties can transfer over into the new item. A new "alchemy wheel" allows the player to adjust the quality of each ingredient as it is added to the mix, for better or worse, in order to alter the final item's properties as well. Recipes for items are learned over the course of the game by finding or buying recipe books, conversing with characters, or can be extrapolated from existing recipes by altering the ingredients list.
When in the field, the player can opt to avoid encounters with monsters by running and jumping over them, but also may attempt to strike first to go into battle. Mana Khemia uses a turn-based system similar to previous Atelier Iris games. Once the player has more than three characters in the party, he or she can then have up to three characters in reserve; these characters can switch in during a normal turn, or be called in at the end of one character's attack to provide an additional blow, or be called in to replace a character about to be attacked. The swapped out characters require a number of turns to recover before being called in again. As the player becomes able to inflict more damage, they can activate "Burst Mode" that temporarily increases the damage from each attacks and rewards the player with a large number of hits in this mode. Additionally, about mid-game, Burst Mode can lead to a "Finishing Burst" that requires the player to meet a certain condition while Burst Mode is activated, such as striking with each team member or healing a certain amount of damage; this allows for a special powerful finishing move to be unleashed by one of the characters.
Both alchemy and combat are necessary to grow the characters. Unlike typical role-playing games, there are no experience points or characters levels. Instead, through combat, the characters earn "action points" which are used in the character-specific "grow book" to unlock new skills and character bonuses such as additional health or mana points. However, these bonuses are tied to completing the recipes for specific items in that book. The grow book is presented as a graph of synthesizable items. The bonuses for an item cannot be acquired using action points until an adjacent item on the graph and the item itself has been made.
The game is presented as a series of terms at a school. Each term is made up of several weeks, typically starting and ending with an event, ultimately leading to a key battle to be won. In between, the player is generally required to complete two or three courses, earning a grade for how well the course was completed. This is then followed by two or three days of free time. If the player should fail to make a decent cumulative grade by the end of courses, they will need to spend one day of free time in detention, doing required tasks. Once in free time, the player is free to take odd jobs, talk with characters, and perform side quests related to the other members of the party.
Storyline
The game's main focus on is the lead protagonist, Vayne Aurelius, son of a legendary alchemist named Theofratus who had disappeared sometime after Vayne's birth. Vayne, since then, had led the life of a hermit, his only companion being a Mana in cat form named Sulpher. Vayne is invited to the Al-Revis Academy for alchemy training by Zeppel, one of the professors there. He is quickly indoctrinated into the school by become part of an atelier led by Flay Gunnar (an older student who is known as The Defender Of Justice) along with two other students, Jess (a clumsy girl who is nevertheless adept at alchemy) and Nikki (an impulsive beastgirl). They are soon joined by Pamela (the school's resident ghost), Anna (an 11 year old master swordsman), Roxis (the son of a famous family of alchemists who is quickly forced to join the workshop by Flay) and Muppy (an alien the group discover on an assignment). The 8 of them are able to succeed at completing assignments and allow the workshop to prosper and learn the skills of alchemy.Playable characters
(JP: Vain Aureolus)- Seiyu: Akira IshidaAkira IshidaAkira Ishida is a prolific male seiyū born in Nisshin, Aichi, Japan.He was a part of Mausu Promotion from 1988 until March 2009...
- Voice Actor: Liam O'BrienLiam O'BrienLiam Christopher O'Brien is an American voice actor and voice director perhaps best known for his roles as Gaara of the Sand in Naruto, Captain Jushiro Ukitake in Bleach, War in the video game Darksiders, 'Vincent Law' in Ergo Proxy and 'Illidan Stormrage' in the 'Warcraft' game series...
- The protagonist main character. He lived alone with Sulpher, a black cat, deep in the forest. But one day, he was suddenly invited to come to Al-Revis Academy, due to supposedly being the son of a famous alchemist. He is shy and has a weak personality, and his friends talk him into trouble. He performs several miraculous acts as the game progresses, and it is eventually revealed that he is an artificial Mana that is able to grant wishes, created by the aforementioned famous alchemist. Depending on his relationship with others, he will either continue to live on knowing that he is the Mana of wishes or choose to disappear from the world. In all the good endings, Vayne eventually saves his friends and the school by wishing his power away.
(JP: Philomel Hartung)
- Seiyuu: Sakura NogawaSakura Nogawa' is a voice actress born in Toyohashi, Aichi on March 1, 1978. Her height is 153 cm and her weight is 54 kg.-Notable voice roles:*Ryunmei Ranka in Arad Senki: Slap Up Party*Tsubasa in Angel Tales*Misha Arsellec Lune in Ar tonelico...
- Voice Actor: Kate HigginsKate HigginsCatherine Davis "Kate" Higgins is an American voice actress, singer, and jazz pianist. She was born in Charlottesville, Virginia grew up in Auburn, Alabama, and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is best known as the English voice of Sakura Haruno on the hit anime series Naruto, Talho Yūki from...
- Vayne's classmate. She fears no one, and has a very friendly and outgoing personality, but is slightly klutzy. She loves alchemy, and will test out her strangely unique syntheses whenever she has the time. And every time, she causes something to explode. And she actually had a strange illness that no doctors could fix it since she was little. The legendary alchemist Theofratus managed to cure her but made a mistake in the process - as a result her life expectancy has been greatly reduced. In her ending, Vayne becomes her doctor, working to cure her along with the other members of her workshop. Her bag appears to be some kind of magical device akin to a bag of holding, however she is also able to pull out items that were never placed inside.
(JP: Gunnar Damm)
- Seiyuu: Kenyuu Horiuchi
- Voice Actor: Richard EpcarRichard EpcarRichard Epcar is an American actor voice actor / director, mostly specializing in the field of voice acting in games, animation and anime. He is the husband of voice actress Ellyn Stern, with whom he owns and operates Epcar Entertainment, Inc., a voiceover production service company based in Los...
- Vayne's schoolmate who is one year his senior. He is known throughout the school for being a troublemaker. On Orientation Day, he forced Vayne to join his workshop, along with Jess and Nikki. As long as he's having fun, he does not care about anyone else's troubles. He also loves an adventurous non-boring world. He always wanted to be a 'King of Justice' aka a Superhero, dragging Vain with him as his partner hero. In his ending, Flay has become a villain (though most likely out of a playful matter) named the "Flayvor of Evil" in the US version, and Vayne is the hero who continually battles with him.
(JP: Titil Mimi Nike Mele)
- Seiyuu: Miyuki SawashiroMiyuki Sawashirois a female Japanese voice actress and singer who works for Mausu Promotion.She voiced Puchiko in the English dubbed releases of Di Gi Charat the Movie and Leave it to Piyoko, making her one of the few Japanese voice actors to have reprised a role in English in addition to the original Japanese...
- Voice Actor: Jennifer Sekiguchi
- An energetic beastman girl. She talks and acts before she thinks. She hates sitting still inside a room, so she does not concentrate on her syntheses. She is lazy to be in the academy, because she hates doing assignments. She grew up in a small village, which may be why she sometimes seems to lack common social ideas. However, out of all the members of the workshop, she has the most common sense. Nikki has a beautiful singing voice and came to Al-Revis to find a husband so she can save her vanishing race. In her ending, she and Vayne get married and take care of their children.
(JP: Roxis Rosenkranz)
- Seiyuu: Daisuke KishioDaisuke Kishiois a male Japanese voice actor. He is a member of Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society . Kishio changed his given name from 大輔 to だいすけ on June 1, 2007 with the pronunciation and romanization remaining the same....
- Voice Actor: Patrick SeitzPatrick SeitzPatrick Seitz is an American voice actor, ADR Director, and Script Writer primarily known for his work for Geneon Entertainment, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Bandai Entertainment, Media Blasters, NYAV Post, New Generation Pictures, Funimation Entertainment, and Viz Media...
- A cool, sarcastic transfer student who comes from a famous alchemist family. A very diligent, hard worker. His words are very polite, even though he's an annoying student. His hobbies are studying and reading. He likes being alone, and has an air about him that distances himself from others. He sees Vayne as a rival, and he dislikes him. In his ending, Vayne and Roxis are sparring partners, the loser of each round forced to be the other's test subject for all sorts of experiments.
- Seiyuu: Asuka TaniiAsuka Taniiis a Japanese voice actress.She was born June 19, 1978.-Anime:*Black Jack *Elfen Lied *Futakoi *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart...
- Voice Actor: Brianne SiddallBrianne SiddallBrianne Siddall is an American voice actress. She is usually cast in the short kid role of a timid young boy. She was also a voice actress during the Power Rangers era who was active in the franchise until it moved to New Zealand in 2003...
- A ghost girl who lives in Al-Revis. She's very soft and likes all cute things. She is a recurring character in the Atelier series having previously appeared in Atelier Judie, Atelier Viorate, Atelier Iris: Eternal ManaAtelier Iris: Eternal Manais a console role-playing game developed by Japanese developer Gust for the PlayStation 2. This game is the first of the Atelier Iris saga to be released on the PS2. The Atelier strategy RPGs have been released on various consoles in Japan since 1997...
and Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm. Pamela decides to join Vayne's workshop, but as soon as she sees how bleak it looks, she begins to complain about being in such a plain environment. With no other choice, Vayne gathers the cute items that Pamela wants, and decorates the workshop with them. In her ending, Pamela leaves Al-Revis with Vayne (now a doctor) to travel with him from town to town... though her habit of scaring people does not die out. Later on she appears in Atelier Rorona: Alchemist of ArlandAtelier Rorona: Alchemist of Arlandis a Japanese console role-playing game developed by Gust. It was first released for PlayStation 3 on June 25, 2009 in Japan and released as a Japanese Best Version on September 23, 2010 due to its sales figures. North American release follows on September 28, 2010 along with European release on...
.
(JP: Anna Laemmle)
- Seiyuu: Ui MiyazakiUi Miyazakiis a female Japanese voice actor and singer from Tokyo, Japan.-Anime cast in:*Ar tonelico as Aurica Nestmile*Chaos;Head as Nanami Nishijō*D.C.S.S...
- Voice Actor: Danielle JudovitsDanielle JudovitsDanielle Judovits is an American voice actress, who has also been credited as Danielle Judovitz and Danielle Judouits.-Career:...
- A very young girl who has already mastered swordsmanship at her young age. She is an underclassman of Vayne, but is more mature than she looks. She is strict, fastidious and takes most things far too seriously, even jokes and results of her occasional wild speculations. Once she is set in her path, she's unstoppable. In her ending, Vayne meets up with her for a duel only to find that she now uses both alchemy and swords as part of her fighting style so she will happily use bombs and poisons on him.
(JP: Mupe Oktavia Wondrastschek VIII)
- Seiyuu: Yūichi NagashimaYuichi Nagashimais a Japanese voice actor and actor from Kōnosu, Saitama. His former stage name was . He is a graduate of the Nishogakusha University Department of Literature and received training at Bungakuza's research establishment and the Seinenza Theater Company before attaching himself to Production Baobab...
(credited as Choo) - A foreign exchange student from a faraway world. By a strange turn of events, he ended up learning alchemy with Vayne and his workshop friends. He wanders the school in a pot-like machine, so everyone thinks he's slightly strange. His true plan is world domination as he tends to have delusions of grandeur. In his ending, Vayne travels with him to his home planet... and makes an offer to Vayne to become his queen.
Non-playable characters
(JP: Sulfur)- Seiyuu: Akio Ōtsuka
- Vayne's companion and Mana who transforms into Vayne's weapon in combat. Sulpher normally takes on the form of an arm-mounted blade with a red eye, but can change his shape to perform other attacks. Sulpher is apathetic, rude and unimpressed by seemingly everything. He traveled alongside Theofratus until the day he died, and then became friends with Vayne (he could talk with Vayne, but he can't anymore since Vayne lost his powers). In truth, Sulpher is not a mana, he is a normal cat. Vayne is the mana while Sulpher himself is the contractor, being able to take the forms he does simply because Vayne wished it.
- Seiyuu: Ayako KawasumiAyako Kawasumiis a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer. She is affectionately referred to by her fellow voice actors and fans as "", "" and "". She is a skilled pianist, having practiced the piano since childhood....
- Voice Actor: Wendee LeeWendee LeeWendee Lee is an American voice actress. While she has done voice work for many video games as well as several episodes in the Power Rangers franchise, she is particularly prolific in the dubbing of anime. As of April 2009, with 223 credits to her name, she has more credits in this medium than any...
- Female teacher at the academy, and Theofratus's lover. She's less pleasant than the other teachers, often giving out more difficult assignments. She is a graduate from Al-Revis and was classmates with Zeppel. While Zeppel is the laid back teacher, Isolde is much more serious. She cares for Vayne while on the other hand hate him for killing Theofratus.
(JP: Seppl Kleiber)
- Seiyuu: Kazuhiko InoueKazuhiko Inoueis a veteran voice actor from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.-Biography:Since his debut in 1973, Kazuhiko Inoue has become one of Japan's most well established voice actors. His early roles from the 1970s include Anthony in Candy Candy, and later as Joe in the 1979 remake of Cyborg 009...
- Voice Actor: Richard EpcarRichard EpcarRichard Epcar is an American actor voice actor / director, mostly specializing in the field of voice acting in games, animation and anime. He is the husband of voice actress Ellyn Stern, with whom he owns and operates Epcar Entertainment, Inc., a voiceover production service company based in Los...
- Vayne's homeroom teacher. He is friendly to students and is a popular teacher. He found Vayne from the mountains and invited him to the academy. In Mana Khemia 2 he has become the principal of Al-Revis Academy
(JP: Toni Eisler)
- Seiyuu: Mitsuaki MadonoMitsuaki Madonois a voice actor who was born in Osaka, Japan. He has a penchant for voicing characters who are supposedly jokers, but sometimes hide a more insidious nature is a voice actor (seiyū) who was born in Osaka, Japan. He has a penchant for voicing characters who are supposedly jokers, but sometimes...
- Voice Actor: Derek Stephen PrinceDerek Stephen PrinceDerek Stephen Prince is an American voice actor who is most memorable for his various roles in the Digimon series, as well as the voice of Elgar in the live-action Power Rangers Turbo and Power Rangers in Space.While a talented actor, with vocal skills capable of anything from High School girls to...
- An older student at the academy who is exclusively seen with Renee, and he seems to be the less powerful out of the two. He hates Gunnar with a passion and considers him his rival, however his attempts to defeat him and the main party are usually met by exasperation. ("Who are these people?" "We don't have time to play with you!") Gunnar tends to just ignore/make fun of him, and as the game passes it becomes obvious that he is much less evil than he originally appeared. He gets angry easily, which makes his speech deteriorate and causes him to him make rash decisions. He is ordered by Isolde to watch over Vayne. He returns to the academy in Mana Khemia 2 to become a full time teacher, if only to continue his grudge against Gunnar.
(JP: Lene Kier)
- Seiyuu: Ai NonakaAi Nonakais a Japanese voice actress. She currently works for Aoni Production and was formerly a member of the voice actor unit DROPS, which included fellow voice actor Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, Mariko Kōda, and Ryōko Shiraishi...
- Voice Actor: Danielle JudovitsDanielle JudovitsDanielle Judovits is an American voice actress, who has also been credited as Danielle Judovitz and Danielle Judouits.-Career:...
- An older student at the academy. Is exclusively seen with Tony. Goes along with Tony's bothering of Vayne, but it seems her heart isn't really in it. Whenever Tony makes up 'schemes' to defeat Vayne's company, she don't stop or encourage him. She barely has any interests in anything, and tends to get bored fast by all kinds of activity. She's also seems to be very powerful in combat, as Tony asks her help to beat up Flay in the beginning of the game (though she prefers to back off to avoid breaking her new nails, and Tony decides against fighting Flay alone). The fact that she is capable of summoning the Mana who hates humans, Azure Flame Mana, may prove that she's more formidable battler than she looks. Still, she'll only fight seriously occasionally, thus making her not much of a threat to Vayne and the others.
(JP: Bernhard Tieck)
- Seiyuu: Naomi KusumiNaomi Kusumiis a Japanese seiyū from Fukuoka Prefecture. He was formerly attached to the Seinenza Theater Company; as of 1999, he is attached to Mausu Promotion...
- Voice Actor: Derek Stephen PrinceDerek Stephen PrinceDerek Stephen Prince is an American voice actor who is most memorable for his various roles in the Digimon series, as well as the voice of Elgar in the live-action Power Rangers Turbo and Power Rangers in Space.While a talented actor, with vocal skills capable of anything from High School girls to...
- The academy's principal. He is a jovial man who is nice to all students. He is also a great cook.
(JP: Ernentraud Carnap)
- Seiyuu: Yukari Hishizu
- The academy's vice-principal. She is very strict, and bullies the principal. She is also hopeless at baking.
(JP: Melhis Roythiers)
- Seiyuu: Rina SatoRina Satois a Japanese voice actress who works for Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.-TV Anime:2004:* Divergence Eve * Maria-sama ga Miteru * Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~ 2005:...
- Voice Actor: Wendee LeeWendee LeeWendee Lee is an American voice actress. While she has done voice work for many video games as well as several episodes in the Power Rangers franchise, she is particularly prolific in the dubbing of anime. As of April 2009, with 223 credits to her name, she has more credits in this medium than any...
- The academy's nurse. She runs the infirmary and sells a variety of healing products. She enjoys teasing Vayne and his friends.
(JP: Carda Dii Rol Ale)
- Seiyuu: Ryuuta Iguchi
- The academy's combat and tactics trainer. He's a beastman like Nikki.
Music
The soundtrack was composed by Ken Nakagawa and Daisuke Achiwa. It was released May 30, 2007 in Japan by Team EntertainmentTEAM Entertainment
TEAM entertainment is a musical hobby group that publishes music that is licensed to them. Motoi Sakuraba's game compositions are best known in this group. The issue with Sakuraba's music is that the games are copyrighted by the companies that own it, many of which have the practice of not...
.
Opening Song
- Run For Your Life by Haruka ShimotsukiHaruka Shimotsukiis a Japanese singer and dōjin music composer known for her vocal themes in the Atelier Iris and Ar tonelico series. She also wrote the lyrics and sang the ending themes to the two seasons of Rozen Maiden as well as the OVA under the name Kukui, with Myu. Shimotsuki's original music mainly consists...
Insert Songs
- 夢の未来へ~合唱版~ (Yume no Mirai e ~Gasshouban~ / To the Future of Dreams ~Chorus Version~) by Gust Staff
- シリウス (Sirius) by Marie
- ねぇ (Nee / Hey) by Marie
- STIGMATA by Noriko MitoseNoriko Mitoseis a Japanese singer. She is the vocalist of the band Kirche, and as a solo singer, has performed many songs for games.- Biography :Noriko Mitose sang for church choir when she was young but did not get involved in the music scene until she and Toshihiko Inoue formed kirche in 1993...
Ending Song
- TOGGLE by Yuuki Mizusawa
Mana Khemia: Student Alliance
A port for the PSPPlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
system that was released in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on September 25, 2008 under the title Mana-Khemia Gakuen no Renkinjutsushi-tachi Plus, and in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
on March 10, 2009, branded under the name Mana Khemia: Student Alliance. There are added features like multiplayer battles, Jump Start function to allow the game to load faster, and more items that can be synthesized. In multiplayer battles, enemies may drop rare items that cannot be found in the main game. Student Alliance was generally given lower reviews than its PS2 counterpart due to its additional loading times, but this can be remedied by playing the download rather than the UMD or using the install function.