Brave Story
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Brave Story (Japanese: ブレイブ・ストーリー, Hepburn: Bureibu Sutōrī) is a Japanese fantasy novel written by Miyuki Miyabe. It was serialized in various regional newspapers between November 11, 1999 and February 13, 2001, before being published in two hardcover volumes by Kadokawa Shoten. Brave Story has spawned into a substantial media franchise. The novel was adapted into a manga by Yoichiro Ono and Miyabe herself, who wrote the new story for the manga, which was serialised in Shinchosha's Weekly Comic Bunch. Shinchosha collected the chapters of Brave Story in twenty tankōbon volumes and released them between April 2004 and May 2008. In the manga version Wataru is slightly older and already in high school.
Brave Story | |
ブレイブ・ストーリー (Bureibu Sutōrī) | |
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Genre | |
Novel series | |
Written by | Miyuki Miyabe |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Viz Media (English hardback) Haikasoru (English paperback) |
Demographic | General Interest |
Original run | November 11, 1999 – February 13, 2001 |
Manga | |
Written by | Miyuki Miyabe |
Illustrated by | Yōichirō Ono |
Published by | Shinchōsha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Weekly Comic Bunch |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | April 9, 2004 – May 9, 2008 |
Volumes | 20 (List of volumes) |
Video game | |
Brave Story: New Traveler | |
Developer | Game Republic |
Publisher | |
Genre | Role-playing video game |
Platform | PlayStation Portable |
Released | |
Video game | |
Brave Story: My Dreams and Wishes | |
Publisher | Namco Bandai |
Genre | Adventure |
Platform | Nintendo DS |
Released |
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Video game | |
Brave Story: Wataru's Adventure | |
Publisher | Sony Computer Entertainment |
Genre | Adventure |
Platform | PlayStation 2 |
Released |
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Anime film | |
Directed by | Koichi Chigira |
Produced by | Daisuke Sekiguchi Hiroyoshi Koiwai Koji Kajita |
Written by | Ichirō Ōkouchi |
Music by | Juno Reactor |
Studio | Gonzo |
Licensed by | |
Released | July 8, 2006 |
Runtime | 112 minutes |
In 2006 the novel was re-released in two new editions, a three-volume softcover version of the earlier hardcover release intended for mature readers and a light novel version marketed for younger readers. These were intended to create interest in the animated film adaption by Gonzo released in Japan by Warner Bros. in July 2006. The film was nominated for "Animation of the Year" at the 2007 Japanese Academy Awards and also released on home video in Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Taiwan and Germany.
The novel was loosely adapted into three video games: Sony Computer Entertainment's PSP game Brave Story: New Traveler, Namco Bandai's Nintendo DS game Brave Story: My Dreams and Wishes, and Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 2 game Brave Story: Wataru's Adventure.