is a Japanese otome game series and media franchise. There are various OVAs, Drama CDs, Music CDs and Anime series, developed along with the base game, or broadcast on TV channels, etc. The series began in 1994 and has continued since. The latest entry in the series is Angelique Luminarise, released in 2021.
The first game was released in 1994 on Super Famicom. This is the first otome game (dating sim for women) known in the world.(ja) Famitsu-news 190914 The Angelique series is also the first otome game series of the by Ruby Party. Currently, the games in this series are only published in Japanese.
Plot The basic lore of the series is built around a Queen who fairly and wisely rules a Universe. By balancing elemental forces with the help of nine Guardians, she keeps the various planets in her domain stable and her people content. However, the powers of the Queen and the Guardians fade over time, and successors must be appointed. In the first game Angelique, the protagonist is a 17-year-old girl named Angelique Limoges who has been chosen by the current Queen and her aide Dia as one of two candidates from the Royal Smallney Girls' Academy to become the next Queen. She is transported to the Flying City to begin her final examination.
Each of the candidates is given a land to populate. Whoever finishes populating their land first wins and becomes the next Queen. It is done with the help of nine Guardians who use their powers to make the people of the candidate's land happy, or to devastate their rival's lands. Along the way, the candidates become friends with the Guardians and can fall in love. If they choose love, they forfeit their chance to become Queen, but will live happily ever after.
The story expands in later titles, but most entries in the series feature a girl named Angelique or a variant thereof (Enju or Ange) as the protagonist, with ever larger casts of characters. The roster of potential love interests swells to 19 characters in later titles (in Angelique Trois and Angelique Etoile).
Gameplay Through the Angelique series games, the story begins with some crisis of the Universe, or some troubles in the Universe. To resolve a crisis or troubles, one girl is selected to become a savior of these crisis or troubles.
The player takes on the role of this girl. In the first game, Angelique, the player becomes a candidate for the new queen who will be the savior of the universal crisis. The player is asked to complete her mission or task during the course of the game. If the player completes her mission in the scheduled period, before her rival candidate completes the mission, the player will win and become the new queen.
But while trying to complete the given mission or task, the player necessarily needs some help from the nine guardians, who know and control the spiritual powers of the universe. The player needs to win their favor. If they do not favor a player, they will not provide assistance to that player. To win favor from the guardians, the player should properly work in her mission. Thus, the guardians may favor her.
And when the player wins favor of the guardians and the male characters, she will be able to better perform her task, and at the same time, she is capable of establishing romantic relations with some of the male characters. At this point, there are two options for her. Working best in her mission with the help of the guardians, she can defeat her rival, and become the new queen. The other option is for her to fall in love with one of her favourite male characters. If her love is fulfilled, her rival will become the new queen instead, but she may win the love.
These are two main types of endings to this game. Queen ending Love ending
In the other games of this series, there is no rival, and the player should perform her mission alone. While trying to complete her mission or task, the same situations take place. To perform her task, the player needs the help of the guardians and other male characters, and she should win their favor. In this case, there are typically two endings, as in the first game: Mission complete ending Love fulfilled ending Other ending
There are many candidates for romance. Typically, the nine guardians are all possible targets of the player's love. There are at least ten main endings, but there are other endings as well, where the mission and/or the romance may be broken. The number of endings ranges between 10 and 30.
The most interesting and difficult points of this game series are that there are many combinations of how to win favor from the guardians and how to complete the task. Sometimes the former and the latter are contradictory, yet the player needs them both to achieve good endings.
Characters The major characters appeared in the otome games: Angelique 1994,(ja) Angelique, Memorial book pp.8-32 1995 (Special),(ja) Angelique Special, Sweet guide pp.10-80. Angelique Special 2 1995,(ja) Angelique Special 2, Sweet guide pp.14-44.(ja) Angelique Special 2, Memorial book pp.6-47 Angelique Trois 2000,(ja) Angelique Trois, Sweet guide pp.10-46.(ja) Angelique Trois, Memorial book I pp.6-44 Angelique Etoile 2003,(ja) Angelique Etoile, Official guide pp.3-48.(ja) Angelique Etoile, Memorial book pp.9-95(ja) Angelique Etoile, Handbook. and Angelique Luminarise (Anmina) 2021.(ja) Gamecity, Luminarise: Ange (retrieved 5 March 2022).
Legend: "Etoile+" indicates: Both in game Angelique Etoile and anime Koisuru tenshi Angelique. "Etoile anim" indicates: In anime Koisuru tenshi Angelique. "Etoile" indicates: In game Angelique Etoile.
Name Version Position Role Universe Age Voiced by Angelique Limoges() Angelique Protagonist Candidate for 256th queen Original 17 (no voice) Special 2 - 256th Queen of the universe Yuri Shiratori 3rd Trois - 4th Etoile+ - 256th Queen of the Shinchō Shinchō Rosalia de Catargena() Angelique Rival Candidate for 256th queen Original 17 Kotono Mitsuishi Special 2 - Aide of the queen Limoges 3rd Trois - 4th Etoile+ - Shinchō Julious() Angelique Target Guardian of the light Original 25 Shō Hayami Special 2 3rd Trois 4th Etoile+ Shinchō Clavis() Angelique Target Guardian of the darkness Original 25 Kaneto Shiozawa Special 2 3rd Trois 4th Etoile+ Shinchō Luva() Angelique Target Guardian of the earth Original 26 Toshihiko Seki Special 2 3rd Trois 4th Etoile+ Shinchō Oscar() Angelique Target Guardian of the fire Original 22 Kenyū HoriuchiSpecial 2 3rd Trois 4th Etoile+ Shinchō Lumiale() Angelique Target Guardian of the water Original 21 Nobuo Tobita Special 2 3rd Trois 4th Etoile Shinchō Olivie() Angelique Target Guardian of the dream Original 22 Takehito Koyasu Special 2 3rd Trois 4th Etoile+ Shinchō Randy() Angelique Target Guardian of the wind Original 18 Nobutoshi Canna Special 2 3rd Trois 4th Etoile+ Shinchō Zephel() Angelique Target Guardian of the steel Original 17 Mitsuo Iwata Special 2 3rd Trois 4th Etoile+ Shinchō Marcel() Angelique Target Guardian of the green Original 14 Hiro Yūki Special 2 3rd Trois 4th Etoile+ Shinchō Angelique () Angelique - 255th Queen of the universe Original 21 Masako Katsuki Dia () Angelique - Aide of the queen Angelique Original 21 Atsuko Tanaka Name Version Position Role Universe Age Voiced by Angelique Collet() Special 2 Protagonist Candidate for new universe queen Original 17 (no voice) 3rd Trois Protagonist 1st Queen of new universe (no voice) 4th Etoile+ - 1st Queen of the Seijū Seijū Yoko Asada Rachel Hart() Special 2 Rival Candidate for new universe queen Original 16 Miki Nagasawa 3rd Trois - Aide of the queen Collet 4th Etoile+ - Seijū Alphonsia () Special 2 - The will of new universe New universe - - 3rd Trois (Mysterious Elda) Etoile (ja) Angelique Etoile, Memorial book, p.92 (Male form spirit) Seijū 16 Mitsuru Miyamoto(ja) Angelique Trois, Memorial book I pp.44 and p.103 Elda() 3rd Trois - The missed one(Sealed spirit)(ja) Angelique Trois, Memorial book II, Event movie pp.12-15 New universe - - Leonard() 4th Etoile+ Target Guardian of the light Seijū 27 Rikiya Koyama Francis() 4th Etoile+ Target Guardian of the darkness Seijū 23 Tomokazu Sugita Victor() Special 2 Target Tutor of the spirit Original 31 Fumihiko Tachiki 3rd Trois 34 4th Etoile+ Guardian of the earth Seijū 34 Charlie Won() Special 2 Target Collaborator Original 23 Mitsuaki Madono 3rd Trois 26 4th Etoile+ Guardian of the fire Seijū 26 Timka() Special 2 Target Tutor of the dignity Original 13 Atsushi Kisaichi 3rd Trois 16 4th Etoile+ Guardian of the water Seijū 16 Mel() Special 2 Target Collaborator Original 15 Yumi Tōma 3rd Trois 18 4th Etoile+ Guardian of the dream Seijū 18 Heuye() 4th Etoile+ Target Guardian of the wind Seijū 17 Daisuke Namikawa Ernst() Special 2 Target Collaborator Original 27 Toshiyuki Morikawa 3rd Trois 30 4th Etoile+ Guardian of the steel Seijū 30 Sei-lan() Special 2 Target Tutor of the sensibility Original 19 Tetsuya Iwanaga 3rd Trois 22 4th Etoile+ Guardian of the green Seijū 22 Arios() 3rd Trois Target Mysterious man Original 28 Ken Narita 4th Etoile+ Shadow of the queen (Collet) Unknown Name Version Position Role Universe Age Voiced by Ange (Enju) Sakaki () 4th Etoile Protagonist Legendary Etoile Both universes 17 (no voice) Etoile_anim Yōko Honna Constantan() 4th Etoile+ - Spirit of the monolith Both universes ? - Conrad() 4th Etoile - Captain of space-ship Seijū 46 - Sacrea no seirei() Etoile_anim - Spirit of the sacrea Seijū ? Akimitsu Takase/ Eri Ōno Moira() Etoile_anim - Cosmic mind of Ange Seijū ? Yōko Honna Name Version Position Role Universe Age Voiced by Ange() Anmina Protagonist Candidate for new queen Reikyō 25 (no voice) Reina() Anmina Rival Candidate for new queen Reikyō 25 Ryōko Shiraishi Yue() Anmina Target Guaridian of the light Reikyō 25 Shimba Tsuchiya Noah() Anmina Target Guardian of the darkness Reikyō 22 Hiroki Nanami Lorenzo() Anmina Target Guaridian of the earth Reikyō 30 Ryōta Takeuchi Shuri() Anmina Target Guardian of the fire Reikyō 27 Takuya Satō Kanata() Anmina Target Guardian of the water Reikyō 18 Takeo Ōtsuka Felix() Anmina Target Guardian of the dream Reikyō 25 Yūto Uemura Vergil() Anmina Target Guardian of the wind Reikyō 27 Yu Miyazaki Xeno() Anmina Target Guardian of the steel Reikyō 19 Nobunaga Shimazaki Milan() Anmina Target Guardian of the green Reikyō 26 Shōhei Komatsu Cyrus() Anmina - Butler Reikyō - 28 Yūki Ono Taira() Anmina - Chief of Royal Institute Reikyō 25 Fumiya Imai
In Angelique Etoile, Original universe is called "the universe of Shinchō (, the Divine Bird)" and New universe is called "the universe of Seijū (, the Sacred Beast)". Alphonsia is the spirit of New universe. Alphonsia appears in the form of a small animal, thus it is called "seijū".(ja) Angelique Special 2, Sweet guide, p.2 prestory(ja) Angelique Special 2, Memorial book p.46. The seijū appears in different form for Collet and Hart. It looks like a pink small animal for Collet (she calls it Alphonsia). And a blue small animal for Hart (she calls it Rutis). There are two Wills in the new universe. If Collet becomes a queen, Alphonsia will be the only Will. and vice versa. In Angelique Luminarise, the stage of the game is the third universe. "The universe of Reikyō (, the Honorable Owl)".(ja) 4gamer.net, 520 (retrieved 14 May 2022)
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Main series
First installment in the series developed by Ruby Party. The game follows Angelique Limoges, an ordinary high school girl, is chosen as a queen candidate. With help from the power of the nine Guardians, she aims to be the next Queen. Angelique is generally considered to have popularized the otome game market. Angelique Voice Fantasy, Angelique Special, and Angelique Duet are all different versions of this game. The game was released on September 23, 1994, for Super Famicom.(ja) Famitsu-news 210923 (retrieved 2 March 2022) A Game Boy Advance version was released on March 21, 2003. A full remake titled was released for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.