Amagi Brilliant Park (???????????, Amagi Buririanto P?ku) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Yuka Nakajima. Fujimi Shobo has published eight volumes since February 20, 2013, under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. There are three manga adaptations published by Fujimi Shobo and Kadokawa. A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan between October 6 and December 25, 2014.
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Plot
Seiya Kanie is a good looking, perfectionist boy who is forced by the mysterious Isuzu Sento to visit an amusement park named Amagi Brilliant Park, which is in serious financial trouble and about to be closed forever. The park is actually staffed by refugees from a magical realm called Maple Land and the park is a facility for harvesting magical energy from visitors while they're having fun. As such, the park is the only way the refugees can maintain their existence in the human realm.
To save the park from closing, Seiya is hired by the owner, Latifah Fleuranza, the princess of Maple Land (whom Seiya met before when he was a young boy), to become its new manager and use his skills in entertainment to save it. However, they have only three months to attract 250,000 visitors, a feat that seems impossible given the park's current situation.
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Characters
Main characters
- Seiya Kanie (??? ??, Kanie Seiya)
- Voiced by: K?ki Uchiyama (Japanese); Adam Gibbs (English)
- Seiya is a perfectionist high school student who is extremely intelligent, has excellent reflexes, and acts like a prince to the point of being a narcissist which annoys people. As a child, he was involved in the entertainment industry and his stage name was Seiya Kodama. According to Isuzu, he was a child who would have made any parent proud. However, Seiya has told her that he died a long time ago. Latifah grants him the magical power of listening to a person's heart, although it only works once with each person. After some time he opens up to the park's workers, especially Isuzu, with whom he shares his fears and insecurities, which encourages Isuzu when she was disappointed of herself. He once met Latifah when he was a kid, but he didn't remember until he found out about her curse. His name originates from Kanye West.
- Isuzu Sento (?? ???, Sento Isuzu)
- Voiced by: Ai Kakuma (Japanese); Molly Searcy (English)
- A royal guard who forces Seiya to go on a "date" with her to Amagi Brilliant Park. She has a stoic personality, rarely showing emotion. Despite that facade, she is also very sensitive. She managed Amagi Brilliant Park before Seiya's arrival, but she was a poor manager due to her upbringing as a royal guard and her fearsome reputation among the staff. Once Seiya takes over as manager, Isuzu serves his secretary. After meeting Seiya her personality slowly changes and she eventually develops feelings for him but refuses to tell him. Isuzu carries a magical muzzleloader named Steinberger that has been magically infused into her body, so she can summon it from any exposed skin. With it she fires bullets with different effects such as removing the target's memory or simply causing a lot of pain. Her name originates from 50 Cent.
- Latifah Fleuranza (????????????, Ratifa Fur?ranza)
- Voiced by: Yukiyo Fujii (Japanese); Cindy Lou Parker (English)
- The princess of Maple Land. She gives Seiya some of her magical powers by kissing him. According to Triken, she is Moffle's niece and bears a striking resemblance to his sister. Due to her frail body as well as other circumstances, she cannot leave her garden, which is surrounded by a magic barrier. In the light novel, Latifah is blind. It is later revealed that a wizard cursed her, making her body deficient in Animus, Maple Land's life force. The curse renews each year, resetting her memory and age, meaning she has lived as a 14-year-old for more than a decade. Her name originates from Queen Latifah.
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Mascots
- Moffle (????, Moffuru)
- Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese); Tiffany Grant (English)
- A fairy of candies with the form of a mouse with a hat, and Amagi Brilliant Park's main mascot, who takes a mutual dislike towards Seiya. He is Latifah's uncle and is very protective of her. He has the same appearance as Bonta, the fictional mascot of the Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu series (animated at the same studio, Kyoto Animation, and based on a light novel by the same author, Shoji Gatoh). He hates it when someone calls him a rip-off of Bonta. It is hinted, albeit indirectly, that Moffle hates Latifah's father due to his marriage to Moffle's beloved sister and that Latifah was merely left in his care.
- Macaron (????, Makaron)
- Voiced by: Ry?ko Shiraishi (Japanese); Allison Keith-Shipp (English)
- A fairy of music with the form of a sheep, and one of the park's mascots. He has a short temper. He has the artist air and often takes time off work if he is not feeling inspired. He plays the violin. He's divorced and fighting for the custody of his daughter.
- Tiramy (?????, Tiram?)
- Voiced by: Ai Nonaka (Japanese); Jessica Calvello (English)
- A fairy of flowers with the form of a pink cat, and one of the park's mascots. He seems to be a pervert with a keen eye for young women and bewitching older women. He also seems to be knowledgeable about explosives.
- Wanipee (????, Wanip?)
- Voiced by: Takuma Terashima (Japanese); Clint Bickham (English)
- A fairy with the form of a blue crocodile. He is also one of the park's mascots.
- Dornell (????, Doruneru)
- Voiced by: Satoshi Hino (Japanese); David Wald (English)
- Another fairy of flowers with the form of a ferret who, after ending up trapped in the "Ruby's Trial by Fire" attraction looking for a treasure, he simply chose to stay there watching anime and playing online games, for ten years.
- Jaw (???, J?)
- Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese); John Gremillion (English)
- A fairy with the form of a shark who works in the machine room. He becomes a terrifying life-like version of himself when he comes into contact with water; an ability he himself was not aware of until Seiya showed him his reflection in a mirror, much to his shock.
Elementario
- Muse (????, My?su)
- Voiced by: Yuka Aisaka (Japanese); Emily Neves (English)
- The fairy of water and the leader of the fairies of Elementario. Muse has a very energetic and cheerful personality and she is often seen with a smile on her face. Despite the lack of popularity of the Elementario, she still works hard. Of the four fairies, she is the best at singing.
- Sylphy (?????, Shiruf?)
- Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa (Japanese); Luci Christian (English)
- The fairy of wind of the fairies of Elementario. She is an airhead, but also the best at performing of the four. She sometimes speaks random Chinese sayings.
- Kobory (????, Kobor?)
- Voiced by: Shiori Mikami (Japanese); Juliet Simmons (English)
- The fairy of earth of the fairies of Elementario. She usually has a stoic demeanor and has shown interest in yaoi. She is shown to be a complete klutz.
- Salama (????, S?rama)
- Voiced by: Minami Tsuda (Japanese); Allison Sumrall (English)
- The fairy of fire of the fairies of Elementario, who usually has a lazy and unmotivated personality when it comes to performing at the park. She seems to enjoy being on her phone when she is not performing and apparently engages in flaming wars.
Other members
- Triken (????, Toriken)
- Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese); Mark Laskowski (English)
- A fairy with the form of a yellow triceratops with glasses. He is in charge of sales and is a bit perverted.
- Ashe (????, ?she)
- Voiced by: Shiori Mikami (Japanese); Kelly Manison (English)
- The head accountant of Amagi Brilliant Park.
- Wrench (???, Renchi)
- Voiced by: Tetsu Inada (Japanese); Rob Mungle (English)
- A fairy with the form of a wrench. He is the chief of engineering.
- ?kuro (????, ?kuro)
- Voiced by: Shinya Takahashi (Japanese); Ty Mahany (English)
- The chief of security of Amagi Brilliant Park. A regular human who wears a wrestler mask.
- Nick (???, Nikku)
- Voiced by: Seiichir? Yamashita (Japanese); Luis Galindo (English)
- A fairy with the form of several types of meat, who is the head of catering.
- Genj?r? (???????)
- Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese); David Matranga (English)
- A fairy with the form of a dolphin wearing samurai gear who is in charge of the Splash Ocean attraction.
- Rubrum the Red Dragon (??????, Sekiry? Ruburumu)
- Voiced by: Jouji Nakata (Japanese); Josh Morrison (English)
- A huge red dragon that lived in the abandoned "Ruby's Trial by Fire" attraction at the park, but later he was re-hired to work on another attraction. Despite his size and appearance, he's quite a crybaby, and not very good at flying, but works hard nonetheless.
- Taramo (???)
- Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese); Greg Ayres (English)
- The leader of the Diggeries, a group of mole-like fairies who were being persecuted by a tyrannical empire, so they were given shelter in the park. After finding out said empire was no more, they gleefully accept to work at the park.
- Eiko Adachi (?? ??, Adachi Eiko)
- Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi (Japanese); Shenae'a Moore (English)
- A girl with a kind demeanor who used to work in animal videos and is hired in order to compensate the lack of staff. She is capable of understanding what the mascots are saying when they are not speaking.
- Biino Band? (?? ???, Band? Biino)
- Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori (Japanese); Natalie Rial (English)
- Another girl who is also hired in order to compensate the lack of staff, but showed up at the interview after being stabbed by her brother, simply because, he refuses to let his younger sister go to work. She works in the shaved ice stand near the pool area.
- Shiina Ch?j? (?? ??, Ch?j? Shiina)
- Voiced by: Haruka Chisuga (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)
- A shy girl coming from Amagi High, a year younger than Isuzu and Kanie, who is the last person hired in order to compensate the lack of staff. She works with Jaw in the machine room. She seems to have a crush on Kanie.
- Tetsuhige (???, lit. Ironbeard)
- Voiced by: Masahiko Tanaka (Japanese); John Swasey (English)
- A pirate from Maple Land with the form of an elephant seal with an iron mustache. He and his crew of pirate seals appeared at the Splash Ocean attraction when a magic portal opened there and took Latifah, the customers and the cast as hostages. After being defeated, he and his crew are forced to work at the park in order to pay for the damages under the supervision of Jaw (as they are terrified of sharks). He later warms up to the idea of being an entertainer and even begins to enjoy his role to entertain children.
Other characters
- Takaya Kurisu (?? ??, Kurisu Takaya)
- Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (Japanese); Jay Hickman (English)
- Takaya is the wizard who defeated a powerful dragon under orders of the king of Maple Land with the promise of gaining Latifah's hand in return, but when the king refused to fulfill his part of the bargain, he placed a curse on the princess, leading to her current condition. He later appears disguised as an employee of Amagi Development, a company that wishes to acquire Amagi Brilliant Park.
- Aisu Ky?bu (?? ??, Ky?bu Aisu)
- Voiced by: Y?ko Kaida (Japanese); Katelyn Barr (English)
- Seiya's aunt and guardian. Despite usually slacking off, she deeply cares about her nephew.
- Takami (???, Takami)
- Voiced by: Sakura Nakamura (Japanese); Cara Duncan (English)
- A waitress that works at the restaurant "Savage", that is frequented by Moffle, Macaron and Tirami.
- Mutsumi Terano (?? ??, Terano Mutsumi)
- Voiced by: Mikako Izawa (Japanese); Chelsea Ryan McCurdy (English)
- Classmate of Kanae Tsuchida.
- Kanae Tsuchida (?? ??, Tsuchida Kanae)
- Voiced by: Moe ?tomo (Japanese); Robin Nennig (English)
- Girlfriend of Kimura. She intended to send a love letter to Kimura which accidentally sent to Seiya Kanie.
- Kimura (??, Kimura)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi (Japanese); Greg Ayres (English)
- Boyfriend of Kanae Tsuchida.
Media
Light novels
The first light novel volume was published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint on February 20, 2013. As of June 2016, eight volumes have been published.
A spin-off light novel series, written by Keish? Yanagawa and titled Amagi Brilliant Park: Maple Summoner, was first published by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko on October 18, 2014. As of February 2015, three volumes have been published.
Volume list
Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Kimitake Yoshioka started serialization in Fujimi Shobo's sh?nen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age with the March 2014 issue sold on February 8. The series has been compiled in two tank?bon volumes, released on June 7 and October 8, 2014. A four-panel comic strip manga illustrated by K?ji Azuma titled Amagi Brilliant Park? Fumo (??????????????) began serialization in Monthly Dragon Age with the June 2014 issue. A third manga titled Amagi Brilliant Park the animation (???????????the animation), written by the AmaBri Restoration Committee (????????, Amaburi Saisei Iinkai) and illustrated by Ami Hakui, will begin serialization on Kadokawa's ComicWalker website.
Anime
A 13-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto aired between October 6 and December 25, 2014. The opening theme is "Extra Magic Hour" (??????????????, Ekusutora Majikku Aw?), performed by Akino with bless4. The ending theme is "Elementalio de Aimash?!" (??????????????!, Erementario de Aimash?!), performed by Brilliant4, a voice actress unit composed of Yuka Aisaka, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Shiori Mikami, and Minami Tsuda. Additionally, there is an original video animation episode bundled with the seventh volume of the DVD and Blu-ray discs, and seven mini-episode side stories titled Amagi Brilliant Park: Wakuwaku Mini Theater - Rakugaki Backstage that were also bundled with the DVD and Blu-ray volumes.
Episode list
References
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Amagi Brilliant Park at TBS (in Japanese)
- Amagi Brilliant Park (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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