Seisen Cerberus
{{distinguish|Today's Cerberus}}
{{short description|Japanese mobile game by GREE, and manga and anime series based on the game}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Seisen Cerberus
| image = Seisen_Cerberus.jpg
| caption =
| ja_kanji = 聖戦ケルベロス
| ja_romaji = Seisen Keruberosu
| genre = Sword and sorcery{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/02/01-1/video-seisen-cerberus-pv-introduces-characters-setting|title=VIDEO: "Seisen Cerberus" PV Introduces Characters & Setting|last=Chapman|first=Paul|date=1 February 2016|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=17 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317052353/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/02/01-1/video-seisen-cerberus-pv-introduces-characters-setting|url-status=live}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Game
| title =
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| publisher = GREE
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| genre = Card battle
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| platforms = Mobile game
| released = 2011
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Seisen Cerberus: Mō Hitori no Eiyū
| author = Seijirō Narumi
| publisher = Kodansha
| publisher_en =
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
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| magazine = Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
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| first = 9 March 2013
| last = 9 October 2013
| volumes = 2
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| title = Seisen Cerberus: Ryūkoku no Fatalite
| director = Nobuhiro Kondo
| producer = GENCO
| writer = Hiroshi Ōnogi
| music = {{Unbulleted list|Hideakira Kimura|Nobuaki Nobusawa}}
| studio = Bridge
| licensee =
| network = TV Tokyo, TVO, TVA, AT-X
| network_en = {{English anime network|SEA=Animax Asia{{cite web|title=Animax Asia to Simulcast D.Gray-man Hallow, Mob Psycho 100 Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-29/animax-asia-to-simulcast-d.gray-man-hallow-mob-psycho-100-anime/.103746|website=Anime News Network|date=29 June 2016|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-date=10 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710021703/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-29/animax-asia-to-simulcast-d.gray-man-hallow-mob-psycho-100-anime/.103746|url-status=live}}}}
| first = 4 April 2016
| last = 27 June 2016
| episodes = 13
| episode_list =
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{{Nihongo|Seisen Cerberus|聖戦ケルベロス|Seisen Keruberosu|lit. "Holy War Cerberus"}} is a Japanese role-playing mobile game released by GREE. The series has been adapted separately into both a manga, titled {{Nihongo|Seisen Cerberus: Mō Hitori no Eiyū|聖戦ケルベロス～もう一人の英雄～|Seisen Keruberosu ～ Mō Hitori no Eiyū ～}}, and an anime television series, titled {{Nihongo|Seisen Cerberus: Ryūkoku no Fatalite|聖戦ケルベロス 竜刻のファタリテ|Seisen Keruberosu Ryūkoku no Fatarite|lit. Holy War Cerberus: Fatalité of Dragon Time}}. The manga was published by Kodansha in 2013, while the anime aired in 2016.
Plot
On the continent Kunaaan, there are three kingdoms, Saint Amoria, Ishilfeen and Vanlodis, with a fragile power balance that could spell disaster and war at any moment. The evil dragon Daganzord also resides on the continent and no one is powerful enough to stop him from spreading destruction and charred land in his wake. Bairo, Kismitete, and a party of wizards attempted to seal Daganzord, but were foiled and this event was known as the Balbagoa Tragedy. Hiiro, Bairo and Kismitete's son, is saved by Giiru and swears to avenge his parents death by training himself with the sword. After turning sixteen Hiiro, with Giruu accompanying him, sets out on a journey to slay the dragon. Along the way, they meet many types of people and gain companions on their journey.
Characters
;{{Nihongo|Hiiro|ヒイロ|Hiiro}}
:{{voiced by|Yoshitsugu Matsuoka}}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-24/seisen-cerberus-mobile-game-gets-tv-anime-in-april/.97934|title=Seisen Cerberus Mobile Game Gets TV Anime in April|date=24 January 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=28 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228213924/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-24/seisen-cerberus-mobile-game-gets-tv-anime-in-april/.97934|url-status=live}}
:Son of Bairo and Kismitete, the two who sought years ago to seal Dagan Zot. Hiiro took part in the sealing ritual, but when the ritual failed Hiiro's father used a spell to switch his heart with Dagan Zot's, so that their lives would be bound to one another. Since then Hiiro has been training to become a swordsman and find and defeat Dagan Zot, unaware that Dagan Zot's death means his own, and his death means Dagan Zot's.
;{{Nihongo|Saraato|サラート|Sarāto}}
:{{voiced by|M.A.O}}
:A mysterious girl who encounters Hiiro in the desert. Her exact nature is unknown, though she appears to have some knowledge of Dagan Zot and particularly likes the sound of Hiiro's (Dagan Zot's) heart. She has no external body temperature hence the ability to collect water on her skin from the desert air.
;{{Nihongo|Erin|エリン|Erin}}
:{{voiced by|Maaya Uchida}}
:A cat-like information broker whose exact reason for following Hiiro is unknown.
;{{Nihongo|Giruu|ギルー|Girū}}
:{{voiced by|Taiten Kusunoki}}
:A half-ogre who served Hiiro's parents before the ritual to seal Dagan Zot. After the ritual failed and Hiiro's parents were killed, Girū took care of Hiiro and trained him in swordsmanship.
;{{Nihongo|Palpa|パルパ|Parupa}}
:{{voiced by|Yōji Ueda}}
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;{{Nihongo|Tomitte|トミッテ|Tomitte}}
:{{voiced by|Arisa Ogasawara}}
:A young urchin who leads a gang of young thieves.
;{{Nihongo|Nanbuuko|ナンブーコ|Nanbūko}}
:{{voiced by|Shunsuke Sakuya}}
:A weapons broker with immense power and influence across the kingdoms. He deliberately fans the flames of war and uses a mixture of swindling and simple coercion to convince his many clients to use any means necessary to pay his high prices, even if the cost is the entire wealth of the region and all the clients' subjects. He is a ruthless man who will never hesitate to take any opportunity to develop better merchandise, no matter how many lives are lost or doomed to torment in the process.
;{{Nihongo|Sharisharu|シャリシャルー|Sharisharū}}
:{{voiced by|Mariya Ise}}
:A love crazy magic user, who would do anything for her love, Nanbuuko. Because of her love, she agreed to be experimented on, and combined with her pet.
;{{Nihongo|Mumuu|ムムー|Mumū}}
:{{voiced by|Manami Numakura}}
:Mumuu is a rabbit like girl, who is easily influenced by money.
;{{Nihongo|Bachroppa|バッハロッパ|Bahharoppa}}
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Media
=Game=
Game producer GREE released the role-playing card battle game as a mobile game in 2011.
=Manga=
A manga adaptation by Seijirō Narumi, titled {{Nihongo|Seisen Cerberus: Mō Hitori no Eiyū|聖戦ケルベロス～もう一人の英雄～}}, was serialized in Kodansha's Shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from 9 March to 9 October 2013.{{cite web|script-title=ja:別冊 少年マガジン 4月号 (発売日2013年03月09日)|url=https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1281690451/b/907192/|website=Fujisan.co.jp|publisher=Fujisan Magazine Service Co., Ltd|access-date=7 August 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240807175306/https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1281690451/b/907192/|archive-date=7 August 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}{{efn|Finished in the magazine's November 2013 issue, released on 9 October of that same year.{{cite web|script-title=ja:別冊 少年マガジン 11月号 (発売日2013年10月09日)|url=https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1281690451/b/995849/|website=Fujisan.co.jp|publisher=Fujisan Magazine Service Co., Ltd|access-date=7 August 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240807180021/https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1281690451/b/995849/|archive-date=7 August 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}}} Kodansha collected its chapters in two {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released on 9 August and 9 December 2013.{{cite web|script-title=ja:【8月9日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/96812|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=7 August 2024|language=ja|date=9 August 2013|archive-date=10 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510225115/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/96812|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:【12月9日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/105225|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=7 August 2024|language=ja|date=9 December 2013|archive-date=19 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119160023/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/105225|url-status=live}}
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{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 1
| RelDate = 9 August 2013{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063949056|script-title=ja:聖戦ケルベロス～もう一人の英雄～（１）|publisher=Kodansha|language=Japanese|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414033433/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063949056|url-status=live}}
| ISBN = 978-4-06-394905-6
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| VolumeNumber = 2
| RelDate = 9 December 2013{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063949803|script-title=ja:聖戦ケルベロス～もう一人の英雄～（２）＜完＞|publisher=Kodansha|language=Japanese|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413235919/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063949803|url-status=live}}
| ISBN = 978-4-06-394980-3
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=Anime=
The game received an anime television adaptation to celebrate its fifth anniversary. The series is directed by Nobuhiro Kondo and written by Hiroshi Ōnogi, with animation by the studio Bridge. Character designs for the series are provided by Gō Tōgetsu, and Noboru Haraguchi served as the sound director at Tohokushinsha Film.{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/01/24/card-battle-social-game-seisen-cerberus-gets-tv-anime-adaptation-this-april|title=Card Battle Social Game "Seisen Cerberus" Gets TV Anime Adaptation this April|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|date=24 January 2016|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=17 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317184923/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/01/24/card-battle-social-game-seisen-cerberus-gets-tv-anime-adaptation-this-april|url-status=live}} Hideakira Kimura and Nobuaki Nobusawa provided the anime's music.
The opening theme song is "Resonant Heart" by Maaya Uchida, while the closing theme is "Xenotopia" by Suzuko Mimori.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-25/seisen-cerberus-tv-anime-previews-maaya-uchida-opening-theme-in-promo-video/.99059|title=Seisen Cerberus TV Anime Previews Maaya Uchida's Opening Theme in Promo Video|date=25 February 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=27 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227224456/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-25/seisen-cerberus-tv-anime-previews-maaya-uchida-opening-theme-in-promo-video/.99059|url-status=live}}
The series premiered on 4 April 2016, and was broadcast on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, and AT-X.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-02-26/seisen-cerberus-tv-anime-premieres-on-april-4/.99120|title=Seisen Cerberus TV Anime Premieres on April 4|date=26 February 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=29 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229000932/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-02-26/seisen-cerberus-tv-anime-premieres-on-april-4/.99120|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/02/26-1/seisen-cerberus-tv-broadcast-kicks-off-on-april-04-2016|title="Seisen Cerberus" TV Broadcast Kicks Off On April 04, 2016|last=Chapman|first=Paul|date=26 February 2016|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=29 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229090758/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/02/26-1/seisen-cerberus-tv-broadcast-kicks-off-on-april-04-2016|url-status=live}} It was streamed on iQIYI, which co-produced the series. The series was simulcast by Crunchyroll under the title Cerberus.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-04/crunchyroll-to-stream-cerberus-anime/.100653|title=Crunchyroll to Stream Cerberus Anime|date=4 April 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=4 April 2016|archive-date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405163543/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-04/crunchyroll-to-stream-cerberus-anime/.100653|url-status=live}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Lord of the Dark Dragons
| TranslitTitle = Rōdo Obu Dākudoragon
| NativeTitle = ロード・オブ・ダークドラゴン
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|4|4|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = The Dark Crystal
| TranslitTitle = Dāku Kurisutaru
| NativeTitle = ダーク・クリスタル
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|4|11|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = The Hidden Fortress
| TranslitTitle = Hidun fōtoresu
| NativeTitle = ヒドゥン・フォートレス
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|4|18|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = An Expected Journey
| TranslitTitle = Ekusupekuteddo jānī
| NativeTitle = エクスペクテッド・ジャーニー
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|4|25|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = The Sense
| TranslitTitle = Sensu
| NativeTitle = センス
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|2|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Strange Love
| TranslitTitle = Sutorenji rabu
| NativeTitle = ストレンジ・ラブ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|9|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Transform
| TranslitTitle = Toransufōmu
| NativeTitle = トランスフォーム
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|16|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = The Dark Shadow
| TranslitTitle = Dāku shadō
| NativeTitle = ダーク・シャドウ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|23|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = Signs
| TranslitTitle = Sain
| NativeTitle = サイン
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|30|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = The Omen
| TranslitTitle = Ji ōmen
| NativeTitle = ジ・オーメン
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|6|6|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = Fury Road
| TranslitTitle = Fyūrī rōdo
| NativeTitle = フューリー・ロード
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|6|13|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Return of the Dark Dragon
| TranslitTitle = Ritān Obu dākudoragon
| NativeTitle = リターン・オブ・ダークドラゴン
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|6|20|df=y}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = Dragon's Heart
| TranslitTitle = Doragon hāto
| NativeTitle = ドラゴン・ハート
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|6|27|df=y}}
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Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Portal|Anime and manga}}
- {{Official website|http://jp.product.gree.net/cerberus/|Official game website}}
- {{Official website|http://cerberus-anime.jp/|Official anime website}}
- {{Anime News Network|anime|18001}}
{{Bridge (studio)}}
{{Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine}}
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