Star Ocean: The Second Story (manga)
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Cover of the first volume of the Japanese release of the manga series
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スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー (Sutā Ōshan Sekando Sutōrī) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Science fantasy, Sword and sorcery |
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| Written by | Mayumi Azuma |
| Published by | Enix |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Gangan |
| Original run | June 22, 1999 – December 21, 2001 |
| Volumes | 7 |
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| Star Ocean EX | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Watanabe |
| Written by | Kenichi Kanemaki Mayori Sekijima |
| Music by | Motoi Sakuraba |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Licensed by | Geneon North America |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 3, 2001 – September 25, 2001 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Star Ocean: The Second Story (スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー Sutā Ōshan Sekando Sutōrī?) is a seven volume manga series written and illustrated by Mayumi Azuma. Based on the tri-Ace role-playing video game Star Ocean: The Second Story, it follows the exploits of Claude C. Kenny, a young ensign in the Earth Federation who finds himself stranded on the Planet Expel. He meets Rena Lanford, a young girl living in the village of Arlia who declares that he is the legendary warrior their legends speak of who will save their troubled world from disaster. The series was serialized in Shōnen Gangan, premiering June 22, 1999 and running until December 21, 2001 when it ended without reaching the conclusion of the story.
Studio Deen adapted the manga series into a twenty six episode anime series entitled Star Ocean EX which aired on TV Tokyo from April 3, 2001 until September 25, 2001. The anime series was released to Region 1 DVD by Geneon Entertainment. To complete the story left unfinished by both the manga and anime, five drama CDs were released in Japan, using the same voice actors from the anime series.
Twenty years after the events of the Star Ocean video game, Ronixis J. Kenny and his son, Claude C. Kenny are on a mission to investigate a newly discovered planet. While investigating a strange machine with a mysterious energy field, Claude finds himself transported to the planet of Expel. He wakes up in a forest, where he meets Rena Lanford, a young girl being attacked by a monster. After defeating the monster with his phase gun, Rena takes him back to her village of Arlia where he is declared to be the legendary "Warrior of Light" who will save Expel. The planet is in peril since the landing of a large meteorite, the Sorcery Globe, which has caused monsters to spawn around the planet, as well as numerous natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunami.
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