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Outbreak Company:
Moeru Shinryakusha
Cover of Outbreak Company volume 1 featuring Myucel Foaran.
アウトブレイク・カンパニー 萌える侵略者
(Autobureiku Kanpanī: Moeru Shinryakusha)
GenreComedy, Fantasy, Harem
Light novel
Written byIchirō Sakaki
Illustrated byYūgen
Published byKodansha
ImprintKodansha Ranobe Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runDecember 2, 2011 – present
Volumes11
Manga
Written byIchirō Sakaki
Illustrated byKiri Kajiya
Published byKodansha
MagazineGood! Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 7, 2012 – November 7, 2014
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byKei Oikawa
Written byNaruhisa Arakawa
Music byKeiji Inai
StudioFeel
Original networkTBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS
English network
Original run October 3, 2013 – December 19, 2013
Episodes12 (List of episodes)

Outbreak Company, known in Japan as Outbreak Company: Moeru Shinryakusha (アウトブレイク・カンパニー 萌える侵略者, Autobureiku Kanpanī: Moeru Shinryakusha, lit. Outbreak Company: The Moe Invader) is a Japanese light novel series written by Ichirō Sakaki, with illustrations by Yūgen. Kodansha has published eleven volumes since December 2011. A manga adaptation by Kiri Kajiya began serialization in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon in November 2012. An anime television series adaptation aired between October and December 2013.

Plot

Shin'ichi Kanō is a young secluded otaku who is offered a job thanks to his vast knowledge of anime, manga and video games. However, just after meeting his new employer, he is kidnapped, awakening in an alternate world with a fantasy setup. Shin'ichi then is informed that he was in fact selected by the Japanese government to help improve his country's relations with this new world by establishing a company to spread the unique products of the Japanese culture to this new, unexplored market.

Characters

Main characters

Shin'ichi Kanō (加納 慎一, Kanō Shin'ichi)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae, Maaya Uchida (childhood)
Shin'ichi is the protagonist. He decides to look for a job in order to escape the hikikomori lifestyle he had fallen into after entering high school, but as a result he ends up employed in spreading otaku culture for the Holy Eldant Empire. He is a hardcore otaku who is true and honest to his interests.
Myucel Foaran (ミュセル・フォアラン, Myuseru Foaran)
Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori
Myucel is a half-elf who is Shin'ichi's maid in the Holy Eldant Empire. Having no discrimination at her origins, Shin'ichi quickly befriends Myucel and starts teaching her the Japanese language. In response to his kindness, Myucel eventually falls in love with him and becomes his most trusted supporter.
Petralka Anne Eldant III (ペトラルカ・アン・エルダント三世, Petoraruka An Erudanto Sansei)
Voiced by: Mai Fuchigami
Despite looking like a child, she is about Shin'ichi's age and is the monarch of the Eldant Empire. She takes an interest in Shin'ichi after seeing how casually he speaks with her and starts visiting him on a regular basis to have him read manga for her. Petralka usually complains at Myucel out of jealousy due to her closeness with Shin'ichi and asks him to teach her the Japanese language as well.

Others

Minori Koganuma (古賀沼 美埜里, Koganuma Minori)
Voiced by: Maaya Uchida
A well-endowed member of the JSDF assigned to help Shin'ichi with his task of spreading the otaku culture in Eldant. Minori is also an otaku but unlike him, she is a fujoshi specialized in boys-love merchandise and usually fantasizes about Shin'ichi with Garius becoming a couple.
Jinzaburō Matoba (的場 甚三郎, Matoba Jinzaburō)
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara
The man from the Japanese Government who hires Shin'ichi to the task of spreading the Japanese culture in Eldant. However, he only reveals him the true nature of his mission after having him drugged and taken away from Earth.
Elbia Hanaiman (エルビア・ハーナイマン, Elbia Hānaiman)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka
A werewolf, who was suspected as a spy from the neighboring Bahailm Kingdom. She is entrusted as Shin'ichi's personal artist.
Garius En Cordbal (ガリウス・エン・コルドバル, Gariusu En Korudobaru)
Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki
Petralka's cousin and a knight. His and Petralka's parents fought for the throne which ended with their mutual deaths, leaving Petralka to become a ruler despite being a child. Thanks to Minori's influence, Garius becomes interested in boys-love manga and apparently he has some interest in Shin'ichi.

Media

Light novels

Outbreak Company began as a light novel series written by Ichiro Sakaki, with illustrations by Yūgen. The first novel was published by Kodansha on December 2, 2011, under their imprint Kodansha Ranobe Bunko,[1] and eleven volumes have been released as of October 2, 2014.[2] The novels are published in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press.[3]

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Kiri Kajiya began serialization in the 25th issue of 2012 of Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine, sold on November 7, 2012.[4] The first tankōbon volume was released on September 2, 2013,[5] and three volumes have been released as of June 6, 2014.[6] The manga adaptation ended on November 7, 2014. [7]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation, produced by Feel and directed by Kei Oikawa,[8] aired from October 3 to December 19, 2013, on TBS and later on MBS, CBC, BS-TBS. The anime was simulcasted in North America by Crunchyroll.[9] The opening theme is "Univer Page" (ユニバーページ, Yunibā Pēji) by Suzuko Mimori and the ending theme is "Watashi no Hōsekibako" (私の宝石箱) by Mai Fuchigami. Sentai Filmworks has acquired the anime series for streaming and home video release in 2014.[10]

Episode list

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References

  1. ^ "アウトブレイク・カンパニー　萌える侵略者１" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 27, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "アウトブレイク・カンパニー　萌える侵略者１１" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 4, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "萌萌侵略者 OUTBREAK COMPANY(01)" (in Chinese). Sharp Point Press. Retrieved May 16, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Good! Afternoon Manga Magazine Goes Monthly". Anime News Network. September 7, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  5. ^ "アウトブレイク・カンパニー　萌える侵略者(1)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 15, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "アウトブレイク・カンパニー　萌える侵略者（３）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 8, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Outbreak Company manga to end". Anime News Network. November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  8. ^ "Outbreak Company Anime's Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. September 6, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  9. ^ "Crunchyroll to Stream Fantasy Anime Outbreak Company". Anime News Network. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  10. ^ "Sentai Filmworks Adds Outbreak Company Anime". Anime News Network. October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
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