Interlude (visual novel)
Interlude (インタールード, Intārūdo) is an anime and visual novel by Longshot told in parallel novel style that follows the events around three women. Interlude was originally released for the Sega Dreamcast on March 13, 2003, a rare occurrence for visual novels, as most are released for Windows first. PlayStation 2 and Windows ports were later also released. The PS2 version received a 'The Best' budget price re-release on March 1, 2007.
Interlude | |
インタールード (Intārūdo) | |
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Game | |
Developer | Longshot |
Publisher | Dreamcast, PlayStation 2Windows
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Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | Dreamcast, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows |
Released | Dreamcast
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Original video animation | |
Directed by | Tatsuya Nagamine |
Written by | Akemi Omode |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | 25 March 2004 – 27 August 2004 |
Episodes | 3 |
Characters
The player assumes the role of an unnamed protagonist in the series.
The three main women are:
- Aya Watsuji (和辻 綾, Watsuji Aya), a girl who is going insane. Aya is a skilled archer and lives alone in a town empty of people. Aya thinks that if she acts that if everything is normal, then everyone would return.
- Izumi Marufuji (丸藤 泉美, Marufuji Izumi) an office lady.
- Maiko Tamaki (玉城 麻衣子, Tamaki Maiko), a childhood friend of the protagonist actuated by the player in the game.
Adaptations
A three-episode OVA directed by Tatsuya Nagamine was produced and licensed by Toei Animation. It premiered in 2004 on SkyPerfecTV and was released on DVD in 2005. It was distributed in English speaking countries by Geneon Entertainment. A Japanese-audio English-subtitle version was made available for streaming free on Crunchyroll in April 2011.
OVA voice cast
Character | Voice actor[1] | |
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Japanese | English | |
Protagonist | Masakazu Morita | Marlowe Gardiner Heslin |
Maiko Tamaki | Yukari Tamura | Stephanie Anne Mills |
Izumi Marufuji | Mami Kingetsu | Stéphanie Martin |
Aya Watsuji | Houko Kuwashima | Terri Hawkes |
Mutsumi Saegusa | Ikue Otani | Bryn McAuley |
Ikuo Fuyuki | Hozumi Goda | Richard Clarkin |
Miyako Saegusa | Julie Lemieux | |
Sugiura | Keiichi Sonobe | Rod Wilson |
Chika Kimura | Julie Lemieux | |
Kaoruko Minegishi | Machiko Toyoshima | Katie Griffin |
Yuki Takase | Wakana Yamazaki | Deborah Drakeford |
Haruka Fujinobe | Yumi Toma | Catriona Murphy |
Shimizu | Chantal Quesnel | |
The General | Drew Coombs | |
Aya's Mother | Catriona Murphy |
References
- "Interlude". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
External links
- Interlude at Shall Luck (in Japanese)
- Interlude OVA Official website (in Japanese)
- Interlude (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Interlude at The Visual Novel Database