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Grimms Notes

Grimms Notes
グリムノーツ
(Gurimu Nōtsu)
Video game
DeveloperGenki
PublisherSquare Enix
GenreRole-playing
PlatformAndroid, iOS
Released
  • JP: January 21, 2016
  • US: March 2, 2018
Anime television series
Grimms Notes: The Animation
Directed bySeiki Sugawara
Written byHiroshi Yamaguchi
Music byTaketeru Sunamori
Mirai Kodai Gakudan
StudioBrain's Base
Licensed by
Original networkTBS, BS-TBS
Original run
  • JP: January 10, 2019
  • US: June 1, 2020
–
  • JP: March 28, 2019
  • US: November 4, 2020
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Video game
Grimms Notes Repage
DeveloperGenki
PublisherSquare Enix
GenreRole-playing
PlatformAndroid, iOS
Released
  • JP: January 29, 2018

Grimms Notes (グリムノーツ, Gurimu Nōtsu) was an online free-to-play role-playing game developed by Genki and published by Square Enix. It was released in Japan on January 21, 2016 for Android and iOS devices. The game was released worldwide on March 2, 2018 in South Korea, China, North America and Europe by Flero Games, a Korean publisher.[1][2] An anime television series adaptation by Brain's Base, titled Grimms Notes: The Animation, premiered from January 10 to March 28, 2019; the anime series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.[3][4]

Gameplay

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Grimms Notes is a side-scrolling role-playing game. The player controls a party of characters based on fairy tales and stories such as Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella. The player directly controls the main character, moving them around the battle screen and attacking enemies, while the game controls the other party members. As characters defeat enemies they charge a skill meter, with the player activating the character's unique skill, both for the main character and others, when fully charged.[5][6]

The game features a "Soul System", wherein each character has two "souls" equipped, equivalent to jobs or character classes. In between battles the player can change which souls are equipped.[5]

Plot

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In the game, the player and the fairy tale characters band together to combat "Chaos Tellers", which are rewriting the fairy tale stories and changing fate.[7] Fairy tales include characters from such stories as Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and Little Red Riding Hood.[8]

Release

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The game was released in Japan on January 21, 2016 for Android and iOS devices. It was released worldwide on March 2, 2018 in South Korea, China, North America and Europe by Flero Games, a Korean publisher.[1] On January 10, 2019 the global version was shut down. The Japanese version closed its services on June 17, 2020. Later, a free offline application was released, which made it available to read every cutscene ever released without the gameplay. It is now considered a visual novel.

Reception

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The game was downloaded two million times in four days, and over 15 million times total in Japan.[1][9]

Other media

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Anime

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An anime television series adaptation titled Grimms Notes: The Animation was announced in 2018, which Square Enix had indicated that it would not be a short-form anime series.[10] The series premiered from January 10 to March 28, 2019 on TBS and BS-TBS.[11][12] The series is animated by Brain's Base and is directed by Seiki Sugawara, with Hiroshi Yamaguchi handling series composition, Kentaro Matsumoto handling character designs, and Fumiyuki Go is the sound director.[13] Ayana Taketatsu performs the series' opening theme song "Innocent Notes", while i☆Ris performs the series' ending theme song "Endless Notes".[14] In North America, Crunchyroll simulcasts the series and Sentai Filmworks will release the series on home video.[4][15]

Cast

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Ekusu (エクス)
Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka[11]
Known as Ex for short, a resident from Cinderella story, whose book of fate was blank, he is Attacker class.
Reina Viehmann (レイナ・フィーマン)
Voiced by: Reina Ueda[11]
A resident from an unknown story, she is the leader of the group, her purpose is to "tune" every stories back to normal and stop Chaos Storyteller from destroying it, she is Healer class.
Tao (タオ)
Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi[11]
A resident from Momotaro story and a friend of previous Momotaro, he is Defender class.
Shane (シェイン)
Voiced by: Miyu Kubota[11]
A resident from Momotaro story as well, she was a demon with no horns as remembered by Onihime, she is Shooter class.
Loki (ロキ)
Voiced by: Takahiro Mizushima[14]
Curly (カーリー)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka[14]
Cinderella (シンデレラ)
Voiced by: Reina Ueda[14]
Akazukin (赤ずきん) / Red Riding Hood
Voiced by: Risa Taneda[14]
Shirayuki-hime (白雪姫) / Snow White
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki[14]
Robin Hood (ロビン・フッド)
Voiced by: Junji Majima[14]
Alice (アリス)
Voiced by: Miyu Kubota[14]

Episode list

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No. Title[a] Original air date
1"Red Riding Hood's Forest"
Transliteration: "Akazukin no mori" (Japanese: 赤ずきんの森)		January 10, 2019 (2019-01-10)
2"Don Quixote's Faith"
Transliteration: "Don kihōte no shin'nen" (Japanese: ドン・キホーテの信念)		January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)
3"Cinderella of Recollection"
Transliteration: "Tsuioku no Shinderera" (Japanese: 追憶のシンデレラ)		January 24, 2019 (2019-01-24)
4"Ex's Journey Begins"
Transliteration: "Ekusu no tabidachi" (Japanese: エクスの旅立ち)		January 31, 2019 (2019-01-31)
5"Treasure Island, a Place of Dreams and Adventure"
Transliteration: "Yume to roman no takarajima" (Japanese: 夢とロマンの宝島)		February 7, 2019 (2019-02-07)
6"Ex and Snow White"
Transliteration: "Ekusu to shirayukihime" (Japanese: エクスと白雪姫)		February 14, 2019 (2019-02-14)
7"Gerda and the Snow Queen"
Transliteration: "Geruda to yuki no joō" (Japanese: ゲルダと雪の女王)		February 21, 2019 (2019-02-21)
8"The Brother and Sister of Onigashima"
Transliteration: "Onigashima no kyōdai" (Japanese: 鬼ヶ島の兄妹)		February 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)
9"Aladdin of the Burning Sand"
Transliteration: "Nessa no Arajin" (Japanese: 熱砂のアラジン)		March 7, 2019 (2019-03-07)
10"The Saint of Orléans"
Transliteration: "Orurean no seijo" (Japanese: オルレアンの聖女)		March 14, 2019 (2019-03-14)
11"Reina in Wonderland"
Transliteration: "Fushiginokuni no Reina" (Japanese: 不思議の国のレイナ)		March 21, 2019 (2019-03-21)
12"A Fairy Tale Nobody Knows"
Transliteration: "Daremo shiranai dōwa" (Japanese: 誰も知らない童話)		March 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)

Notes

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  1. ^ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

Other works

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Another game under development called Grimms Echoes, will be one series but not direct sequel to Grimms Notes as it develops a completely new story.[16] It scheduled to release on March 28, 2019.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Square Enix's Grimms Notes Smartphone Game Gets Release in N. America, Europe". Anime News Network. September 11, 2017. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Romano, Sal (September 11, 2017). "Square Enix smartphone RPG Grimms Notes coming west". Gematsu. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Ressler, Karen (January 7, 2019). "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Grimms Notes the Animation". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Crunchyroll Adds Grimms Notes the Animation, Mysteria Friends Anime Simulcasts". Anime News Network. January 10, 2019. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "English Version Of Grimms Notes By Square Enix Launched!". GamerBraves. 2018-03-02. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  6. ^ Romano, Sal (2017-09-11). "Square Enix smartphone RPG Grimms Notes coming west". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  7. ^ Luster, Joseph (2018-01-20). "Square Enix's "Grimms Notes" Mobile RPG Reportedly Gets Anime". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  8. ^ Knauer, Steve (September 11, 2017). "Square Enix Japan-Only Mobile Game Grimms Notes Comes to the West". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 17, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  9. ^ Drake, Sophia Aubrey (January 29, 2016). "Big in Japan: Square Enix's fairytale JRPG Grimms Notes". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "Square Enix's Grimm's Notes RPG App Gets Anime". Anime News Network. January 20, 2018. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  11. ^ a b c d e Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 28, 2018). "Grimms Notes Anime Project Reveals 4 Cast Members, TV Format". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  12. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 30, 2018). "Grimms Notes Anime's New Promo Video Reveals January 10 Premiere". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  13. ^ Loo, Egan (August 6, 2018). "Grimms Notes TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Unveils Main Staff". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h Sherman, Jennifer (November 6, 2018). "Ayana Taketatsu, i☆Ris Perform Grimms Notes TV Anime's Theme Songs". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  15. ^ Ressler, Karen (January 7, 2019). "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Grimms Notes the Animation". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  16. ^ "『グリムエコーズ』大人気童話RPGのシリーズ新作が登場。新たな物語の扉が開く！【事前登録】". ゲームギフト. November 6, 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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