Princess Connect! Re:Dive
Japanese media franchise
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Princess Connect! Re:Dive (Japanese: プリンセスコネクト！Re:Dive, Hepburn: Purinsesu Konekuto! Ridaibu) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Cygames. It was released in Japan on February 15, 2018, for Android and iOS, and on May 22, 2018, for Microsoft Windows via DMM Games.[3] Mobile version would later be released in other regions.
- JP: Cygames
- TW/HK/MAC: So-net
- CHN: Bilibili
- KR: Kakao Games, Nexon
- TH: Ini3 Digital
- WW: Crunchyroll Games
| Princess Connect! Re:Dive | |
 Princess Connect! Re:Dive logo | |
| プリンセスコネクト！Re:Dive (Purinsesu Konekuto! Ridaibu) | |
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| Video game | |
| Developer | Cygames |
| Publisher |
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| Produced by | Yuito Kimura[1] |
| Music by | Kohei Tanaka[2] |
| Genre | Role-playing |
| Platform | Android, iOS, Windows |
| Released | Android, iOS Microsoft Windows
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Asahiro Kakashi |
| Illustrated by | wEshica/Shougo |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Cycomics |
| Original run | February 18, 2018 – December 23, 2018 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takaomi Kanasaki[a] Yasuo Iwamoto (season 2) |
| Written by | Takaomi Kanasaki |
| Music by | Imagine[b] |
| Studio | CygamesPictures |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11, SUN, KBS Kyoto |
| Original run | April 7, 2020 – March 29, 2022 |
| Episodes | 25 |
The game was announced in August 2016 as a sequel to the social network game Princess Connect! (abbreviated as プリコネ, Prikone), which was released on February 18, 2015, and ended service in June 2016.[4]
The game was co-developed by CyberAgent and Ameba Business Division (Girl Friend Beta) and Cygames (Rage of Bahamut and Granblue Fantasy), by utilizing the strengths of both companies. It is a dating sim game that incorporates online RPG elements such as guild battles.
An anime television series adaptation produced by CygamesPictures aired from April to June 2020. A second season aired from January to March 2022.
On March 30, 2023, Crunchyroll, the publisher for the global version of the game, announced that the game would be ending service on April 30.[5]
Gameplay
Princess Connect! Re:Dive is a real-time action role-playing game. Players can form a party of up to five characters to participate in various modes such as main quests and player versus player (PvP) arena modes. New characters can be obtained via a gacha mechanic or can be exchanged with character-specific Memory Pieces (the latter is not possible for event-exclusive characters). Players are also able to form clans to qualify for participation in Clan Battles, which are similar to raid battles in a typical massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or freely chat with one another using text or in-game emojis in the clan room.
Every playable character in the game has a regular attack, two Skills, an EX Skill, and one Union Burst. Players generally have no control over the activation of characters' skills and attacks, which are automatically activated at predetermined times based on character. EX Skills are stat-gaining skills that are activated on the start of each battle. A Union Burst is a powerful skill which, unlike other skills, can be manually activated by the player at any time the character's Union Burst Meter (also known as TP in-game) is full. However, all PvP arena modes are strictly on autoplay, where the character's Union Burst is activated as soon as their TP is fully charged.
Story
Setting
The game takes place in the year 2033 in a virtual reality video game titled Legend of Astrum, a fantasy action role-playing game populated by various races including humans, "beastfolk" (humanoids possessing animal traits) among others, where thousands were trapped with no means to log out in an incident later known as "Minerva's Imprisonment (ミネルヴァの懲役, Mineruva no Chōeki)". The protagonist is a player named Yuuki, who serves as a Princess Knight, a retainer to one of Legend of Astrum's chief developers, the Seven Crowns, who goes on a journey across Legend of Astrum's eponymous landmass.
Plot
After the events of Princess Connect!, the Twinkle Wish guild would ascend the Tower of Sol where they reach the very top and encounter Mana Senri, titled Kaiser Insight (覇瞳皇帝), who merged with the game world's AI administrator Minerva. After wiping out Hiyori and Rei, Yuuki is severely injured and shields Yui from an attack before he is engulfed by Mana's attack. Yuuki awakens in an unknown location and meets Ameth, who seems to be familiar with him. With no time, she sends him down to Landsol where he is given a vague mission that he must do.
Upon awakening, Yuuki has lost all memory. He is met by Kokkoro, a girl assigned by Ameth to be his guide on his adventures. Shortly afterwards he meets a swordswoman with a voracious appetite, whom the duo nickname Pecorine, and later a cat-beast race girl Karyl. The group founds the guild Gourmet Edifice (美食殿, Bishokuden) with the goal of going on adventures while eating the food that Landsol has to offer. As for Yuuki, he is determined to recover his memories and complete the mission Ameth has in store for him.
Pecorine defeats Mana and reclaims her right to the throne of Landosol, and the group confront the Rage Legion, an unlicensed guild who broke into Legend of Astrum after Minerva's Imprisonment. They face a mysterious woman resembling Yui named Eris, as they return to the Tower of Sol for a means to send the players back to real life. One of the Seven Crowns, Legend of Astrum's chief developers, Labyrista begins working on a patch to grant players the ability to exit the game. Yuuki rallies the other guilds to stop Eris from resetting the world and recreating it in hers and Yuuki's image. Yui duels Eris, who reveals she is an artificial duplicate created to fulfill Yui's wish to become Princess after her previous escape from Mana on the tower. Eris would later fuse with Minerva, whom Mana manipulated into granting their wish that caused Minerva's Imprisonment. Minerva is re-summoned, and Eris' test terminal Sheffy sacrifices herself to activate Labyrista's program, lifting Minerva's Imprisonment and allowing the remaining players carrying Labyrista's code to freely return to the real world.
The Gourmet Edifice head to the monster and legendary creature-populated Reverse World (裏世界, Urasekai), consisting of three nations: Geo Teogonia, Geo Gehenna and Geo Niflhell. They learn the existence of other Royal Equipment (王家の装備, Ōke no Sōbi) holders besides Pecorine who wield powers based on the seven deadly sins, three of which are the Reverse World's respective Princesses. Sheffy is revived while held captive by Lady Arachne, one of the Six Calamities (六凶), six strongest monsters from Geo Gehenna and a former subordinate to Freya, an investigator from the international police agency Warlock and a clone from Pecorine's family who overthrew Pecorine in real life. Freya alongside fellow Royal Equipment wielders Riza and Alshat are also revealed to be knighted to the Vision Empress (幻境竜后), a dragon who is the strongest of the Seven Crowns.
Development
As Cygames was in charge of Princess Connect! Character productions and the project started with the desire to make a sequel using these characters after obtaining permission. Since there was time during the update for the final story of Princess Connect!, it was decided to make Pecorine the lead role in the sequel Princess Connect! Re:Dive and to make an appearance in the ending of Princess Connect!.[6]
It was developed as an anime RPG that consists of two parts animation and game. Care was taken not to separate these two elements during the UI design and visuals adjustments. The main story animations are produced by WIT STUDIO. While the ending of the limited-time event and others are produced by CygamesPictures.[7]
On 21 August 2016, the game was announced at the Cygames NEXT 2016 new game presentation.[8][9]
Albums
| No. | Title | Vocals | Composer | Arrangement | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Lost Princess
Princess Connect! Re:Dive Act 1 Main Theme Anime Opening Theme |
Pecorine (CV: M·A·O)
Kokkoro (CV: Miku Ito) Karyl (CV: Rika Tachibana) |
Kohei Tanaka | Takayuki Negishi | Shihori | 4:43 |
| 02 | つなぐもの
Princess Connect! Act 2 Main Theme |
Yui (CV: Risa Taneda)
Hiyori (CV: Nao Toyama) Rei (CV: Saori Hayami) |
Takayuki Tonegawa
Kazuya Saka |
Dr.Usui
Kazuya Saka Wicky.Recordings |
Takayuki Tonegawa | 4:13 |
| オリジナルドラマ (Original Drama) | Characters | |||||
| 03 | 「雨のち笑顔、ときどき空腹」(Ame Nochi Egao, Tokidoki Kūfuku) | Pecorine (CV: M·A·O)
Kokkoro (CV: Miku Ito) Karyl (CV: Rika Tachibana) |
Yui (CV: Risa Taneda)
Hiyori (CV: Nao Toyama) Rei (CV: Saori Hayami) |
23:24 | ||
| No. | Title | Vocals | Composer | Arrangement | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Connecting Happy!!
Ending Theme Song Web Radio Theme Song |
Pecorine (CV: M·A·O)
Kokkoro (CV: Miku Ito) Karyl (CV: Rika Tachibana) |
Sonosuke Takao (F.M.F) | Yuki Nara (F.M.F) | Aki Hata | 3:56 |
| 02 | えがおのマイホーム
(Egao no My Home) Insert Song, Event ED |
Saren (CV: Yui Horie)
Suzume (CV: Aoi Yuki) |
Lucas (TRYTONELABO) | Lucas (TRYTONELABO) | Mitsu (TRYTONELABO) | 4:04 |
| オリジナルドラマ (Original Drama) | Characters | |||||
| 03 | 「愛する貴女のお気に召すまま」(Aisuru Kijou no Okinimesu Mama)
オリジナルドラマ (Original Drama) |
Pecorine (CV: M·A·O)
Kokkoro (CV: Miku Ito) Karyl (CV: Rika Tachibana) |
Saren (CV: Yui Horie)
Suzume (CV: Aoi Yuki) |
20:15 | ||
| No. | Title | Vocals | Composer | Arrangement | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Mirage Game
Ending Theme Song Web Radio Theme Song |
Pecorine (CV: M·A·O)
Kokkoro (CV: Miku Ito) Karyl (CV: Rika Tachibana) Yui (CV: Risa Taneda) Hiyori (CV: Nao Toyama) Rei (CV: Saori Hayami) Sheffy (CV: Reina Kondo) |
Kohei Tanaka | Yuki Nara (F.M.F) | Aki Hata | 3:56 |
| 02 | Yes! Precious Harmony! | Saren (CV: Yui Horie)
Suzume (CV: Aoi Yuki) |
Lucas (TRYTONELABO) | Lucas (TRYTONELABO) | Mitsu (TRYTONELABO) | 4:04 |
Absolute Secret
- Vocals: Karyl (CV: Rika Tachibana)
- Composer: Naozumi Mabuchi
- Arranger: Naozumi Mabuchi
- Lyricist: corochi (Cygames)
Ending theme for chapter 8
Media
Manga
A manga adaptation, written by Asahiro Kakashi and illustrated by wEshica/Shōgo, has been serialized online via Cygames' manga app Cycomics. Kodansha have published two tankōbon volumes as of February 2019.[12] A comic anthology featuring various artists was released on May 27, 2019.[13]
Anime
An anime television series adaptation by CygamesPictures aired from April 7 to June 30, 2020. The series premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX, BS11, Sun TV, and KBS Kyoto before airing on other channels.[14] Crunchyroll streamed the series.[15] The series was directed by Takaomi Kanasaki with assistant directing by Kana Harufuji. Satomi Kurita, Lie Jun Yang and Yasuyuki Noda provided character designs.[14]
On August 13, 2020, it was announced that the series will receive a second season, with CygamesPictures returning for production.[16] It is directed by Yasuo Iwamoto, with Kanasaki serving as the chief director and scriptwriter. Mai Watanabe joins Kurita, Yang, and Noda to provide character designs, and Imagine is composing the series' music. The main cast will reprise their roles. The second season aired from January 11 to March 29, 2022.[17][18]
Video games
PriConne: Grand Masters
Was available from 1 to 8 April 2022 as an April Fools' limited Auto Chess type game.[19]
Granblue Fantasy
Several Princess Connect! Re:Dive characters featured in a collaboration event for the role-playing game Granblue Fantasy between December 9 and December 21, 2018. Pecorine and Kokkoro are both playable characters while Kyaru and the player character appear in the story.[20] The event was reintroduced permanently in 2019 with Kyaru also being made playable.
Dragalia Lost
On November 5, 2020, it was announced that Pecorine would be featured in a collaboration event for Dragalia Lost.[21]
Web novel
Princess Connect! - Princess Knight Sodatsusen (Japanese: プリンセスコネクト！ 〜プリンセスナイト争奪戦〜) was a web novel of the prequel game Princess Connect! was released on Dengeki Online. Author by Ōta Riyō with the supervision of and co-produced by CyberAgent / Cygames.[22]
Notes
- Credited as Chief Director (総監督, Sō Kantoku) for the second season.
- Akifumi Tada, Yasunori Nishiki, Shingo Nishimura, Kenta Higashiohji, Tsubasa Ito, Akihiro Honda, Yuki Shirai, Ryuta Kakiuchi