Blue Archive
Blue Archive (Japanese: ブルーアーカイブ; Korean: 블루 아카이브; Chinese: 蔚蓝档案) is a South Korean role-playing game developed by Nexon Games (formerly NAT Games), a subsidiary of Nexon. It was released in 2021 for Android and iOS, first in Japan by Yostar and worldwide later that year by Nexon. The game is free-to-play with gacha game mechanics as a means to obtain new characters. An anime television series adaptation titled Blue Archive The Animation premiered in April 2024.
| Blue Archive | |
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| ブルーアーカイブ (Burūākaibu) | |
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| Created by | Nexon Games |
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| Developer | Nexon Games |
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| Directed by | Kim Yong-ha |
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| Genre | Role-playing, Real-time Strategy, Visual Novel |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform | Android, iOS |
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| Anime television series | |
| Blue Archive The Animation | |
| Directed by | Daigo Yamagishi |
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| Music by | 40mP |
| Studio | Yostar Pictures CANDYBOX |
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| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), BS11 |
| Original run | April 8, 2024 – present |
| Episodes | 2 |
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The player and protagonist is a Sensei who was summoned from outside the academic city-state of Kivotos by the president of the General Student Council, an extrajudicial committee governing the schools. Following her sudden disappearance, criminal activity rises around Kivotos and the player is tasked by the remaining members of the council to resolve issues that crop up and help search for the president.