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Encyclopedia > Fire Emblem (anime)
Fire Emblem
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Genre Fantasy
OVA
Directed by Shin Misawa
Studio KSS
No. of episodes 2
Released 1996


Fire Emblem is a Japanese anime OAV based on the first game in Nintendo's Fire Emblem strategy game series. Production ended after only two episodes were produced. Both episodes were released in North America on VHS by ADV Films. Original Video Animation (OVA) is an acronym used in Japan for anime titles that are released directly to retail sale, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... Back to Animation Anime (アニメ) is a style of cartoon animation originating in Japan. ... Original Video Animation (OVA) is an acronym used in Japan for anime titles that are released directly to retail sale, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... Eliwood, Hector and Lyn (from Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword, the first Fire Emblem to be released internationally). ... Strategy games are typically board games, video or computer games with the players decision-making skills having a high significance in determining the outcome. ... Top view VHS cassette with U.S. Quarter for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, first released in September 1976, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (with some... ADV Films is the home video publication arm of A.D. Vision based in Houston, Texas. ...


While this anime essentially came and went, its existence does contain one mildly interesting translation note. Produced long before any of the Fire Emblem games were released in North America, the lead character's name was translated as "Mars" by ADV Films. However, when the character made an in-game appearance in Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Melee, Nintendo chose to officially translate his name as Marth. Super Smash Bros. ... Marth is a fictional swordfighter from the Fire Emblem series of video games. ...

Back to Animation Anime (アニメ) is a style of cartoon animation originating in Japan. ... A page from the Marmalade Boy manga, volume 1 (Japanese version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ...

External links

  • Fire Emblem[1] at Amazon.com[2]

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THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Fire Emblem (489 words)
Fire Emblem is yet another one-shot tape that fails to deliver much beyond a pretty intro for a game few Americans will ever see.
Fire Emblem has very little to offer for any but the most ardent of fantasy fans, and the lack of a continuation will merely leave a bitter taste in the mouths of fans asking for more.
It could have been good, but Fire Emblem simply doesn't do enough with even the short amount of time it's given to be worth much.
Fire Emblem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2373 words)
Like Advance Wars, Fire Emblem is a series of turn-based strategy games that involve moving units through a map grid in order to defeat the opposition and eventually seize a base or defeat a boss.
The original Fire Emblem was a shield which allowed the wielder, Marth, to use the Falchion sword.
Because Fire Emblem was virtually unheard of in America at the time of SSBM's development, it was expected that he would be dummied out of the North American version of the game.
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