Software:Growlanser

Growlanser
The Growlanser logo
Genre(s)	Role-playing video game
Developer(s)	Career Soft
Publisher(s)	Atlus Rising Star Games
Artist(s)	Satoshi Urushihara
Composer(s)	Noriyuki Iwadare, Tomoyuki Hamada
Platform(s)	PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
First release	Growlanser 1999
Latest release	Growlanser 2011

Growlanser (Japanese: グローランサー, Hepburn: Gurōransā) is a series of tactical role-playing games with installments on the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. The franchise has been developed by Career Soft, and is owned by Atlus and Sega. The series is set in a world that is being taken over by an ancient evil. It is a spiritual successor to Career Soft's earlier Langrisser series. Working Designs published Growlanser II and III in North America together in a package called Growlanser Generations that had additional features. Growlanser V: Generations was published in North America by Atlus USA and Europe by Rising Star Games under the name Growlanser: Heritage of War. The PSP version of Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time was also published in North America by Atlus. All titles feature character art by Satoshi Urushihara.

Games

Year	Title	Platform(s)
1999	Growlanser	PlayStation
2001	Growlanser II	PlayStation 2
	Growlanser III
2003	Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time
	Growlanser Collection
2004	Growlanser Generations
2005	Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time - Return
2006	Growlanser V: Generations / Growlanser: Heritage of War
2007	Growlanser VI
2009	Growlanser (remake)	PlayStation Portable
2011	Growlanser IV: Over Reloaded / Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time

Other merchandise

• Soundtrack CDs for the Growlanser series were released in Japan by King Records (I, II, and III), FrontierWorks (IV), Pony Canyon (V) and Sony Music (VI).
• As a companion to Growlanser IV, a collection of entirely vocal music from the game was released as Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of the Time Original Character Song Album.
• With Growlanser IV came an OVA to the series, featuring a situation from the game turned into an anime. Silverneil, the main character of the OVA, travels around in the city trying to figure out what is going on regarding a rebellion and is given the decision either to join it or go against it. The ending theme to the OVA is "Yakusoku" (Promise), featured as track 10 on the Character Song Album.

External links

• Atlus official website (in Japanese)
• Atlus U.S.A. official website (in English)