Blue Dragon

O jogo:

Blue Dragon (ブルードラゴン, Burū Doragon) is a console role-playing game for the Xbox 360 video game console. It was developed by Mistwalker and Artoon and published by Microsoft Game Studios, based on a design by Final Fantasy series originator Hironobu Sakaguchi, who also supervised development and wrote the scenario. Microsoft hopes this game's release will provide a great boost to Xbox 360 sales in Japan, as it will be one of the first traditional Japanese RPGs to come to the Xbox 360 system. They hope to sell over 200,000 copies, breaking their record for sales of an Xbox 360 game in Japan to date. As of January 2007, while the game has sold less than expected (135,000 units) it is the highest selling Xbox 360 title in the territory. The RPG genre is especially popular in Japan, and the failure of Microsoft's first game console, the Xbox, in Japan is often partially attributed to the system's lack of traditional Japanese RPGs. Along with a quick video shown at E3 2006, Peter Moore promised the game would be out by the end of the year in Japan.

This game is the first of a series of Blue Dragon games, manga and anime.

The game is the first Xbox 360 title to ship on 3 DVDs.

The soundtrack features an instrumental titled 'Enter Shikari vs Blue Dragon' by the english Trance/Hardcore band Enter Shikari.

O anime:

An anime adaptation to be directed by Yukihiro Matsushita and animated by Studio Pierrot was also announced in November 2006. The anime began airing from April 7, 2007 and features a different voice cast from the game. It airs on TV Tokyo, and is currently scheduled for 51 episodes. On April 16th 2007, Viz Media have secured the license for the anime adaptation and it will be released in both North America and Europe later on in the year.

O mangá: