Amagi Brilliant Park

Amagi Brilliant Park(Japanese:甘城ブリリアントパーク,Hepburn:Amagi Buririanto Pāku)is a Japaneselight novelseries written byShoji Gatohand illustrated by Yuka Nakajima.Fujimi Shobohas published eight volumes since February 20, 2013, under theirFujimi Fantasia Bunkoimprint. There are three manga adaptations published by Fujimi Shobo andKadokawa. The series follows a young man named Seiya Kanie, a smart and extremely narcissist high school pupil, who has only three months to save a struggling and magicalamusement parkfrom being sold for land redevelopment, with the help of his friend, Isuzu Sento and theme park owner Princess Latifa Fleuranza
A 13-episodeanimetelevision series adaptation byKyoto Animationaired in Japan between October 6 and December 25, 2014. In North America, the series is licensed byJ-Novel Clubfor light novels, with the first volume released digitally on September 9, 2018 andSentai Filmworkshas also licensed the anime series for home video distribution and is streaming on itsHidiveplatform.
By November 2014, the light novel has over 100,000 copies in circulation.
Seiya Kanie is a good-looking, perfectionist boy who is forced by the mysterious Isuzu Sento to visit an amusement park named Amagi Brilliant Park, which is in serious financial trouble and about to be closed forever. The park is actually staffed by refugees from a magical realm called Maple Land and the park is a facility for harvesting magical energy from visitors while they're having fun. As such, the park is the only way the refugees can maintain their existence in the human realm.
To save the park from closing, Seiya is hired by the owner, Latifah Fleuranza, the princess of Maple Land (whom Seiya met before when he was a young boy), to become its new manager and use his skills in entertainment to save it. However, they have only two weeks to attract 100,000 visitors (they have to attract 250,000 visitors in three months in the anime version), a feat that seems impossible given the park's current situation.
The first light novel volume was published byFujimi Shobounder theirFujimi Fantasia Bunkoimprint on February 20, 2013. As of June 2016, eight volumes have been published. During their panel atAnime Expo 2018,J-Novel Clubannounced that they have licensed the light novel,with the first volume being released digitally on September 9, 2018.
A spin-off light novel series, written by Keishō Yanagawa and titledAmagi Brilliant Park: Maple Summoner, was published by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko from October 18, 2014, to February 20, 2015 in three volumes.
A manga adaptation with art by Kimitake Yoshioka started serialization in Fujimi Shobo'sshōnenmangamagazineMonthly Dragon Agewith the March 2014 issue sold on February 8.The series has been compiled in twotankōbonvolumes, released on June 7 and October 8, 2014.Afour-panelcomic stripmanga illustrated by Kōji Azuma titledAmagi Brilliant Park? Fumo(甘城ブリリアントパーク?ふも)began serialization inMonthly Dragon Agewith the June 2014 issue.A third manga titledAmagi Brilliant Park the animation(甘城ブリリアントパークthe animation), written by the AmaBri Restoration Committee(甘ブリ再生委員会,Amaburi Saisei Iinkai)and illustrated by Ami Hakui, will begin serialization onKadokawa'sComicWalkerwebsite.
A 13-episode anime television series adaptation produced byKyoto Animationand directed byYasuhiro Takemoto, withFumihiko Shimohandling series composition, Miku Kadowaki designing the characters andShinkichi Mitsumunecomposing the music.The series aired from October 6 to December 25, 2014. The opening theme is "Extra Magic Hour"(エクストラ・マジック・アワー,Ekusutora Majikku Awā), performed byAkinowithbless4.Akino and bless4 also did an English version of this song titled "Extra Magic Hour (International Edition)". The ending theme is "Elementalio de Aimashō!"(エレメンタリオで会いましょう!,Erementario de Aimashō!), performed by Brilliant4, a voice actress unit composed ofYuka Aisaka,Tomoyo Kurosawa,Shiori Mikami, andMinami Tsuda.Additionally, there is anoriginal video animationepisode bundled with the seventh volume of the DVD and Blu-ray discs, and seven mini-episode side stories titledAmagi Brilliant Park: Wakuwaku Mini Theater - Rakugaki Backstagethat were also bundled with the DVD and Blu-ray volumes.
Sentai Filmworkshas licensed the series in North America and the series in both Japanese and English dubs were released on home video in Blu-ray on February 28, 2017 with the series streamed onHIDIVE.Crunchyrollhad previously streamed the series in North America in 2015.Following the acquisition of Crunchyroll bySony Pictures Television, the parent company ofFunimationin 2021,Amagi Brilliant Park, among several Sentai titles, was dropped from the service on March 31, 2022.The series is also distributed for home video in Australia byCrunchyroll Store Australia(Madman Anime) and in the United Kingdom byAnimatsu Entertainment.