Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA

(caps part of official title) is a Fate/stay night alternate universe spin-off manga by Hiroshi Hiroyama. An anime adaptation of the first manga series and the first half of the second manga series - 2wei - were produced by Silver Link. An adaptation of the second half of 2wei started airing on July 25, 2015 and finished airing on September 26, 2015 called Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!. An adaptation of the first part of 3rei aired from July 6, 2016 to September 21, 2016, and the final episode announced a movie adapting the next part of 3rei. An anime sequel is later announced.PRISMA☆ILLYA twitter 10/07/17
==Story==
=== Setting ===
The series takes place in Fuyuki City in an alternate timeline of Fate/stay night. In this world, Illya was born as the Holy Grail and planned to be used directly within the Fourth Grail War, being given knowledge needed at birth as a result. Not wanting Illya to be used in a fate, Kiritsugu and Irisviel helped end the Holy Grail War ritual before it could start when Illya was eight months old, sealing her memories away and allowing her to grow up as a normal girl. Shirou and Illya live a peaceful life as brother and sister, without knowledge of magic, under the care of Sella and Leysritt, while their parents are abroad.
The Class Cards, malicious fragments of Heroic Spirits, later appear in Fuyuki, and they are first believed to be remnants of the Holy Grail War. It is later revealed that they were actually brought forth from a parallel world along with Miyu, the completed Holy Grail of that world. Various aspects of the setting and events are a parody of a typical Magical Girl series, and Illya, being a fan of such series, is quick to notice them.
The author says that the setting should not be directly compared to that of the main franchise, saying that many of the elements may differ.
====Kaleidosticks====
Two sentient wands that can turn their owner into Magical Girls. They were given to Rin and Luvia by Zelretch to aid them in dealing with Class Cards.
First stick, Ruby, is identical in appearance to the one used in Fate/hollow ataraxia by Rin, with a five-pointed star inside a winged ring on its “head”, and small cross on the other end. Second stick, Sapphire, has a six-pointed star on its head, and what looks like a rope ending on its other end. In addition, Sapphire's “wings” resemble a ribbon or Butterfly wings, giving it's head an appearance of a brooch. Both sticks are reduced to only their heads when they are not used by Magical Girls. In this form, they can freely levitate and use their wings to gesticulate. Ruby refers to Sapphire as her “younger sister”, in spite of also saying that both were created at the same time, and is shown to exhibit a protective attitude towards her.
The ritual to sign a contract between a Kaleidostick and its user is fairly simple and includes a small amount of user's blood to be given to the Kaleidostick followed by willingly grasping the handle of the stick. As Kaleidosticks themselves choose their masters, the ritual won't work without their consent, just as the contract can only be terminated from their side. Once the contract has been established, sticks will transform their masters into Magical Girls and provide them with unlimited amount of magical energy (although at a limited rate) by using Second Magic to connect with alternate realities, similar to how Jeweled Sword works. Transformation and magical energy supply will be canceled if the Kaleidostick is separated from its user a distance greater than 50 meters or for a duration longer than 30 seconds.
Magical Girls can use this magical energy to perform high-level Magecraft without formal knowledge of magical theory, such as flying, raising magical and physical shields and enhancing their own physical abilities. It was stated that a Magical Girl's imagination is the only limiting factor in utilizing the magical energy provided by the Kaleidostick – Illya was able to fly without much effort because she had an image “Magical Girls can fly” in her mind, while Miyu was unable to ignore physical laws, and was only able to fly by imagining a “foothold” and strengthening the air below her feet to form one.
Kaleidosticks have shown remarkable amounts of endurance, as evidenced by being able to withstand a direct sword slash from Saber and a crushing attack from Berserker (although any accompanying magical energy had to be blocked by a raised shield, otherwise it would have hit their wielder).
Also, Kaleidosticks were shown to have some additional abilities (“24 secret abilities”, as Ruby states) that include a cellphone-mode for communicating with each other (complemented with an ability to establish a video-link and project the feed on a wall) and an ability to make predictions of future based on statistical extrapolation, as well as printing them out. However, these abilities were used solely for comical effect.
When Illya uses two Kaleidosticks in order to save Miyu, the two are combined as one and form into Zwei (two, in German).
=== Plot ===
==== Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA ====
A two-volume manga series that introduced the story. Illyasviel von Einzbern is a seemingly ordinary middle school student with no knowledge of the magical world. When the Kaleidostick Magical Ruby selects Illya to become its new master, she becomes a Magical Girl who collects Class Cards together with another Magical Girl, Miyu.
Rin and Luvia were originally Magical Girls that were supposed to collect the Cards, but after trying to use Class Cards in a quarrel, Kaleidosticks abandoned them (in mid-air) and went on to independently search for new masters. Ruby made a contract with Illya, and Sapphire with Miyu.
After a series of battles, Illya and Miyu were able to collect all Cards and became good friends, while Rin and Luvia remained in Japan by orders of Zelretch.
==== Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 2wei! ====
A second story focuses on a new character, Kuro, who is a girl identical to Illya, except she has a darker skin tone, as well as light pink hair. She emerged from Illya after the seal on her magical energy was unlocked, coupled with her failed attempt to use Archer Class Card. Kuro has been shown to act in an extremely antagonistic manner towards Illya but warmed up to her after they had resolved their differences.
The name is a word play on “2” and the German word “Zwei”, meaning two.
==== Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!! ====
Continues right after 2wei ended, where Miyu is captured by new antagonists and sent to another dimension.
The name (similarly to the previous volume) is a word play on “3” and “Drei”, which is German for “three”.
== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
*Illyasviel von Einzbern
*Miyu Edelfelt
*Chloe (Kuro) von Einzbern
*Rin Tohsaka
*Luviagelita Edelfelt
*Magical Ruby
*Magical Sapphire
*Bazett Fraga McRemitz
*Gilgamesh
*Tanaka
=== Illya's world ===
;Emiya household
*Shirou Emiya
*Kiritsugu Emiya
*Irisviel von Einzbern
*Sella
*Leysritt
;Elementary school
*Mimi Katsura
*Tatsuko Gakumazawa
*Suzuka Kurihara
*Nanaki Moriyama
*Taiga Fujimura
*Caren Hortensia
;High school
*Issei Ryuudou
*Sakura Matou
*Hibari Kurihara
*Nanami Moriyama
;Clock Tower
*Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg
*Lord El-Melloi II
;Others
*Auguste
*Gaisuke Gakumazawa
*Gouto Gakumazawa
*Reiichi Gakumazawa
*Sutera Gakumazawa
;Crossover
*Nanoha Takamachi
===Miyu's world===
;Ainsworth family
*Darius Ainsworth
*Julian Ainsworth
*Angelica Ainsworth
*Erika Ainsworth
*Beatrice Flowerchild
;Emiya household
*Shirou Emiya
*Kiritsugu Emiya
;Holy Grail War
*Zachary Ainsworth
*Shinji Matou
*Kirei Kotomine
*Sakura Matou
*Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald
*Atrum Galliasta
*Kariya Matou
;Others
*Hiyoko Sakatsuki
==Terminology==
*Class Card
*Kaleidostick
*Mirror World
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==Development==
The setting of Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA expands on elements introduced in 2005 by Fate/hollow ataraxia: the Mimic Tohsaka scenes and the character of Luviagelita Edelfelt. The Character Material book further hinted at the series with details about Illyasviel, Leysritt and Sella normal lives.Character Material - Illyasviel von Einzbern, p.045
Hiroyama explained in the first tankoubun of Prisma Illya that he originally had two plans: One about Rin and Luvia's rivalry in London, and another about Illya as a magical girl. Before presenting the plans to Nasu and Takeuchi, he thought the first plan would be a no-brainer. Unexpectedly, Nasu and Takeuchi chose the second one. It was his first commercial manga. He originally planned for the story to run only for one season, around 15 episodes, but since the serialization became a big success, they modified the plan and expanded the story to keep it going for longer.
In response to episode 15 of Ufotable's Unlimited Blade Works adaptation where Illya is killed by Gilgamesh, Hiroyama tweeted, "Now, I wonder if there are more people who understand why I wanted to draw Prisma Illya."Hiroshi Hiroyama twitter 4/18/15 Kinoko Nasu (somewhat jokingly) considers Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA to be the Illya route.
The series was written and drawn by Hiroshi Hiroyama and began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine from September 2007. A sequel series titled was serialized from 2009 to 2012. A third manga series titled began serialization in 2012 and is currently ongoing.
===Manga===
===Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha×Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA===
In 2010, a special chapter was serialized in Comp Ace to celebrate the magazine's fifth anniversary featuring a short crossover manga with the series.
:See also the article at Nanoha Wikia.
===Light Novel===
===Nintendo 3DS Game===
===Anime===
==== Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA ====
====Dance at the Sports Festival!====
====Zwei!====
====Zwei Herz!====
====Drei!!====
====Vow in the Snow====
====Prisma☆Phantasm====
====Licht - The Nameless Girl====
===Drama CDs===
*TYPE-MOON Special Original Drama CD: Mahou Tsukai no Hako ~Chinmoku no Ruby, Armage Impact~ (2010)
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 2wei! Volume 4 Limited Edition DRAMA CD (2011) https://vgmdb.net/album/54428
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA SPECIAL DRAMA CD (2013) https://vgmdb.net/album/47384
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA Spin-off Drama CD -Prisma☆Iri- (2013) https://vgmdb.net/album/47385
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 2wei! SPECIAL DRAMA CD - Sakura no Ki no Shita ni (2014) https://vgmdb.net/album/48915
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 2wei Herz! SPECIAL DRAMA CD - Miyu Loves Illya (2015) https://vgmdb.net/album/55238
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 2wei Herz! SPECIAL DRAMA CD - Jitsuen, Maryoku Kyoukyuu (2015) https://vgmdb.net/album/55239
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA: Prisma☆Phantasm Drama CD - Tadashii Ofuro no Irigata (2019) https://vgmdb.net/album/88798
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!! Drama CD - A Midwinter Night's Dream (2020) https://vgmdb.net/album/101653
*PRISMA☆ILLYA ASMR -Prisma☆Earpick Incident- (2023)
===Radio===
*Fate/kaleid liner Illya to Rin no Prisma☆Night! 
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA Original Voice CD Illya to Miyu no Prisma☆Night! 
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 2wei! SPECIAL RADIO CD "Illya to Kuro no Prisma☆Night 2wei!" Shucchouban
*Fate/kaleid liner Illya to Kuro no Prisma☆Night 2wei!
*Fate/kaleid liner Illya to Rin no Prisma☆Night 2wei Herz!
*Fate/kaleid liner Illya to Miyu no Prisma☆Night 2wei Herz!
==Books==
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 2wei! Pastel Collection! Vol.1
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 2wei! Pastel Collection! Vol.2
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA Prismanimation Illust Komplette!
*Prisma☆illya/visual material
*PRISMA material/pre
*PRISMA★SPECIAL INSTALL COLLECTION
*PRISMA★STARS - HIROYAMA HIROSHI ART BOOK
*Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA: Licht - The Nameless Girl Pamphlet with clear file
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