Lilin (series)

***Lilin*** is a YouTube anime series presented by WOLFEDEN Studios and created by Daggertail100 and Maganda Marie. The primary plot follows a succubus who struggles with her morality as well as her identity. Due to its mature nature, the series is labeled as an 18+ romance/drama.

The series is written, directed, animated, and produced by Daggertail100, except for *Episode 11: "Rio"* which was directed by Maganda Marie. Character designs were created by Maganda Marie and Soukatsu Kuro.

*On this page, you will find information about the series as a whole, which will be updated as it progresses.*

## Music

The majority of the music and SFX were by Kevin MacLeod and Epidemic Sound unless noted.

**OP/EP**

* Insert Song / Ending Theme: *In Vain* by Romaro feat. Mia Niles (as of *Episode 9: "Shattered"*)

**Other stock tracks**

* Kevin MacLeod
	+ *Aces High*
	+ *Awesome Call*
	+ *C-Funk*
	+ *The Dread*
	+ *The Hive*
	+ *There is Romance*
	+ *Darkest Child*
	+ *Water Droplets on the River*
* Epidemic Sound
	+ Rio's headphone song: *Tainted* by Red Revision
	+ Rio's ringtone: *Black Magic* by The Furthermores feat. Divty

## Cast

* Daggertail100 as **Sho, Rio, Fast Food Worker, various**
* MC Ballad / Maruyama Yuki as **Genji, Tai, various**
* Maganda Marie as **Lilin, Makoto**
* Janey Gemmell as **Yumi**
* Blythe Hodgin as **Lamia**
* Aaron Corwin as **Yaz**
* Soukatsu Kuro as **Yaz' secretary**
* Jeff Kidd as **Jun**
* NemoLu as **Aoki**

*For a complete list of characters and voice credits, please see Characters.*

## Location Assets

Backgrounds and other assets are usually stock or open source from the character model engine. More information will follow, however the city background in *Episode 4: "Fairytale"* has been confirmed to be in Harajuku according to its Cast Commentary.

## Media Appearances

The series first began as a tech demo on Daggertail100's channel, published on February 8, 2021, now known as *Episode 0: “When Your High School Crush Confesses to You”.* The true start of the series began February 14, 2022 on YouTube with *Episode 1: "Lillie",* and was also published on Newgrounds on February 5, 2023.

*For a complete list of episodes and side material, please see Episode Lists.*

## Trivia

* VAs MC Ballad and Maganda Marie have worked with Daggertail100 since 2014 in previous content on his YouTube channel. The others are newer exclusively to the series thus far.
* The initial style of the series was heavily inspired by other visual novels such as *Higurashi: When They Cry.* This format was dropped by *Episode 4* in favor of more animations, though the standard text box remains for dialogue.
	+ *Episode 4* is also the first use of special effects such as chroma key, green/blue screen effects, and mouth movements for characters when talking.
	+ End credits also did not match characters to the VAs listed until *Episode 4.*
* Disclaimers in the beginning of some episodes also resemble those of early *Resident Evil* games.
* Technical issues with the models rarely happen but are sporadic throughout the series, such as clothes clipping or fingers going through arms when a character crosses theirs.
* *Minisode 1: "Say Yes to the Dress"* was first workshopped in the Cast Commentary for *Episode 5: "Enemy".*
* The Cast Commentary for *Episode 7: "Lamia"* hinted that more than one season of *Lilin* is planned, but a Season 2 was not confirmed until the Cast Commentary for *Episode 9.*
* *Minisode 2: "The Customer is Always Right"* has a trailer for this Wiki in the beginning of the episode.