is a series of

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s with installments on the

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, and

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. The franchise has been developed by Career Soft, and is owned by

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. 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

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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

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''.

References

External links

Atlus official website

Atlus U.S.A. official website
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