Princess Connect! Re:Dive

Princess Connect! Re:Dive (Japanese: プリンセスコネクト！Re:Dive, Hepburn: Purinsesu Konekuto! Ridaibu) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Cygames. It was released in Japan on February 15, 2018 for Android and iOS, and on May 22, 2018 for Microsoft Windows via DMM Games.[3] Mobile version would later be released in other regions. The game was announced in August 2016 as a sequel to Princess Connect!, which was released on February 18, 2015 and ended service in June 2016.[4] An anime television series adaptation by CygamesPictures aired from April to June 2020. A second season aired from January to March 2022.

Princess Connect! Re:Dive
Princess Connect! Re:Dive logo
プリンセスコネクト！Re:Dive
(Purinsesu Konekuto! Ridaibu)
Created byCygames
Game
DeveloperCygames
Publisher
Produced byYuito Kimura[1]
Music byKohei Tanaka[2]
GenreRole-playing
PlatformAndroid, iOS, Windows
ReleasedAndroid, iOS
  • JP: February 15, 2018
  • TW/HK/MAC: August 1, 2018
  • KR: March 28, 2019
  • CHN: April 17, 2020
  • TH: September 18, 2020
  • WW: January 19, 2021
Microsoft Windows
  • JP: May 22, 2018
Manga
Written byAsahiro Kakashi
Illustrated bywEshica/Shōgo
Published byKodansha
MagazineCycomics
DemographicShōnen
Original run2018 – present
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed byTakaomi Kanasaki[lower-alpha 1]
Yasuo Iwamoto (season 2)
Written byTakaomi Kanasaki
Music byImagine[lower-alpha 2]
StudioCygamesPictures
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, SUN, KBS Kyoto
Original run April 7, 2020 – March 29, 2022
Episodes25

Story
See also: List of Princess Connect! Re:Dive characters

After the events of Princess Connect!, the Twinkle Wish guild would ascend the Tower of Sol where they reach the very top and encounter Mana Senri who merged with Minerva. After wiping out Hiyori and Rei, Yuuki is severely injured and shields Yui from an attack before he is engulfed by Mana's attack. Yuuki awakens in an unknown location and meets Ameth, who seems to be familiar with him. With no time, she sends him down to Landsol where he is given a vague mission that he must do.

Upon awakening, Yuuki has lost all memory. He is met by Kokkoro, a girl assigned by Ameth to be his guide on his adventures. Shortly afterwards he meets a swordswoman with a voracious appetite, whom the duo nickname Pecorine, and later a cat-beast race girl Karyl. The group founds the guild Gourmet Edifice with the goal of going on adventures while eating the food that Landsol has to offer. As for Yuuki, he is determined to recover his memories and complete the mission Ameth has in store for him.

Gameplay

Princess Connect! Re:Dive is a real-time action role-playing game. Players can form a party of up to five members to participate in various modes such as main quests and player versus player (PvP) arena modes. New characters can be obtained via a gacha mechanic or can be exchanged with character-specific Memory Pieces (the latter is not possible for event-exclusive characters). Players are also able to form clans to qualify for participation in Clan Battles, which are similar to raid battles in a typical massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or freely chat with one another using text or in-game emojis in the clan room.

Every playable character in the game has one Union Burst (a powerful skill which can be manually activated by the player as soon as their Union Burst Meter, also known as TP in-game, is charged), two Skills (which are automatically activated at predetermined times based on character), an EX Skill (which are stat-gaining skills that are activated on the start of each battle) and an automatic regular attack. Players generally have no control over the activation of characters' skills and attacks with the exception of a Union Burst. However, all PvP arena modes are strictly on autoplay, where the character's Union Burst is activated as soon as their TP is fully charged.

Media

Manga

A manga adaptation, written by Asahiro Kakashi and illustrated by wEshica/Shōgo, has been serialized online via Cygames' manga app Cycomics. Kodansha have published two tankōbon volumes as of February 2019.[5] A comic anthology featuring various artists was released on May 27, 2019.[6]

Anime
See also: List of Princess Connect! Re:Dive episodes

An anime television series adaptation by CygamesPictures aired from April 7 to June 30, 2020. The series premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX, BS11, Sun TV, and KBS Kyoto before airing on other channels.[7] It was also simulcast in North America by Crunchyroll.[8] The series was directed by Takaomi Kanasaki with assistant directing by Kana Harufuji. Satomi Kurita, Lie Jun Yang and Yasuyuki Noda provided character designs.[7]

On August 13, 2020, it was announced that the series will receive a second season, with CygamesPictures returning for production.[9] It is directed by Yasuo Iwamoto, with Kanasaki serving as the chief director and scriptwriter. Mai Watanabe joins Kurita, Yang, and Noda to provide character designs, and Imagine is composing the series' music. The main cast will reprise their roles. The second season aired from January 11 to March 29, 2022.[10][11]

Video games

Several Princess Connect! Re:Dive characters featured in a collaboration event for the role-playing game Granblue Fantasy between December 9 and December 21, 2018. Pecorine and Kokkoro are both playable characters while Kyaru and the player character appear in the story.[12] The event was reintroduced permanently in 2019 with Kyaru also being made playable. In November 5, 2020, It was announced that Pecorine will be featured in a collaboration event for Dragalia Lost.[13]

Notes
  1. Credited as Chief Director (総監督, Sō Kantoku) for the second season.
  2. Akifumi Tada, Yasunori Nishiki, Shingo Nishimura, Kenta Higashiohji, Tsubasa Ito, Akihiro Honda, Yuki Shirai, Ryuta Kakiuchi

References
  1. @priconne_en (January 23, 2021). "With his vision to fuse gaming and anime, Producer Kimura Yuito can't wait to connect with all of you in this exclusive interview!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. Pier (February 22, 2018). "Friendship is Magic in Princess Connect! Re:Dive for iOS and Android". Play-Asia. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  3. @priconne_redive (May 22, 2018). "DMM GAMES版の配信を開始！". Twitter (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  4. Romano, Sal (August 21, 2016). "Cygames announces anime RPG Princess Connect Re: Dive for smartphones". Gematsu. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  5. Sherman, Jennifer (February 15, 2019). "Cygames' Princess Connect! Re:Dive Smartphone Game Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  6. プリンセスコネクト!Re:Dive 電撃コミックアンソロジー (電撃コミックスEX). ASIN 4049123762.
  7. Sherman, Jennifer (February 13, 2020). "Princess Connect! Re:Dive Anime Reveals Video, Cast, Staff, April 6 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  8. Mateo, Alex (April 2, 2020). "Crunchyroll to Stream Dropkick on My Devil!! Dash, Tsugumomo2, More Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  9. Sherman, Jennifer (August 13, 2020). "Princess Connect! Re:Dive Anime Gets 2nd Season". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  10. Loo, Egan (August 13, 2021). "Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2 Anime's 1st Video Reveals Staff, January Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  11. Mateo, Alex (December 8, 2021). "Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2 Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals January 10 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  12. "Granblue Fantasy Previews Its Princess Connect! Re:Dive Collab And More For December 2018". Siliconera. December 3, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  13. "Dragalia Lost getting Princess Connect! Re: Dive event". Nintendo Everything. November 5, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
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