Dia Horizon

Dia Horizon (ディアホライゾン, Dia Horaizon) is a Japanese media franchise created by Square Enix. It primarily consists of a smartphone game that was released on Android and iOS devices on August 24, 2017, and an anime television series that aired from October to December 2017. An ONA series was streamed online from August 10 to 21, 2017. A 4-panel manga adaptation is serialized online via the official Dia Horizon website. Another manga series is serialized online via Square Enix's digital publication Manga UP! from August 7, 2017. A novel written by Ghost Mikawa, titled Dia Horizon: Akatsuki no Keiyakusha, is being serialized online via Kadokawa's Kakuyomu website.[1]

Dia Horizon
ディアホライゾン
(Dia Horaizon)
Game
PlatformAndroid, iOS
Released
  • JP: August 24, 2017
Manga
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineManga UP!
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 7, 2017 – present
Original net animation
StudioFanworks
Released August 10, 2017 August 21, 2017
Episodes3
Anime television series
StudioFanworks
Original run October 3, 2017 December 19, 2017
Episodes12

Development

Dia Horizon was announced by Square Enix as a "mixed media project" with a trailer in July 2017.[2][3] The smartphone game was released on Android and iOS devices in Japan on August 24, 2017, and an anime television series aired in Japan from October to December 2017. A 4-panel manga adaptation is serialized online via the official Dia Horizon website. Another manga series is serialized online via Square Enix's digital publication Manga UP! beginning from August 7, 2017. A novel written by Ghost Mikawa, titled Dia Horizon: Akatsuki no Keiyakusha, was serialized online via Kadokawa's Kakuyomu website.[1] The game featured a one mission Yen prize for surviving the “Party Annihilation Challenge” where players must swipe away enemies before the are defeated.[4] The game was discontinued on May 31, 2018, along with King's Knight, another Square Enix fantasy mobile game.[5]

Anime

The anime series was a set of five-minute episodes, which combined elements from the game with a modern office worker's life.[6]

Game

The game follows the player as a hero leading a group of adventurers to battle monsters in a dungeon. The player forms a team of four characters, purchasing different adventurers with different stats and prices. During battle, the player can either manually control the characters' attacks or let the game control it.[7]

References

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