![]() Battle Fairy Yukikaze or simply Yukikaze) is a series of novels written by the incredibly prolific and well-respected author Chohei Kambayashi, who’s now won the Seiun Award (think of this as the Japanese equivalent to a Hugo Award) no less than eight times. ![]() ![]() To me, no other franchise encapsulates this sort of dichotomy better than Yukikaze, a multi-media series that started out as monthly chapters published in a science-fiction magazine in the late 70s and has since branched out into several different adaptations – none of which have really been all that well-received outside of its home country and all of which have problems that hinder whatever possible success they might’ve had. Not every piece of standalone media can become a franchise, and not every franchise can become successful – depending on what your measure of success is, of course – and when it comes to Japanese-produced media, this measure of success is no more apparent when comparing how well it is received in its home country and in overseas territories. It has been updated to include more recent information, and can now be read in full.Ī franchise is a fickle thing. ![]() ![]() NOTE: This article is a revised and expanded version of the my three-part Yukikaze analysis from last year. ![]()
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