Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (Series)

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Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei,[a] or just Digital Devil Story and Megami Tensei, is a series of novels authored by Aya Nishitani and their subsequent adaptations. The first novel of the same name was published in 1986 and was later followed by two sequels. The trilogy follows highschoolers Akemi Nakajima and Yumiko Shirasagi, the reincarnations of Izanagi and Izanami, as they combat demonic forces after Nakajima had summoned the demon Loki and inadvertently lost control of him.

The novels were met with high acclaim and were popular in Japan.[1] Following this success, the novels were expanded into a multimedia series with an OVA adaptation of the first novel and a series of video games, primarily role-playing games developed by Atlus and published by Namcot for the Famicom. The series is the first in what would later become the Megami Tensei franchise, and the direct precursor to the Shin Megami Tensei series.

History

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In the 21st century, the nine novels were collected as three Aizō-ban (愛蔵版) volumes with revised text, published by Fukkan.com. The three volumes are:

  • Aizō-ban Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei, consisting of the original Digital Devil Story trilogy (ISBN-13: 978-4-8354-4884-8)
  • Aizō-ban Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei 2, consisting of the first three New Digital Devil Story novels (ISBN-13: 978-4-8354-4885-5)
  • Aizō-ban Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei 3, consisting of the final three New Digital Devil Story novels (ISBN-13: 978-4-8354-4886-2)

New Digital Devil Story

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New Digital Devil Story[b] is the sequel to the original Digital Devil Story novel trilogy, beginning with New Digital Devil Story: Toraware no Megami published in 1990. The sequel compromises of six books.

Media

Novels

Title Release
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei March 31, 1986
Digital Devil Story 2: Mato no Senshi October 1, 1986
Digital Devil Story 3: Tensei no Shūen February 1, 1988
New Digital Devil Story: Toraware no Megami 1990
New Digital Devil Story 2: Hyōkai no Joō 1991
New Digital Devil Story 3: Jinma no Wakusei 1991
New Digital Devil Story 4: Ikari no Yōtei 1992
New Digital Devil Story 5: Megami yo Eien ni 1992
New Digital Devil Story 6: Tensei no Kizuna 1993

Video Games

Title Release
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (Telenet) July 1987
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (Atlus) September 11, 1987
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II April 6, 1990
Kyūyaku Megami Tensei March 31, 1995

Original Video Animation

Title Release
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei March 25, 1987

Notes

  1. Japanese: デジタル・デビル・ストーリー 女神転生Digital Devil Story: Goddess Reincarnation, Hepburn Dejitaru Debiru Sutōrī Megami Tensei
  2. Japanese: 新デジタル・デビル・ストーリーNew Digital Devil Story, Hepburn Shin Dejitaru Debiru Sutōrī

References

  1. "At that time, I had 15 books published by Kadokawa Shoten with over a million copies sold, so I don't think it was that special. The Exec said. "These days, the title '女神goddess' is all the rage in JAPAN, but you were the one who first made it popular, weren't you?"" @ayanakajima3, Tweet by Aya Nishitani. Published May 14, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023. Twitter.