History Manga / WorldWarBlue

* HotSpringsEpisode
** The Anime only showed Gear and Tejirov in the hot spring; however the Manga included a (separate baths) scene with Nel and Opal as well as the two boys.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Whenever Opal uses her Shooting ability, it really seems like as though something else was about shoot from within her...

''World War Blue'', also known as ''Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de'', is a parody of the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars between Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/{{Sega}} in their early era, originally created by Anastasia Shestakova with art by [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=109249 Crimson]]. The manga has been licensed in the US by Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment, and an anime adaptation by 5th Avenue, directed by ''Literature/HighSchoolDxD'' director Tetsuya Yanagisawa, is licensed by Creator/MediaBlasters and streaming on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/aoi-sekai-no-chushin-de Crunchyroll]].

* {{Expy}}: Being a parody of the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars, we have characters representing various video game characters or entire video games. The different regions in the land of Consume are also named after video game companies like [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Ninteldo Empire]], [[Creator/{{SEGA}} Segua Kingdom]], [[Creator/{{Atari}} Atarika Empire]], etc.

* ShownTheirWork: For a series made in Japan, it seems to know quite a bit about the Nintendo-Sega UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars and America-only video game companies. Many characters seem to act like the nature of their series or the characters they are Expies of as well. For example, [[AllThereInTheManual according to profiles]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Fare's]] motto is "treasure your lives" and is [[SaveScumming known to try again no matter how many times she falls]], [[VideoGame/LuigisMansion Gul]][[Franchise/SuperMarioBros iji]] is scared of ghosts, [[{{VideoGame/Mother}} Masa]] [[ThePowerOfRock loves music]], and [[{{VideoGame/Mother3}} lost his mother when he was young]]; said mother told him [[{{Tagline}} No crying until the ending]], and so on.

* {{Bishonen}}: Tejirov. Gear doesn't look too bad himself. Most of the young male cast falls under this.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Parodies of VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog (''Gear and Tial''), VideoGame/PhantasyStarII (''Nel''), VideoGame/FantasyZone (''Opal''), VideoGame/{{Tetris}} (''Tejirov''), VideoGame/{{Columns}} (''Ramses''), Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda (''Zelig''), VideoGame/SuperMarioBros (''Marcus and Guliji''), and so on...

* ShownTheirWork: For a series made in Japan, it seems to know quite a bit about the Nintendo-Sega UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars and America-only video game companies. Many characters seem to act like the nature of their series or the characters they are Expies of as well. For example, [[AllThereInTheManual according to profiles]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Fare's]] motto is "treasure your lives" and is [[SaveScumming known to try again no matter how many times she falls]], [[VideoGame/LuigisMansion Gul]][[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros iji]] is scared of ghosts, [[{{VideoGame/Mother}} Masa]] [[ThePowerOfRock loves music]], and [[{{VideoGame/Mother3}} lost his mother when he was young]]; said mother told him [[{{Tagline}} No crying until the ending]], and so on.
%%* SuperSpeed: [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Take a wild guess.]]

''World War Blue'', also known as ''Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de'', is a parody of the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars between Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/{{Sega}} in their early era, originally created by Anastasia Shestakova with art by [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=109249 Crimson]]. The manga has been licensed in the US by Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment, and an anime adaptation by 5th Avenue, directed by ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'' director Tetsuya Yanagisawa, is licensed by Creator/MediaBlasters and streaming on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/aoi-sekai-no-chushin-de Crunchyroll]].

* CompositeCharacter: Those who aren't {{Expies}} of individual characters are this. Fare seems to be a combination of many ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' lords (designwise invoking Marth, Ephiraim, Roy, and Sigurd the most), Carvai seems to be an Expy of Kirby but a robe and wields a hammer similar to King Dedede, etc.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Gear. This is despite Sonic generally being depicted with green eyes.

* DuringTheWar

* {{Fanservice}}

* ShortRunner: Manga only lasted 10 volumes and anime 3 episodes.

* MsFanservice: Every girl in one way or another.
* MrFanservice: The guys also have their share of fan service.

* SuperSpeed: [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Take a wild guess.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Gear, again. Strangely, Fare averts this.

* ShownTheirWork: For a series made in Japan, it seems to know quite a bit about the Nintendo-Sega UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars and America-only video game companies. Many characters seem to act like the nature of their series or the characters they are Expies of as well. For example, [[AllThereInTheManual according to profiles]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Fare's]] motto is [[FinalDeath "treasure your lives"]] and is [[SaveScumming known to try again no matter how many times she falls]], [[VideoGame/LuigisMansion Gul]][[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros iji]] is scared of ghosts, [[{{VideoGame/Mother}} Masa]] [[ThePowerOfRock loves music]], and [[{{VideoGame/Mother3}} lost his mother when he was young]]; said mother told him [[{{Tagline}} No crying until the ending]], and so on.

* ActorAllusion: In the English dub, Marcus and Guiji, general and commander of the Ninteldo Empire and based on Mario and Luigi, are voiced by Creator/MikePollock, the voice actor of Doctor Eggman, VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog's nemesis.

* ActorAllusion: In the English dub, Marcus and Guiji, general and commander of the Ninteldo Empire and based on Mario and Luigi, are voiced by Creator/MikePollock, the voice actor for Doctor Eggman, VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog's nemesis.

!!''Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de'' provides examples of:

''Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de'' ("In the Center of the Blue World") also known as ''World War Blue'', is a parody of the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars between Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/{{Sega}} in their early era, originally created by Anastasia Shestakova with art by [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=109249 Crimson]]. The manga has been licensed in the US by Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment, and an anime adaptation by 5th Avenue, directed by ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'' director Tetsuya Yanagisawa, is licensed by Creator/MediaBlasters and streaming on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/aoi-sekai-no-chushin-de Crunchyroll]].