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Fire Emblem (partially found/lost early 4Koma manga anthologies based on tactical role-playing game franchise, 1994-2002)
Cover of the first known 4Koma manga, released in 1994.
Status: Partially Found/Lost(Subjected to change)
Since its inception, the Fire Emblem franchise has received a number of manga adaptations, most of which have been 4Komas. The first series of 4Komas was released between 1994 and 1997, with the first four covering the Archanea Saga, and the last two covering the fourth game, Genealogy of the Holy War. The franchise would continue to receive manga adaptations, until 2005, when Fire Emblem: Champion's Sword ended its run. However, it started receiving manga adaptations again in 2012, with the release of a short manga adaptation of the then-newly released Fire Emblem Awakening. Meanwhile, production of the 4Koma manga came into an abrupt halt until 2015, when Fire Emblem Awakening 4Koma KINGS was released. The majority of the 4Koma anthologies are known to have a sillier and light-hearted tone than the usual dark tone seen throughout most of the Fire Emblem games.
Availability
Though 4Koma adaptations of games released during the 2010's are well accounted for, and A Day in the Life is currently ongoing as of 2017, the early ones based on the Archanea and Judgral Sagas, as well as The Binding Blade have been long out of print, with a vast majority never being released on the internet as of yet. Not much information is currently known for either of them outside of However, used copies of the 4Koma mangas are still being sold online via various Japanese sites. A little-known Twitter bot, @ninten4koma, has continuously been posting scans of several early Fire Emblem 4Komas in rotation, but all it posts are the same several 4Komas, as the bot itself hasn't been updated for a very long time.
The entire first volume of the Thracia 776 4Koma manga was scanned by FlareHabanero, and it was uploaded to the Internet Archive by Hubz on March 4th, 2019. Another
Known 4Koma manga anthologies
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| Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 4Koma Manga (Unofficial Title) | 2000 | Found (Volume 1) |
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See Also
- Fire Emblem: Maiden of Darkness (lost build of cancelled Nintendo 64DD tactical role-playing game; 1997-2000)
- Fire Emblem Wii (lost tech demo; late 2000s)
- Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga (partially lost original Satellaview version of "Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem" bonus content; 1997)
- Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (lost early builds of Game Boy Advance tactical role-playing game; 1997-2002)
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses (partially found original Cristina Vee audio from English dub of Nintendo Switch tactical role-playing game; 2018-2019)
- Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade promotional trial maps (lost promotional DLC of Game Boy Advance tactical role-playing game; 2002)