Nana (ナナ) is the first video game based on the manga of the same name. It was released on March 17, 2005 by Konami for the PlayStation 2. Nana is a simulation game, where the player can chose their own character, and meet Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki.
Details of it were mentioned in the bonus pages of volume 11, and 12 as well as The Family Times.
Gameplay
The game focuses on the main player, who meets two girls, Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu, who came to Tokyo to make their dreams come true. Although, Nana and Hachi are still prominent characters the game puts the most emphasis on the player character, who lives next to the Nana's in Apartment 708.[1] There are five choices of character styles, all were uniquely
designed by Ai Yazawa for the game.[2]The choices are Boyish, Mods, Gal, Conservative, and Gothic-Lolita.[3]
The player gets to experience the storylines of volumes five through eight. Additionally, the player can meet other characters including, Ren Honjo, Takumi Ichinose, and Shinichi Okazaki, and the player can also date them. They can experience Tokyo life, through getting part-time jobs, buying clothes, and decorating their room.[1]
Furthermore, the player can work at Sabrina, visit Jackson Hole, play mahjong, and go to a Blast concert.[3]
Opening
Cast and characters
| Character | Actor/Actress[4] |
|---|---|
| Akiko | Masami Suzuki |
| Ginpei Moroboshi | Eiji Takemoto |
| Isono | Ryōhei Kimura |
| Junko Saotome | Yuriko Fuchizaki |
| Koichi Sato | Takahiro Sakurai |
| Kyosuke Takakura | Yūji Ueda |
| Layla Serizawa | Myco |
| Misato Uehara | Yukari Tamura |
| Nakamura | Hidenobu Kiuichi |
| Nana Osaki | Junko Minagawa |
| Nana Komatsu | Rumi Shishido |
| Naoki Fujieda | Yasuo Saitō |
| Nobuo Terashima | Makoto Ueki |
| Ren Honjo | Takahiro Sakurai |
| Sachiko Kawamura | Masami Suzuki |
| Sakagami | Shizuka Okohira |
| Seiichi Mizukoshi | Masami Suzuki |
| Shinichi Okazaki | Ryouhei Kimura |
| Shoji Endo | Takeshi Maeda |
| Takumi Ichinose | Takehito Koyasu |
| Yasushi Takagi | Kenjiro Tsuda |
| Yoko | Noriko Namiki |
Character gallery
Screenshots
Behind the scenes
- The song "REVERSE" by TETSU69 serves as the background music for the game. The song was later put on the Nana, tribute album, Love for Nana.
- Nana Osaki is wearing a Sex Pistols "God Save the Queen", she also wears this shirt in chapter 2 of the manga and episode 1 of the anime.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/15/first-look-nana Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "IGN" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Bonus Pages (volume 12)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.damagedsoul.net/nana/mercha/game.htm (Italian)
- ↑ http://www.tenshi.org.uk/sdb/pages/game/NANA_____________PS__.html
See also