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“Promotional OVA for PS2 game Growlanser IV Returns featuring three visual novel short stories with cameos from previous games.”
Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time
グローランサーIV ~Wayfarer of the time~
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Synopsis
Promotional OVA for PS2 game Growlanser IV Returns featuring three visual novel short stories with cameos from previous games.
A promotional ova that came with the PS2 game, Growlanser IV Returns which is an add-on featuring a compilation of three short stories that is told in visual novel style. Since it is a promotional ova, various main characters from Growlanser I, Growlanser II, and Growlanser III do appear in the ED. Actually, some of the fairies of these main characters do appear in Growlanser IV as that the entire Growlanser story is based on anti-war featuring time freeze, time traveling, and parallel worlds.
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
4.5
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What 2 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4.5
mode 2
σ 2.50
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.50 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.50
Running avg · May 2019 → Jun 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Well look at that another OVA without a review. So let's do one. Growlanser is not something to called magnificent but it is videogame adaptation that at least is enjoyable and really well done to...”
- 2 “This is a 30 minute OVA which is based on a game, and based on that pedigree alone you can probably tell that it's not going to be very good. And it's not. Like many it seems like it could be an...”
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- Format 1 × 29′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 29m all episodes
- Aired Mar 2005 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1765 catalog
Produced by
- Atlus Producer