Lime-Iro Senkitan (らいむいろ戦奇譚; lit. Lime-Colored Exotic War Story) is a game developed and published by ELF Corporation. The story was adapted to a 13-episode anime that aired in Japan between January 5 and March 30, 2003, with a two episode OVA Lime-Iro Senkitan: The South Island Dream Romantic Adventure released in 2004.
It has two sequels: Lime-Iro Ryukitan X, released in 2004 and adapted into a second season in 2005.
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Development and release history
The original game was released for Windows on December 13, 2002.
A PlayStation 2 version titled Lime-Iro Senkitan Jun (らいむいろ戦奇譚☆純) was announced on July 21, 2003, at the Tokyo Character Show and was published by Kadokawa Shoten on March 25, 2004.
Story
The story takes place in 1904 (37th year of the Meiji Era) during the Russo-Japanese War in which former Japanese diplomat, Shintaro Umakai, becomes the teacher of a secret group of teenage girls, the Lime Unit, who are based on the flying battleship Amanohara. The girl's Konjiki (supernatural powers) enables them to operate unmanned mecha named Lime against Russian Lime units led by Grigori Rasputin who often attack the Amanohara while it is travelling towards Port Arthur for the final battle.
Characters
Main characters
Shintaro Umakai (馬飼 新太郎, Umakai Shintarō)
Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki
A former Japanese diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Russia. He received his degree in teaching in Sapporo, Hokkaidō which led him to being hired as teacher for the Lime Unit. His leaving of Russia caused his former fiancée, Sophia, to join with the Russian Spiritual Corps. Early on, and after the death of Lt. Commander Date, he became the commander of the Lime Unit, even though he is a civilian.
Momen Sanada (真田 木綿, Sanada Momen)
Voiced by: Ai Shimizu
A young girl who comes from a poor family, she leaves home to find work in a nearby city, where she often gets fired or scolded due to her clumsiness, because of it she always has apprehensions of being fired whenever she does something wrong. She later ends up joining the Lime Unit instead. Momen calls Shintaro brother because of his similarities shared with her brother. She is very active and incredibly strong, but she is pretty much immature and a klutz, that she should would often trip and expose her panty to Shintaro. She is ready to do anything for Shintaro, where she even wakes him up every morning. Momen controls the red Lime, Yukimura (wields a sword).
Asa Katou (加藤 麻, Katō Asa)
Voiced by: Kaoru Sasajima
A girl who grew up under her father as a military child and as such is a very commanding and tough person. She is a tomboy who practices kendo and has shared a special bond with Lt. Commander Date, whom she loved as a brother. She may be small but she is very aggressive and stubborn and often acts in a boyish manner; she also cusses a lot and is often annoyed with Sarasa's prima donna antics that she often argues with her. She controls the green Lime, Kiyomasa (wields a staff). Among the girls, she is the only one whom Shintaro never saw naked, nor was he able to accidentally see her in her underwear. It is suggested that she is the youngest among the girls in the unit.
Sarasa Honda (本多 更紗, Honda Sarasa)
Minor characters
Hyogo Kaji (梶 兵庫, Kaji Hyōgo)
Voiced by: Koji Ishii
The commanding officer aboard the Amanohara.
Sumi Ichijōji (一乗寺 須美, Ichijōji Sumi)
Voiced by: Asako Dodo
The head doctor aboard the Amanohara. She often tries to seduce Shintaro, especially against the Lime Unit girls. It was suggested that she is the first female on board the Amanohara whom Shitarou had sex with.
Kuki (九鬼, Kuki)
Voiced by: Satomi Koorogi
A benevolent, human form demon who gives the Amanohara the ability to fly. She is accompanied by human form Shikigami triplets who are cast as little girls. She occasionally requires sex from Shitarou in order to charge her spiritual powers, though at times she can also do it by relaxing at an Onsen.
Lieutenant Commander Masanosuke Date (伊達 将之輔, Date Masanosuke)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama
The previous commander of the Lime Unit until he sacrificed himself to defend Sarasa from an enemy Lime. He had a special brother-sister style bond with Asa and they often practiced kendo with each other.
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (グレゴリー・エフィモヴィッチ・ラスプーチン, Guregorī Efimovicchi Rasupūchin)
Voiced by: Susumu Chiba
The leader of the Russian Spiritual Corps. He later found and recruited Sophia, Rasha, and Saten into the organization. It is believed he survived a large boulder that fell on him in the final episode, which would allow for his real death in 1916. He controlled the large black Lime, Pyotr.
Episodes
The Girl's Academy on the Battleship
Amanohara, Weigh Anchor!
As a Soldier, and as a Teacher
Detective Sarasa?!
The Other Homeland
The Peaceful Day Off
A Thousand Paper Cranes
I'm not Afraid of Bad Luck
Little Step
The Closed Heart
Onii-chan's Day
The Last Class
Victory Bell, Echo Towards the Future