Gunparade March
Koukidou Gensou GPM - Gunparade March is a Japanese video game that was later turned into a 3 volume manga and a 12 episode anime.
The video game, Koukidou Gensou Gun Parade March was released on September 28 of 2000, for the PlayStation video game console. It was developed by Alfa System and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Due to its creativity and attention to detail, it won the prestigious Seiun Award in 2001.
The manga by Hiroyuki Sanadura was serialized in the magazine Dengeki Daioh. The three volumes published by MediaWorks between 2001 and 2003 were translated by ADV Manga between 2004 and 2005.
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DeveloperAlfa System
PublisherSony Computer Entertainment
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2000
StatusReleased
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About This Game
In 1945, World War II came to an abrupt and unexpected end when an alien force known as the Phantom Beasts appeared on Earth and began slaughtering the human population. Within years, more than half the planet was under their control. By 1999 — fifty-four years into the conflict — humanity is still fighting for survival. Earth's forces now field advanced mecha called Humanoid Walking Tanks to combat the Phantom Beasts, but the toll on pilots has been catastrophic. To keep the HWT program staffed, the Japanese government implemented a student draft, conscripting high school students as pilots. Gunparade March follows the 5121th Platoon — a unit composed mainly of those drafted teenagers — as they struggle to fight an alien war while trying to preserve something resembling a normal life.