Beat Angel Escalayer

Beat Angel Escalayer (超昂天使エスカレイヤー, Chōkō Tenshi Esukareiyā) is an eroge series created by Alice Soft.

Beat Angel Escalayer
Cover art for Beat Angel Escalayer Anime
超昂天使エスカレイヤー[1] (Chōkō Tenshi Esukareiyā[2])
Genre	eroge, magical girl
Video game
Publisher	JP: AliceSoft WW: MangaGamer
Genre	Visual novel, RPG
Platform	PC
Released	JP: August 2, 2002 (Beat Angel Escalayer)[3] JP: July 24, 2014 (Reboot) WW: Jun 11, 2020 ("Beat Angel Escalayer R")
Original video animation
Directed by	Ichika Doshita
Produced by	Mochizuki Yuutarou
Written by	Muramatsu Jirou
Music by	The Beans
Studio	Pink Pineapple
Licensed by	AUS: Siren Visual NA: Kitty Media
Released	September 27, 2002
Episodes	3

Plot

Sayuka Kōenji is the guardian of the Earth and has the ability to transform into her alter ego Escalayer to protect the world from the evil forces of the Dielast. However, in order to transform into Escalayer she must recharge her power source, the Doki Doki Dynamo which can only be recharged through sexual excitement. This was previously achieved through lesbian sex with her gynoid friend Madoka, however, this has become less effective and Madoka recruits the school playboy Kyōhei Yanase whose vast sexual experience will help Sayuka transform.

Characters

Sayuka Kōenji (高円寺 沙由香, Kōenji Sayuka)

Voiced by: Hiroko Taguchi

The main protagonist. She commands the ability to transform into a super powered being known as "Escalayer" upon "charging" the Doki Doki Dynamo through sexual activity. As the story develops she is seen to grow feelings toward Kyōhei, eventually professing her love to him. Her main weapon is a shape-shifting energy whip.

Kyōhei Yanase (柳瀬 恭平, Yanase Kyōhei)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

The school playboy and Sayuka's childhood friend. Kyōhei is blackmailed into helping Sayuka after he is discovered eavesdropping on an unsuccessful charging session. While at first their relationship was strictly used for the aim of charging the Dynamo, Kyōhei rediscovers the feelings he once held for her. Acknowledging these feelings, he proceeds to profess them to her.

Madoka Kōenji (高円寺 マドカ, Kōenji Madoka)

Voiced by: Kaoru Morota

Sayuka's gynoid companion. Self-sacrificing and no-nonsense, she often has to ground Sayuka and Kyōhei back in reality with the importance of their mission. She initially considers Kyōhei a simple tool, insulting his inability to stimulate Sayuka as time progresses. She later develops a deeper relationship with him towards the end, however. Her main weapon is a gun attached to her right arm.

Releases

The anime series was released on DVD in North America through Kitty Media both subtitled and dubbed, and by Siren Visual in Australia and New Zealand under its Hentai Collection label. The original game has not been officially released outside Japan.

A series of 3 novels were published by Paradigm Novels:

• Beat Angel Escalayer joukan (超昂天使エスカレイヤー 上巻)^[4]
• Beat Angel Escalayer chuukan (超昂天使エスカレイヤー 中巻)^[5]
• Beat Angel Escalayer gekan (超昂天使エスカレイヤー 下巻)^[6]

A remake of the game titled Beat Angel Escalayer Reboot (超昂天使エスカレイヤー・リブート, Chōkō Tenshi Esukareiyā Ribūto) was released on 25 July 2014.^[7] Worldwide English version of the game was released by MangaGamer Jun 11, 2020 under the title "Beat Angel Escalayer R". It was based on the "Reboot" version of the original game.

Reception

Overall, critics have deemed Beat Angel Escalayer to be a quite likable game. Chris Beveridge recommended it as a "really fun and enjoyable quality adult series."^[8] Alana Dunitz gave the game a 7 out of 10 rating, saying "The sound effects are done well, and the artwork is nice, though it’s too bad the fights weren’t animated."^[9]

References

1. Pink Pineapple's Escalayer listing Archived May 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
2. Pink Pineapple's Official Site Archived July 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Escalayer" エスカレイヤー (in Japanese). AliceSoft. Archived from the original on November 28, 2005. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
4. "No177：超昂天使エスカレイヤー 上巻". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
5. "No.185：超昂天使エスカレイヤー 中巻". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
6. "No.191：超昂天使エスカレイヤー 下巻". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
7. "Twitter / com_kamimaezu_a: 【早期予約キャンペーン案内】7月25日発売 ALICESOF ..." (in Japanese). 3 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
8. Beveridge, Chris (April 27, 2005). "Escalayer Vol. #1". Mania.com. Demand Media. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
9. Dunitz, Alana (2020-10-03). "Beat Angel Escalayer R Review". GameGrin. Retrieved 2024-10-09.

Further reading

• Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (November 1, 2006). The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 (2nd ed.). Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5. OCLC 71237342.

External links

• Official page for Beat Angel Escalayer R(in Japanese)
• Official MangaGamer web page
• Beat Angel Escalayer (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Beat Angel Escalayer at The Visual Novel Database