Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky

Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
European cover art
エスカ&ロジーのアトリエ ~黄昏の空の錬金術士~ (Esuka & Rojī no Atorie ~Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi~)
Genre	Fantasy
Game
Developer	Gust Co. Ltd.
Publisher	Koei Tecmo
Genre	Role-playing
Engine	LTGL
Platform	PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Released	PlayStation 3 PlayStation Vita
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Produced by	Akira Watanabe
Written by	Tatsuhiko Urahata
Music by	Gust Co. Ltd.
Studio	Studio Gokumi
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
Network	Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, BS11, AT-X
English network	Anime Network
Original run	10 April 2014 – 26 June 2014
Episodes	12

Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (エスカ＆ロジーのアトリエ ～黄昏の空の錬金術士～, Esuka & Rojī no Atorie ～Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi～) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Gust Co. Ltd.. Given the project code "A15", it is the 15th game in the official Atelier series and the second installment of the "Dusk Trilogy". Hidari remains as the character designer and the game runs on the LTGL engine. It was released in Japan on 27 June 2013.

An anime adaptation by Studio Gokumi began airing on 10 April 2014, making it the first Atelier title to be adapted into an anime.

An enhanced port for the PlayStation Vita titled Atelier Escha & Logy Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky was released in January 2015 and featured new playable characters, enemies and story events. A release in other territories came the following year.

Gameplay

Atelier Escha & Logy will allow players to choose between two protagonists. The main storyline will remain the same regardless of who is chosen, but certain events and ending will only be available on a particular protagonist.

With the new synthesis system, the player can combine different items. The two protagonists Escha and Logy use different kinds of tools to synthesize.

Plot

The game's story takes place about 4 years after the beginning of Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk in a far away place to the west of the Twilight Land where the local administration hires two new alchemists, Escha and Logy as members of their R&D division. While learning the ropes of their new occupation, Escha and Logy gather friends and companions as they unlock the secrets of the nearby ruins and help the citizens in a world that is still recovering from a catastrophic event known as "The Dusk".

Characters

Escha Malier (エスカ メーリエ, Esuka Mērie)

Voiced by: Rie Murakawa (Japanese), Lindsay Torrance (English)

The first protagonist of the story. Escha is often quite quirky and cheerful, and often show her feelings very clearly. She is full of energy and is also a very curious person. Escha works as a government official alongside her partner Logy, and performs alchemy using a cauldron to synthesize items.

Logix "Logy" Fiscario (ロジックス フィクサリオ, Rojikkusu Fikusario)

Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (Japanese), Jason Baker (English)

The second protagonist of the story. Logy is a serious and "down-to-earth" person, but is also kind. He has a burn scar on one of his arms, and he seems to avoid talking about his past. Like Escha, he is a government official, and is assigned to work with her. Instead of a cauldron, Logy uses specialized tools to assemble new weapons and armor and to disassemble items in order to discover their properties.

Lucille Ernella (ルシル・エルネラ, Rushiru Erunera)

Voiced by: Mariko Honda (Japanese), Mela Lee (English)

Lucille is a new government official educated in medicine, sent to the development project from The Center. She is a junior to Escha and Logy within the development team, and address them both with the "senpai" honorific. She is serious about her work and polite, but sometimes she makes big mistakes. She comes from the rich Ernella family.

Awin Sidelet (アウィン・サイドレット, Awin Saidoretto)

Voiced by: Kenji Akabane (Japanese), Johnny Yong Bosch (English)

Escha's cousin, Awin is a balloon-mechanic working in the engineering team. He is responsible for the maintenance of public facilities, carriages, and so on. He's a caring person and admires the adventurer Reyfer Luckberry. Since he is very knowledgeable about mechanical arts, he provides assist with various sides of investigations.

Reyfer Luckberry (レイファー・ラックベリー, Reifā Rakkuberī)

Voiced by: Yasunori Masutani (Japanese), Ben Pronsky (English)

Reyfer is a sharpshooter and treasure hunter who joins the team in search for ancient relics.

Threia Hazelgrimm (スレイア・ヘーゼルグリム, Sureia Hēzerugurim)

Voiced by: Chiharu Kitaoka (Japanese), Danielle McRae (English)

Threia is an archeologist who makes use of the knowledge obtained from her studies to fight. Her uncle is Keithgriff Hazeldine, which she doesn't have a good relation with.

Linca (リンカ, Rinka)

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (Japanese), Julie Ann Taylor (English)

Returning from the previous game, Linca is a swordswoman and Marion Quinn' bodyguard. She joins the party under Marion's request.

Wilbell voll Erslied (ウィルベル・ヴォル エルスリート, Uiruberu Boru Erusurīto)

Voiced by: Asami Seto (Japanese), Cristina Valenzuela (English)

Return from the previous game. Wilbell is traveling, along with Nio, to better improve magic and to search for Ayesha.

Nio Altugle (ニオ・アルトゥール, Nio Arutūru)

Voiced by: Mariya Ise (Japanese), Kira Buckland (English)

Return from the previous game. Nio is currently traveling with Wilbell and is a travel apothecary. She able to sense and communicate with spirits and trying to find her sister by searching the ruins. Escha calls her "Miss Nio" which she told not to call her that because it makes her a little embarrassed.

Katla Larchika (カトラ・ラーチカ, Katora Rāchika)

Voiced by: Chihiro Uno (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)

A young shopkeeper who frequently tries to swindle her customers.

Micie Sun Mussemburg (ミーチェ・サン・ミュッセンブルグ, Mīche San Myussenburugu)

Voiced by: Tomo Muranaka (Japanese) (Japanese), Erica Mendez (English)

A brilliant upstart with the government agency.

Solle Gumman (ソール・グラマン, Sōru Guraman)

Voiced by: Daisuke Matsubara (Japanese), Ray Chase (English)

A very strict official who is in charge of the subdivision's budget.

Marion Quinn (マリオン・クィン, Marion Quin)

Voiced by: Kana Ueda (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)

A government official from a foreign country who leads the development team.

Duke Beriel (デューク・ベリエル, Dūku Berieru)

Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Koyama (Japanese), Marc Diraison (English)

A bartender and retired government agent with a very strong personality.

Media

Anime

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Studio Gokumi and directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki, began airing on 10 April 2014. The opening is "Asuiro (アスイロ)" by Rie Murakawa. Ending theme is "Fuyumidori (ふゆみどり)" by Haruka Shimotsuki. The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks for streaming and home video release.

Episode list

No.	Title	Original airdate
1	"Welcome to the Atelier!" "Yōkoso atorie e!" (ようこそアトリエへ！)	10 April 2014
Escha Malier starts working as an official alchemist at the city of Colset's R&D division and her first assignment is to fix the local mill, assisted by her new partner and fellow alchemist, Logix "Logy" Fiscario.
2	"What's a witch?" "Mahōtsukaitte nandesu ka?" (魔法使いってなんですか？)	17 April 2014
Escha and Logy are tasked to provide assistance to a nearby village which is on shortage of water and along the way, they befriend two travelers, Nio and Wilbell, who assist them on their quest.
3	"I can fight too!" "Watashi datte tatakaimasu!" (私だって戦います！)	24 April 2014
Escha's recipe to purify the village's reservoir works, but the pollution continues and she travels upstream with Logy in search for the cause.
4	"It's a barrel! It's a tail!" "Tarudesu! Shippodesu!" (たるです！しっぽです！)	1 May 2014
By suggestion of her friends, Escha attempts to make a copy of her artificial tail but despite being a profitable opportunity, she is more interested in doing so to learn more about her late mother, who created it for her.
5	"I've Become a Senior"	8 May 2014
Lucille Ernella, a specialist in medicine, arrives from central to work on the R&D division under Escha and Logy. Despite proving herself quite capable compared to her peers, Lucille gets herself in trouble when she attempts to perform her duties without asking for assistance, and upon learning of her predicament, Escha and the others come to her aid.
6	"Which One's the Delicious Dessert?" "Sono hitotsu wa, oishī dezātodesu" (その一つは、おいしいデザートど~れだ?)	15 May 2014
Escha is tasked to find a new way to improve the harvest on the local orchard and while looking for some ideas, she and her friends decide to hold a contest to look for recipes to make with the discarded apples while an eating contest is held at the local restaurant.
7	"What in the World is Linca"	22 May 2014
The members of the R&D division prepare for the arrival of an auditor to check on their work, when one of their members, the swordswoman Linca is spotted causing trouble around town and is put under suspicion, despite claiming innocence, until Escha and Logy learn from Marion the truth about her.
8	"A Hot (?) Hot Springs Trip!"	29 May 2014
With their assignments done for a while, the R&D division is up for some well deserved vacation, when Wilbell appears and convinces them to accompany her on a hot springs trip near a volcano, unaware of her true intentions.
9	"Ack! They're Taking My Dream Away!"	5 June 2014
Escha always dreamed of reaching the unexplored ruins that float near her city. When her friend Threia decides to issue a request to look for a mean to reach the ruins, Escha cheers up, just to have her dreams crushed when the members of the R&D division are ordered by the higher ups to make preparations for another team to do so in their place. However, Escha's friends decide to not give up and make plans to form their own exploration party instead.
10	"Don't Give Up!" "Akiramenaide" (あきらめないで!)	12 June 2014
Escha's cousin Awin and his team of mechanics have been working on an airship that can travel safely to the Unexplored Ruins, but several key components to build it are missing. While looking for ingredients to complete it, Escha learns that Logy was involved in building airships in the past, but a tragic accident made him abandon his dreams and she decides to encourage him to give himself another chance.
11	"The Unexplored Ruins of Dreams!"	19 June 2014
Boarding their new airship, Escha and her friends at last reach the unexplored ruins where they meet an enigmatic girl named Flameu that drives them away. Once back home, Escha learns from her foster mother, the automaton Clone the true story behind Flameu's tragic past and decides to return to the ruins in order to help her.
12	"It's Our Promise!" "Sore wa watashitachi no yakusokudesu" (それは私たちの約束です)	26 June 2014
Back to the ruins, Escha and her friends confront Flameu and have her remember her past. Once she breaks free from the device that binds her to the ruins, they fall to the ground and Flameo departs to parts unknown after thanking Escha and Logy for their help. Some time later, Logy is summoned to work in the capital, and the two achemists also part ways.

Manga

The game was adapted into a manga by Chako Abeno. The manga has been running in Dengeki Maoh since the December issue of the magazine, in the year of 2013.

Release

The game was initially released for the PlayStation 3 in Japan on 27 June 2013, with releases for other territories coming out the following year. In early 2015, a PlayStation Vita version was released, with the western versions coming out in early 2016. This port contained new playable characters, enemies and story events. The physical version for North America was available exclusively through a collector's edition sold on NIS America's webstore and the Canadian retailer videogamesplus.ca.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score Aggregator Score Metacritic 79/100 Review scores Publication Score Famitsu 36/40 IGN 7.0/10

Atelier Escha & Logy received a score of 95/90/95/90 in the magazine Dengeki PlayStation, the highest average/aggregate score a game in the series has received from that magazine's ratings so far. Outside Japan, the game has generally positive reviews. The IGN comments: "With tons of things to do, things to make, and areas to explore, Atelier Escha & Logy is a nice fusion of alchemy, adventure, and tactics".

Most of the critics praise the idea of choosing between two heroes, the battle, and gameplay tactics. The game sold 57,550 copies in its first week, making it the second-best-selling PS3 title in Japan for the week of 24–30 June in 2013.

External links

• Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Official Website
• Official Website (Japanese)