Elysion ～楽園幻想物語組曲～

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4th Story CD Elysion ～楽園幻想物語組曲～ is the first Story CD after Sound Horizon's major debut. Released on April 13th, 2005, the singing and performance credits for this album reached over 40 members. Taking the general public into consideration, the composition and overall style of this album differs from other works like Chronicle 2nd substantially. The composition is fairly simpler and the tracks don't break over 6 minutes in length. The album contains 11 tracks, but there are 45 tracks on the CD. from tracks 12 to 44, they are blank seconds of only audio. Track 44 is the only one of these 45 tracks to contain audio, and track 45 is silent. As a sign of not truly losing their doujin roots, this album is the last to contain a system sound set.

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This album inspired numerous spinoffs and original works, including a manga entitled Ark (Manga) written by Gui Yousheng Maru in 2006. They were divided into two parts, releasing in ULTRA JUMP, a monthly magazine run by Shueisha inc.

This album also inspired a 2014 novelization entitled Elysion 二つの楽園を廻る物語 in collaboration with Sound Horizon for their 10th Anniversary. . Published by Kakukawa Bookstore, there was also a manga with the same name based on the novels. Published in the montly magazine ASUKA, the two part manga's books were released on October 26, 2015 and May 26, 2016 respectively.

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