Phantasy Star

is a science-fantasy video game franchise published by Sega. First debuted in 1987, the series' popularity boomed into present day, continuing under a new series entitled and other extensions of parallel sub-series such as Phantasy Star Universe. Its hierarchy is focused under an RPG setting with the gameplay featuring a cross-genre combination of magic and technological elements, while sharing minor canonical links with the original series, mostly in the recurrence of common themes and antagonists.

The PSO2 series was originally released for Microsoft Windows on July 2012. A PlayStation Vita version was released in February 2013, while a PlayStation 4 version was released in April 2016. A spin-off game, Phantasy Star Online 2es, was released for Android and iOS in 2014. An anime adaptation based on the game aired on TBS from January to March 2016. A new anime series titled Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle was announced and scheduled to premiere on October 7, 2019 on Tokyo MX and BS11.

PSO2: The Animation
In the year 2027, the PSO2 video game is all the rage at Seiga Academy. Every student is on board the fad except for Itsuki Tachibana, a well-rounded student who is uninterested video games. Due to its popularity, the game is currently under review at Seiga Academy to see if it has a negative impact on the students. Consequently, this causes Itsuki to catch the attention of Rina Izumi, the perfectionist student council president who aims to prove that the game is not to blame.

To accomplish her objective, Rina recruits Itsuki as the student council vice president and tasks him with learning to play the game while keeping his grades up. Now obliged to report his daily findings of the game to Rina and analyze its merits, Itsuki carries the fate of Phantasy Star Online 2 in his hands.

Episode Oracle
A recompilation of Episodes 1-3 from the original game following an original storyline.