Angelique (アンジェリーク, Anjerīku) is a Japanese otome game series and media franchise.

The basic lore of the series is built around a Queen who fairly and wisely rules a Universe.

By balancing elemental forces with the help of nine Guardians, she keeps the various planets in her domain stable and her people content.

The story expands in later titles, but most entries in the series feature a girl named Angelique or a variant thereof (Enju or Ange) as the protagonist, with ever larger casts of characters.

In the first game, Angelique, the player becomes a candidate for the new queen who will be the savior of the universal crisis.

But while trying to complete the given mission or task, the player necessarily needs some help from the nine guardians, who know and control the spiritual powers of the universe.

The most interesting and difficult points of this game series are that there are many combinations of how to win favor from the guardians and how to complete the task.

Although KOEI is not opposed to releasing the games in other language(s) than Japanese, in order for such translations to be produced, the existence of enough demand must be shown.

Nine Guardians (who control various spiritual elements, such as fire, wind, and water) have been chosen to help the girls raise their continents during the Queen Examination.

This resulted in the birth of team Ruby Party and the first otome game Angelique in 1994.

[33][34][35] The Angelique series greatly promoted and produced the development of otome games and their franchise markets.

[36] Koei-Tecmo has reported sales of the 2021 game Angelique Luminarise in the 30,000s in Japan and Asia in the first quarter of 2021 (April to June).