Adventurer High School

Adventurer High School
Genre	comedy parody
Developed by	Wojtek Racław
Theme music composer	Ministry of Culture
Opening theme	Adventure Awaits!
Composer(s)	Unknown
Country of origin	Malgrave
Original language(s)	Common
No. of series	3 (2014-)
No. of episodes	36
Production
Executive producer(s)	Wolfram Braus
Production location(s)	Epping
Cinematography	Armin Pankraz
Running time	40 minutes
Production company(s)	Ministry of Culture Ascenion Production
Distributor	Ministry of Culture
Release
Original network	MBC One
Picture format	1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Original release	1 May 2014 (2014-05-01) – present
External links
Website

Adventurer High School is an animated Malgravean comedy show that takes place inside a fictional school known as "Adventurer High". It is attended by famous figures from across the world, although the episodes initially focused on a group of adventurers (including Amelia Lowwe) the show has since branched out and includes many parodic takes on current and historical figures from multiple nations and organisations.

Characters

Character	Description
Amelia Lowwe	Amelia Lowwe is student from Malgrave that is heavily involved in the school's science clubs, she constantly wears a lab coat on top of her usual school uniform. In several episodes she is seen pestering other characters for food because she spends most of her money on experiments inside the school. She is close to Sun Down and Saeheli and has a friendly rivalry with Alasse and Fenya.
Claudia Donovan	A student from Malgrave that is in charge of several of the school's science clubs, like Amelia she is typically seen wearing a lab coat on top of her school uniform. In addition to her club duties, she is also in charge of the local Ancestral Study Group and can be seen promoting the group with her friends Rachel and Quinn.
Rachel Berry	A student from Malgrave and President of the Student Council, she typically wears massive knitted jumpers on top of her school uniform and is seen to get cold when not wearing them. As President of the Student Council she leads school assemblies and often gives out challenges to the main protagonists, she is always seen alongside Quinn and seems to enjoy dragging her around the school.
Quinn Fabray	A student from Malgrave, a member of the Student Council and leader of the local Anti-Sex League. Quinn is one of the few major Malgravean characters that wears an unmodified version of the school uniform. Despite being part of a socially conservative club she is attracted to the Student President and is easily dragged around to perform various embarrassing performances around the school.
Emily Lowwe	Emily Lowwe is a student from Malgrave that first appears on the show around Season Two, although it is explained that she missed all of Season One due to complications from MIDD. Emily is obsessed with Ellie Cambuel and purposely joined the school photography club so she could take pictures of Ellie around the school, because of this she constantly gets nosebleeds and even faints on several occasions. Emily Lowwe is also close to her older sister and tries to help Amelia and her friends as much as possible.
Sun Down	A student from the Greater Pony Herd that is obsessed with swords and adventuring.
Gracie Kurimitsu	A student from the Colonial Republic of Earth (aka Dornieland), particularly from Southern California--by her own admission, from “around South Bay and Van Nuys especially.” Gracie is an android/AI student with a keen head for figures. She also is someone who is overly laid back and is known as a scrounger, in much the same vein as say, “The King” from James Clavell’s King Rat. Hustles the chess club and is known for being actually good at it. Seems obsessed with automobiles no student can really afford, claims her dad “owns a dealership and can totally set any of y’all up.” Also tends to insert random Yiddishisms into her speech (e.g. “How’s the mishpoche?” when “How’s your family?” will do.)
Shannah Tabassum Karimi	A student from the Al’ Meriatt region of Rohane Alista, her personality has been varyingly described as stern, strict, unyeilding, manipulative, relentless, and unifying, sometimes by the same people. When she first arrived at AHS she considered joining chess club or the student council, but considered both to be too boring for her. Instead she started a War Games and Nation Building club, essentially a club devoted to students leading “nations” made up of other students through war, diplomacy, and administrative skill. She’s butted heads with the student council more than once, and there are rumors she’s looking to cut into their power over her club. She’s managed, after a struggle with the student council and the Anti-Sex League, to gain dispensation to wear traditional Al’ Meriatt clothing, meaning the few times when her heavy cloak and hood come off she’s left in a short skirt, tall leather riding boots, and a loose flowing shirt that leaves her stomach uncovered. She doesn’t hesitate to use these things to her advantage when needed.
Arnold Estelman	In real life heir to a small corporation which he turned into a multi-billions conglomerate, and current Minister of Trade for Rohane Alista, his repersentation in the show makes no attempt to hide his economic cunning. He runs an underground “black market” selling almost anything- including rare scientific supplies, information, and out of production snacks. He might be in a relationship with Anita, his assistant, or they may just make out where only Quinn can see them just to aggravate her. No one else has ever seen it though, so the rumor is it doesn’t actually happen. Because of this, he has a tense relationship with the ASL, but has so far shut down Quinn using his connections and information.
Anita Persky	Based on the real life Anita Persky (who is a prominent member of Rohane Alista Industries Dornalia and its de facto spokesperson in Dornieland), the show's version of Anita is a loyal assistant to Arnold Estelman who is virtually inseparable from him and aids Arnold with his "black marketeering". Anita is a smiling, friendly, albeit somewhat enigmatic and charismatic individual who also happens to be a "rules lawyer" who is good at things involving regulations and by-laws, and does work for the Student Council. Distrusts the ASL, especially due to Quinn's activities. Also possesses the ears and tail of a husky, even with a normal human appearance otherwise, and has a thing for hamburgers. May possibly be in a relationship with Arnold, although the truth is unclear. They are, again, inseparable though.
Ellie Cambuel	Based on the Kouralian princess Elena Campbell, Ellie is a colourful and outgoing Kouralian student and captain of the school's 1st XV rugby team. Her character plays a lot on the real princess' love of music, an active life-style and her military service. This manifests itself through her prominent character role as the 'sporty' member of the group, instigating musical numbers that are usually acknowledged by other characters as out of the ordinary, and through treating almost any challenge or plan as a battlefield struggle or carefully planned military operation. Simultaneously she hits a number of Kouralian stereotypes ranging from love of dried and cured meat, brightly coloured clothes and hair, and a sense of honour which usually manifests in being either the mediator of a conflict or the instigator of a karmic punishment for any deceiver. She also openly flaunts her rejection of the anti-sex league and their uniform rules, wearing her rugby kit or other flattering gymwear at all times.
Atoti auf Bergholm	Based upon a rather minor figure of the Imeiran government, he served as a page at the same time as the high king and is a very close friend. However despite his rather low social status and his lack of official titles (his highest rank being adjutant in the first army) so does he have the ear of the king and that counts rather heavily in a government that takes meritocracy as something that should be kept at arms length at the best of time. He is generally portrayed as a snob, bully, lady’s man, and jock but with absurdly much luck. He has a weird tendency to show up and hit on the ladies of the show. However despite his rather slight than stellar personality so does he have a rather shocking ability to get away with most things and people tend to misinterpret his actions as good hearted and kind due to his luck.
Runa auf Stjärnkhrone	The younger cousin of the current high king and a friend of Atoti, surprisingly liberal for a Scanderan as is her real life counterpart. While she is not the most sporting person so is she known to try every sport she can and failing miserably and tends to be in a new club every time she appears. She is however somewhat spoiled and tends to order people around and issue an order followed by a clap of her hands when she wants someone to do something. Very terrible at keeping secrets, if someone tells her something it is certain that everyone will know about it an hour later. She tends to mention a lot of noodle incidents and then not following up on them, often involving social inferiors being forced to do something. She is also a very big fan of jousting and seems to have an encyclopedic knowledge of the Imerian jousting league, she also seems to have a crush on everyone involved including the ladies.

Episodes

List of Adventurer High School episodes

Reception

Adventuer High School is one of the most popular animated shows in the country, and has amassed quite a large fanbase since it started broadcasting in 2012. It has generated a large amount of fanart, fanfiction and been the focus of MalCon for several years.

In New Dornalia, meanwhile, the show is broadcast on HTB on Monday nights, where it has attained surprisingly strong ratings to become a "sleeper hit" complete with a loyal cult fanbase and even a panel at the recent New Star City Annual NerdFest. Critics have praised the show as an "unusually quirky, adorable, yet biting satire of politics at large in the galaxy," in the words of Joanne Chen of the Martian Times. Additionally, Gracie Kurimitsu herself is on record as loving her portrayal on the show.

In Rohane Alista, the show is aired on Thursday night's "Cartoon Chaos" on HJS TV. It has had a mixed reception in Rohane, though it has the highest ratings of any program during "Cartoon Chaos". While generally regarded as amusing, critics have panned its portrayal of Shannah Tabbasum Karimi as a power hungry tyrant in some episodes. In addition, it has had some legal troubles, though it won AHS vs Estelman Inc. with the judge saying "Adventure High School is clearly a parody show, with a satirical take on historical figures. No one actually believes Arnold Estelman has ever sold an E-Z-Make Particle Accelerator." Arnold Estelman has been quoted saying "I don't have much time for television, but as long as it's not insulting my family or nation wholesale I don't mind." It has also come in for criticism for suggesting Arnold and his assistant Anita Persky are in a secret relationship.

In the Royal Union of Kouralia the show has been generally well-received, and saw season 1 broadcast by KBC International after the watershed approximately 18 months after it was first broadcast in Malgrave. By the time the second series came round it began being broadcast a month after its domestic release, reflecting the popularity of the series in Kouralia. While not one of the greats of Kouralian television, it has gained a large following because of its quirky style and the generally high quality of the series, and a number of references to it have crept into Kouralian popular culture and other media. The support for it reached a high point in 2016 when the official Synypalæ aþ’Iato social media accounts posted an image of a convention flyer half way through the first day of the annual Great Exhibition of the Popular Works, sparking a four hour hunt for the cosplaying Princess Elena before she was finally found, having been dressed as Ellia Cambuel all day.

The show were however not well received in The absolute royal federation, due to a certain ire against Malgraveans running rampant amongst the people and harsh tariffs and legal penalties against imports conducted by the mercantile policies of the absolute royal federation so did the show only play at very few cinemas and attracted little attention.