Guardians of Order, the Canadian game publisher responsible for Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!, Dominion Tank Police, and several other anime-based role-playing games, has announced that it will produce a new roleplaying game based on the El-Hazard anime.  El-Hazard originated as a seven-part OAV directed by Tenchi Muyo! co-creator Hiroki Hayashi back in 1995.  Guardians of Order will publish a full color RPG rulebook detailing the characters, settings, plots, and actions of the first OAV series -- in fact this sourcebook will contain so much information on the series that it should also appeal to El-Hazard fans who don't role-play.  The El-Hazard Role-Playing Game and Resource Book will be released in July, 2001.  A subsequent 'expansion' volume will cover the second OAV series, El-Hazard 2, which appeared in 1998.

 

The plotline of El-Hazard makes it a natural for role-playing since it involves the adventures of a typical high school boy, who is pulled into weird and wonderful fantasy world of El-Hazard.  With the help of three beautiful priestesses, the young hero must battle against an evil insectoid empire.  Sounds like a recipe for role-playing fun.