Dead or Alive (Japanese: デッド オア アライブ, Hepburn: Deddo oa Araibu | DOA) is a Japanese media franchise based on a fighting video game series developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo (Koei Tecmo). It is primarily composed of fast-paced fighting games that begun with the original Dead or Alive in 1996. The series received critical and universal acclaim with the sequels Dead or Alive 2 in 1999 and Dead or Alive 3 in 2001, which are considered landmark titles. Dead or Alive is the creation of Tomonobu Itagaki, who has since left the company and is no longer working on the series, which continues without him. The series revolves around the events of the Dead or Alive World Combat Championship, an international martial arts tournament where fighters from across the globe participate in for the title of world champion and large cash prizes. The tournaments are held by the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee (DOATEC). The conflict between the ninja competitors and DOATEC's personnel serves as the main focus of the series. Dead or Alive has been well praised for its impressive fighting system, beautiful graphics, and interactive environments. The franchise consists of six main fighting games, numerous updates and spin-offs. In addition to its fast-paced combat, beautiful environments and countering-based play system, the franchise is also known for its female characters. This aspect of the series' popularity led to the creation of the spin-off game Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball and its sequels, where the female characters and their sex appeal play a more focal role than it does in the core Dead or Alive series. A film adaptation, DOA: Dead or Alive, was released in 2006.
Dead Or Alive (Franchise)
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For years, the worldwide conglomerate known as Orion Corporation, renowned for both their innovations in the world of technology, as well as their many dubious experiments, has been secretly conducting a bunch of experiments regarding "fight data" and has since collected data from fighters all around the world for use in their bio-weapons, leaving them for dead once they're done. At the center of the story is Shin Ikushima, the only son of Shiho Ikushima, a renowned master in the art of Kyokushin karate during her prime. He grew up under the guidance of his mother, with his father having left Shiho right before he was born. Realizing his potential, Shiho decided to teach Shin the art of Kyokushin karate at a young age. Shin used to live a peaceful life with his mother until one day, a group of Orion soldiers barged in their house and tried to abduct Shiho. However, Shiho fought the soldiers until she was taken down, and ultimately killed, by a shot to the head fired by one of the soldiers. He has since grew to despise Orion and trained himself in order to exact his revenge and avenge the death of his mother. Years later, Orion announced the first Sentoki: Global Martial Arts tournament, where various martial artists gather around to prove who is the strongest of them all. Shin decides to join the tournament in order to destroy Orion by himself. However, what Shin did not realize is that the tournament was was actually a ruse for Orion to collect more fight data in order to unleash their ultimate weapon: the bioweapon "Antares".
