VISUAL ANALYSIS OF MIKAZUKI MUNECHIKA'S CHARACTER IN THE GAME TOUKEN RANBU AND ITS CONNECTIONS WITH JAPANESE HISTORY

Abstract

Touken Ranbu, is an online strategy type game featuring the character Mikazuki Munechika as the main visual. This card game tells the story of legendary sword knights who are tasked with fighting enemies and changing history. This online game company is trying to highlight the history of weapons left by former samurai that can be transformed into characters. This research aims to examine the character of Mikazuki Munechika from a visual perspective, knowing and understanding the meaning of real weapons represented through pictorial characters. The research method used in this research uses a descriptive-qualitative method with design analysis. The research results show that this character can translate well from a sword into a character