In the myriad realms of imagination, there are an infinite number of intriguing characters to be discovered.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE presents 15 of them for use in your gaming adventures.

Volume #1 includes stats, backgrounds, personality profiles, and adventure hooks for 15 anime and manga characters, built up from the race and class templates introduced in BESM Fourth Edition, including:

- Android Battle-Maid
- Archfiend
- Broker
- Dark Elf
- Exorcist
- Fairy
- Giant Living Robot
- Homo Psyche
- Kodama
- Magical Girl
- Mecha Pilot
- Ninja
- Pet Monster Trainer
- Shapechanger
- Student