Kakumeiki Valvrave (Valvrave the Liberator)

In the 71st year of the True Era, humans have successfully expanded into space and have started living in independent galactic colonies. The world itself is split between two major nations: the Atlantic Rim United States (ARUS) and the Dorssia Military Pact Federation (Dorssia)—superpowers that wage war against each other on Earth and far into outer space. In this war-torn era, a third faction comprised of Japan and Islands of the Oceanian Republic (JIOR), reside peacefully and prosper economically, maintaining neutrality between themselves and their militant neighbors.

Kakumeiki Valvrave commences in an outer space JIOR colony, where 17-year-old Haruto Tokishima's peaceful life is turned upside down as a sudden Dorssian fleet breaches the neutral colony. Their objective is to seize the Valvraves: powerful, but rumored mechanized weapons hidden deep within Haruto's school, Sakimori Academy. In the ensuing chaos, Haruto stumbles upon one of the targeted Valvraves. With his friends' lives in peril, Haruto enters the mecha and seals a contract for its power in exchange for his humanity. With the aid of L-elf—an enigmatic Dorssian agent and gifted strategist—Haruto and the Valvrave initiate a revolution to liberate the world.

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Kakumeiki Valvrave was the first Anime to receive a Simulcast in Germany.

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Adaptation:	Kakumeiki Valvrave, Kakumeiki Valvrave
Sequel:	Kakumeiki Valvrave 2nd Season
Summary:	Kakumeiki Valvrave Recaps

Miyano, Mamoru
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Maeda, Toshihiro

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Nakanishi, Go

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Maruyama, Hiroo

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Matsumoto, Miho

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"Preserved Roses" by T.M.Revolution x Nana Mizuki

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	1: "Preserved Roses" by T.M.Revolution x Nana Mizuki (eps 1)
	2: "Boku ja nai (僕じゃない)" by angela (eps 2-6)
	3: "Soba ni Iru yo (そばにいるよ)" by ELISA (eps 7-12)

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Jul 10, 2021

Sh4d0W0lf3

Recommended

Loved the series, One of the few Mecha anime where I was actually interested in the plot rather than the characters, Although the ending did seem a bit rushed, I just had to re-watch it multiple times today, And I noticed that some episodes left subtle details, That seemed like pointless conversations but were used later on in the episode, Which I loved!

Some Spoilers down below

The few things I disliked about this anime was mostly the election, And how the student body reacted to it

The Whole election was an ass-pull how stupid could those students be? Voting for a girl because she promised fun, and ...

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May 7, 2020

Nougat_Nugget

Mixed Feelings

For me, the first season was meh. It was okay I guess but the story was mediocre. The story line didn't wow me so I started taking a look a look at the characters.
The main character was a whiny kid for the first half of the season. I wasn't surprised but I was hoping for some character improvement. Long story short: I didn't get what I wanted. Most characters are flat and when they start killing some people off, the music and everything makes you want to feel sad but in reality, you're left trying to remember who that character even was. All in ...

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Feb 25, 2020

ASoberRussian

Not Recommended

This show is so bad it's good. I rewatched it recently with some friends and it was an absolute blast.

The plot is utterly nonsensical. There are multiple seasons worth of plot points and content, the most ridiculous is the first episode feeling like an entire season of a regular anime condensed down. While it's going through the plot like a fire through a sawmill it's missing significant amounts of character arcs and development. Except, the show acts as if these arcs and development happened so you get baffling changes and laughable emotional beats. Most egregiously a character dies ... and the show nothing short of milks it for all it's worth, this character that died couldn't have had more than 25 lines of dialogue at this point and there is an actual "press F to pay respects" equivalent. Animation budget is saved by having characters just float around because "zero gravity" yet gravity mysteriously functions normally when needed, the actual art is pretty good though. Valvrave also is utterly tone deaf and seems to change it's genre at a flick of a switch. Slice of life, Mecha, Psychological, Thriller, Supernatural, Rom Com, even a little harem baiting. This train-wreck's got it all!

Speaking of harem baiting, I am shocked this show didn't stoop to being a harem. Any such points are contrasted with some of the "antics" Saki gets up to in the middle of the season. Then a certain scene near the end of the show that happens during a speech blows any points gained straight to the bottom of the sea, but hey at least it ain't a harem.

Valvrave has a single genuinely interesting character; Akira. She has a noticeable character arc that ended with her having a crisis of faith. This was the only time I was engaged with the show as anything more than trash. L-Elf is some Light ripoff that is a literal prophet, Haruto is boring and can't decide on what his character is supposed to be, Saki is kind of an absolute bitch that keeps pulling "just kidding"s everytime she almost has a character moment, and Shouko really doesn't have a character to even comment on as much as a collection of traits to groan at.

The plot is light speed and nonsensical, most of the characters are at best boring, there's a bunch of cringe, and the show is tone deaf and tasteless if not legitimately offensive. Still was an absolute joy to watch with a couple of friends. I initially watched this as it aired and apparently rated it at an 8. I have no clue why but I can at least see a slew of interesting ideas in this garbage pile, far FAR more than you'd get in other bad shows. Solid 3/10 for an actual anime, 9/10 if you're looking for bad anime.

Oh and the show has some pretty significant yaoi baiting and some yuri baiting for... some reason.

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