Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova


Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-

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Synonyms: Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova
Japanese: 蒼き鋼のアルペジオ ‐アルス・ノヴァ‐
English: Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-
German: Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 8, 2013 to Dec 24, 2013
Premiered: Fall 2013
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 02:55 (JST)
Studios: SANZIGEN
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.341 (scored by 7050470,504 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #25912
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1589
Members: 152,877
Favorites: 951

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Synopsis

In the year 2039, the drastic effects of global warming have caused sea levels to rise, resulting in major loss of land. To ensure humanity learns its lesson, a fleet of powerful warships equipped with advanced weaponry emerges, causing overwhelming defeat for naval forces throughout the world. Calling themselves the Fleet of Fog, each ship has a "Mental Model," a humanoid avatar which represents the ship's heart, its "Union Core." Each model has a different personality but all follow an unknown authority known as the Admiralty Code, who have implemented a blockade to prevent humans from traveling across the sea.

Seventeen years after the blockade, Gunzou Chihaya, a National Marine Academy alumnus, stumbles upon I-401 and its Mental Model, Iona, who sides with mankind for unknown reasons. Utilizing this newfound hope of achieving peace for humanity, Gunzou and his friends form a group of privateers, known as the Blue Steel, as they set out on a dangerous journey.

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Background

Episode 1 was previewed at a screening in Oosaka on September 21, 2013. Regular broadcasting began on October 8, 2013.

Characters & Voice Actors

Iona

Main
Fuchigami, Mai
Japanese

Chihaya, Gunzou

Main
Okitsu, Kazuyuki
Japanese

Takao

Supporting
Numakura, Manami
Japanese

Kongou

Supporting
Yukana
Japanese

Haruna

Supporting
Yamamura, Hibiku
Japanese

Kirishima

Supporting
Uchiyama, Yumi
Japanese

Maya

Supporting
MAKO
Japanese

Hyuuga

Supporting
Fujita, Saki
Japanese

Watanuki, Iori

Supporting
Tsuda, Minami
Japanese

Hozumi, Shizuka

Supporting
Touyama, Nao
Japanese

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"Savior of Song" by Nano feat. MY FIRST STORY
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Ending Theme

1: "Savior of Song" by Nano feat. MY FIRST STORY (eps 1)
2: "Blue Field (ブルー・フィールド)" by Trident (Mai Fuchigami, Manami Numakura, and Hibiki Yamamura) (eps 2-4, 6-8)
3: "Innocent Blue" by Trident (Mai Fuchigami, Manami Numakura, and Hibiki Yamamura) (eps 5, 9, 11)
4: "Our Story" by nano (eps 12)

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Reviews

Dec 23, 2013
Before deciding if you should watch Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova, you should probably ask yourself if military science fiction is your type of anime. Military science fiction often takes the idea of military but also fuses it with supernatural themes with flavors of science and artificial warfare. There are a lot of ideas that plays around with military sci-fi including alien invasions, mecha, or space wars. So what happens when you take a bunch of mental models that resembles the characteristics of female characters and puts them into total warfare? Simple. You get Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Arsa Nova.

The series itself is based ...
Dec 26, 2013
Mixed Feelings
The premise of the oceans being blockaded by an alien force intrigued me enough to watch the series. Arpeggio can be described as a naval anime with a dash of harem thrown in. The characters and storyline are terribly undeveloped. The sentient AI are empty dolls and most of their conversations are abstract musings about free will, love, altruism, etc. Even the human characters are totally one-dimensional, including the protagonist captain. There are only a few rare scenes where the characters are allowed to be eccentric enough to be amusing or interesting; otherwise everyone is almost always emotionless. It doesn't help that the characters are ...
Dec 28, 2013
In the year 2039, the combined naval forces of humanity suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of a military force with weapons technology that far surpasses their own. The fearsome assailants? A group of heavy warships, termed “The Fleet of Fog,” who are commanded by “mental models,” robot-like representations of the minds of the battleships that take the physical form of little girls dressed in frilly clothing. Fast-forward seventeen years, and one of these mental models, named Iona, approaches a human naval cadet named Gunzou out of the blue, offering herself (and, by extension, the advanced Fog submarine she represents) to Gunzou to command. ...

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