Ex-Arm

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Japanese: EX-ARMエクスアーム

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 11, 2021 to Mar 29, 2021

Premiered: Winter 2021

Broadcast: Mondays at 01:05 (JST)

Producers: Nippon Columbia, BS Fuji, Shueisha, Crunchyroll, Yomiuri TV Enterprise, MAGNET, Video Market, Royal Limousine

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Visual Flight

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 2.90¹ (scored by 41,881 users)

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Ranked: #12681²

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Popularity: #2232

Members: 79,067

Favorites: 294

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After being hit by a truck in the year 2014, Akira Natsume awakes to find himself inside a machine following a 16-year-long coma. As he adjusts to the new interface, he is greeted by police officer Minami Uezono and her android partner Alma. The pair shows Akira that his brain is contained inside a device called an EX-ARM—a weapon of mass destruction. Aboard an enemy smuggler ship, the three must escape using nothing but their ingenuity and combat skills.

While initially reluctant to fight, Akira soon recalls his brother's words from before the accident. The memory inspires him to take action, possessing Alma's body to fight his opponents using martial arts. Once Alma plugs him into one of the ship's ports, he discovers the devastating potential of his EX-ARM by effortlessly hacking and assuming control of the vessel.

Upon safely arriving back on land, Akira meets the other members of the EX-ARM Countermeasure Prevention Team, a police division working to mitigate the effects of EX-ARMs. Witnessing the atrocities committed by those who seek the power of EX-ARMs, he resolves to join the team and put an end to the terror caused by these weapons.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Natsume, Akira

Main

Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Alma

Main

Kitou, Akari
Japanese

Uezono, Minami

Main

Komatsu, Mikako
Japanese

Kondou

Supporting

Zouza, Shoumaru
Japanese

Through Hand

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Kuroda, Takaya
Japanese

Yggdrasil

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Tomita, Miyu
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Himegami, Alisa

Supporting

Ishikawa, Yui
Japanese

Kimura

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Yashiro, Taku
Japanese

Shiga, Soushi

Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Rokuouin, Chikage

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Uesaka, Sumire
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Usui, Hisato

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Taniguchi, Hiroyasu

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Yoshida, Kento

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Satou, Yuuki

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"Rise Again" by AIRFLIP

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"Diamonds Shine" by Dizzy Sunfist

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Mar 28, 2021

IrrelevantGuy

Not Recommended

"Ground-breaking."

Ex-Arm is an anime that is largely misconceived. Look at all the people saying how godawful the writing and especially the animation is. However, they couldn't have been further from the truth. In reality, Ex-Arm is a visionary masterpiece with little to no flaws. Every single person involved with the anime's production was extremely passionate about it, and they put a monstrous amount of effort into making it incredibly profound and compelling. As a result, Ex-Arm has become the greatest Sci-Fi series of all time -- and possibly one of the greatest things mankind has ever created. PERIOD.

......

Now, let's get serious for a bit.

Ex-Arm is ...

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Mar 28, 2021

Luubie

Not Recommended

"Hello, hello, I don't want to make it out of the fake." ~ Best Opening EVER !!!

2019: Arifureta
People: "My God, this animation is the worst I have ever heard."
2020: Gibiate
People: "They even managed to make the sound effects worse."
2021: Ex-Arm
People: "OMG! I'M BLEEDING THROUGH THE EYES"

"Visual Flight", remember that name forever. It is the studio of Ex-Arm, one of the anime with one of the worst CG's that ever existed. In fact, the studio went further. But let's start with the best side of the show, its synopsis. Basically, Ex-Arm tells the story of a group of people who fight technological weapons called Ex-Arm (which ... gives the show its name). Akira, our protagonist, is an Ex-Arm. He has a past where he was practically an unbeatable creature, while currently he doesn't remember what happened. Alma and Minami are the other protagonists of this series. Because Akira is an Ex-Arm in the shape of a brain and without a body, it is not very effective without being used by another robot. During the anime, Akira manages to be able to command Alma's robotic body, while both, together with the rest of the group, fight the impending evil.

The Ex-Arm idea may seem interesting at first (and, in fact, it is). I honestly had good expectations for the show, but today I regret any chance I gave for this show. Ex-Arm is an offense, an anime that should make its producers ashamed of what they did. How can such a promising show receive a melancholy combination of character design, director and musical themes? The anime doesn't even hide that it's bad. He alone jokes and admits that it is one of the worst things that ever existed. Remember when I mentioned Arifureta and Gibiate at the beginning of this review? So, all the problems that these animes had made it seem that the animes are good.

But I have to admit: Ex-Arm is so horrible, that watching it can be funny. Have you seen any fun videos of a game full of bugs and delays (Cyberpunk 2077, lol)? Ex-Arm was just like that for me. From the beginning I had already given up on the show and I was more careful to find disappointing scenes than to care about the story that Ex-Arm wants to tell, after all, who cares for a kiss simply made by fanservice (IS SERIOUS, EX-ARM HAS UNTIL FANSERVICE AS A COMPLETE TRASH). Honestly, Kimura Yoshikatsu, the show's director, did a job that he should be ashamed of. Not only did he lead a pre-said show to be one of the worst things that ever existed, he dishonored the original material. The manga, written by HiRock, is also not much superior. I don't particularly know what he really looks like, but I'm pretty sure it can't have been worse than the anime. Such an adaptation must have depressed the original creator himself. Many were so astonished by the result of the show, that they gave solidarity to his profile, because there is no merit that this work exists.

Some could defend Ex-Arm as a future trend in Japanese animation. I disagree. There is another show, from 2020, Aya to Majo, which is a film by the Ghibli studio, done entirely in CG. Anime isn't good when it comes to history, but it's visually great. Remember the current Disney movies? So, I compare Aya to Majo with these millionaire productions. It is clear that good CG's exist, and that some also have the same animation application with Ex-Arm, but even today I see no benefit in following this up. Generally, these shows have an extremely low financial budget (like "Idolls!", For example), so it ends up being an urgent resource to put on a show that way.

Finally, Ex-Arm is definitely the worst show of 2021 (when it comes to animation). There's nothing to save here, except for the songs and memes that it generated. The show is a rot, an announcement that Japanese anime faces serious financial problems in pleasing its own audience and foreigners. My condolences from HiRock, for having to go through this and I really hope that Visual Flight has some better destination than this show, because if I produce something like this again, I don't doubt that there is anything worse than that, honestly. An apocalypse? Well, Kaifuku is a hell of an experience. Ex-Arm is a divine punishment in our eyes.

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Mar 28, 2021

KANLen09

Not Recommended

HELLO HELLO! I don't want to make it all the fake~~~

"Declaring war against all of the SF series around the world!"? More like declaring victory at being the WORST show ever to grace anime since Berserk 2016 and Gibiate, fuck, even RWBY Season 1 looks better than this fucking abomination.

Here we go again, the battle for the "Best of the Best and Worst" of the season, and Winter 2021 proves it all one and the same. What is Wonder Egg Priority? What is Re:Zero? What EVEN is Attack on Titan? Nope...the best show of the season goes to Ex-Arm, the one and only show you ...

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