Ex-Arm

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Japanese: EX-ARMエクスアーム


Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 11, 2021 to Mar 29, 2021
Premiered: Winter 2021
Broadcast: Mondays at 01:05 (JST)
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Visual Flight
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 2.891 (scored by 4405244,052 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #135682
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2428
Members: 83,102
Favorites: 311

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Synopsis

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.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Characters & Voice Actors

Yggdrasil

Supporting
Tomita, Miyu
Japanese

Kimura

Supporting
Yashiro, Taku
Japanese

Shiga, Soushi

Supporting
Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Himegami, Alisa

Supporting
Ishikawa, Yui
Japanese

Souma

Supporting
Kobayashi, Yuu
Japanese

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"Rise Again" by AIRFLIP
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Ending Theme

"Diamonds Shine" by Dizzy Sunfist

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Reviews

Aug 20, 2024
Ex-Arm is a masterpiece on par with literary works such as Skibidi Toilet and Monster School. The plot and setting is richly developed, and features extensive critique on what it means to be human, that puts Frankenstein to shame. The animation is flawless, and has finally hushed all the anti-CGI anime critics, who believe the medium is doomed to failure. The soundtrack is masterfully crafted and the choreography of the fight scenes is beautiful. I could not imagine how any show - nay, any literature - could possibly outdo Ex-Arm.

Yeah nah this show is hot ass 10/10 made me laugh harder than any recent comedy
Nov 23, 2021
Mixed Feelings
A lot of people bash the CGI animation, but while it is somewhat bad I don't think it deserves as much flak as it's getting.
There are obvious traces that the animators at least tried. There are cool and well animated movements or whole action scenes, there are well done facial expressions, and so on. But they just couldn't keep up for all 24 minutes of every episode. There are fair amount of stiff movements and faces too. Still, I think the animation deserves at worst a 4, with some moments even double that. It wasn't the kind of lazy CGI I've seen in ...
Mar 14, 2023
If you're looking for an anime that makes you feel like you're playing a free-to-play smartphone game, then "Ex-Arm" might be the perfect choice for you! This anime takes you to a world where characters seem to have been intentionally drawn and animated poorly. Don't worry if you can't understand the plot, because even the characters don't seem to know it. Additionally, you can appreciate the lack of shadows and nuances that make objects and characters even more beautiful with that veil of perfection, angles, close-ups always and in any case with the same basic expression. In short, if you want an anime that makes ...

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