~Episode 122~

Mecha Recommendation No. 5

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Aoki: Hagane no Arpeggio

Genre: Mecha, Action, Drama

Episodes: 13 episodes, 2 movies

Opening song: Savior of Song by Nano feat. MY FIRST STORY

Ending song: Savior of Song by Nano feat. MY FIRST STORY (ep 1), Blue Field by Trident (Mai Fuchigami, Manami Numakura, and Hibiki Yamamura) (eps 2-4, 6-8), Innocent Blue by Trident (Mai Fuchigami, Manami Numakura, and Hibiki Yamamura) (ep 5, 9, 11), Our Story by nano (ep 12)

Studio: Sanzigen

Summary:

By 2039, global warming had caused sea levels to rise and large amount of territory to be lost. As though in response, a mysterious group of warships clad in mist, "the Fleet of Mist," appeared in every corner of the ocean, and began attacking human ships. In spite of humanity mustering all their strength, they were utterly defeated by the Mist's overwhelming force. All of humanity's trade routes were blockaded by the Fleet of Mist, their political economy was destroyed, and the human race was steadily beaten down. Seven years later, the Fleet of Mist's submarine I-401 appears before cadet Gunzo Chihaya. The humanoid life form that pilots the sub, who should be their enemy, is instead offering her services to mankind.

Own opinion:

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.

Rank: 4.5 over 5 stars