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Japanese manga serial

蒼き鋼のアルペジオ ( Aoki Hagane no Arupejio )
Arpeggio of Blue Steel
Cover of beginning volume featuring main grapheme Iona and the I-401
Genre	Military scientific discipline fiction^[one]
Manga
Written past	Ark Performance
Published by	Shōnen Gahōsha
English language publisher	^NA Seven Seas Entertainment
Magazine	Immature Rex OURs
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September thirty, 2009 – nowadays
Volumes	22 (Listing of volumes)
Anime goggle box series
Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-
Directed by	Seiji Kishi
Written past	Makoto Uezu
Music past	Masato Kōda
Studio	Sanzigen
Licensed by	^NA Discotek Media
Original network	MBS, Tokyo MX, BS Nittele, AT-X
English network	^SEA Animax Asia
Original run	Oct 7, 2013 – December 23, 2013
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Arpeggio of Blueish Steel -Ars Nova DC-
Directed by	Seiji Kishi
Written by	Makoto Uezu
Music by	Masato Kōda
Studio	Sanzigen
Released	Jan 31, 2015
Runtime	105 minutes
Anime movie
Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova Cadenza-
Directed past	Seiji Kishi
Written by	Makoto Uezu
Music by	Masato Kōda
Studio	Sanzigen
Released	October 3, 2015
Runtime	105 minutes
Manga
Salty Road
Written by	Ark Performance
Illustrated by	TALI
Published by	Shōnen Gahōsha
Magazine	Young King OURs
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	October 16, 2014 – March xvi, 2016
Volumes	3
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Arpeggio of Blueish Steel ( 蒼き鋼のアルペジオ , Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio ) is a Japanese manga series produced by Ark Performance and serialized in Shōnen Gahosha's Young King Ours. Twenty-two manga volumes have been released and an anime serial by Sanzigen aired from Oct to December 2013. The aforementioned studio also produced two films based on the series, released in January and Oct 2015.

Plot [edit]

Due to global warming and ascension sea levels in the early 21st century, much of World's landmass has been lost. In 2039, fleets of powerful sentient warships, armed with advanced technology and possibly 'alien' weaponry, mysteriously appear and devastate the world'south naval forces. These ships, collectively known as 'The Fleet of Fog', impose a worldwide naval and aerial blockade, preventing humanity from both traveling the oceans and to other nations. During the blockade, the Fleet of Fog created Mental Models, humanoid avatars containing a ship's Matrimony cadre, as a means to develop self cultivation and to overcome their lack of creative thinking of tactics that humans possessed, which at the same fourth dimension made the Mental Models develop their ain unique personality.

In 2056, 17 years after the occludent began, Gunzō Chihaya, a former pupil of the Japanese National Marine Academy, is the captain of a small group of privateers called the 'Blue Steel'. The Blue Steel are infamous for possessing a Fog submarine, the I-401, along with its Mental Model Iona, who defected to the human side. Due to I-401's technology and Gunzō's tactical skills, the Blue Steel have not only survived several encounters with the Armada of Fog merely managed to sink one of their most powerful warships.

Gunzō and his crew are hired by a faction of the Japanese regime to deliver the prototype of the vibration warhead, a powerful weapon that may finally allow flesh to fight back against the Fog, to the United States. The U.s.a. is the only land with the resources and adequacy to mass-produce the weapon arrangement. However, the Bluish Steel will face obstacles on their journey not only from the Armada of Fog and their human allies, merely from other governments and factions with their own agendas. Along the fashion they will also gain allies of their own from both sides, increasing their chances against seemingly overwhelming odds.

Characters [edit]

Blue Steel Fleet [edit]

Gunzō Chihaya ( 千早群像 , Chihaya Gunzō ): Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Drama CD), Kazuyuki Okitsu (Anime); The main protagonist, captain of the I-401 and leader of the Blue Steel Fleet. He is not interested in destroying the Fleet of Fog, but to be on equal footing with them and so negotiations leading to peace can exist realized.
Iona ( イオナ , Iona ) / I-401: Voiced past: Aoi Yūki (Drama CD), Mai Fuchigami (Anime); The Mental Model (human avatar) of the submarine I-401 who left the Fog to get Gunzō's vessel of her own volition.; In the Cadenza movie, information technology was revealed that the supreme flagship Yamato was defeated by her sister Musashi after she went on a binge and had carried her final wish into Iona herself, therefore the reason for conveying dual cores within her, which was to be Gunzō'southward vessel and negotiate with the fleet of fog to end the state of war, which was Gunzō'southward father'south actions. Afterwards defeating Musashi by becoming one with Yamato, she disappears as she had served her purpose and bids Gunzō bye. Over the class of the series, Iona has developed human being emotions which led the other fog vessels to classify her as a traitor, but those who came in contact with her have either defected the fog, joined the blue steel armada or had the transport'south mental model experienced errors. After defeating Hyuga, the crew of the I-401 salvaged and mounted the battleship's Super Gravitational Cannon onto the bow of the submarine. In the manga, she has been shown to apply the M6A Seiran swoop bombers that her existent life counterpart was equipped with, making her the only Fog vessel ever seen to employ shipping.
Sō Oribe ( 織部僧 , Oribe Sō ): Voiced past: Tomokazu Sugita (Drama CD), Shinobu Matsumoto (Anime); First Mate of I-401 who always wears a helmet supposedly due to allergies. He is Gunzō's closest friend and ever knows what the latter is thinking. He wields the position as helmsman and executive-officer.
Kyōhei Kashihara ( 橿原杏平 , Kashihara Kyōhei ): Voiced past: Minoru Shiraishi (Drama CD), Eiji Miyashita (Anime); Weapons officer of I-401. Unlike the remainder of his friends in the Blueish Steel who were the superlative x during their Naval University days, Kyōhei was in the 200th place. He too owns a huge collection of gravure idols trade and usually is the first to panic when the crew finds themselves in a pinch.
Iori Watanuki ( 四月一日いおり , Watanuki Iori ): Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki (Drama CD), Minami Tsuda (Anime); Engineer of I-401 who operates the engines of the vessel.
Shizuka Hazumi ( 八月一日静 , Hazumi Shizuka ): Voiced by: Nao Tōyama; Sonar operator of I-401, she is also a capable soldier able to take downwardly several troops with skill and strategy simply. Her past is a mystery simply it is known she'south been to Taiwan.
Hyūga ( ヒュウガ , Hyūga ): Voiced by: Saki Fujita; A former Fog battleship and flagship of the 2d Oriental Fleet who was defeated by Iona and her crew. Gunzō and the others salvaged her Super Gravitational Cannon and installed it on I-401. Hyūga'southward Mental Model (human avatar) has since become the port operator for the Blue Steel, with her ship's weapons and Wave Force Armor condign the defenses for the island. She has been obsessed with Iona since their battle and views Iona's closeness to Gunzō equally a hindrance to her angel, every bit well every bit Takao. Notwithstanding, she cares for her companions' prophylactic and assists with anything they need. She is also known to exist a hacker to exist able to access the fog vessel's systems and hack them in order to go along her vessels safe.; In the Cadenza moving-picture show, She restores Takao's ship past consuming half of the Iwo Jima islands and travels with Takao to gainsay the fog vessels of the student council in club to defeat Musashi.
Takao ( タカオ , Takao ): Voiced by: Rina Satō (Drama CD), Manami Numakura (Anime); The Mental Model (homo avatar) of the Fog heavy cruiser Takao. Later Gunzō defeats her in boxing, Takao falls in love with him and later joins the Blue Steel fleet. She is well-nigh destroyed for practiced by Zordan's fleet but is saved in the nick of time by a surprise assail from Iona and Hyūga. However, her core is salvaged by I-402 and delivered to Yamato, who assigns her to infiltrate a human facility in a special mission with the hope of being immune to return to Gunzō's side once it is accomplished. The spin-off manga Salty Road follows Takao's days amid other humans during said mission.; In the Ars Nova accommodation, Takao sacrifices her vessel self to relieve Gunzō and the critically damaged I-401. This results in a super submarine chosen the Ars Nova with the processing capabilities and firepower of both Takao and Iona. She existed in a digital form inside the submarine'southward computer systems. At the end of the anime she regains her Mental Model form. In the Cadenza movie, she regains her ship after negotiating every bit a messenger to the Japanese authorities of the vibration warheads' codes with the help of Hyuga'due south skills and enters combat to save I-401 from the fog'south student council and buys time in order for I-401 to defeat Musashi. She was originally equipped with a Super Gravitational Cannon, but her rebuilt ship instead used two large drills borrowed from the erstwhile base of operations on Iwo Jima, much to Takao'due south annoyance.

Japanese authorities and armed forces [edit]

Every bit a issue of the blockade past the Armada of Fog, both the Japanese government and Cocky-Defense Forces were reorganized. The regime is led by the Prime number Government minister who deal with their ain local diplomacy while making important decisions together for the entire nation. The JSDF became an actual war machine force with an Army, Navy and Air Force. The remnants of Usa Forces Japan that were left stranded after the Armada of Fog blockade were absorbed into the Japanese Military where many American servicemen concluded upward marrying Japanese nationals and starting families.

Nobuyoshi Kaede ( かえでのぶよし , Kaede Nobuyoshi ): The Prime Government minister of Japan. Kaede was Ryōkan Kita's former XO but was injured during the battle betwixt the UN Naval Armada and Fleet of Fog which left him in a wheelchair and the utilize of cybernetics to help him run into and speak.
Ryūjirō Kamikage ( 上陰龍二郎 , Kamikage Ryūjirō ): Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu; The Assistant Secretarial assistant of War machine Affairs. He hires Gunzō and the Bluish Steel Fleet to transport the Vibration Torpedo, the first human made weapon capable of destroying a Fleet of Fog send, to the United States for mass production. He faces rivalry with Ryōkan Kita and his supporters who take their ain plans for the I-401.
Cruz Herder ( クルツ・ハーダー , Kurutsu Hādā ): Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi; A quondam Us Marine Corps officer, at present a Japanese Navy Lieutenant and Commander of Usa Forces Japan. He is an ally of Kamikage in helping the Blue Steel fleet in their mission to transport the Vibration Torpedo to the Usa.
Ryōkan Kita ( 北良寛 , Kita Ryōkan ): Voiced by: Atsushi Ono; An influential fellow member of the National Diet expected to exist the adjacent Prime number Minister of Japan and Ryūjirō Kamikage'due south rival. A former helm of a Japanese Navy Destroyer, he was a veteran of the final Naval battle between the United nations Naval Armada and the Armada of Fog. Kita wants the I-401 returned to the Japanese government so they can reverse engineer it and make their ain Armada of Fog ships which puts him at odds with Kamikage. He has connections inside the Japanese Regular army who promise to regain their prestige after the regime chose to focus on the Japanese Navy.
Hiroshi Uragami ( 浦上博 , Uragami Hiroshi ): Vice-Admiral of the Japanese Navy. He is Gunzō'southward marry since he knew his father and supports Kamikage's plans for the Blue Steel armada.
Daisaku Komaki ( 駒城大作 , Komaki Daisaku ): Helm of Hakugei iii, Japan's newest attack submarine. Thanks to the help of the I-401, the Hakugei was able to defeat Kirishima and Haruna, condign the commencement man vessel to defeat non 1 but two Fog ships. He and Ryūjirō are old friends.
Maruri Hibiki ( 響真瑠璃 , Hibiki Maruri ): Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Drama CD); A Japanese naval academy third year midshipman brevet ranked equally an Ensign when detached at sea and the former sonar operator of the I-401. She was a classmate of Gunzō during their academy days and was in dearest with him and was the start to join his crew. Nevertheless, unable to stand seeing Gunzō endangering himself, she left the I-401 and rejoined the Japanese Navy.
Makoto Osakabe ( 刑部眞 , Osakabe Makoto ): The Prime Government minister of Nihon and Mayor of Sapporo. He was created through genetic engineering simply like Makie to exist a better government administrator. Due to his body not having natural bacteria to digest food, he takes special medication to eat. Makoto claims to have no emotions but cares about his creator Tōjūrō Osakabe and his sis Makie. As a favor to his creator, he warns him that the Japanese Army is planning to eliminate him and Makie after Haruna'south identity is discovered and sends a team of Cyborg Special Forces to excerpt Makie to Hokkaido.

Fleet of Fog/Japan [edit]

This is the Fleet of Fog stationed in the Japanese territorial waters. They formed a blockade effectually Nippon to prevent whatsoever human being vessels and aircraft from fleeing to the open up sea. In that location are 2 patrol fleets maintaining the occludent, the First and the Second Oriental Fleet. But when they found out that I-401 sinks Hyūga, the flagship of the 2nd Oriental Fleet, they are forced to reorganize, leaving a hole in the occludent. After they reorganize, Kongō is the new flagship of the 2nd Fleet while Nagato is the new flagship of the Outset Armada.

Yamato ( ヤマト , Yamato ): Voiced by: Mai Nakahara; The Supreme flagship of the Fleet of Fog and the one who gave the power to the other ships to develop their own avatars. Yamato possesses two different avatars, one named after herself and another called Kotono. Both are modeled in advent after the tardily Kotono Amaha, who was Gunzō's undefeated rival during his university times and according to some of his friends, his honey interest. It is uncertain if the Kotono Amaha that Gunzō knew was, in fact, homo or Yamato's 2d avatar.; In the Cadenza movie, information technology was revealed that she and her sister Musashi had met upwardly with Chihaya Shōzō, the so-admiral of the JMSDF in negotiating to stop the war on the 2 sides and for both ends to live in harmony and peace. She then had doubts after which near the Admiralty lawmaking and agrees his proposal. But, afterwards Shōzō was killed past the naval officers who accounted this as betrayal, she did non desire to fight however due to her promise only was forced to after her sister Musashi'southward emotions became negative and starting going on a binge to destroy the vessels allowable past the humans. Despite trying to stop her, She was somewhen defeated and sunk. Before disappearing, she creates the I-401's Mental Model Iona and passes her will to her in hopes of ending the war. In the Cadenza film, she was reunited with Musashi later on her defeat and accepted her, thanking Iona.
Kongō ( コンゴウ , Kongō ): Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (Drama CD), Yukana Nogami (Anime); The flagship of the 2nd Oriental Fleet and Yamato's second in command.; In the Ars Nova accommodation, she pursues Iona and the other Mental Models who she believes to be acting abnormally due to their contact with Gunzō singlemindedly. After the intense fight with Iona at the end of the serial, Iona befriends her after she realizes that her previously lone life was somehow lamentable and lonely. After which, she leaves the Fleet of Fog to explore the world and does not join the Blue Steel Fleet. In the Cadenza film, her reformed self helps to save I-401 and restore her systems from the Educatee Council Armada. She and then engages in a fight with her sister Hiei, allowing I-401 to deal with Musashi.
Nagato ( ナガト , Nagato ): The Flagship of the First Oriental Fleet and currently possesses 2 Mental Models. Nagato'south interests lie within Japanese culture and she entertains herself past trying to human activity according to its customs.
Haruna ( ハルナ , Haruna ): Voiced past: Hibiku Yamamura; A Fog battleship whose avatar takes the form of a teenage girl wearing a heavy glaze that covers all of her body upwardly to the olfactory organ. After a failed effort to defeat I-401, she befriends a daughter named Makie and agrees to protect her subsequently finding out the truth backside her, even if this means going against the Fog.; In the Ars Nova accommodation, both Haruna and Kirishima not merely betray the Fog merely as well join the Blueish Steel Fleet to serve their purpose. In the Cadenza film, She and kirishima restore their vessel therefore bearing a 2-in-1 ship and comes to assist I-401 in their battle with the Student Council Fleet, engaging Haguro to allow I-401 to escape and confront Musashi.
Kirishima ( キリシマ , Kirishima ): Voiced by: Yumi Uchiyama; A Fog battleship who joined Haruna'south attempt to sink the I-401 in Yokosuka. Despite existence able to combine with Haruna to class an fifty-fifty stronger vessel, both were defeated by I-401, with only her cadre surviving her destruction. It is subsequently hidden inside a Teddy bear belonging to Makie. She slowly gets adapted to using the Teddy bear equally her stand up-in Mental Model over the grade of the series and assists the Blue Steel Fleet aslope Haruna and Makie.
Hiei ( ヒエイ , Hiei ): Voiced by: One thousand.A.O; Kongō'southward 2d in command and de facto leader of the 2nd Oriental Fleet later Kongō'due south disappearance. Her Mental Model is dressed every bit a high schoolhouse student and governs over her subordinates in a organization reflecting a student council, from which she is the self-proclaimed president. She'south the sister ship of Kongō, Haruna and Kirishima.; In the Cadenza movie, she tasks the educatee quango to destroy the I-401 having classified it as "Traitor of the Fog". She is later defeated by Kongō who stops her vessel, leaving it unmovable only not destroyed.
Ise ( イセ , Ise ): One of Hiei's subordinates. Following the departure of Kongō and Hiei to chase I-401 downwards, Ise becomes the acting flagship of the First Oriental Fleet. She is Hyuga's older sister.
Maya ( マヤ , Maya ): Voiced past: MAKO; Assigned to act under Haruna's command, she remains faithful to her even after she decides to oppose the Admiralty Code. She plays various musical instruments and is annoyed if anyone ignores her.; In the Ars Nova adaptation, Maya'southward Mental Model is revealed to be nothing more than than an AI assigned to watch over Kongō, lacking the true ability to form her own avatar. She is absorbed past Kongō later on on and never existed after her vessel was destroyed in the process of the battle betwixt I-401 and Kongo.
I-400 ( イ400 , I 400 ): Voiced past: Aoi Yūki (Drama CD), Rina Hidaka (Anime); I of two submarines who act straight under Yamato's orders and Iona'south triplet sis. She is mostly seen wearing a Qipao. She and I-402 were defeated by I-401.
I-402 ( イ402 , I 402 ): Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (Drama CD), Nozomi Yamamoto (Anime); Another submarine directly under Yamato's orders and Iona'south triplet sister. She is currently nether Yamato'south orders to keep lookout on Takao during her mission at the Japanese Naval Academy while getting data from the locals. She and I-400 were defeated by I-401 later on.
Myōkō ( ミョウコウ , Myoukou ): Voiced by: Ayaka Fukuhara; Ane of Hiei's subordinates, whose Mental Model is also dressed every bit a high school student. She wears an eyepatch which she uses to snipe enemies from outside their effective detection range; her vessel is equipped with long range sniper cannons.
Nachi ( ナチ , Nachi ): Voiced by: Satomi Satou; One of Hiei's subordinates and Myōkō'south younger sister. She is Ashigara's partner and serves as the sonar operator, detecting enemy vessels utilizing her sonar scanner.
Ashigara ( アシガラ , Ashigara ): Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori; 1 of Hiei'southward subordinates, and Myōkō's younger sister. She's loud, brash, impatient and vehement, who also tends to forget important things, such every bit when battling with the I-401 which she uses all her weapons on the submarine. She is equipped with a big energy harpoon firing from the seaplane catapult.
Haguro ( ハグロ , Haguro ): Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi; One of Hiei'southward subordinates and Myōkō'due south youngest sister, who seems to dislike wearing a schoolhouse uniform. She is known to existence the fastest ship of the Fog, having her vessel possessed with the well-nigh number of gravitation engines.
Atago ( アタゴ , Atago ): I of Hiei's subordinates and is the simply one besides Kongō who doesn't wear a uniform. She is the sis of Takao and Maya.
Akashi ( アカシ , Akashi ): A repair vessel nether Kongō's control that has been helping her fix the Flagship equipment.
Yukikaze ( ユキカゼ , Yukikaze ): A destroyer that is a role of Yamato's personal guards. Even though she'south just a destroyer, Yamato authorized her to have a Mental Model.
Zuikaku ( ズイカク , Zuikaku ): An Assault and Suppression vessel and one of largest vessels in the Fleet of Fog. Her Mental Model looks similar a young girl and owns a pet true cat. Although based on an shipping carrier, Zuikaku was re-purposed into an assault and suppression vessel following the reveal that the copies of WWII aircraft that Fleet of Fog created were no friction match for fifth-generation jet fighters that humanity possessed at the time of the fleet'south awakening. Zuikaku transported I-402 and Takao to the Yokosuka city suburbs and then that the heavy cruiser could infiltrate the Japanese National Maritime Found of Engineering science.

Fleet of Fog/Europe (Reddish Armada) [edit]

Shōzō Chihaya ( 千早翔像 , Chihaya Shōzō ): Voiced by: Jouji Nakata; Gunzō's father who was a state of war hero during the terminal battle betwixt the UN Naval Fleet and the Fleet of Fog, where he and his crew managed to capture the I-401 submarine. Shōzō was presumed to take died when he and his coiffure mysteriously disappeared after the I-401s maiden voyage to the Pacific merely for the submarine to return to Nippon a yr after without its crew. All the same, ii years earlier the start of the series, a spy drone discovered Shōzō and his crew were alive and on board the Fog warship Musashi, revealing they had defected to the Fleet of Fog. At present in command of the European Armada of Fog, now known as the Scarlet Fleet, together with his flagship and avatar Musashi, the Reddish Armada forms an brotherhood with the United kingdom to cease the European War.; Nevertheless, in the Cadenza film, it was revealed that Shōzō was actually an imitation created by Musashi. Prior to the series, existence the then admiral of the JMSDF, Shōzō had negotiated with Musashi's elder sister Yamato into ending the war, to which she agreed. He was later killed by soldiers of the JMSDF who claimed that he had betrayed the navy. Therefore, he had never defected to the Fog to begin with.
Musashi ( ムサシ , Musashi ): Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya; Shōzō's flagship whose avatar is a blonde woman in a white coat. In the anime series, she has long white hair and wears a black swimsuit.; In the Cadenza pic, she and her sis Yamato agreed with Shōzō in a negotiation to end the state of war between the two sides. Initially she was a kind and shy girl, but after seeing the decease of Shōzō past the soldiers of the JMSDF, she turns dark, ruthless and violent and begins attacking and destroying the JMSDF ships and even destroys her sister Yamato, who had tried to stop her. Ever since and then, she becomes the Supreme flagship of the fog, and to hide her traumas, she created an AI of Shōzō who acts according to her wish. Simply eventually, she was defeated past Iona who had used Yamato's parts to become one with Yamato and reunites with her sister.
Bismarck ( ビスマルク , Bisumaruku ): Ii blond twin girls who are the avatars of the Bismarck. While capital ship Bismarck is often mentioned when one brings up the Admiralty Code, Bismarck herself hasn't been seen doing anything at all. She remains a passive observer at the moment.
Zordan Stark ( ゾルダン・スターク , Zorudan Sutāku ): Captain of the U-2501 under orders of Shōzō to intercept the Blue Steel.
Romuald: The U-2501'southward weapons officeholder.
Francette: The U-2501'due south sonar operator.
U-2501: Zordan's submarine Mental Model, who is forbidden to materialize it past him, equally he claims it is unnecessary for a man-crewed ship. She has no known sisters, but is accompanied past a armada of over 3 dozen "Seehund" miniature drone submarines and the resupply vessel Milchkuh. U-2501 is currently serving as a traitor-hunting submarine of the "Cherry-red Armada". U-2501 has a Mirror-Ring system installed: this allows her to absorb and so release as a shock-wave an assail of nearly any ability. Information technology is unclear where from U-2501 received this upgrade, as no Fog submarine has enough power to have Mirror-Ring organization of her ain, with it usually only seen on battleships similar Hiei, Musashi, and Yamato.
Repulse: A Fog battle-cruiser whose Mental Model appears dressed every bit a maid. She and Vampire are chased by a rogue chemical element of the Fleet of Fog led by Hood who want the two vessels to join them, as they believe that Shōzō has abused his authority within the Fleet for his ain plans and want him stopped. Repulse and Vampire have no interest in Hood'southward plans and wish to continue their original duty of maintaining the blockade, but they develop an interest in the Hakugei after the human vessel intervene in a battle against their pursuers on their favor. She is shy to encounter Komaki and Hakugei's crew.
Vampire: A destroyer on the run with Repulse. She has no processing ability plenty to maintain a Mental Model, thus Repulse lent her some to create one, that just like Repulse'southward, appears dressed equally a maid, albeit with a slight vampire-like theme. She is foul-mouthed and appears to exist rather bratty.
Prince of Wales: Appears as a maid only like Repulse. She appeared to lead "persuasion" Repulse and Vampire to join Hood to suppress Shōzō Chihaya, and if that fails, to sink and repossess their cores.

Lexington: The get-go American ship seen in the series, Lexington behaves a lot like a 'genius ditz'. She's e'er surrounded by a mess in the form of multiple books, coffee mugs, and various trinkets she studies or works with. Usually, she'south not very motivated, calling U-2501 an "unpleasant guest" and paying more than attention to her books and trinkets than to Zordan Stark when he tries actually conversing with her. She had one Mental Model that looks like a rather tall and slender woman in her early on twenties. While claiming her intention was to assistance Kongō'southward fleet in fighting against I-401, Lexington has however to make any hostile moves against I-401 and ends upward engaged U-2501 in gainsay for a brusk time. Information technology is later on revealed that Lexington had been working ashore for the past year and a one-half as a university professor (with forged papers) and has a fascination with history.

Civilians [edit]

Makie Osakabe ( 刑部蒔絵 , Osakabe Makie ): Voiced by: Sayuri Hara; A "Design Child" who was genetically engineered to possess outstanding intellect. Of many attempts, she was the only one to survive past infancy. She developed the Vibration Torpedo, the secret weapon tasked to the Blue Steel. She is under the protection of Haruna and Kirishima afterwards the military tried to assassinate her. She was on the bridge of the combined battleship formed past her two guardians during the concluding boxing in the Arctic.
Lawrence Valentine/Tōjūrō Osakabe ( 刑部藤十郎 , Osakabe Tōjūrō ): Voiced by: Kouji Yusa; Makie's butler who, unknown to her, is really her "grandfather" Tōjūrō Osakabe, the creator of the design children. During the turmoil following the Fleet of Fog'due south blockade, Tōjūrō was tasked to create genetically engineered children that would help Nihon survive. Tōjūrō, yet, regrets creating the design children since only seven of the hundreds, if non thousands, were able to live. When the regime plans to eliminate Makie after she designs the Vibration Torpedo, Tōjūrō uses his connections with the government to make a deal where they will spare her and provide her with a mansion nether regime surveillance with him as her butler. When he learns that Makie'southward new friend is actually the Fog Mental Model Haruna and the Japanese Army sends forces to non only capture Haruna but kill Makie to prevent the secrets of the Vibration Torpedo existence exposed, he asks Haruna to protect Makie and assist her escape Japan. Tōjūrō is killed after he stops an Army sniper trying to shoot Makie.; In the Ars Nova adaptation, Tōjūrō was a scientist tasked in creating the Vibration Torpedo but failed since he did not have the intellect to overcome the Torpedo'south flaws. Therefore he created the genetically engineered Makie, who he treated as his own daughter. But when the government ordered him to create another blueprint child to take over the Vibration Torpedo project as they now saw Makie equally useless and planned to dispose of her, Tōjūrō faked his own death to ensure that the government could not create another design kid and forced them to rely on Makie. By the time Haruna and Kirishima discover that he is still alive, the crippled Tōjūrō has hidden himself nether his mansion and watches over Makie via cameras. He asks the Mental Models to protect Makie and be her friends before he passes away.
Saori Chihaya ( 千早沙保里 , Chihaya Saori ): Gunzō's female parent and Shōzō's wife who is nether house arrest for her own protection subsequently her son and her hubby deserted the Japanese war machine. She meets and befriends Takao when Takao decides to experience man life and unbeknownst to her, successfully deduces Takao's identity as a Mental Model.

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

The manga began serialization in September thirty, 2009, in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King OURs magazine. The first tankōbon volume was released on Apr 30, 2010; xx-two volumes have been published as of December 27, 2021.^[ii] ^[3] A guide book which contain a short story and Drama CD was also released. The series was licensed past 7 Seas Entertainment in July 2013, who released the beginning book on July 1, 2014;^[4] seventeen volumes have been released as of December 2020.^[5] ^[6]

A spin-off manga illustrated by TALI titled Salty Road which focuses on Takao, I-402, and Zuikaku during their infiltration of Yokosuka, began serialization on October 16, 2014, in Young King OURs magazine.^[vii]

No.	Original release engagement	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	April 30, 2010^[ii]	978-4-7859-3375-3	July one, 2014^[four]	978-1-626920-68-two
2	October thirty, 2010^[8]	978-4-7859-3495-8	October 21, 2014^[half-dozen]	978-one-626920-76-7
3	March 30, 2011^[9]	978-4-7859-3593-1	January 20, 2015^[x]	978-1-626921-00-ix
iv	October 29, 2011^[11]	978-4-7859-3726-iii	April seven, 2015^[12]	978-1-626921-25-ii
5	April 28, 2012^[xiii]	978-4-7859-3831-4	July 21, 2015^[xiv]	978-one-626921-57-3
6	October 30, 2012^[15]	978-4-7859-3954-0	January 12, 2016^[16]	978-one-626922-01-3
vii	May 30, 2013^[17]	978-4-7859-5056-ix	May 3, 2016^[18]	978-1-626922-66-2
8	Oct 30, 2013^[19]	978-iv-7859-5150-four	September 20, 2016^[20]	978-ane-626923-26-3
9	June 30, 2014^[21]	978-4-7859-5327-0	Jan 10, 2017^[22]	978-one-626923-80-5
x	December 26, 2014^[23]	978-four-7859-5460-4	May 2, 2017^[24]	978-1-626924-59-8
11	July 30, 2015^[25]	978-4-7859-5599-ane	September 5, 2017^[24]	978-1-626925-43-four
12	April 30, 2016^[26]	978-iv-7859-5762-9	December nineteen, 2017^[24]	978-1-626925-87-8
thirteen	Nov 30, 2016^[27]	978-4-7859-5915-9	Baronial 21, 2018^[24]	978-ane-626928-79-four
14	June 30, 2017^[28]	978-4-7859-6034-6	March 26, 2019^[24]	978-1-626929-fourteen-2
xv	November xxx, 2017^[29]	978-4-7859-6076-half-dozen	November 5, 2019^[24]	978-1-642751-35-2
16	July thirty, 2018^[30]	978-4-7859-6254-viii	August 6, 2020^[24]	978-1-64505-514-three
17	February 27, 2019^[31]	978-iv-7859-6392-7	December ane, 2020^[24]	978-one-64505-801-4
xviii	October 1, 2019^[32]	978-iv-7859-6488-vii	June 8, 2021^[24]	978-ane-64827-227-ane
19	June 1, 2020^[33]	978-iv-7859-6685-0	November 30, 2021^[34]	978-one-64827-924-9
20	Oct 30, 2020^[35]	978-4-7859-6785-7	May 10, 2022^[36]	—
21	June 30, 2021^[37]	978-4-7859-6940-0	—	—
22	Dec 27, 2021^[iii]	978-4-7859-7061-1	—	—

Anime [edit]

A CG rendered anime produced by Sanzigen titled Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-, began ambulation on October 7, 2013.^[38] The opening theme song is "Savior of Song" performed by Nano and MY Commencement STORY, and the two ending theme songs are performed by Trident which is composed of Mai Fuchigami, Manami Numakura, and Hibiku Yamamura: "Blue Field (ブルー・フィールド)" and "Innocent Blueish". The telly series features an anime original ending that differs from the plot of the manga. The rerun of the series on Television receiver during 2014 was accompanied by a tie-in serial of comedy shorts titled Kiri-Kuma's (Fog Bears) featuring the Fog characters in conduct form. The anime television series has been licensed in N America by Crunchyroll,^[39] with distribution by Discotek Media, and they've released a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack of the serial on Nov 4, 2016.^[40]

In September 2013, it was announced that there would be a collaborative projection betwixt the Arpeggio of Blue Steel anime and the online game Kantai Collection.^[41] Illustrators for Kadokawa Games, including Shibafu and Konishi, are responsible for cartoon some of the end cards, which characteristic crossovers with Kantai Collection characters.^[42] An Arpeggio of Blue Steel in-game special event for Kantai Collection also took place from 24 December 2013 to 6 January 2014.^[43]

In June 2014, 2 blithe films based on the manga were announced. The first, titled Arpeggio of Bluish Steel -Ars Nova DC-, is a compilation of the Television set series with extra scenes in its first half, with a new story in its 2nd half. Nano performs the theme song, titled "Rock on.".^[44] The second motion-picture show is an all new story. Both films were produced by the same staff of the anime series and released in 2015.^[45]

Episode list [edit]

Reception [edit]

Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova Cadenza- was seventh place on its opening weekend, with US$562,000.^[46]

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