Valvrave the Liberator (2013)

Original title

革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ

Genre

mecha

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 24 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school student named Haruto Tokishima pilots a powerful mecha called a Valvrave to fight against invading forces from the Dorssian military. The series mixes war between space factions with supernatural elements involving the pilot.

fast-pacedmelodramaticsuspensefulvisceralchaoticdarkteen-angstsupernatural

What happens

Valvrave the Liberator (Japanese: 革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ, Hepburn: Kakumeiki Varuvureivu; lit. 'Revolution Machine Valvrave') is a Japanese mecha anime series produced by Sunrise. It is directed by Kō Matsuo and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. The series is set in a futuristic date in which three factions divided from 70% of mankind are in war. It focuses on Haruto Tokishima, a high school student from the faction of JIOR who pilots one of the highly advanced weaponized mecha technology called the Valvrave to stop the Dorssian forces. The series was broadcast for two seasons of twelve episodes each on MBS (Animeism block); the first season aired from April to June 2013, and the second season aired from October to December of the same year. The series was licensed in North America by Aniplex of America and was streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll and Hulu. The series has spawned four manga adaptations and two light novel series. Critical reception to the anime has been generally positive due to its delivery of conventional story elements often seen in the Gundam series alongside supernatural parts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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