Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-

In the year 2039, the drastic effects of global warming have caused sea levels to rise, resulting in major loss of land. To ensure humanity learns its lesson, a fleet of powerful warships equipped with advanced weaponry emerges, causing overwhelming defeat for naval forces throughout the world. Call...ing themselves the Fleet of Fog, each ship has a "Mental Model," a humanoid avatar which represents the ship's heart, its "Union Core." Each model has a different personality but all follow an unknown authority known as the Admiralty Code, who have implemented a blockade to prevent humans from traveling across the sea. Seventeen years after the blockade, Gunzou Chihaya, a National Marine Academy alumnus, stumbles upon I-401 and its Mental Model, Iona, who sides with mankind for unknown reasons. Utilizing this newfound hope of achieving peace for humanity, Gunzou and his friends form a group of privateers, known as the Blue Steel, as they set out on a dangerous journey. [Written by MAL Rewrite]Read more

Status:

Finished Airing

Aired:

Oct 8, 2013 – Dec 24, 2013

Premiered:

Fall 2013

Studios:

SANZIGEN

MAL score:

7.42

Country:

Japan

Producers:

Crunchyroll, Ultra Super Pictures, flying DOG, KlockWorx, Sotsu, Discotek Media, Showgate, Shounen Gahousha