Valvrave the Liberator | |
![]() Cover of the first Blu-ray Disc volume, showing Haruto and the RM-011 Valvrave 1/VVV-I "Hito".
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革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ (Kakumeiki Varuvureivu) |
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Genre | Mecha, Science fiction, Drama |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kō Matsuo |
Written by | Ichirō Ōkouchi |
Music by | Akira Senju |
Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by | |
Original network | MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS, HBC, RKB |
English network | |
Original run | April 12, 2013 – December 26, 2013 |
Episodes | 24 |
Manga | |
Written by | Karega Tsuchiya |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Jump SQ.19 |
Original run | June 4, 2013 – December 19, 2013 |
Volumes | 1 |
Light novel | |
Written by | Yomoji Otono |
Illustrated by | Yūgen |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Male |
Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
Magazine | Dengeki Hobby Magazine |
Original run | August 2013 – March 2014 |
Volumes | 3 |
Manga | |
Valvrave the Liberator: Uragiri no Rakuin | |
Written by | Ichiya Sazanami |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Imprint | Sylph Comics |
Magazine | Sylph |
Original run | June 22, 2013 – January 22, 2014 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
Valvrave the Liberator: Ryūsei no Valkyrie | |
Written by | Yutaka Ōhori |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Imprint | Dengeki Comics Next |
Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
Original run | June 27, 2013 – March 26, 2014 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
Kakumei Club Valvra-bu | |
Written by | Kanikama |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Imprint | Dengeki Comics EX |
Magazine | Dengeki Daioh G |
Original run | September 27, 2013 – April 28, 2014 |
Volumes | 1 |
Light novel | |
Valvrave the Liberator: Undertaker | |
Written by | Ryōji Kansai |
Illustrated by | Sayaka Ono |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Dengeki Hobby Magazine |
Original run | November 2013 – March 2014 |
Volumes | 7 |
Valvrave the Liberator (革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ 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 anime premiered on April 12, 2013 and ended on June 27, 2013 with twelve episodes. The second season aired between October 10, 2013 and December 26, 2013 with the same amount of episodes. 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.
The story takes place in an unspecified future date, referred to as the 71st year of the True Era (真暦 Shinreki?). Seventy percent of all human beings have migrated from Earth to other planets of the Solar System and a Dyson sphere, constructed around an artificial Sun. The world is divided between two superpowers called the Dorssia Military Pact Federation (ドルシア軍事盟約連邦 Dorushia Gunji Meiyaku Renpō?) and the Atlantic Ring United States (環大西洋合衆国 Kan Taiseiyō Gasshūkoku?) (ARUS), and a neutral nation called JIOR (ジオール Jiōru?), the Japan and Islands of Oceanian Republic, that has prospered economically. In the same year, the Dyson sphere, built by JIOR, is invaded by the Dorssian military forces.