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'''Girls' Frontline''' (ドールズフロントライン) is an upcoming animation series based on the mobile game [[Girls' Frontline]] by [[Sunborn]], expected 2021. It was announced during Sunborn's 22 January 2021 live stream and will be animated by [http://asahi-pro.co.jp/ Asahi Production], with production by Warner Bros. Japan. Key arts have been illustrated by [[Artist:多元菌|duoyuanjun]].
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'''Girls' Frontline''' (ドールズフロントライン) is a 12-episodes animated series based on the mobile game [[Girls' Frontline]] and its manga [[Girls' Frontline: Doll's Song]]. It was originally announced for 2021 during Sunborn's 22 January 2021 live stream, animated by [http://asahi-pro.co.jp/ Asahi Production] and produced by Warner Bros. Japan.<ref>[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-22/girls-frontline-game-gets-2021-animation-by-warner-bros-japan/.168674 Announcement]</ref> Key arts have been illustrated by [[Artist:多元菌|duoyuanjun]]. The opening is ''Bad Candy'' by [https://yukadd.com/ yukaDD(;´∀｀)]<ref>[https://twitter.com/gf_animePR/status/1423630435989573633 Twitter]</ref> and the ending ''HORIZON'' by Team Shachi.<ref name=PV2>[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-23/girls-frontline-tv-anime-unveils-promo-video-more-cast-ending-theme-january-2022-premiere/.178746 PV2 Press Release]</ref> The series was broadcast from January to March 2022 in Japan on BS11, Tokyo MX and AbemaTV and outside Japan on [https://www.facebook.com/emusesg/posts/1098279227590121 Muse Asia], [https://blog.funimation.com/2021/12/20/your-guide-to-the-winter-2022-anime-season-on-funimation Funimation] and Wakanim.
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It has attracted mixed to poor reviews due to its story, adapting the narratively simpler early game chapters, and a middling production value, with notable errors on the specifics of the weapons shown.
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==Episodes==
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Episodes are named after in-game story chapters.
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{| class="gf-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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! Number !! English Title !! Japanese Title<ref name=Story>[https://gf-anime.com/onair/ Official Website - Story]</ref> !! Director<ref name=Story /> !! Writer<ref name=Story /> !! Storyboarder<ref name=Story /> !! Animation Director !! Japanese Air Date<ref>[https://gf-anime.com/onair/ Official Website - On Air]</ref>
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|-
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| 1 || THE SEED || タネ || Masato Suzuki || Hideyuki Kurata || Masato Suzuki || Masaki Yamada || 8 January 2022
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| colspan=8 | In the future, World War Three led to the creation of combat-capable “Tactical Dolls”. Now, the Tactical Dolls of military company Sangvis Ferri have rebelled against mankind. The Tactical Doll M4A1 and her AR Team, working for the Private Military Company Griffin & Kryuger, have been tasked with a top secret mission in Sangvis territory, but they encounter the enemy Doll Agent.
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| 2 || WAKE UP || 目覚め || Mizuki Sasaki || Hideyuki Kurata || Tomomi Mochizuki || Masaki Yamada || 15 January 2022
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|-
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| colspan=8 | After Agent defeated their Griffin reinforcements, the members of AR Team must separate and flee on their own. Meanwhile, a new Griffin Commander named Gentiane gets to know the Tactical Dolls at her base, but their introductions are cut short by the attacking Sangvis Doll Scarecrow.
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|-
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| 3 || THE ECHO || エコー || Takahiro Ōtsuka || Hideyuki Kurata || Masato Suzuki || Masaki Yamada || 22 January 2022
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| colspan=8 | On request from Persica, the research head of 16Lab, the R&D branch of I.O.P. Company, Gentiane is tasked with investigating the last known coordinates of M4A1. Meanwhile, M4A1 is attacked by the Sangvis Doll Executioner.
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| 4 || SILENCE01 || 沈黙01 || Takashi Kikugawa || Hideyuki Kurata || Hiroshi Aoyama || Masaki Yamada || 29 January 2022
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| colspan=8 | After Executioner's defeat, M4A1 manages to communicate with her team. At odds with the relaxed atmosphere of the base, M4A1 only thinks about rescuing her team and receives Gentiane's help. ST AR-15 is still missing, and a new enemy appears as they find M4 SOPMOD II.
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| 5 || SILENCE02 || 沈黙02 || Masahiro Takata || Hideyuki Kurata || Yūki Mochimaru || Masaki Yamada || 5 February 2022
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| colspan=8 | After fending off the Sangvis attack, M4 SOPMOD II is dejected when Gentiane denies her appeal to go searching for ST AR-15 right away. During a scouting mission of an important Sangvis site, they must engage the Sangvis Doll Hunter, and M4A1's rescue plans take an unexpected turn.
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| 6 || THE MESSAGE01 ||  メッセージ01 || Naoki Matsuura || Hideyuki Kurata || Shigeru Ueda || Masaki Yamada || 12 February 2022
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| colspan=8 | After capturing the Sangvis base, M4A1 and ST AR-15 are reunited. AR Team are deployed by Gentiane on orders from the top for a decisive mission in Area S09. As M16A1 contacts her team, a menacing figure approaches her in the rain.
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| 7 || THE MESSAGE02 || メッセージ02 || Shigeru Ueda || Hideyuki Kurata || Masato Suzuki || Masaki Yamada || 19 February 2022
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| colspan=8 | M4 SOPMOD II leads an assault on the base of Intruder and fall into her trap, but M4A1 and Gentiane manage to turn the tables on her. Intruder seems unbothered, as if another trap is waiting for them.
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| 8 || THE KINDLING01 || 火種01 || Takahiro Ōtsuka, Takashi Kikugawa || Hideyuki Kurata || Osamu Yamasaki || Masaki Yamada || 26 February 2022
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| colspan=8 | After Intruder's defeat, M16A1 returns and AR Team is reunited. As things return to normal for the unusual elite team, Gentiane travels to a secret base where other Tactical Commanders are assembling, and where more unexpected events take place.
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| 9 || THE KINDLING02 || 火種02 || Mizuki Sasaki || Hideyuki Kurata || Akira Oguro || Masaki Yamada || 5 March 2022
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| colspan=8 | While AR Team is coming to help the secret base, they are contacted by the Sangvis Doll Destroyer. When the team is reunited with Gentiane, strange signals from ST AR-15 arouse suspicions. As she is taken away for inspection, Destroyer is chasing M4A1 and reveals disturbing information.
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| 10 || THE KINDLING03 || 火種03 || Masahiro Okamura || Hideyuki Kurata || Kazutaka Muraki, Naoki Matsuura || Masaki Yamada || 12 March 2022
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| colspan=8 | As Destroyer is tracking down M4A1, AR Team is led into a new trap by Dreamer. Ordered by Griffin Command to protect AR Team at all cost, Gentiane and her fellow Commanders must take drastic action. The point of no return approaches.
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| 11 || COMET01 || 彗星01 || Masato Suzuki || Hideyuki Kurata || Masato Suzuki || Masaki Yamada || 19 March 2022
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| colspan=8 | As Squad Negev is dispatched to search for the fugitive ST AR-15, Sangvis Doll Alchemist and a massive army attack the base. AR Team is separated again and Gentiane must take difficult decisions to meet the enemy. On the battlefield, a shadow sets her sights on M4A1.
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| 12 || COMET02 || 彗星02 || Shigeru Ueda || Hideyuki Kurata || Shigeru Ueda || Masaki Yamada || 26 March 2022
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| colspan=8 | A peculiar discussion takes place as M4A1 meets ST AR-15 again. Squad Negev is pinned down by Alchemist, and faced with the increasingly dire situation, Gentiane can only put her faith into the Dolls. Among the swirling emotions and smoke, a single shot resonates.
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==Production==
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*Director: Shigeru Ueda
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*Composition and screenplay: Hideyuki Kurata
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*Character designs: Masaki Yamada
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*Music: Takashi Watanabe<ref>[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-06/girls-frontline-tv-anime-video-unveils-staff-opening-theme-2022-debut/.175923 Staff reveal]</ref>
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*Prop Design: Noriyuki Jinguji
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*Background Art: Goofy
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*Art Director: Taketo Gonpei
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*Color Key Artist: Maki Saitou
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*Compositing Director of Photography: Shōta Kodera
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*3D CG Director: Kazuaki Hara
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*Editing: Yuki Honda
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*Sound Director: Ryō Tanaka<ref name=PV3 />
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===Casting===
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*{{doll name|M4A1|AR|4}}: Haruka Tomatsu
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*{{doll name|M16A1|AR|4}}: Nozomi Yamane
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*{{doll name|ST AR-15|AR|4}}: Emiri Katō
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*{{doll name|M4 SOPMOD II|AR|4}}: Yukari Tamura<ref>[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-25/girls-frontline-tv-anime-1st-promo-video-reveals-main-cast-global-streaming/.171074 Cast reveal]</ref>
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*[[Gentiane]]: Mikako Komatsu
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*[[Kalina]]: Nao Tōyama
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*[[Berezovich Kryuger]]: Akio Ohtsuka
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*{{enemy name|Agent|boss}}: Hitomi Nabatame
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*{{enemy name|Scarecrow|boss}}: Kaya Okuno
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*{{enemy name|Executioner|boss}}: Shizuka Itou<ref name=PV2 />
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*{{doll name|G43|RF|2}}: Nozomi Yamane
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*{{doll name|Skorpion|SMG|3}}: Eriko Matsui
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*{{doll name|PPSh-41|SMG|2}}: Sumire Uesaka
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*{{doll name|UMP45|SMG|4}}: Tomomi Mineuchi
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*{{doll name|HK416|AR|5}}: Ai Nonaka
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*{{doll name|Negev|MG|5}}: Ayaka Suwa
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*{{doll name|TAR-21|AR|4}}: Yume Maihara
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*{{doll name|Galil|AR|2}}: Karin Mitarai
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*{{doll name|Micro Uzi|SMG|3}}: Saori Ōnishi<ref name=PV3>[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-28/girls-frontline-tv-anime-posts-3rd-video-more-cast/.181087 PV3 Cast reveal]</ref>
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*{{doll name|Galil|AR|2}}: Karin Mitarai
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*{{doll name|M1919A4|MG|3}}: Sachiyo Yoshida
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*{{doll name|DP28|MG|2}}: Kanae Ikadai
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*{{doll name|FNC|AR|3}}: Sumire Yatsurugi
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*{{doll name|PPK|HG|2}}: Asuka Itou
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*{{doll name|MP5|SMG|4}}: Naomi Mukaiyama
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*{{doll name|FN49|RF|2}}: Akemi Misaki<ref>[https://twitter.com/RME_com/status/1479367002263556098 Additional cast]</ref>
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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File:GFL anime logo.jpg
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File:GFL anime key art.jpg
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File:GFL anime key art 2.jpg
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File:GFL anime key art 3.png
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File:GFL anime M4A1.jpg
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File:GFL anime M16A1.jpg
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File:GFL anime ST AR-15.jpg
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File:GFL anime M4 SOPMOD II.jpg
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File:GFL anime M4A1 Asahi.jpg
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File:GFL anime M16A1 Asahi.jpg
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File:GFL anime AR15 Asahi.jpg
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File:GFL anime SOPMODII Asahi.jpg
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File:Anime Kalina.jpg
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File:Anime Gentiane.jpg
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File:Anime DYJ Stands.png|Acrylic stands showing unpublished illustrations by [[Artist:多元菌|duoyuanjun]].
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File:Anime Chibi Promo.png|Chibis from the official website.
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</gallery>
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[https://gf-anime.com/ Official website]
 
*[https://gf-anime.com/ Official website]
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*[https://twitter.com/gf_animePR Officiel Twitter]
 
*[https://weibo.com/5611537367/JEoic7A5m Weibo post announcement]
 
*[https://weibo.com/5611537367/JEoic7A5m Weibo post announcement]
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*[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-22/girls-frontline-game-gets-2021-animation-by-warner-bros-japan/.168674 Press kit files]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx5y9iwblpA Teaser PV]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeBlL3GrAkY PV1]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTnmApB8h0Q PV2]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i4WHoSdJZU PV3]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMBRGPOJ4lU Opening]
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*[https://www.4gamer.net/games/405/G040593/20211216061/ 4Gamer interview]
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==Trivia==
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*Gakken Plus ''Megami Magazine'' distributed three pin-up posters featuring AR Team, 416 and UMP45 in issues 62 to 64 along the Japanese broadcast.
  
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==References==
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<references />
  
 
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Girls' Frontline (ドールズフロントライン) is a 12-episodes animated series based on the mobile game Girls' Frontline and its manga Girls' Frontline: Doll's Song. It was originally announced for 2021 during Sunborn's 22 January 2021 live stream, animated by Asahi Production and produced by Warner Bros. Japan.[1] Key arts have been illustrated by duoyuanjun. The opening is Bad Candy by yukaDD(;´∀｀)[2] and the ending HORIZON by Team Shachi.[3] The series was broadcast from January to March 2022 in Japan on BS11, Tokyo MX and AbemaTV and outside Japan on Muse Asia, Funimation and Wakanim.

It has attracted mixed to poor reviews due to its story, adapting the narratively simpler early game chapters, and a middling production value, with notable errors on the specifics of the weapons shown.

Episodes[edit]

Episodes are named after in-game story chapters.

Number English Title Japanese Title[4] Director[4] Writer[4] Storyboarder[4] Animation Director Japanese Air Date[5]
1 THE SEED タネ Masato Suzuki Hideyuki Kurata Masato Suzuki Masaki Yamada 8 January 2022
In the future, World War Three led to the creation of combat-capable “Tactical Dolls”. Now, the Tactical Dolls of military company Sangvis Ferri have rebelled against mankind. The Tactical Doll M4A1 and her AR Team, working for the Private Military Company Griffin & Kryuger, have been tasked with a top secret mission in Sangvis territory, but they encounter the enemy Doll Agent.
2 WAKE UP 目覚め Mizuki Sasaki Hideyuki Kurata Tomomi Mochizuki Masaki Yamada 15 January 2022
After Agent defeated their Griffin reinforcements, the members of AR Team must separate and flee on their own. Meanwhile, a new Griffin Commander named Gentiane gets to know the Tactical Dolls at her base, but their introductions are cut short by the attacking Sangvis Doll Scarecrow.
3 THE ECHO エコー Takahiro Ōtsuka Hideyuki Kurata Masato Suzuki Masaki Yamada 22 January 2022
On request from Persica, the research head of 16Lab, the R&D branch of I.O.P. Company, Gentiane is tasked with investigating the last known coordinates of M4A1. Meanwhile, M4A1 is attacked by the Sangvis Doll Executioner.
4 SILENCE01 沈黙01 Takashi Kikugawa Hideyuki Kurata Hiroshi Aoyama Masaki Yamada 29 January 2022
After Executioner's defeat, M4A1 manages to communicate with her team. At odds with the relaxed atmosphere of the base, M4A1 only thinks about rescuing her team and receives Gentiane's help. ST AR-15 is still missing, and a new enemy appears as they find M4 SOPMOD II.
5 SILENCE02 沈黙02 Masahiro Takata Hideyuki Kurata Yūki Mochimaru Masaki Yamada 5 February 2022
After fending off the Sangvis attack, M4 SOPMOD II is dejected when Gentiane denies her appeal to go searching for ST AR-15 right away. During a scouting mission of an important Sangvis site, they must engage the Sangvis Doll Hunter, and M4A1's rescue plans take an unexpected turn.
6 THE MESSAGE01 メッセージ01 Naoki Matsuura Hideyuki Kurata Shigeru Ueda Masaki Yamada 12 February 2022
After capturing the Sangvis base, M4A1 and ST AR-15 are reunited. AR Team are deployed by Gentiane on orders from the top for a decisive mission in Area S09. As M16A1 contacts her team, a menacing figure approaches her in the rain.
7 THE MESSAGE02 メッセージ02 Shigeru Ueda Hideyuki Kurata Masato Suzuki Masaki Yamada 19 February 2022
M4 SOPMOD II leads an assault on the base of Intruder and fall into her trap, but M4A1 and Gentiane manage to turn the tables on her. Intruder seems unbothered, as if another trap is waiting for them.
8 THE KINDLING01 火種01 Takahiro Ōtsuka, Takashi Kikugawa Hideyuki Kurata Osamu Yamasaki Masaki Yamada 26 February 2022
After Intruder's defeat, M16A1 returns and AR Team is reunited. As things return to normal for the unusual elite team, Gentiane travels to a secret base where other Tactical Commanders are assembling, and where more unexpected events take place.
9 THE KINDLING02 火種02 Mizuki Sasaki Hideyuki Kurata Akira Oguro Masaki Yamada 5 March 2022
While AR Team is coming to help the secret base, they are contacted by the Sangvis Doll Destroyer. When the team is reunited with Gentiane, strange signals from ST AR-15 arouse suspicions. As she is taken away for inspection, Destroyer is chasing M4A1 and reveals disturbing information.
10 THE KINDLING03 火種03 Masahiro Okamura Hideyuki Kurata Kazutaka Muraki, Naoki Matsuura Masaki Yamada 12 March 2022
As Destroyer is tracking down M4A1, AR Team is led into a new trap by Dreamer. Ordered by Griffin Command to protect AR Team at all cost, Gentiane and her fellow Commanders must take drastic action. The point of no return approaches.
11 COMET01 彗星01 Masato Suzuki Hideyuki Kurata Masato Suzuki Masaki Yamada 19 March 2022
As Squad Negev is dispatched to search for the fugitive ST AR-15, Sangvis Doll Alchemist and a massive army attack the base. AR Team is separated again and Gentiane must take difficult decisions to meet the enemy. On the battlefield, a shadow sets her sights on M4A1.
12 COMET02 彗星02 Shigeru Ueda Hideyuki Kurata Shigeru Ueda Masaki Yamada 26 March 2022
A peculiar discussion takes place as M4A1 meets ST AR-15 again. Squad Negev is pinned down by Alchemist, and faced with the increasingly dire situation, Gentiane can only put her faith into the Dolls. Among the swirling emotions and smoke, a single shot resonates.

Production[edit]

  • Director: Shigeru Ueda
  • Composition and screenplay: Hideyuki Kurata
  • Character designs: Masaki Yamada
  • Music: Takashi Watanabe[6]
  • Prop Design: Noriyuki Jinguji
  • Background Art: Goofy
  • Art Director: Taketo Gonpei
  • Color Key Artist: Maki Saitou
  • Compositing Director of Photography: Shōta Kodera
  • 3D CG Director: Kazuaki Hara
  • Editing: Yuki Honda
  • Sound Director: Ryō Tanaka[7]

Casting[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • GFL anime logo.jpg
  • GFL anime key art.jpg
  • GFL anime key art 2.jpg
  • GFL anime key art 3.png
  • GFL anime M4A1.jpg
  • GFL anime M16A1.jpg
  • GFL anime ST AR-15.jpg
  • GFL anime M4 SOPMOD II.jpg
  • GFL anime M4A1 Asahi.jpg
  • GFL anime M16A1 Asahi.jpg
  • GFL anime AR15 Asahi.jpg
  • GFL anime SOPMODII Asahi.jpg
  • Anime Kalina.jpg
  • Anime Gentiane.jpg

  • Acrylic stands showing unpublished illustrations by duoyuanjun.

  • Chibis from the official website.

External links[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Gakken Plus Megami Magazine distributed three pin-up posters featuring AR Team, 416 and UMP45 in issues 62 to 64 along the Japanese broadcast.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Announcement
  2. ↑ Twitter
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 PV2 Press Release
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Official Website - Story
  5. ↑ Official Website - On Air
  6. ↑ Staff reveal
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 PV3 Cast reveal
  8. ↑ Cast reveal
  9. ↑ Additional cast
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