Girls' Frontline (anime)
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] |
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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]
- AR M4A1M4A1M4A1: Haruka Tomatsu
- AR M16A1M16A1M16A1: Nozomi Yamane
- AR ST AR-15ST AR-15ST AR-15: Emiri Katō
- AR M4 SOPMOD IIM4 SOPMOD IIM4 SOPMOD II: Yukari Tamura[8]
- Gentiane: Mikako Komatsu
- Kalina: Nao Tōyama
- Berezovich Kryuger: Akio Ohtsuka
- Agent: Hitomi Nabatame
- Scarecrow: Kaya Okuno
- Executioner: Shizuka Itou[3]
- RF G43G43G43: Nozomi Yamane
- SMG SkorpionSkorpionSkorpion: Eriko Matsui
- SMG PPSh-41PPSh-41PPSh-41: Sumire Uesaka
- SMG UMP45UMP45UMP45: Tomomi Mineuchi
- AR HK416HK416HK416: Ai Nonaka
- MG NegevNegevNegev: Ayaka Suwa
- AR TAR-21TAR-21TAR-21: Yume Maihara
- AR GalilGalilGalil: Karin Mitarai
- SMG Micro UziMicro UziMicro Uzi: Saori Ōnishi[7]
- AR GalilGalilGalil: Karin Mitarai
- MG M1919A4M1919A4M1919A4: Sachiyo Yoshida
- MG DP28DP28DP28: Kanae Ikadai
- AR FNCFNCFNC: Sumire Yatsurugi
- HG PPKPPKPPK: Asuka Itou
- SMG MP5MP5MP5: Naomi Mukaiyama
- RF FN49FN49FN49: Akemi Misaki[9]
Gallery[edit]
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Acrylic stands showing unpublished illustrations by duoyuanjun.
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Chibis from the official website.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Officiel Twitter
- Weibo post announcement
- Teaser PV
- PV1
- PV2
- PV3
- Opening
- 4Gamer interview
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]
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