Muv-Luv Alternative

マブラヴ オルタネイティヴ
Muv-Luv Alternative
Genres: Action, Drama, Mecha, Military, Sci-Fi
Themes: Mecha, Military
Studios: Flagship Line, Graphinica, Yumeta Company
Producers: aNCHOR, Avex Pictures, Bandai Namco Arts, BS Fuji, Crunchyroll, Dentsu, Fuji TV, Tencent Japan
Rating: 5.85 / 10
Rank: #10944
Popularity: #3614
Users Listed: 45,700
Users Scored: 13,768
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 01/05/2023
Aired: October 7, 2021 – December 23, 2021 (Fall)
Type: tv
Source: Visual Novel
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 12
Broadcast: Thursday at 00:55 (JST)

Synopsis:

Thirty years into a relentless war against the BETA, humanity clings to survival. Takeru Shirogane, haunted by vivid dreams of a devastating future, discovers these are not mere nightmares but echoes of an alternate reality ravaged by the alien invasion. In that timeline, a desperate plan – Alternative V – was enacted, sacrificing billions on Earth for humanity’s potential escape into space.

Driven to avert this grim fate, Takeru joins a military base in Yokohama, his former high school. He seeks out Professor Yuuko Kouzuki, the architect of Alternative IV, and convinces her to pursue a different path. As a pilot of the massive Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF), Takeru must rapidly master combat and strategy within a tight two-month window. His knowledge of the future presents both a unique opportunity and a perilous burden as he races against time to rewrite history and prevent humanity's potential extinction.

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Episodes:

  • Episode 1: The State of the World (Aired: 10/07/2021)
  • Episode 2: Recurring Worlds (Aired: 10/14/2021)
  • Episode 3: Something to Protect (Aired: 10/21/2021)
  • Episode 4: Comrades (Aired: 10/28/2021)
  • Episode 5: A New Power (Aired: 11/04/2021)
  • ... and 7 more episodes

Characters:

  • Kagami, Sumika (Main) - Voice Actors: Kusunoki, Tomori
  • Mitsurugi, Meiya (Main) - Voice Actors: Nanami, Karin
  • Shirogane, Takeru (Main) - Voice Actors: Kamiki, Kouichi
  • Ayamine, Kei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saeki, Iori
  • Hayase, Mitsuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamamura, Hibiku
  • Isumi, Michiru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taichi, You
  • Jinguuji, Marimo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watabe, Sayumi
  • Kamiyo, Tatsumi (Supporting)
  • Kashiwagi, Haruko (Supporting)
  • Kazama, Touko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Waki, Azumi
  • Komaki, Sayoko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Toyoguchi, Megumi
  • Koubuin, Yuuhi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Noguchi, Ruriko
  • Kouzuki, Yuuko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Aoki, Ruriko
  • Munakata, Misae (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaki, Anna
  • Pyatykh, Irina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sasaki, Hitomi
  • Radhabinod, Paul (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wakamoto, Norio
  • Sagiri, Naoya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okitsu, Kazuyuki
  • Sakaki, Chizuru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Itou, Miku
  • Suzumiya, Akane (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Itou, Ayasa
  • Suzumiya, Haruka (Supporting)
  • Tamase, Miki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Takako
  • Tsukiji, Tae (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Konno, Chisato
  • Tsukuyomi, Mana (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanagisawa, Hirone
  • Usuki, Sakura (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Isekaijoucho
  • Walken, Alfred (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuyuzaki, Wataru
  • Yashiro, Kasumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takao, Kanon
  • Yoroi, Mikoto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lynn

Staff:

  • Katsumata, Hideo (Producer)
  • Nobe, Nobuyasu (Producer)
  • Ogo, Hirotsugu (Producer)
  • Nishimoto, Yukio (Director)
  • Motoyama, Satoshi (Sound Director)
  • Fukase, Shigeru (Episode Director)
  • Murakami, Tsutomu (Episode Director)
  • Shiraishi, Michita (Episode Director)
  • Sone, Toshiyuki (Episode Director)
  • Tanaka, Takahiro (Episode Director)
  • Won, Chang-hee (Episode Director)
  • Nishimura, Junji (Storyboard)
  • Ono, Ryuuta (Storyboard)
  • Saitou, Hisashi (Storyboard)
  • Setou, Kenji (Storyboard)
  • STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION (Theme Song Performance)
  • V.W.P (Theme Song Performance)
  • Adachi, Yuusuke (Animation Director)
  • Age (Original Creator)
  • Aikei, Ryouta (Key Animation)
  • Call, Evan (Music)
  • Eguchi, Mari (Animation Director)
  • Hattori, Kenji (Animation Director)
  • Hayashi, Nobuhide (Animation Director)
  • Hayashi, Takayoshi (Animation Director)
  • Hori, Mitsuaki (Chief Animation Director, Animation Director)
  • Kage, Tomoko (Associate Producer)
  • Kamata, Hitoshi (Animation Director)
  • Kim, Lili (Associate Producer)
  • Kim, Won-hoe (Animation Director)
  • Kim, Taeg-yong (Animation Director)
  • Kitajima, Nobuyuki (Key Animation)
  • Kudou, Shinya (Animation Director)
  • Lee, Eun-young (Animation Director)
  • Lim, Keun-soo (Animation Director)
  • Lin, Yijun (Animation Director)
  • Matsumoto, Katsuji (Animation Director)
  • Naitou, Ken (Art Director)
  • Nakajima, Yoshiko (Animation Director)
  • Niθ (Mechanical Design)
  • Oda, Hiroyasu (Key Animation)
  • Ogata, Hiromi (Animation Director)
  • Ogiwara, Takeo (Director of Photography)
  • Oh, Eun-soo (Animation Director)
  • Oohira, Tsukasa (Background Art)
  • Oonishi, Noriko (Animation Director)
  • Ooyama, Ryou (Planning)
  • Ozawa, Kazunori (Animation Director, Key Animation)
  • Saitou, Itaru (Animation Director)
  • Saitou, Daisuke (Animation Director)
  • ... and 18 more staff

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