Ex-Arm
Ex-Arm[lower-alpha 4] is a Japanese science fiction manga series written by HiRock and illustrated by Shinya Komi. The series is a remake of Komi's earlier manga Ex-Vita. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Grand Jump from February 2015 to December 2017, and later on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website from December 2017 to June 2019. Shueisha compiled its chapters into fourteen tankōbon volumes. A sequel manga titled Ex-Arm EXA was serialized in Grand Jump Mucha from August 2019 to February 2021 and compiled into two volumes.
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Genre | Action, crime, cyberpunk[1][2] |
Manga | |
Ex-Vita | |
Written by | Shinya Komi |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Miracle Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | December 13, 2011 – April 30, 2013 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
Written by | HiRock |
Illustrated by | Shinya Komi |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine |
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Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | February 18, 2015 – June 26, 2019 |
Volumes | 14 |
Novel | |
Ex-Arm the Novel: Deus Ex Machina | |
Written by | Atarō Kumo |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump J-Books |
Demographic | Male |
Published | December 19, 2018 |
Manga | |
Ex-Arm EXA | |
Written by | HiRock |
Illustrated by | Shinya Komi |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Grand Jump Mucha |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | August 28, 2019 – February 27, 2021 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
Ex-Arm Another Code | |
Written by | Atarō Kumo |
Illustrated by | Shinya Komi |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Ultra Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | February 19, 2020 – November 19, 2020 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yoshikatsu Kimura |
Produced by |
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Written by | Tommy Morton |
Music by | Sō Kimura |
Studio | Visual Flight |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | Tokyo MX, SUN, BS Fuji |
Original run | January 11, 2021 – March 29, 2021 |
Episodes | 12 |
An anime television series adaptation by Visual Flight aired from January to March 2021.
Plot
In 2014, a high school student named Akira Natsume endures a phobia of electrical devices while also being very good at diagnosing them. He leads an average, unfulfilling life, and resolves to change himself for the better and get a girlfriend after being motivated by his older brother. Soon after, he suddenly dies in an accident. 16 years later, a young policewoman named Minami Uenozono and her android partner Alma retrieve and activate a highly advanced AI superweapon known as an "Ex-Arm" and put it into full control of their ship as a last resort. The AI turns out to be Akira's brain, now in a digital form. The series revolves around the police force's attempts to suppress and defeat adversaries using Ex-Arms for their own purposes.
Characters
- Akira Natsume (夏目 アキラ, Natsume Akira)
- Voiced by: Soma Saito[3]
- Minami Uezono (上園 美波, Uezono Minami)
- Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu[3]
- Alma (アルマ, Aruma)
- Voiced by: Akari Kitō[3]
- Soushi Shiga (士牙 総司, Shiga Sōshi)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa[4]
- Chikage Rokuoin (鹿王院 千景, Rokuōin Chikage)
- Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka[4]
- Alisa Himegami (アリサ 姫神, Arisa Himegami)
- Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa[4]
- Kimura (キムラ)
- Voiced by: Taku Yashiro[4]
- Kondō (近藤)
- Voiced by: Shōmaru Zōza[4]
- Shūichi Natsume (夏目 柊一, Natsume Shūichi)
- Voiced by: Kōji Yusa[5]
- Sōma (蒼真)
- Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi[5]
- Yggdrasil (ユグドラシル, Yugudorashiru)
- Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[6]
- Kaori Munakata (宗像 香織, Munakata Kaori)
- Voiced by: Satomi Arai[6]
- Elmira (エルミラ, Erumira)
- Voiced by: Azumi Waki[7]
- Throughhand (スルーハンド, Surūhando)
- Voiced by: Takaya Kuroda[7]
Media
Manga
Ex-Arm is written by HiRock and illustrated by Shinya Komi. A first series, written and illustrated by Komi, titled Ex-Vita, was published in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Miracle Jump from December 13, 2011, to April 30, 2013.[8][9] Shueisha collected is chapters into two tankōbon volumes, published on August 17, 2012, and June 19, 2013.[10][11] Ex-Arm was published in Shueisha's Grand Jump from February 18, 2015 to December 6, 2017.[12][13][14][15] The series was then transferred to the Shōnen Jump+ website and app, and ran from December 20, 2017 to June 26, 2019.[16][14] Shueisha collected its chapters into fourteen tankōbon volumes, released from June 19, 2015, to August 19, 2019.[17][18]
A sequel series, titled Ex-Arm EXA, was serialized in Grand Jump Mucha from August 28, 2019, to February 27, 2021.[14][19][20][21] The first collected tankōbon volume was released on December 18, 2020.[22] The second volume was released on March 18, 2021.[23]
A manga adaptation of the novel Ex-Arm the Novel: Deus Ex Machina, titled Ex-Arm Another Code, was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump from February 19 to November 19, 2020.[24][25][26][27] The two collected tankōbon volumes were released on December 18, 2020, and January 19, 2021.[28][29][30]
Volumes
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | June 19, 2015[17] | 978-4-08-890215-9 |
2 | September 18, 2015[31] | 978-4-08-890286-9 |
3 | December 18, 2015[32] | 978-4-08-890335-4 |
4 | April 19, 2016[33] | 978-4-08-890403-0 |
5 | August 19, 2016[34] | 978-4-08-890472-6 |
6 | November 18, 2016[35] | 978-4-08-890525-9 |
7 | April 19, 2017[36] | 978-4-08-890619-5 |
8 | July 19, 2017[37] | 978-4-08-890694-2 |
9 | December 19, 2017[38] | 978-4-08-890770-3 |
10 | April 19, 2018[39] | 978-4-08-891008-6 |
11 | August 17, 2018[40] | 978-4-08-891139-7 |
12 | December 19, 2018[41] | 978-4-08-891158-8 |
13 | April 19, 2019[42] | 978-4-08-891213-4 |
14 | August 19, 2019[18] | 978-4-08-891243-1 |
Novel
A novel titled Ex-Arm the Novel: Deus Ex Machina, written by Atarō Kumo, was published by Shueisha under its Jump J-Books imprint on December 19, 2018.[43]
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on the release of the manga's 12th volume on December 18, 2018.[44] The series is produced by Visual Flight and directed by Yoshikatsu Kimura, with Tommy Morton in charge of the scripts and Sō Kimura as composer.[45] The main staff of the series have no previous experience with working on anime.[46] Originally set for a July 2020 release,[47][48] the series aired from January 11 to March 29, 2021 on Tokyo MX, SUN, and BS Fuji due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[49][50][51][52] The opening theme is "Rise Again" performed by AIRFLIP, while the ending theme is "Diamonds Shine" performed by Dizzy Sunfist.[53][6]
Episodes
No. | Title [54][lower-alpha 5] | Directed by [lower-alpha 6] | Written by [lower-alpha 6] | Original air date [56] |
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1 | "Forbidden Weapon" Transcription: "Kindan no Heiki" (Japanese: 禁断の兵器) | Shingo Kinoshita | Tommy Morton | January 11, 2021 |
2 | "Day of Judgement" Transcription: "Shinpan no Hi" (Japanese: 審判の日) | Shingo Kinoshita | Tommy Morton | January 18, 2021 |
3 | "Angel of Murder" Transcription: "Satsuriku no Tenshi" (Japanese: 殺戮の天使) | Shingo Kinoshita | Tommy Morton | January 25, 2021 |
4 | "Inheritor of Courage" Transcription: "Yūki Tsugu Mono" (Japanese: 勇気 継ぐ者) | Shingo Kinoshita | Tommy Morton | February 1, 2021 |
5 | "Red-Hot Daydream!" Transcription: "Tokimeki Deidorīmu!" (Japanese: ときめきデイドリーム!) | Shingo Kinoshita | Tommy Morton | February 8, 2021 |
6 | "Ex-Arm Auction" Transcription: "Ekusu Āmu Ōkushon" (Japanese: EX-ARMオークション) | Shingo Kinoshita | Tommy Morton | February 15, 2021 |
7 | "Banquet of Fire" Transcription: "Honō no Butōkai" (Japanese: 炎の舞踏会) | Shingo Kinoshita | Natsumi Kemuyama | February 22, 2021 |
8 | "βeta" Transcription: "β 〜Bēta〜" (Japanese: β 〜ベータ〜) | Shingo Kinoshita | Shintarō Shimoi Tommy Morton | March 1, 2021 |
9 | "Fallen Messiah" Transcription: "“Horobi” no Kyūseishu" (Japanese: “滅び”の救世主) | Shingo Kinoshita | Tommy Morton | March 8, 2021 |
10 | "Genes of the Original Sin" Transcription: "Genzai no Idenshi" (Japanese: 原罪の遺伝子) | Shingo Kinoshita | Natsumi Kemuyama | March 15, 2021 |
11 | "Proof of Humanity" Transcription: "Ningen no Akashi" (Japanese: 人間の証) | Shingo Kinoshita | Shintarō Shimoi Tommy Morton | March 22, 2021 |
12 | "A Giant Leap" Transcription: "Idai na Ippo" (Japanese: 偉大な一歩) | Shingo Kinoshita | Tommy Morton | March 29, 2021 |
Reception
The anime was met with backlash due to the poor quality of the computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation.[46][57][58]
Notes
- Unconfirmed romanization of 関谷博
- Unconfirmed romanization of 鈴木嘉規
- Unconfirmed romanization of 岡田秀信
- Japanese: EX-ARM
- All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.[55]
- Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
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External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Manga official website (in Japanese)
- Anime official website (in Japanese)
- Ex-Arm Another Code official website at Ultra Jump (in Japanese)
- Ex-Arm (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia