Audience reviews
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ThatAnimeSnobRE
Arpeggio is one of those shows which will forever be remembered as “that bad CGI anime with the battleships turning to girls”. Well, there obviously are far more things going on in it but who cares; you will remember it just for that, since it is ensnared in the middle of the uncanny valley effect. This is what it boils down to; and in case it went over your head the first time, allow me to repeat it once again: A show with bad CGI and battleships that are in fact cute girls. We live in the post Avatar era, fed up with schools and moe and THIS is what some create in an attempt to make us give a damn? What were the creators trying to do; spend money for the heck of it? Burning them in a fireplace would have the same effect and would also keep some poor orphans warm. It sure as hell ain’t en…
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D@mn, this series was sweet! It has something for everyone:
- I cannot think of a subject matter better suited for CG than battle with large naval vessels (see "The Red Star" comic books for the parallel of this in print). And the naval tactics are very clever and entertaining. I was reminded of how I feel watching Hunt for Red October!
- Meanwhile, like the deft and crafty maneuvers of Captain Gunzou, this series effortlessly laces in some shameless and saucy fan service and sexual humor in a way that does not detract at all from the overall story. Some of the more sympathetic of fans might even say it is integral to the story, helping us feel the awakening of these new female warship AI's.
- The story itself isn't groundbreaking, but it all fits together and keeps moving well enough t…
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What is Aoki Hagane No Arpeggio?
It's anime about ships, existential crisis, and how awesome naval combat is.
The story is is really unique,well, it might be a bit simillar to that of Strike Witches,but nontheless, the overall theme is different.
A really good point about the story is how the villains get just as much, or if not, more deep development than the MC.Hell, you could say that the villains of this anime are the main characters.
The art is honestly not that bad.It's more than acceptable, and it really works in it's favour when it comes to action scenes.
The character development is really good.Takao's special moment(that i will not spoil) was just bloody beautiful and will make you cry at least on the inside.
The music is pretty decent.Nothing to extravagant, but the sounds of th…
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WARNING: Watching this anime will cause most other anime looks pale in comparison. Do not watch this anime until you're ready to set a new rival on your top 10 best anime list.
Aoki Hagane, or sometimes just called as Arpeggio, is a whole new level of anime, simply because of the daring, unique concept. Even in hindsight, it set difference among many other anime, also because of that difference. And that difference itself... is from the heart of anime itself; on its animation. Hence, anime is an animation.
Arpeggio of Blue Steel choose a risky yet audacious decision to uses 3D instead of conventional 2D animation. At first, you might ask... Why it's that good? The visual isn't even that smooth? Definitely not as smooth as some next-gen video games or more high budget Hollywood animation…
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Updating this review to reflect my current feelings.
While I definitely oversold this the first time around I feel as though it's still an anime deserving of a fair amount of praise. The story is very interesting and engaging. While it's not exactly a philosophical deep dive or an intense character study, I did still enjoy it a ton. So for that it gets an 8 from me, purely for being as engaging as it is.
The art is full 3D animation. Now though that turns off a lot of people I can confidently say that, once you push aside the gut reaction the visuals are very good. I think there's certainly room for improvement, but it still stands as one of the only examples of amazing 3D animation in anime.
The sound design, especially for the warships themselves is very well done. It's hard to ask fo…
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Overall opinion: It's an ok anime, it could have been much better.
Story 6/10 I'm quite disappointed regarding the storyline of this anime. Although the storyline isn't terrible, it doesn't progress much and there are some things that should have been included in it. So the anime is pretty much about a boy commanding a submarine and a few warships and defeating a group of enemy ships known as the 'Fog Fleet' that have been attacking human ships. One of the things that really should have been included in the anime is the origins of the fog fleet. The only things we really know about the fog fleet are that they are pretty much a group of super warships armed with weapons that surpass human technology that aim to destroy human ships at sea and the fact that they are given orders from an unkn…
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Going to try to write this one in paragraphs instead of the separated categories like I usually do, those who find those sort of reviews more helpful ill leave a version of that review on the bottom
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Review for Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio : Ars Nova (Arpeggio Blue Steel)
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At the beginning I personally was not used to the mix of the 3D animation and sort of 2D backgrounds and sort of thought the character's movements were very stiff. Though as watch more this will bother you less and less till the point you don't notice anything wrong with it. The Main characters have been developed well, the supporting cast is really strong and may as well be mains.
An anime that at first glance may seem like it would bec…
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Loved the animation, loved the ships and character design. The opening song is good enough to listen to repeatedly. Another thing I loved is that this has the set up to be a harem (1 guy, tons of powerful, attractive girls) but doesn't turn into one. There's only 1 love triangle and all the other mental model girls have their own motivations. The mental model characters are fleshed out very well and think is one of the best female supporting casts I've seen. Iona is probably the best character, with all of the ship mental models following closely second.
On the downside, the actual human cast is rather one dimensional. I don't understand everyone's fascination with the MC Gunzo, except Iona. This is probably due to only having half a season, but that doesn't excuse it.
Also, you have to…
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I know, I know, I fricking know... This review is WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY overdue but hey, as per the good 'ole saying, better late than never now, right? RIGHT!?
Alright so... Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova, or just Ars Nova for short is basically an "Annihilate the ultra-malicious sentient A.I while politicking and surviving at the same time" story revolving around a small group of naval cadets who came into contact with one of the 'sentient A.I', went A.W.O.L., sailed off into the horizon in their souped-up alien sub, torpedoing enemy ships into the deep depths and basically gathering more intel throughout their mission.
If that kinda story doesn't make you go "OH MAI GADD, that is SOOOO what-EVVAR", and that it excites you as you see things 'blow up', then this might just w…
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If you're expecting any fan services, harem, cliche joke or mainstream presentation from this series, You won't find any of these in this series. Not so many Action, Sci-Fi anime can be good without using those things but this anime just made it possible. However, this anime is too underrated than it actually is.
Story: 8/10
Story of the world in 2039 where all the sea transportation has been blocked out by a group of mysterious warships called "Fleet of Fog" which has more advanced technology than mankind's and ended mankind's long last history of involvement with the seas.
The story seems a bit too much of fantasy and too unreasonable. However, there is only a few flaws other than this one. The way the story takes it's pace is very good. And Filled with warm-heart scenes which presents…
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I have just finished watching this anime, and for the first time I feel motivated to actually write down my thoughts on it.
Aoki Hagane is a good anime. It looks really nice (in my opinion, although I know that the CG style is not everyone's favourite, it's easy on the eyes and I personally enjoy the art quite a lot) and it has plenty of amazing moments (no spoilers, of course).
I won't write a detailed summary of the story, but I will say that the story line of Aoki Hagane is not exactly new - mysterious non-human battleships overpowering all of mankind, except for Chihaya Gunzou and the rest of the crew of the Fog submarine I-401, Iona, who are attempting to cross the Pacific in one last attempt to save humanity. It's not a huge leap from, to name an anime at random, Strike Witches, es…
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On the surface Arpeggio has a few detractors but if you allow people to finish airing their subjective complaints about how CG never blends well with anime, the harem genre is overused and how they don’t want to be made to remember complicated words like Super gravity Cannon and Klein’s field, you’ll find that Arpeggio has a decent story, a setting with rich possibilities heavily untapped by the anime world, interesting characters and an all but obvious moral lesson at the end.
For 7 years the Fleet of Fog, an armada of highly advance naval vessels have taken over earthly waters, with every attempt to reclaim back the waters by humanity crushed. Chihaya Gunzou is a student at a naval academy who one day is approached by a girl named Iona who introduces herself as a member of the Fog. The…
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Note: this review of Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: ARS Nova contains minor spoilers.
So, how did I like the series? Well, let me take it by parts:
Story: 8/10
There were both positives and negatives to the story.
On the positive side, I felt the story was very entertaining and brought back memories of Space Opera. Space Opera is one of the genres of anime that I have lamented seeing very little of over the last few years. It was a staple of the early years of anime, but is almost gone now. ARS Nova isn’t space opera, as it takes place at sea, but it has a similar feel to it (i.e. Outlaw Star).
The human race has been isolated due to the ‘Fleet of Fog’, an enigmatic fleet of battleships with awesome weapons that wiped out the human naval forces seven years ago and then… nothing. So, who…
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In the year 2039, the combined naval forces of humanity suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of a military force with weapons technology that far surpasses their own. The fearsome assailants? A group of heavy warships, termed “The Fleet of Fog,” who are commanded by “mental models,” robot-like representations of the minds of the battleships that take the physical form of little girls dressed in frilly clothing. Fast-forward seventeen years, and one of these mental models, named Iona, approaches a human naval cadet named Gunzou out of the blue, offering herself (and, by extension, the advanced Fog submarine she represents) to Gunzou to command. Gunzou accepts the offer, and embarks on a mission, piloting the Fog submarine to defend humanity using the very weapons that almost brought about…
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Ars Nova is a pathetic, delusional, self-insert fantasy written by and for people who would be much better off aiming low. Here's the story line from a similar series: an ugly, boring, stinking gamer finds himself no longer having to concern himself with the tedious things in life (such as bathing) and is forced to spend every second of every day playing a computer game. In so doing he becomes everyone's hero and gets all the chicks. Like that series, whilst watching Ars Nova you are expected to supplant your own boring and probably depressing existence with the lead character's. Gunzou Chihaya is a skinny and completely uninteresting teenage boy who finds himself as the only human being able to control an alien battleship that for some reason is also a (barely pubescent) hot chick. This g…
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The premise of the oceans being blockaded by an alien force intrigued me enough to watch the series. Arpeggio can be described as a naval anime with a dash of harem thrown in. The characters and storyline are terribly undeveloped. The sentient AI are empty dolls and most of their conversations are abstract musings about free will, love, altruism, etc. Even the human characters are totally one-dimensional, including the protagonist captain. There are only a few rare scenes where the characters are allowed to be eccentric enough to be amusing or interesting; otherwise everyone is almost always emotionless. It doesn't help that the characters are also computer-modelled. Their movement looks stiffer and more boring than regular 2-d animation.
The question of the origin of the aliens and their…
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Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Full Review
I would say that Aoki Hagane is one of those dark horse anime this season. Not many people watched it, maybe because they didn’t like the art style or maybe just the idea behind battleships. So, is this a worthy investment of your time? Let’s take a look!
Note: There will be minor spoilers.
Story (9/10):
The story of Aoki Hagane is broken up into two parts. First, is the battle between humans and the forces of the Fog. This is basically the universe it is set in, and our hero, Chihaya Gunzou, somehow manages to obtain the power of one of the Fog’s submarine, Iona 401, which turns the tide of the battle. What’s great about this is that it Gunzou and Iona are sort of the neutral party. Yes, they are fighting against the Fog, but the army is…
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Before deciding if you should watch Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova, you should probably ask yourself if military science fiction is your type of anime. Military science fiction often takes the idea of military but also fuses it with supernatural themes with flavors of science and artificial warfare. There are a lot of ideas that plays around with military sci-fi including alien invasions, mecha, or space wars. So what happens when you take a bunch of mental models that resembles the characteristics of female characters and puts them into total warfare? Simple. You get Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Arsa Nova.
The series itself is based off of the manga of the same name written by Ark Performance. The premise sets takes place in a setting of an alternate history although there are many similar…
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Can some shitty CGI truly ruin an anime series? Probably, but that's not the case with Ars Nova because it sucks for its other merits.
The story is simple. We have bunch of lolis who are secretly battleships, yellow submarines and nice boats. Then there is something about warstuff and tactics and politics and other wise stuff which is presented pseudo. There is apparently a plot in this series too, but I have no idea what it is about so I can't really tell if it is bad or not, but I don't think it matters either.
I would say something about the characters, but I have nothing to add past overwhelming female to male ration.
The art is terribad and the animation is about some CGI protocol powered by a b class pu process. Whatever that means.
I don't know much about the sounds since I'v…
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Story 8
This anime is about 20 to 30 years into the future where the oceans and seas are impassable because of the ghost fleet that are terrorizing it which consist of pretty girls that controls there each is her own ship that are in a fleet that have access to unparallelled technology which consist of very gigantic guns, array of missiles, powerful laser turrets. and one of the previous captains son got on hold a very powerful sub which originated from the ghost fleet.
art 9
the art is fantastic for under/above water naval battles, it sometimes in cg, specially the pretty battleships and u-boats
sound 8
what comes next to great battles is great battle effects, those metallic explosions... gunpowder smells.. lol
character 8
your MC is your typical hero, where if the conflict arises he a…
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