Series synopsis
Ex-Arm is a Japanese animation action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy crime television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on January 11, 2021. It ended on March 29, 2021. It stars Soma Saito, Mikako Komatsu, Akari Kito and Daisuke Namikawa.
2014: Akira Natsume seems to almost have a phobia of electrical devices while also being very good at diagnosing them. He resolves to change himself for the better and get a girlfriend like his older brother did. …But then Akira suddenly dies in an accident. 16 years later a special policewoman and her android partner retrieve and activate a highly advanced AI and superweapon called EX-ARM and put it into full control of their ship as a last resort. Turns out the AI is actually just Akira’s brai ...
Premise
2014: Akira Natsume seems to almost have a phobia of electrical devices while also being very good at diagnosing them. He resolves to change himself for the better and get a girlfriend like his older brother did. …But then Akira suddenly dies in an accident. 16 years later a special policewoman and her android partner retrieve and activate a highly advanced AI and superweapon called EX-ARM and put it into full control of their ship as a last resort. Turns out the AI is actually just Akira’s brain!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Soma Saito as Akira Natsume (voice)
- Mikako Komatsu as Minami Uezono (voice)
- Akari Kito as Arma (voice)
- Daisuke Namikawa as Soushi Shiga (voice)
- Sumire Uesaka as Chikage Rokuoin (voice)
- Yui Ishikawa as Alisa Himegami (voice)
- Taku Yashiro as Kimura (voice)
- Shoumaru Zouza as Kondo (voice)
Supporting cast
- Koji Yusa as Shūichi Natsume (voice)
- Yu Kobayashi as Sōma (voice)
- Miyu Tomita as Yggdrasil (voice)
- Satomi Arai as Kaori Munakata (voice)
- Azumi Waki as Elmira (voice)
- Takaya Kuroda as Throughhand (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | January 11, 2021 | March 29, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Forbidden Weapon Tokyo, 2014. An ordinary high schooler, Natsume Akira, meets with a road accident. When we wakes up next, it’s 2030, and he finds himself aboard a smuggling vessel in the Tokyo Bay. What’s more, his body is all mechanical, with only his brain remaining the way it was. |
January 11, 2021 |
| 2 |
Day of Judgment Shiga practically forces Akira to join the Tokyo MPD’s Anti Ex-Arm Squad. Akira’s all at sea, but he and Rokuoin Chikage go on patrol around Tokyo, which is in full decay now, and meets a girl named Koharu. Meanwhile, several terrorist bombings happen in the city, and when Akira learns that Koharu might be in danger, he works with the rest of his squad and captures the culprits. Watching Akira’s tireless efforts during the investigation leads the rest of the squad to accept him as one of their own. |
January 18, 2021 |
| 3 |
Angel of Murder The Counter EX-ARM Squad heads to the Yokosuka Special Economic Zone to retrieve the EX-ARM held by the former president of the Mwange Republic, Jason Mraw, who has taken exile in Japan. But his android, Elmira, shows up in a Bibot and uses an ability resembling that of an EX-ARM to stop them. Her attacks make her targets vanish, and Akira and the squad are powerless against it. That’s when additional equipment sent by Shiga arrives at the scene. |
January 25, 2021 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 11, 2021 |
| Last aired | March 29, 2021 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday |