List of Cross Ange episodes
Cover of the first Cross Ange Blu-ray and DVD volume published by King Records on December 24, 2014.
Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons also known as simply Cross Ange is a Japanese mecha anime television series created and animated by Sunrise. The series, which aired on Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, BS11 from October 4, 2014 to March 28, 2015, was produced by Sunrise, King Records, Fields, Bandai Namco Games, Bandai Channel and Bandai Namco Creative, with Yoshiharu Ashino serving as director, Mitsuo Fukuda acting as creative producer and Tatsuto Higuchi serving as the series organizer. The series was licensed by Sentai Filmworks for a digital and home media release in North America.
The first opening theme is "Kindan no Resistance" (禁断のレジスタンス Kindan no Rejisutansu, lit. "Forbidden Resistance") by Nana Mizuki, and the first ending theme is "Rinrei" (凛麗, lit. "Cold Beauty") by Eri Kitamura. The second opening theme is "Shinjitsu no Mokushiroku" (真実の黙示録, lit. "Apocalypse of Truth" or "Revelations of Reality") by Yoko Takahashi, and the second ending theme is "Shūmatsu no Love Song" (終末のラブソング Shūmatsu no Rabu Songu, lit. "Love Song of the End") by Nana Mizuki. The insert song featured in episodes five, nine, and twenty-two is "Necessary" by Nana Mizuki.
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original air date[note 1] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Fallen Imperial Princess" "Otosareta Kōjo" (堕とされた皇女) | October 4, 2014[1] |
| On her way home from a lacrosse match, the royal vehicle of Princess Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi passes by the scene of a young mother having her infant daughter confiscated by the state for being a "Norma", a person unable to use Mana. Ange approaches the mother and enrages her further by giving a propagandist anti-Norma sentiment. That evening, Ange's mother Sophia Ikaruga Misurugi gives her a ring to mark her Baptism Ritual, a coming-of-age ceremony linked to her ascension to the throne. On the day of the Baptism Ritual, her brother Julio Asuka Misurugi reveals to the audience that Ange is actually a Norma herself. Sophia helps her escape, her sister Sylvia Ikaruga Misurugi faints from the shock, her father Jurai Asuka Misurugi is restrained and imprisoned. And Julio then caresses her sister's lips, muttering about his desire to "re-establish the purity of the royal bloodline" and declares himself the new Emperor. Sophia is killed while trying to help her daughter escape, and Ange is hauled away to an island prison called Arzenal where she is forcibly recruited into the military. | ||
| 2 | "Defiant Soul" "Matsurowanu Tamashii" (まつろわぬ魂) | October 11, 2014[1] |
| On Ange's first day as a soldier, Arzenal commander Alektra Maria "Jill" von Loewenherz assigns her to the 1st Squadron led by Captain Zola Axberg, a hedonistic woman, and introduces Ange to the unit. Ange is then supervised by Salire Tereshkova, a quiet lieutenant and Zola's second in command. Ange is forced to wear a bloodstained deceased pilot's suit. Ange, despite her initial misgivings, accepts to wear the suit. In the Paramail simulator Ange recalls that her aerial lacrosse matches is similar to the controls of Paramail. After days of training, Zola reveals that Ange is doing well in her routine and Salire gives Ange supplies and sleeping quarters. At the canteen, Ange is joined by Zola's allies and still reminds her that her royalty status is now gone and accept that she is a Norma. Ange leaves the table and Coco reveals to Ange that she likes her and wants to go to Misurugi Empire and gives Ange her pudding. In her room, she dumps Coco's pudding and writes a letter requesting for her release. Jill reads Ange's request but declines and Zola attempts to violate her. Ange fights back and Zola's artificial eye pops out. During their altercation, the command is alerted that a singularity portal is about to open and the 1st Squadron is dispatched. In their dispatch, Ange attempts to flee while Salire pursues her and Coco attempts to join Ange in going back to the Misurugi Empire. However, the portal opens and a DRAGON kills Coco. Ange is now in shock from what she sees from the DRAGONs' attack. | ||
| 3 | "Wilkiss Awakens" "Virukisu Kakusei" (ヴィルキス覚醒) | October 18, 2014[1] |
| After Coco's death, Ange remains adamant on defecting from the unit. However, the DRAGONs brigade consists of 22 schooners and a galleon type appears to which the squadron puts their Paramail into assault mode and attacks the horde. Miranda grieves the loss of Coco but the schooners eat her alive. As Zola is about to deliver the killing blow on the galleon type DRAGON, a shocked Ange bumps into her and the galleon type apparently destroys their units. Ange survives the crash but Zola is killed. At the infirmary, Zola's unit puts the blame of Zola's death on an injured Ange. Jill promotes Salire and Hildegard Schlievogt to the ranks of Captain and Lieutenant respectively. With her request to return home declined and most of her family dead, a despairing Ange is ordered by Jill to carry the tombstones of the dead to their cemetery. Jill assigns Ange to pilot a unique Paramail which other pilots consider "ancient". The unit heads out and hunt their previous enemy but the galleon type DRAGON chases and attacks Ange. As she recalls her despair and Sophia's dying wish, Ange awakens Wilkiss in assault mode and destroys the galleon type. Back at the Arzenal cemetery, she cuts her hair to signify her new life at Arzenal and vows to do whatever it takes to survive. | ||
| 4 | "Lonely Mutiny" "Hitori botchi no hangyaku" (ひとりぼっちの反逆) | October 25, 2014[2] |
| After their mission, the squadron collects their bounty, and Ange gets the highest amount. In response to Ange's arrogance and brash attitude, Hilda and her allies attempt to ridicule her but all their attempts are unsuccessful. Meanwhile, Salire is shown studying military manuals about leadership and Vivian starts to like Ange. However, Salire dreams of piloting the Wilkiss. At Jasmine's mall, Ange buys a new uniform and Jasmine unsuccessfully attempts to lecture her about the people disliking her. Alone in the canteen, Ange is joined by Vivian and offers Ange a key-chain, but Ange refuses. Having bought Zola's quarters, Hilda throws Zola's artificial eyeball into the sea, she then heads to the hangar and sabotages the Wilkiss. During their next sortie, the squadron maintained their formation until Ange rushes forward. However, Wilkiss encounters a malfunction during the assault but Ange ignores and transforms Wilkiss into assault mode. A Schooner rushes to Ange and they wrestle on the sea during which Ange's cockpit was filled with water, making her unconscious. Before the credits, Ange wakes up tied on a bed naked with a boy sleeping beside her. | ||
| 5 | "Ange Loss" "Anju, sōshitsu" (アンジュ、喪失) | November 1, 2014[3] |
| Ange is tied up naked and a half-naked boy sleeping beside her. As they both wake up, Ange tries to scream while the boy is explaining her current situation, which ends up with Ange free and the boy being beaten. Meanwhile at Arzenal, Jill orders Salire to search for Ange. Ange heads to the shore where the Wilkiss in assault mode is half submerged in the surf. She discovers that Hilda's underwear stuffed in an intake was the reason of Wilkiss' malfunction while the boy follows her. Ange and the boy continue their altercation until the boy is tied up and Ange wanders around the forest. As rain falls, Ange seeks shelter but she is bitten by a snake which causes her to become unconscious due to the snake's venom. The boy rescues her by sucking the venom on her left leg and treats her in his hideout. The boy looks after Ange by feeding her and helping her recuperate while repairing the Wilkiss, which reminds the boy of his youth where his parents died, and remembers Jill walking towards him with the Wilkiss behind her. The boy states that his name is Task, but does not discloses his true identity to Ange. They spend some quality time together but are interrupted when a fleet carrying a brig-class DRAGON appears above them and a Schooner attacks them from the sea. Ange attacks the Schooner while Task rushes to repair the Wilkiss. As Ange feels hopeless, the Wilkiss, suddenly reacting to her ring, shoots the Schooner and Ange frantically kills it. At dawn, Ange formally introduces herself to Task and the rescue team arrives. Task later pays his respects to his fallen comrades and leaves the island piloting a Para-mail. | ||
| 6 | "Momoka is here!" "Momoka ga kita!" (モモカが来た!) | November 8, 2014[4] |
| Momoka stows away on a transport that delivers supplies to Arzenal. She was then caught and Ange is surprised by Momoka's arrival. Despite Momoka being delighted to see Ange, Ange becomes cold to her and resents her because Momoka is a reminder of her life in the Palace. Momoka continues to assist and impress Ange despite the maltreatment and resentment until Ange orders her to bathe together. While bathing, Momoka recalls a gash on her arm from a broken ceramic doll which Ange tended many years ago. Momoka admits that she is envious yet dedicated to serving Ange despite the harsh treatment, Ange replied that she must leave. Their bathing was interrupted and joined the offensive. The next day, Momoka is about to leave Arzenal, at the last minute Ange halts Momoka's departure by buying her using her money from her savings. | ||
| 7 | "Salire's Funk" "Saria no yūutsu" (サリアの憂鬱) | November 15, 2014[5] |
| After their defensive sortie, Rosalie blames Ange for annihilating all DRAGONs which affects their bounty. Ange sarcastically responds to Rosalie, and Salire demands that they must work together as a squadron. At the cafeteria, Hilda questions Salire's leadership on which Salire quietly leaves and heads to Jasmine so she can rent a fitting room and de-stress herself by cosplaying a character based on a book she read. However, Ange accidentally sees Salire and out of humiliation, Salire attacks Ange. Eventually, they are both punished by making a repentance essay. The next day, Ange gets a fever and Salire and her squadron push through their training. At the hangar, Salire heads to Wilkiss and Mei tells Salire that since Ange using Wilkiss there were no casualties every sortie. On their defensive sortie, Salire and her squadron intercept a land-based DRAGON. Hilda uses a spell of gravitational pull where everyone is grounded and cannot make an attack. Ange, on Salire's orders, the DRAGON's left horn to dispel the gravitational pull and the squadron kills the DRAGON. Back at Arzenal, the squadron gets a huge bounty while Ange gets a small amount. Salire asks her squadron if they are satisfied on the bounty they received and staying alive every mission they take. Rosalie and Chris decide to move on and Hilda branded her lovers as traitors. The squadron honors Ange by throwing her at the bathing area and Salire unites her squadron. Later, Momoka intercepts an emergency Mana message where Sylvia asks if she found Ange then screams as if she were being attacked. | ||
| 8 | "Bikini Escape" "Bikini esukeipu" (ビキニ・エスケイプ) | November 22, 2014[6] |
| Arzenal holds the annual Festa as giving Normas a day off from their usual duties. In this Festa, Ange's old friend Misty Rosenblum represents the festivity in the name of the Rosenblum family, who supervises Arzenal. As the festivity goes, Misty asks Emma to locate Ange because she wants to meet her. As others spend their time in the Festa, Hilda is planning something and Ange gets bored that she decided to wear the Perolina costume. Ange sneaks on Misty's mansion and talks to her that she needs help. Meanwhile, Momoka searches for Ange and Hilda talks to her in a gunpoint. Simultaneously, Ange and Misty head to the armory to gather weapons and proceed to the Hangar. However, Hilda commands via gunpoint to Momoka to control the transport and Ange sees them as well, pointing her gun to Hilda. Ange demands to use the transport but Hilda tells her that she knows the Hangar's mechanisms because the transport is locked and breaking it means alerting Arzenal. Forming an unlikely alliance, Hilda frees the transport and Ange tells Momoka to fly the aircraft. As the transport runs, Ange initially refuses Hilda boarding the plane due to the bullying she received from her but Hilda clings on and reveals her past with Zola and her intention in escaping in order to meet her mother. Ange accepts Hilda's reasons and lets her board the plane as it leaves Arzenal. After reaching their destination, Ange with Momoka and Hilda part ways and tells that they must survive so they can meet again. Ange and Momoka heads to the Empire of Misurugi. | ||
| 9 | "Traitorous Homeland" "Uragiri no furusato" (裏切りの故郷) | November 29, 2014[7] |
| Hilda steals some clothes before heading to her mother who lives in the outskirts of Enderant Union. Arriving at her destination, her mother does not recognize her causing Hilda to think that she simply grew up and her appearance changed. As she was about to reveal her name to her mother, a young girl appears and her mother called the girl "Hilda", which surprises her. The young Hilda learns that Hilda is a Norma which scares and causes her to faint. At her mother's request, Hilda leaves but is soon ambushed by the police. Meanwhile, Ange and Momoka prepares their advance on the imperial palace. They head to the Iaria hangar and meet Ange's friend Akiho, who is terrified upon seeing Ange. As Ange steals an Iaria vehicle, Akiho attempts to make an emergency call but Ange quickly discovers Akiho's call and restrains her but she breaks free. As they maneuver around the imperial capital, they are ambushed and chased until Ange enters a hidden passage known only to royalty. As they reach the imperial palace, Ange is confronted by imperial guards and rescues Sylvia. However, Sylvia turns on Ange and cuts her arm with a knife, seemingly blaming her sister for her paralysis and the death of Sophia. Devastated by Sylvia's words, Ange is captured by the imperial guards to await trial by Julio. | ||
| 10 | "Goodbye From the Gallows" "Kōshu-dai kara sayonara o" (絞首台からサヨナラを) | December 6, 2014[8] |
| Ange is tried by Julio and is condemned to a public hanging. Ange realizes how cruel the humans imbued with Mana treat Normas like her and recalling her mother's words, she starts marching to the gallows while singing. She is then hanged but Task suddenly saves her and ends up in an awkward position. Ange, Momoka and Task flee from the empire with Ange wounding Julio's face using a thrown blade. As they head to Arzenal, Task tells Ange that Jill knows everything about the Wilkiss and his orders that Ange must survive. Upon arriving at Arzenal, Ange and Hilda are detained and they tell their bitter stories, realizing the cruelty of their respective countries. They then become comrades and decide to destroy the world once they are released. Ange starts singing the same song she sang during her execution and the entire Arzenal staff hears it. | ||
| 11 | "Dragon Song" "Ryū no uta" (竜の歌) | December 13, 2014[9] |
| Disturbed after their encounter with Ange during the execution, Sylvia heads to Julio's room where she finds Julio and Riza in a seemingly romantic moment. Riza drops a peculiar liquid into Julio's mouth and Sylvia sees Riza as a monster with wings and a tail. As she finds out the truth, Riza uses her tail to strangle Sylvia who screams for help. In a flashback, Jill, back then known as Alektra, returns to Arzenal wounded and her arm is lost. A young Salire and Mei discover Jill's condition and Salire vows to avenge Jill. Jill declines Salire's offer to use Wilkiss because Salire does not have something to fly it. Back in the present, Salire is hopeful to fully use Wilkiss. However, a singular portal opens above Arzenal and a vast array of Schooner-type DRAGONs appear storming the base. Other than Schooners, three Para-mails appeared and the red Para-mail that seemingly leads the pack unleashes a powerful beam which destroys a good part of Arzenal and the island, killing several along its path. Salire's squadron is sent to intercept the enemies but Salire uses the Wilkiss over Jill's objections. Jill orders the release of Hilda and Ange. Ange assumes command the Wilkiss, engages the mysterious Para-mail evenly in combat. The mysterious Para-mail suddenly stops and the pilot starts singing. Ange responds by singing as well and her ring starts to glow which makes the Wilkiss react. As their attacks collide in mid air, Ange confronts the pilot and seemingly sees their history and relation. The pilot quickly leaves, telling Ange "the truth lies with the Aura". The mysterious Para-mails along with the DRAGONs retreat and Salire discovers that Ange is the actual pilot for Wilkiss. In the aftermath, Jill assesses the condition of Arzenal while Vivian enjoys lying on her bed even though the room is destroyed. | ||
| 12 | "The Right Arm's Past" "Migiude no kako" (右腕の過去) | December 20, 2014[10] |
| The leaders of the world hold a meeting together to discuss about the DRAGON's attack on Arzenal but ended up arguing with each other. Embryo, one of the leaders, proposed that they destroy the current world to create a new one. Meanwhile, in Arzenal, Hilda assumes the position of captain as Salire has been detained for disobeying orders. Jill and Ange talk about the history of the world, including how humans obtained the ability to use mana and why normas were discriminated. When Ange notices that Jill did not answer her question about the DRAGONs and is about to question Jill further when suddenly a DRAGON survivor is discovered in the base. It is revealed that the DRAGON is Vivian and she hums Ange's song, which Ange recognizes and starts singing along with Vivian that was in DRAGON form. Vivian is returned to human form and Ange realizes that DRAGONs are actually human beings. Ange is devastated upon discovering a group of DRAGONs being burned, and vows not to kill DRAGONs or pilot Wilkiss anymore. However, a fleet arrives at Arzenal with Julio on board of the flagship. | ||
| 13 | "Arzenal Burns" "Aruzenaru, enjō" (武器工廠、炎上) | January 3, 2015[11] |
| As Julio's fleet advances to Arzenal, Jill orders the entire staff to ignore the message and prepare to defend themselves as she initiates Operation Libertas. The naval fleet sees Arzenal arming up their defenses causing Julio to command an attack on Arzenal. Jill also orders Salire to guard Ange and Mei to bring the Wilkiss underground where she and her crew descends to a submarine called Aurora built underneath Arzenal. Julio's troops enter Arzenal and kill several people. Meanwhile, Ange ignores Salire's warnings as she and Momoka flee to the cafeteria. However, Julio's troops apparently attack Momoka but Ange draws fire to save her and interrogates one of the soldiers. Ange decides to head out and confront Julio using the Wilkiss. Ange then activates the Wilkiss' powers giving it a new red color and attacks the soldiers and their mana-powered weapons as she heads to Julio. Despite Salire's objections, Ange says that she will protect Arzenal and incapacitates Salire. As she is attacked by enemy units, Ange notices a light barrier protecting the Wilkiss. She finally confronts Julio and she is about to kill him, but Embryo intervenes using his Black Angel Ragna-Mail to stop Ange. Embryo taunts Ange and suddenly sings to activate its powerful attack, killing Julio and annihilating his naval fleet in the process. Ange seemingly survives Embryo's attack and Embryo targets Task and Vivian. Embryo sings again and Ange attempts to save Task, transforming the Wilkiss again this time giving it a bluish appearance. The Black Angel fires but Wilkiss disappears along with Task and Vivian. Back at Arzenal, the Aurora becomes operational and they escape Arzenal. | ||
| 14 | "Ange and Task" "Anju to tasuku" (アンジュとタスク) | January 10, 2015[12] |
| Ange abruptly wakes in a desolate place and meets Task and Vivian, who has become a DRAGON again. They assume that the place is in a different dimension, far away from Arzenal. Ange makes a reconnaissance trip between dimensions, and she is stunned by to see "Akeno-Mihashira" in the Misurugi Empire. They follow the automatic guide robot and enter the capital third shelter, afterwards, management computer called Himawari actives, and reveals that over 500 years ago, the Seventh World War took place. Due to this abnormal situation, Earth became a place that is almost impossible to survive in. Unable to accept the situation that they are currently in, Ange becomes frustrated. What Ange makes a thoughtless remark causes a hostile atmosphere between the two. However, Ange sends a present to Task and reconciles with him. After finding a well preserved room, Task tells Ange that Embryo, who is the supreme leader who united the world, has been manipulating humanity from behind the scenes, and that he is the arch-nemesis of "Inishieno-Tami". Meanwhile, Ange and Task enjoy some peaceful time together and deepens their bond. However, a stranger riding on a DRAGON bursts into the house. She informs them that the place they are currently in is another Earth that the "Itsuwarino-Tami" lived in. | ||
| 15 | "Another Earth" "Mōhitotsu no chikyū" (もう一つの地球) | January 17, 2015[13] |
| Ange, Task, Vivian and the Wilkiss are transported by DRAGONs to a castle in the mountains, where Vivian is shot with a tranquilizer dart and taken away. Ange and Task are taken to see the High Priestess and her council, where not only Ange's temper gets away from her, but Task is under a lot of scrutiny. Things look grim until Salamandine, the pilot Ange met above Arenzal, offers them hospitality and to show the two their world. During a tea ceremony, Ange's patience runs thin and she attempts to take their hostess hostage where Salamanday not only shows Ange how they survived on their Earth, but also the source of the Mana of Light and the truth of the war between Arenzal and the DRAGONs and Embryo. Ange tries to attack Salamanday, but is quickly subdued. She wakes up in a hospital bed with a human Vivian looking after her, and learns that Vivian can now control her transformations thanks to Dr. Gecko adjusting her DRAGON gene. They hear Task yell in the next room, where Ange and Vivian find a naked Task strapped to a table and surrounded by a bunch of young DRAGONettes. Dr. Gecko thanks Task for cooperating as there are few humanoid males around and they learned a lot about sex, much to Ange's anger. Afterwards Ange and Vivian meet Salamanday and another DRAGON female who actually is Vivians' mother and the DRAGONs plan a festival for her return. During the festival, Salamanday's guards meet with Ange and Task asking them to learn about them, and they in turn want to learn. Task asks Ange if they really need to return to their Earth, which Ange does not have an answer for yet. | ||
| 16 | "Resonating Front Lines" "Kyōmei sensen" (共鳴戦線) | January 24, 2015[14] |
| Ange wakes up in a room and frees Task who had been tied up as they are visited by Sala, Naga, and Kaname. Meanwhile, Vivian is having breakfast while talking to her mother, Lamia, and they are shortly joined by Ange's party, afterwards, they go to a stadium at Sala's suggestion. Salamandrine then challenges Ange to a competition where if she wins, Ange must assist them in fighting against Embryo but if she loses, Ange is freed. They then compete through tennis, baseball, golf, and various other sports, and by so doing, they are able to develop a friendship. Sala tells Ange that what leaders have to do is to protect their citizens; while on the other hand, Ange expresses a negative opinion that opposes Sala's beliefs, creating a strained atmosphere between them. Meanwhile, Vivian goes back to her parent's home with her mother for the first time in many years and they spend time together peacefully. However, their peace is forcibly put to an end what appears to be an unstable singular point appears. Sala moves into the offensive in an attempt to help the people, and Ange pilots the unfinished Wilkiss to help Vivian. Although she is confused, at the proposal of Ange, Sala embraces the idea of negating the effects of her weapon with the Wilkiss' "Discord Feather" and close the singular point. As this event triggers, Sala realizes that she must act as a leader, saying that they must increase mutual trust and that her mind is set on them supporting each other as good friends. | ||
| 17 | "Dark Angel of Destruction" "Kuro no hakai tenshi" (黒の破壊天使) | January 31, 2015[15] |
| In the hot springs, Sala reveals to Ange that she has discovered Aura deep underground in the Misurugi Empire, and that they must march with all power to the Misurugi Empire through a singular point to recapture it. Sala tells Ange that she trusts her judgment, and that if she were to go to the war front with Ange, she would be very glad. Afterwards, Task suggests that it would not be bad to fight in cooperation with DRAGON. In contrast, Ange feels anxious because she has become unable to believe anything as a result of the constant lies. She says that it is strange that a former princess would invade the Misurugi Empire. Task encourages Ange that she should do what she wants to do, and then tells Ange he will support her to the best of his abilities. Ange is calmed by Task's optimistic words. Task sexually harasses Ange and is subsequently thrown into the river by her, suffering serious injuries. As they enjoy eating lunch, Lamia thanks Ange. As a result of Task's injuries, he is invited by the DRAGON women to have dinner with them. The fact that Task seems infatuated with the DRAGON a woman makes Ange very jealous, and she makes a threatening gesture towards them, and then she makes space only for two and waits on Task hand and foot. Task comments that the meal that Ange served to him was the best. Ange feels a strong kinship with the people of Arzenal, admiring the fact that they are able to live both happily and peacefully, even without Mana. Ange decides that she will go back to Arzenal because it is a comfortable place to live in and also because Momoka is waiting there for Ange's return. After Ange has made her decision, Sala arrives. She tells Ange that, because she respects Ange's decisions, and because she is under Ange's debt, when the time comes that they defeat Embryo she would like to continue the games she had been playing with Ange from where they had left off. Lamia is pleased with the growth of her daughter, Vivian and tells Vivian that she should value the friends she met during her process of growth. Vivian decides to go back to the place where her friends are, and promises Lamia that she will return back to her. Before the war takes place, Dr. Gecko tells Task that wants to know more about his body, but Ange intrudes. Omiko decides that it is time to inform Embryo of the threat posed by the Descendants of Aura and then, triggered by her words, they start to attack. Ange, Task and Vivian head to the Singularity Point and embark for the world where they had formerly lived. Meanwhile, Task and Ange discuss their dreams, such as wanting to open a coffee shop together, and then they hope that the world will become peaceful in the future. After the Singularity Point opens, find that they are not in the skies of the Misurugi Empire where they originally planned to emerge, and soon they realize that they have been ambushed. Riza is imprisoned in a torture chamber in the Misurugi Empire, where Embryo forces the secret of the army's strategy out of Riza and thus staves off an attack of Sala's forces. Sala's battlefront is pushed back, and Sala is left unsure of how to proceed. She resolves to withdraw, following the advice of Ange and Task. Ange makes up her mind to fight in order to give Sala time to reach the Singularity Point and as a result Sala is able to return to the other earth. In response to being attacked, Ange battles a group of people and, in the end, learns that the people attacking her are her former co-workers from Arzenal: Salire, Ersha and Chris. They, who are under control of Embryo, tries to capture Ange, but failed because of interference by Task and Vivian. Finally, the Wilkiss allows Ange to teleport to Arzenal to avoid being captured by them. At first Arzenal is devoid of people, but suddenly someone appears. Finally, Ange and Momoka achieve a reunion. | ||
| 18 | "Conclusive Ocean" "Ketsubetu no umi" (決別の海) | February 7, 2015[16] |
| In the Aurora, Jill is told that Ange came from the other side of the Singular Point, and about the parallel world and the humans who were able to modify their genetic structure, but she is only half convinced. Ange suggests that to overturn the status and they should cooperate with DRAGONs. She reveals that the purpose of DRAGONs is to recapture Aura, and the Singular Point would become unable to open since all energy would be cut off by then. Ange says that even if they are able to save Aura, there is no way to stop Embryo or achieve Libertas. Jasmine also proposes that Ange should make contact with a DRAGON by using the Wilkiss and that she should co-operate with the DRAGONs to defeat Embryo. Meanwhile, Maggy is impressed by the fact that the technology used in Sala's world can avoid turning Vivian into a DRAGON. Task reveals that the Aurora is made by the Inishieno-Tami to fight against Embryo. Hilda is doubtful of Ange and Task's relationship, but later Hilda makes a clumsy attempt to express happiness at seeing Ange again. Hilda reveals that her allies Mary, Mallika and Nonna, who are have recently been raised to the rank of Mail-rider, are able to make up for their short-coming in fighting. Hilda also says that Jill's Libertas operation is to free Norma from Embryo and their fates. Later, Hilda asks Ange about her past and tells her about her own feelings. The next day, Jill accepts Ange's proposal and outlines the specifics of the diversionary operation, which involves the capture of the point called "Akeno-Mihashira", where Aura and Embryo currently are. However, Jill merely thinks of DRAGONs as a necessary sacrifice to carry out the Libertas, and she believes that the team should not attempt to help the DRAGONs' suffering. She says that DRAGONs are nothing more than tools to accomplish the Libertas. Losing her temper, Ange tells Jill that she will have to carry out the plan on her own. Jill takes Momoka hostage and threatens Ange to try to force her to cooperate. Jill says that Libertas is proceeding as planned and that the Wilkiss is the strongest weapon to defeat Embryo. Task releases the noxious gas which he had installed beforehand, and flees with Ange, having declined Jill's plans. However, they are cut off by Jill at the flight deck. After defeating Jill, Ange decides to fight for those who believe in her, and then takes off from the flight deck in her Wilkiss and starts to attack. After the Wilkiss gets flies off, Ange asks Task to shoot her own plane, because putting the Wilkiss in lurch is necessary for her to metastasize to Sala's place. Soon, circumstances force Ange to face off against her former comrade. | ||
| 19 | "The Tuner of Time" "Toki no Chōritsu-sha" (時の調律者) | February 14, 2015[17] |
| Task's fuselage is fiercely attacked by Ersha and Chris, causing Momoka to almost be thrown into the sea, but she escapes death by using Mana. Ange counters to the enemy's attack and allowing the Aurora to prepare to move, and under the command of Jasmine the Aurora is able to escape into the sea. Ange tries to ask Ersha and Chris what really happened to them, but they decline, and then they withdraw immediately afterwards. Ange achieves a sense of relief and goes to rescue Momoka, but Salire waits for an opportune moment and hits Ange with a surprise attack. Salire, who has deactivated stealth mode and become visible, shoots Ange with a tranquilizer gun. Ange wakes abruptly in her room in the Misurugi Empire, which remains in the same condition it was in before she was exiled, and then she meets Momoka. Ange and Momoka once again fully enjoy the life just as they had spent it when Ange was princess of the Misurugi Empire. Ange finds a letter from Embryo and realizes that the circumstances surrounding her are the result of Embryo's actions. Ange makes up her mind that she will go to the place where Embryo is and decides to attack him, but then Salire, who is the leader of Diamond Rose Knights, appears and disturbs Ange. Ange tries to inquire about what happened to Salire, and Salire replies that after she was thrown away by Jill and Ange she was given a helping hand by Embryo. Additionally, she tells Ange that, while she is no longer needed by Jill, her potential value is recognized by Embryo, and that she has fallen in love with him. After Salire says this, she and Ange get in a squabble and battle, and then Ange succeeds in shaking off her pursuers. After leaving her room, Ange once again meets the children who attended elementary school in Arzenal. In the palace garden of Misurugi, Ersha appears and reveals to Ange that she is the director of the Embryo kindergarten. Additionally, she tells Ange that because Embryo brings children which died back to life, Ersha feels a lot of favour towards him and rallies for him. Ersha feels sympathy with Embryo's plan to create a world where children can live in peace, and then she swears to stop at nothing to protect children. At the foot of the tree, Ange meets with Chris, and ask her to give Ange a tour of the place where Embryo is, and to which Ange wants to go. Afterwards, she is reunited with her younger sister, Sylvia, who had previously parted with Ange in the library. Sylvia lashes Riza with her whip, but the moment she see Ange's face, she is stricken with fear. Afterwards, Embryo meets Ange and then leaves with the car, leaving Misurugi behind. In the meeting room of the Aurora, Jill raises questions about the fate of the Libertas and regrets the loss of Ange who is key to continuing the plan. In the room, Hilda reckons that the mood on the ship is bad and tells Rosalie a plan to try to recapture Ange. In the Akenomi-hashira, Ange confirms the existence of the Aura and requires Embryo to release Aura, but he refuses and shows Ange that Aura plays an essential role in maintaining peace within human society. His reaction enrages Ange, and then she sees it as a suitable reason to consider him her enemy. Ange tries to kill Embryo by shooting him repeatedly, but he is reborn again and again. He proclaims himself as a "Tuner of Time". Embryo uses his ability to hypnotize Ange and tries to seduce her, but when he kisses her an image pops into her head breaking the spell and she bites him saying that no matter what her heart will never be empty. However this makes Embryo happy and says he has been waiting for her for a long time. In Jill's bedroom, Hilda discovers that Jill is troubled by her past relationship with Embryo. | ||
| 20 | "God's Soul-Searching" "Kami no Kyūkon" (神の求魂) | February 21, 2015[18] |
| On the Aurora, Jill says to Task that in spite of the fact that he is Wilkiss's knight, his actions have caused Libertas's failure. In Salire's bedroom, Embryo approaches Salire and offers her to let Ange join the Diamond Rose Knights, but Salire refuses. Salire tries to stop Ange who intends to pass her and confront Embryo, but in the end, Ange goes to the library. In the library, Embryo serves her tea before proposes to Ange that he wants to marry her to fulfill her dream to destroy the world. Embryo reveals to Ange that he had tried to change the world in which a brutal and greedy ancient human beings live, and make a world filled with peace by using Mana, but he tells Ange that his plans failed because the human beings living in his world essentially did not change. After Ange asks Embryo the way to change the world, he reveals that the song is built based on "unified theory" and tells her that he has converted "a law which influences cosmos" into a melody. He tells Ange that he plans to amplify the song using the Ragna-Mail to fuse both worlds and create a new world by exploiting Aura's energy. Ange refuses and attacks Embryo, but he begins to torture her. In Hilda's bedroom in Aurora, Hilda and Rosalie strengthen their bond realizing that Ange and Chris are very important to them and they decide to rescue them. Distrusting of Jill, Hilda cooperates with Task to thwart Jill's escape attempt to find Embryo. At the prison in Akenomi-hashira, Momoka sees Riza being tortured by Sylvia. Riza informs Momoka that there is Ange in the shelter that is exclusively used by royalty. In the Aurora, Jill reveals that Embryo controlled her mind and she became captivated by him. She also let her friends die and the only thing she can do to atone for her crime is to kill Embryo. Having now realized the truth, Hilda assumes command after Jasmine relieves Jill. Meanwhile, Embryo's attempts to torture Ange fails. Embryo gathers the other Mail-riders for trying to carry out his plan, but Salire is not there. In the shelter, Salire tells Ange that she must leave, and Ange chokes Salire before giving her the ring of Wilkiss. After Ange and Momoka escape and flee, Ersha tries to stop her but then the Wilkiss appears in response to the situation. Later, Sala arrives from the Singular point to help Ange. | ||
| 21 | "The Survivors" "Nokosareru mono" (遺されるもの) | February 28, 2015[19] |
| When Task says he will push into the center of Misurugi Empire, Hilda lets out a surprised cry. On the deck of Aurora, Hilda gives an order to her Para-mail squadron. Recruits say in an apprehensive voice that it is stressful for them to fly over the human world. The Aurora surfaces, a hatch opens, and the Hilda corps launch their attack. Above the Misurugi, Ange meets Sala, afterwards, the two separate and Sala goes to rescue Aura. Rosalie says with a puzzled voice that the war has already begun, and then something clicks in Vivian's mind, and she locates Ange by feeling Ange's signal with her native sense and turns her Para-Mail with one wing raised higher than the other and then they set off for the place where Ange is. Afterwards, Hilda reunites with Ange, but then Ange is targeted by Chris. Chris comes, trying to capture Ange, but she is interrupted by Hilda who goes to help Ange, and then Chris scatters beams around them. Hilda has a one-on-one battle with Chris. Chris says in a voice dripping with sarcasm the fact that she was treated as a lightweight and Hilda gasps. At the river bank where the Wilkiss crashed, Momoka gives mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Ange to try to rescue her, and by so doing, Ange is revived. They stumble toward the sea to join their co-worker at the Aurora. In a back alley, while Momoka goes to look for a car, Ange encounters an enemy who is under the control of Embryo. In the middle of an aerial battle, Rosalie asks Chris with a remorseful tone why they need to make war each other. In a flashback, Chris, Rosalie and Hilda exchange gifts. Chris gets hair accessories from Hilda, but she is told then that she should make her hairstyle fit in with the hair accessory due to the fact that her hairstyle does not for Hilda's present. Chris says in a faraway tone that she put up with this kind of treatment, and their self-important attitudes, because she thought they were her friends. Thereafter, she says that Embryo proposed that he wanted to be her friend. Chris throws away her hair accessories and exclaims that Hilda and Rosalie are not her friends. Mary, who thinks that their conversation is at risk of being overheard, says in an apprehensive tone that she wants to help them even if it means disobeying orders, and then she sets off toward them. In the car that Momoka is driving, meanwhile, Embryo says that because he is the creator, he has the power to control those who use Mana. After they see the emergence of nondescript beings, who are under control of Embryo, Ange and Momoka move toward the building. Above the Akenomi-hashira, Sala does battle with Ersha and tells Naga and Kaname that it is impossible for them to recapture Aura, and that it would be a good decision for their troops to pull out and rally their army. Sala tells Riza to join her. As Sylvia threatens Riza to return to the dungeon, the dragon tells her that Embryo killed Julio as she escapes and flees. Meanwhile, Ange arrives at the roof where Embryo is and meets Task. Task buys Ange some time to get away by battling Embryo. When Hilda tries to withdraw, she is attacked by Chris, but then Marika comes to her aid and covers her but dies. After Embryo teleports to the place where Ange is, Task also arrives there to rescue the girls, only to have Momoka attack him under control again. However it is Ange who again breaks Momoka free, who then attacks Embryo. She is shot in the chest but then runs him through with a sword and pushes him off the cliff with a car, being caught in the explosion afterwards. Task get Ange to his machine, and then he kisses her and says he will always be at her side. Then Task attacks Embryo, setting off a deadmans vest and destroying the area. | ||
| 22 | "Necessary" | March 7, 2015[20] |
| Embryo is not happy with Salire as he punishes her for letting Ange escape and tells her that his new world would be only for intelligent women. In the maintenance room of the Aurora, Nonna and Mary lament the passing of Marika. Meanwhile, Riza reveals that Embryo plans to merge the two worlds together by using Aura and Ragna-Mail. When Hilda and Sala talk about forming strategic alliances with the provision that they bring back Ange, Emma, who is being manipulated by Embryo, appears and faces off against them, but then she is interrupted by Sala. Ersha enters into the library, begging Embryo in tears to raise the preschool children from the dead, but he refuses her wish. Realizing that she has been deceived by Embryo, a disillusioned Ersha buries the children and defects from Embryo. In Hilda's room, Hilda and Rosalie suffer from their stupidity and powerless, and then Rosalie decides to defeat Chris for Marika. In Jill's room, Jasmine tells Jill if she had treated Salire civilly, she would not have betrayed her. Meanwhile, Ange arrives at the place where she had previously spent time with Task, which remains untouched since the last time she was there. She reminisces about the past and then bursts into tears. In Salire's room, Salire decides to kill Ange to gain Embryo's acceptance. In the Aurora's medical room, Riza explains that, because Norma have the potential to reveal the full truth about this world, they are kept in quarantine. In a summit conference of government leaders, the leaders ask Embryo to save them from the chaos of the world, but Embryo rejects their request on the grounds that he thinks that they are not necessary in his new world. In Task's room, Ange grieves for the death of Task. She finds and reads Task's diary, discovering Task's true feelings for her, and she is reminded of what Task meant to her. As a result, Ange thinks that she cannot live alone without Task by her side and tries to commit suicide, but then the memories of Task cross her mind make her persuade not to do it. When Ange thinks of the happy memories with Task while facing the setting sun, Task himself arrives and the two of them make love. When they return to the Task's room, Ange is surprised and overjoyed to find that Momoka is also still alive and is waiting for her with home-cooked food. Ange calls the Wilkiss, and then they prepare for war to combat the crisis situation. | ||
| 23 | "Distorted World" "Yugamu sekai" (ゆがむ世界) | March 14, 2015[20] |
| Having analyzed the fact that the Akeno-Mihashira is the center point of the "Space-time fusion", Hilda gives an order to the Aurora to go there, and meanwhile they get contacted by Ange. Ange, Task and Momoka are reunited with their allies. Ange is surprised to see Ersha's Ragna-Mail but is happy she returned, and even forgives Riza for her actions. She then talks to Jill about the best way to kill Embryo, and is told that the Wilkiss and the song will unlock the unknown world that his body is hiding in. Jill then informs her that she relinquished command to Hilda, but Ange tells her about Salire defecting to Embryo. Afterwards, Hilda relinquishes command to Ange due to her royal heritage as a princess. Hilda tells Ange that she is her prince, and professes her love for her. Afterwards Ange and Task pledge to make every effort to return safely to each other, and Ange, who has no materials on hand, hands her underwear to Task as a lucky charm. Ange proclaims that they must make sure that they accomplish their purpose, and they initiate "Last Libertas". The Aurora bulldozes its way through the encircling net of enemy using its firepower, and then it bursts from the sea and flies into the air, with the Para-mail squadron launching an attack. However, the Para-mail controlled by Embryo blocks Ange's path. Embryo tries to use the dimension cannon, but is stopped by Ange. Hilda and Rosalie face off against Chris as Sala and Ange head to Aura's prison but are intercepted by Salire who wants a world without Ange. The Aurora destroys the Akenomi-hasira, and by so doing, it creates a path toward Aura. Task Task employs himself as a decoy by fighting with Embryo and provides Ange with the opportunity to move towards Aura, but then she fights Salire. As a result of the enemies' attacks hitting the Aurora, the ship is damaged internally, and Mei is almost injured, but Jill rescues her and launches an attack to accomplish the Libertas mission. Meanwhile, Ange inadvertently encounters Sylvia again after her attack on Salire and declines her younger sister's offer for help. When Ange reveals that Sylvia has not attempted walk since her injuries are healed, she forces Sylvia to flee on her own without using a wheelchair. The fight between Salire and Ange is about to restart, when Jill appears and challenges Salire personally. | ||
| 24 | "Eve of Destruction" "Asu naki tatakai" (明日なき戦い) | March 21, 2015[20] |
| As the battle rages on, Jill tells Salire of what Embryo did to her but Salire refuses to listen. On the Aurora, the Mails are still protecting and fighting on as Sala heads to free Aura. Chris still fights Rosalie and Hilda, with Chris accusing them to leading Mary to her death and Jill attempts to get Salire to stand down. As Task and Embryo continue fighting Embryo tries to rattle Task by telling him that he will tame Ange and that Task will never see her wild side, however, it is Task who gets to him telling him that the two made love and he knows how many moles are on her inner thigh and she accepted him fully. Sala gets to Aura but cannot free her with her rifle as a new group of drones attack. The Aurora's shield is taken down and they crash, and the mails are in trouble until Ersha launches to join the fight. In the Aura's chamber, as Sala sings the others hear it, Embryo concerned, Salire crying that she was never going to be chosen, and Salire hits Jill but not before new portals open. As the mails ready for a final fight as the convergence as reached 90%, Ersha leads the drones away and prepares to die to make up for her past, but then the DRAGONs appear to save her and join forces with Ange's crew, lifting the ship up and rejoining the fight. Embryo sacrifices his pawns to stop the DRAGONs, Tania and Erma are killed outright, Jill saves Salire from another DRAGON and pursues Embryo who goes after Ange. Meanwhile, Chris tells Rosalie in a virulent of voice that they left her to die, and then Chris feels abandoned again, going crazy. But, Hilda is able to restrain her and open her cockpit afterwards, Rosalie charges in and abandons her mail tackling Chris out of her machine and they nearly fall to their deaths. Rosalie kisses Chris, pleading with her to return to her when Hilda catches them both. Afterwards, Embryo gets ready to leave and Jill appears asking to go with him. When he refuses, she hits him with a cryogenics bullet freezing his body, but his machine frees him and Jill is mortally wounded. But the distortion continues, as Ange wonders Embryo grabs Ange from her machine. | ||
| 25 | "Beyond Time" "Toki no kanata de" (時の彼方で) | March 28, 2015[20] |
| On the Aurora, Salire brings Jill back to the hangar bay and asks for a stretcher, but Jill refuses and reconciles with Salire with her dying breaths. The convergence starts up again, but Aura shields them and tells them that the Wilkiss can take them to the place Embryo is hiding out as it will answer the desires of it user. Meanwhile, Ange wakes up in a bed in a familiar place, afterwards, Embryo plans to start a race with Ange due to her strong will, but she refuses. As she tries to attack Embryo, he backhands her. Back on the Aurora, Hilda reluctantly asks Task to use the ring to wake up Wilkiss as he had a stronger bond with Ange, but nothing seems to work. On Arzenal, Embryo corners Ange who is calling for Wilkiss, but without the ring it does not answer. He prepares to violate her when she starts singing the Endless Song, which Task hears and pleads with Wilkiss to help protect Ange. It wakes up and links with the other two Ragna-Mails and Sala's machine. Task, Hilda, Salire, and Sala warp to the space between space, and Sala then starts to sing her portion of the song. After that, Task frees Ange and picks her up, they reunite. He gets off and prepares to duel Embryo with Sala's sword. Ange prepares to battle when the Wilkiss transforms once more into Knight Wilkiss and she and the others face off against Embryo's machine and summoned copies. On the ground Task injures Embryo, realizing that it is the original he presses on, despite getting injured. In the sky Hilda and Salire both realize that their machines are the same and they both gain control of them and they destroy the copies. Hilda, Salire and Sala criticize Embryo for treating women with violence and sexism. Ange fires hers and damages the machine and destroys it, while at the same time Task kills Embryo. Arzenal returns to the real world and Aura thanks them for their help. The entire group returns to the island where Ange voices her intent to work peacefully with the DRAGONs, while the other world's citizens decide to live by themselves. | ||
Notes
- ↑ Tokyo MX uses an after-midnight programming schedule, so that the first broadcast was listed at October 4, 2014 at 25:30, which is October 5, at 1:30am JST.
- "TOKYO MX ＊ 「クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞」" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. – shows premiere date and time
- "TOKYO MX ＊ 番組表" [Tokyo MX Programming Schedule]. Tokyo MX. October 25, 2014. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. – shows typical Tokyo MX listing of episode 4 with after midnight schedule
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- ↑ "TOKYO MX ＊ 番組表" [Tokyo MX Programming Schedule]. Tokyo MX. October 25, 2014. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014.
- ↑ "クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞 – 2014年11月01日放送". Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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- ↑ "クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞 – 2014年11月29日放送". Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ↑ "クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞 – 2014年12月06日放送". Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ↑ "クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞 – 2014年12月13日放送". Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ↑ "クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞 – 2014年12月20日放送". Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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- ↑ "クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞 – 2015年01月24日放送". Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ↑ "クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞 – 2015年01月31日放送". Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ↑ "クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞 – 2015年02月07日放送". Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ↑ "クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞 – 2015年02月14日放送". Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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