Valvrave the Liberator

Valvrave the Liberator
Cover of the first Blu-ray Disc volume, showing Haruto and the RM-011 Valvrave 1/VVV-I "Hito".
革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ (Kakumeiki Varuvureivu)
Genre	Mecha,[1] Horror
Created by	Sunrise
Anime television series
Directed by	Kō Matsuo
Produced by	Hiroomi Iketani Toshihiro Maeda Yōhei Shintaku
Written by	Ichirō Ōkouchi Jun Kumagai
Music by	Akira Senju
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	AUS: Hanabee NA: Aniplex of America
Original network	MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS, HBC, RKB
English network	SEA: Animax Asia
Original run	April 12, 2013 – December 26, 2013
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by	Karega Tsuchiya
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Jump SQ.19
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 4, 2013 – December 19, 2013
Volumes	1
Light novel
Written by	Yomoji Otono
Illustrated by	Yūgen
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Magazine	Dengeki Hobby Magazine
Demographic	Male
Original run	August 2013 – March 2014
Volumes	3
Manga
Valvrave the Liberator: Uragiri no Rakuin
Written by	Ichiya Sazanami
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Imprint	Sylph Comics
Magazine	Sylph
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	June 22, 2013 – January 22, 2014
Volumes	2
Manga
Valvrave the Liberator: Ryūsei no Valkyrie
Written by	Yutaka Ōhori
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Imprint	Dengeki Comics Next
Magazine	Dengeki Daioh
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 27, 2013 – March 26, 2014
Volumes	2
Manga
Kakumei Club Valvra-bu
Written by	Kanikama
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Imprint	Dengeki Comics EX
Magazine	Dengeki Daioh G
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	September 27, 2013 – April 28, 2014
Volumes	1
Light novel
Valvrave the Liberator: Undertaker
Written by	Ryōji Kansai
Illustrated by	Sayaka Ono
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Magazine	Dengeki Hobby Magazine
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 2013 – March 2014
Volumes	7

Valvrave the Liberator (Japanese: 革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ, Hepburn: Kakumeiki Varuvureivu, lit. Revolution Machine Valvrave) is a Japanese mecha anime series, produced by Sunrise. It is directed by Kō Matsuo and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. The series is set in a futuristic date in which three factions divided from 70% of mankind are in war. It focuses on Haruto Tokishima, a high school student from the faction of JIOR who pilots one of the highly advanced weaponized mecha technology called the Valvrave to stop the Dorssian forces.

The series was broadcast for two seasons of twelve episodes each on MBS (Animeism block); the first season aired from April to June 2013, and the second season aired from October to December of the same year. The series was licensed in North America by Aniplex of America and was streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll and Hulu. The series has spawned four manga adaptations and two light novel series. Critical reception to the anime has been generally positive due to its delivery of conventional story elements often seen in the Gundam series alongside supernatural parts.