“Princess Angelise discovers she's a despised Norma, exiled to fight DRAGONs, uncovering dark truths about her world.”
Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon
クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞〈ロンド〉
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Synopsis
Princess Angelise discovers she's a despised Norma, exiled to fight DRAGONs, uncovering dark truths about her world.
Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi is the first princess of the noble Misurugi Empire. The kingdom has seen great power and prosperity due to the advancement of the revolutionary technology known as "Mana," an abstract bending of light that has reduced the world's problems of war and pollution to a timeless peace. However, not all are blessed with the ability to wield Mana. Those who cannot are labeled "Norma," outcasts of society who are considered a threat to civilization and live under constant persecution, and Angelise herself is one of many who want the Norma exterminated. But as Angelise's sixteenth birthday commences, it is discovered in a shocking revelation that she is actually a Norma. Chaos ensues, the public is outraged, and the once adored princess is exiled to Arzenal: a remote military base where Normas are forced into conscription. Now, the former royal must adapt to a harsh and vastly different lifestyle; piloting mechanical robots known as "Paramail" to fend off large, devastating beasts referred to as DRAGONs. However, a sinister truth about these savage creatures threatens to change everything.
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What 87 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.18 · split reception
5.9 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 2.8
↓ 2.32
Running avg · Mar 2015 → Jan 2025
- 9 “If you can go through the edgy and cringeworthy start, you'll be in for a ride. Not that it's a bad start, but it started off with what we all hate to see in a "happy" plot and characters. It's...”
- 7 “First few epsiode i thinked how boring anime and i hoped its gonna be better and intresting anime. Later after few episode its went intresting after she found the boy and i understood that anime...”
- 7 “Throughout the Anime it was enjoyable for the most part but still not quite to the max potential. The characters where decent but a ton of personality's or cliché's where forseeable. you see these...”
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A Tv Production · Fall 2014
Sunrise.Starchild Records · Bandai Namco Live Creative
- Format 25 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 35m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2014 – Mar 2015 Fall 2014
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-9343 catalog
Produced by
- Starchild Records Producer
- Bandai Namco Live Creative Producer
- Bandai Namco Games Producer
- Docomo Anime Store Producer
- Fields Producer
- Bandai Channel Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor