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Armed Girl's Machiavellism (TV)

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Alternative title:
Busō Shōjo Machiavellism (Japanese) 
武装少女マキャヴェリズム (Japanese) 
Genres: action , comedy 
Themes: fanservice , fighting , school , swordplay 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: Fudō Nomura transfers to a school where girls carry weapons to rule mercilessly over the boys. Shortly after transferring he becomes a target of Rin Onigawara, a member of the Five Ruling Swords that commands the school. In order break free he must defeat the Five Ruling Swords. (from manga)
User Ratings: 168 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
 Very good: 34 votes (sub:26, dub:5, raw:2, others:1
1 Indonesia subtitled
)
 Good: 50 votes (sub:39, dub:9, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 31 votes (sub:26, dub:4, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:13, dub:2)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: 1 vote (others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 293 users, rank: #3125 (of 10084)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.583 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.754, rank: #5744 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 6.535 (Good−), rank: #5795 (of 10238) (seen all: 6.64 / seen some: 7.42 / won't finish: 3.79)
Bayesian estimate: 6.603 (Good−), rank: #5156 (of 7689)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 12 
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2017-04-05 
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Shocking Blue" by Miku Itō 
Ending Theme:
"Decide" by Tenka Goken 
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Free Anime in Australia: 3/July - 9/July (Jul 3, 2017)
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Amazon's Anime Strike Announces Full Spring Lineup, Premiere Dates (Apr 5, 2017)
Sentai Filmworks Adds Armed Girl's Machiavellism TV Anime (Mar 31, 2017)
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Armed Girl's Machiavellism Anime's 2nd Promo Video Introduces Cast (Mar 16, 2017)
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Armed Girl's Machiavellism Anime Casts Sayaka Kitahara, Nozomi Nishida (Jan 23, 2017)
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Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces August Slate (Apr 26, 2018)
Other articles:
Shelf Life - Armed Girl's Machiavellism (Aug 6, 2018)
The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide - Armed Girl's Machiavellism (Apr 5, 2017)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Armed Girl's Machiavellism - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2018-08-21 (from $35.99)
    Armed Girl's Machiavellism - Complete Collection [Limited Edition] (Blu-ray) 2018-08-21 (from $69.95)
    Armed Girl's Machiavellism - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2025-04-22 (from $36.94)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hideki Tachibana 
Series Composition: Kento Shimoyama 
Script:
Gaku Kawasaki (eps 6-7, 9) 
Kenichi Yamashita (eps 4-5, 10-11) 
Kento Shimoyama (eps 1-3, 8, 12) 
Storyboard:
Hideki Tachibana (OP; eps 1, 12) 
Hiroyuki Shimazu (eps 2, 6, 10) 
Kazuhisa Takenouchi (eps 4, 9) 
Kōji Sawai (eps 5, 8) 
Masato Matsune (OP, ED) 
Takashi Ikehata (ep 7) 
Takashi Watanabe (eps 3, 11) 
Unit Director:
Hideki Tachibana (OP) 
Masato Matsune (OP, ED) 
Music: Hiromi Mizutani (Team-MAX) 
Original creator:
Karuna Kanzaki  (art) 
Yūya Kurokami  (story) 
Character Design: Shoko Takimoto 
Art Director: Beom Seon Lee 
Chief Animation Director:
Miwa Ōshima (eps 3, 5, 11) 
Shoko Takimoto (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 12
) 
Yūki Hara (6 episodes
eps 2, 6-8, 10-11
) 
Animation Director:
Shoko Takimoto (OP, ED; ep 1) 
Yūki Hara (ep 12) 
Art design: Ryū Sakamoto 
Sound Director: Masanori Tsuchiya 
Director of Photography: Takeshi Hirooka 
Producer: Jōtarō Ishigami 

2nd Key Animation: Shoko Naoki (SILVER LINK.; ep 5) 
3D監督:
Takeshi Saitō  (齋藤威志) 
Animation producer:
Akira Kato (CONNECT; 加藤章) 
Masahiro Tabeya (SILVER LINK.) 
Color design: Ryoko Oka 
Editing: Kentarō Tsubone (REAL-T) 
Editing Assistant: Honami Yamagishi 
Key Animation: Takeshi Moriyama (ep 3) 
Music producer: Kentaro Anai 
Recording Adjustment: Sōichi Tsunekawa 
Sound Effects: Hiroki Nozaki 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kentarō Sonoda (OP) 
Kento Ikeda (ED) 
Theme Song Composition:
Joey Takeda (ED) 
Kentarō Sonoda (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Asue Sakura (ED) 
Yuriko Mori (OP) 
Theme Song Performance:
Miku Itō (OP) 
Natsumi Hioka (ED) 
Nozomi Nishida (ED) 
Rina Hidaka (ED) 
Sayaka Kitahara (ED) 
Yūki Takada (ED) 
Eriko Matsui as Kirukiru Amō 
Natsumi Hioka as Tsukuyo Inaba 
Nozomi Nishida as Satori Tamaba 
Rina Hidaka as Warabi Hanasaka 
Sayaka Kitahara as Mary Kikakujō 
Tasuku Hatanaka as Fudō Nomura 
Yūki Takada as Rin Onigawara 

Akane Kohinata as Chō-ka U Baragasaki 
Mamiko Noto as Headmistress (ep 12) 
Miharu Hanai as Sassa Kurasaki 
Miharu Sawada as Tsunemi Tōko 
Miku Itō as Nono Mozunono 
Natsumi Yamada as Nico Saruwatari 
Saki Fujita as Kyō-bō 
Shiori Mutō as Ui Migii 
Yuki Yamada as Kinue Tanukihara 

Tetsuharu Ōta as Kusuo Masukodera 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Ace Company 
B.S.P 
BEEP 
Jumondo 
SILVER LINK. 
Studio Gram 
TAP 
Triple A 
Zero-G 
Animation Production:
CONNECT 
SILVER LINK. 
Backgrounds: BIC Studio 
Finish Animation:
Ace Company 
B.S.P 
BEEP 
Jumondo 
SILVER LINK. 
Studio Cosmo 
Studio Gram 
TAP 
Triple A 
In-Between Animation:
Ace Company 
B.S.P 
BEEP 
CONNECT 
Jumondo 
SILVER LINK. 
Studio Cosmo 
Studio Gram 
TAP 
Triple A 
Key Animation:
HEBARAKI (OP; ep 1) 
Seigasha (ep 2) 
Studio Cosmo (ep 3) 
Studio Victory (ep 4) 
Studio Wanpack (ep 4) 
Music Production: Nippon Columbia 
Photography: Nexus 
Production Cooperation: B.S.P (ep 2) 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Shannon Reed 
Script: Marissa Lenti 
Translation: Katrina Leonoudakis 
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi 
John Ledford 
Producer: John Ledford 

Audio Engineer:
Brent Marshall 
Patrick Marrero 
Blu-Ray Authoring: Joel McCray 
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Sarah Cain 
Mixing: Brent Marshall 
Packaging Design: Sarah Cain 
Production:
Crystal Ruiz 
Janice Williams 
Joey Goubeaud 
Son Phan Le 
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (Home Video) 
Alexandra Kuniyoshi  (Simulcast) 
E.W. Rector, III 
Jennifer Challenger  (Simulcast) 
Jose DeArmas 
Kjell Doucet 
Luke La Padula (Home Video) 
Natalie Jones 
Ned Gayle 
Paul Mericle (Home Video) 
Shannon Reed  (Simulcast) 
Production Coordination: Janice Williams 
Production manager: Son Phan Le 
Subtitling: Neal Barnes 
Supervising Translator:
Jennifer Challenger (Home Video) 
Jessica Kim 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch 
Allison Sumrall as Satori Tamaba 
Carli Mosier as Kirukiru Amo 
Juliet Simmons as Warabi Hanasaka 
Kira Vincent-Davis as Rin Onigawara 
Luci Christian as Tuskuyo Inaba 
Maggie Flecknoe as Mary Kikakujo 
Scott Gibbs as Fudo Nomura 

Alexandra Bedford as Nico Saruwatari 
Cat Thomas as Sasa Kurasaki (as Catherine Thomas) 
Chelsea McCurdy as Tsunemi Toko 
Elissa Cuellar as Ui Migii 
Joanne Bonasso as Kyo-bo 
Katelyn Barr as Kinue Tanukihara 
Meg McDonald as Cho-ka U Baragasaki 
Shanae'a Moore as Nono Mozunono 

Andrew Love as Kusuo Masukodera 
Brittney Karbowski as Koharu Narukami 
Casey Magin as Eva Maria Rose 
Gareth West as Hiko 
Joanne Bonasso as Yukino Fujibayashi (ep 12) 
Joe Daniels as Omugi 
Kelley Peters as Misogi 
Natalie Jones as Dwo-mo 
Samantha Stevens as Michiyuki 
English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia 
Distributor: Distribution Solutions (2025 release; United States and Canada) 
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video 
Anime Strike (US) 
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand) 
HIDIVE (United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa) 
Licensed by:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
Sentai Filmworks 
Production: Sentai Studios 
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Latin America) 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Latin America) 
Spanish cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Dubbing Director: Jörg Heybrock 
Max Felder as Fudou Nomura 
Sarah Alles as Rin Onigawara 

Ann Vielhaben as Tsunemi Touko 
Anni C. Salander as Chō-ka U Baragasaki 
Daniela Molina as Mary Kikakujou 
Daniela Reidies as Kinue Tanukihara 
Josefin Hagen as Sassa Kurasaki 
Julia Bautz as Nono Mozunono 
Katie Okwuazu as Tsukuyo Inaba 
Mia Maron as Ui Migii 
Peggy Pollow as Satori Tamaba 
Rieke Werner as Warabi Hanasaka 
Sonja Spuhl as Kirukiru Amou 

Carlos Fanselow as Dousetsu Kirisaki 
Greta Galisch de Palma as Yukino Fujibayashi 
Lena Rettinghaus as Eva Maria Rose 
Tino Kießling as Kusuo Masukodera 
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany 
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand 
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil) 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Brazil) 
Portuguese cast
(none)

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