S01E01 Crimson Wings
The Xi: unidentified flying objects that are vastly more powerful than humanity's best fighters. Kei Narutani is fleeing Shanghai on an evacuation ship when he's attacked by the Xi, but a mysterious red fighter jet...
Girly Air Force
S01E10: The Mission to Retake Shanghai
The world governments are preparing for their most ambitious project yet: a battle to retake Shanghai from the Xi. The Anima are given a huge party above the USS Gerald R Ford.
Overview
The mysterious flying creatures known as Zai suddenly appear, and in order to fight the creatures, mankind creates fighter aircraft called "Daughters," as well as the automatic fighting mechanism "Anima," which are shaped like human girls. The story centers on a young man named Narutani Kei, who yearns to fly in the sky, and an Anima considered to be humanity's trump card, a girl name Guripen.
Episodes
S01E02 Komatsu Rendezvous
Kei meets Gripen, the fighter jet who saved him. The plane itself is called a "Daughter", and it's piloted by an artificial life form called an Anima. That was the young girl that Kei met....
S01E03 Anima Core
Gripen's condition stabilizes when she's near Kei, but nobody knows why. The two of them train for the upcoming test flight using the simulator. If they can pass the test flight and Gripen can fight...
S01E04 The World You See
The test flight is delayed due to problems. Kei hears that Gripen is to be scrapped and sneaks into the base. But then, the Xi launch another attack. Gripen needs Kei near her to be...
S01E05 Independent Mixed Test Unit
Gripen continues to lose to Eagle in mock battles, and it's starting tog et to her. Kei tries to improve the mood between the two of them when a new girl, Phantom, comes to the...
S01E06 Raison d'Etre
Phantom manages to defeat Eagle and Gripen by cheating them. She says that it's natural to do whatever it takes to win. Kei is worried at the Anima's inability to get along...
S01E07 After the Bewilderment
Eagle is angry at Phantom's selfishness. The group is getting further and further apart. Kei decides to have another mock battle, with the loser having to do whatever the winners says...
S01E08 An Unhappy Top Secret
The plan works and Phantom is defeated. Kei happily returns to Komatsu. Soon, however, he and Minghua get into a fight. Just as he's ready to win her back over, though, an emergency call comes...
S01E09 Unphysical Layer
Kei spends a rare day off with Minghua, when he's suddenly pulled off to go meet the American Anima project chief, and the American Anima, "Rhino".
S01E10 The Mission to Retake Shanghai
The world governments are preparing for their most ambitious project yet: a battle to retake Shanghai from the Xi. The Anima are given a huge party above the USS Gerald R Ford.
S01E11 A Homeland with No One Home
The battle to retake Shanghai begins. Things seem to go well at first, before the "Brawler" UAVs are taken over by the Xi...
S01E12 The Sky I Fly with You
Kei and Gripen are trapped in a Chinese airport, alone, except for Rhino. Something seems to be very wrong with Rhino...
Cast
Ryota Osaka
Kei Narutani (voice)
Yuuka Morishima
Gripen (voice)
Hitomi Ohwada
Eagle (voice)
Shiori Izawa
Phantom (voice)
Ryoko Shiraishi
Rhino (voice)
Lynn
Song Min Hoa (voice)
