The Asterisk War
2015 · TV Series · TV-14 · 25 min · ★ 7.7
After a global disaster reshapes the world, a new kind of super-powered student emerges, and advanced academy cities host competitive battle festivals. A scholarship transfer enters one such academy with a personal goal, stepping into a world of rival schools, unusual weapons, action, and light romantic tension.
Based on The Asterisk War
Also known as The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water · The Asterisk War: The Academy City of the Water · Academy Battle City Asterisk
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Details
- Original title
- 学戦都市アスタリスク
- Years
- 2015–2016
- Release date
- 2015-10-03
- Network
- ANIMAX
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (212 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy Date A Live or A Certain Magical Index style powers, school rivalries, and tournament action; Not for you if familiar tropes or fan service bother you.
Pros: fun academy battles; cool power setting; light romance | Cons: trope heavy; thin character depth; slow plot progress
Themes
- swordplay
- harem
- school
- ecchi
- anime
- based on light novel
Cast & crew
Atsushi Tamaru
as Ayato Amagiri (voice)
Ai Kakuma
as Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld (voice)
- NK
Nobuyuki Kobushi
as Randy Hooke (voice)
- TH
Takanori Hoshino
as Lester MacPhail (voice)
Nao Toyama
as Claudia Enfield (voice)
Shiori Izawa
as Saya Sasamiya (voice)
Ari Ozawa
as Kirin Toudou (voice)
Yuma Uchida
as Eishiro Yabuki (voice)
- YI
Yuichi Iguchi
as Silas Norman (voice)
- YK
Yuhko Kaida
as Kyouko Yatsuzaki (voice)
Directed by Kenichi Imaizumi, Tsuyoshi Tobita, Kenji Seto
Episodes2 seasons · 24 episodes
Season 112 episodes
- S1E1Glühen Ros24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E2Ser=Versta24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E3A Holiday for Two24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E4Unshackled24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E5Lightning Blade Speed24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E6The True Face of the Girl24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E7Decisions and Duels24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E8A Holiday for Two, Part 224mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E9The Phoenix Festa24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E10The Tyrant Vampire Princess24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E11Power and Its Price24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E12The Gravisheath24mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 212 episodes
- S2E1Divine Revelations24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E2Corrupt Ruler24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E3Breaking the Memory Barrier24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E4Never Back Down24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E5The Tyrant's Puppet Strings24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E6Scrambling24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E7Battle Song24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E8The Phoenix Showdown24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E9Clinching Victory24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E10Liseltania24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E11The Lonely Strega24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E12Reunion24mAmazon Prime Video