Alien lifeforms resembling high-tech mechanical limbs have long lived in the shadows of our world. Teenager Hikaru Amatsuga has become host to one called Arma, and is dragged into a complex, secret conflict involving the resistance force ARMS, the mysterious Kagami Group, and the pretty, vengeful Aki Murasame. Half a decade after the original, crowdfunded pilot was released, director Okamoto’s project is finally ready as a full-fledged, highly anticipated anime series, primed to launch this coming autumn. – Rupert Bottenberg