TV Series · 2022

Arknights

24 min · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Animation · Ended

Composite

3.7

IMDb

6.0 / 10

484 votes

TMDB

6.4 / 10

36 votes

Local

— / 10

No votes

Synopsis

In the wake of unknown Catastrophes in the heart of Terra, a mineral of unimaginable power has been discovered. With it, society's technology has made huge leaps and bounds, but the substance causes a deadly incurable disease, leading to a worldwide enslavement of the infected. As a rebellion is now on the rise, a pharmaceutical company races for a cure to save humanity.

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Cast

Yuki Kaida

Doctor (voice)

Tomoyo Kurosawa

Amiya (voice)

Atsumi Tanezaki

Dobermann (voice)

Ayane Sakura

Nearl (voice)

Risa Taneda

Meteorite (voice)

Yoko Hikasa

Kal'tsit (voice)

Momo Asakura

Medic (voice)

Chiaki Kobayashi

Guard (voice)

Yuu Asakawa

Priestess (voice)

Saki Fujita

Yato (voice)

Ai Kakuma

Frostleaf / Franka (voice)

Yuki Yonai

Phal (voice)

Mai Nakahara

Blaze (voice)

Misato Fukuen

GreyThroat (voice)

Takashi Matsuyama

ACE (voice)

Susumu Chiba

Scout (voice)

Yui Ogura

Rosmontis (voice)

Manami Numakura

Closure (voice)

Masahiro Yamanaka

Elysium (voice)

Manaka Iwami

Warfarin / Exusiai (voice)

Crew

Art

Minoru Oonishi Art Direction
Ryu Sakamoto Art Designer
Yoshi Wakayama Prop Designer
Wei@W Original Series Design

Camera

Sai Saiun Director of Photography
Kohei Tanada Director of Photography

Directing

Masataka Nishikawa Assistant Director
Yuki Watanabe Series Director

Editing

Takuto Saiki Online Editor
Ayuka Suzuki Online Editor
Kengo Shigemura Editor

Production

Zhang Xinyi Producer
Ryosuke Inagaki Production Supervisor
Wang Yixiong Producer
Li Xiaoyu Producer
Chen Zhuo Producer
Ametora Producer
Pei Yanjie Producer
Kota Jitsukawa Producer
Ding Chao Producer
Hai Mao Executive Producer

Sound

Hana Itoki Theme Song Performance
Shintaro Shimazu Music Producer
Toshihiro Hayano Sound Mixer
Yuki Watanabe Sound Director
Yuki Hayashi Original Music Composer
ReoNa Theme Song Performance
Kiyotaka Kawada Sound Effects

Visual Effects

Yudai Ueno CGI Director
Keiko Goto Color Designer
Wei@W Character Designer

Seasons & episodes

PRELUDE TO DAWN (8 ep)

1. Predestination

Oct 29, 2022 · 24 min

In the city of Chernobog within the Ursus Empire, a group of operators from the pharmaceutical company Rhodes Island led by their leader, Amiya, awakens and rescues their head strategist, the Doctor, who has gone under cold sleep in a underground facility.
2. Flame

Nov 5, 2022 · 24 min

Ursus news claims the government has suppressed the riots, when in reality they are quickly losing control of the city. Amiya and the Rhodes Islanders walk through a park but are attacked by Reunion force led by Crownslayer, who kidnaps the Doctor.
3. Escort

Nov 12, 2022 · 24 min

Amiya does her best to shield the Doctor and her friends from both Talulah's attacks and falling meteors from a Catastrophe, but quickly reaches her limit. Ace and his team decide to stay behind to hold off Talulah and her forces to give time for the others to escape.
4. Loyalty

Nov 19, 2022 · 24 min

The Doctor is introduced to Blacksteel PMC contractors Liskarm and Franka as Rhodes Island makes its way to Lungmen, while the massive mobile city is enforcing stricter policies against the Ursus refugees, fearing the Infected might be sneaking in.
5. Ripple

Nov 26, 2022 · 24 min

Misha loses trust in Amiya after overhearing her talking with Ch'en about handing Misha to the LGD, but reluctantly stays with them. The slums are full of Reunion soldiers and sympathizers, so The Doctor's group relies on the help of Penguin Logistics employees Exusiai and Texas to find a safe route out of the neighborhood.
6. Farewell

Dec 3, 2022 · 24 min

The Doctor's group hands Misha over to Ch'en and the LGD. Ch'en tells Misha that her father was one of Chernobog's best scientists, and that Reunion wants to capture her, so Misha is being taken into protective custody.
7. Separation

Dec 10, 2022 · 24 min

Misha awakens in a Reunion hideout with Skullshatterer, whose real identity is her brother, an Infected named Alex. Alex tells Misha why he joined Reunion and hopes Misha will join as well.
8. Departure

Dec 17, 2022 · 24 min

Both sides are licking their wounds as a sandstorm rolls through the quarry. W suddenly appears at the LGD camp to give Amiya a two-way radio before escaping.