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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:symphogear_4893.jpg\|frame\|That's not the main duo of the series. <ref>One of them is part of it, [[Dead Star Walking\|the other one...]]</ref>]] ''Senki Zesshou Symphogear'' (widely translated as ''Swansong of the Valkyries - Symphogear'' and streamed by Niconico Douga and [[FUNimation]] as simply ''Symphogear'') is a music-themed [[Science Fantasy\|sci-fi]] [[Magical Girl Warrior]] series about killing [[Eldritch Abomination~~\|Eldritch Abominations~~]]s with [[Power Armor~~\|Power Armors~~]]s fuelled by [[The Power of Rock\|song]]. If the last sentence doesn't make sense, read it again, ''more slowly.'' Developed by Noriyasu Agematsu (composer of music for games and anime including [[Wild ~~Arms~~ARMs]] and [[Girls Bravo]]), published by [[.hack\|Kadokawa]] [[Haruhi Suzumiya\|Shoten]], and animated by [[Fairy Tail\|Studio]] [[Genesis of Aquarion\|Satelight]]. Part of the [[Winter 2012 Anime]] season. Line 10: Currently setting up a [[Senki Zesshou Symphogear/Characters\|Characters page]]. Help is greatly appreciated! Available the week after they air [https://web.archive.org/web/20120627024722/http://ch.niconico.com/channel/ch60199 on NicoNico Beta] (in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and South Africa) and on the [[FUNimation]] website (US and Canada only). For a similar premise with musical play, see ''[[Ar tonelico]]''. Compare and contrast ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' and ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]''. See also ''[[Wild ~~Arms~~ARMs]]'' and ''[[Suite Pretty Cure]]''. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== This series contains examples of: ===~~ * [[The Ace]]: Kanade. She's not always better than Tsubasa, mind you; but she's upbeat, popular with everyone, cheerful and fun-loving. [[Crisis Core\|Parallels to Zack Fair are noted.]] Line 60: * [[Dead Partner]]: {{spoiler\|Kanade, to Tsubasa.}} * [[Dead Star Walking]]: {{spoiler\|Kanade.}} * [[Death Byby Origin Story]]: Tsubasa wasn't always the hostile cold fish; {{spoiler\|Kanade's}} death turned her so. * [[Decon Recon Switch]]: At first it seems the series is going to play the [[Magical Girl Warrior]] as strategical weapons, villains being honestly deadly, heroines never getting a break and lacking [[Plot Immunity]]. By the final three episodes, the [[Power of Friendship]] and the [[Power of Rock]] trumps all. [[More Dakka\|It's quite epic]]. * [[Decoy Protagonist]]: The promotional videos show the four girls have a prominent role in the series. At the end of the first episode however, it shows that {{spoiler\|Kanade}} died halfway through the episode. * [[Description Cut]] {{quote\| '''Tsubasa''': ''Smiles have no meaning where we're going.''~~<br />~~ [[Beat]]~~<br />~~ Cue the next scene having the bureau celebrating Hibiki getting there. }} * [[Disco Tech]]: Symphogears and relics are activated and run on "phonic energy", that comes from singing. * [[Doomed Protagonist]]/[[Foregone Conclusion]]: Hibiki is shown to have expired some time before the end of the story and what we're seeing are the events leading to her death. {{spoiler\|Ultimately subverted in the end.}} * [[Downer Beginning]]: It was rather shocking to watch Episode 1 where a main character dies and another is seemingly handed a death sentence (not to mention the villains slaughtering a whole concert hall). * [[Eagle Land]]: ''Extremely'' obvious by the phone call {{spoiler\|and the assassination of Hiroki [[No Celebrities Were Harmed\|by an]] [[The Terminator\|Ahnuld]] [[No Celebrities Were Harmed\|look-alike]].}} ~~-- In~~—In-universe, Japan and America relations are tense due to sheer competition and its authority present around the world. {{spoiler\|At least until it is revealed that America and Japan were working together to get information about Ryoko.}} * {{spoiler\|[[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Forget about the [[Downer Beginning]]. Hibiki is alive. She and Miku eventually get to see the shooting stars together.}} ** {{spoiler\|[[Bittersweet Ending]]: Although she came to terms with the loss of Kanade, her singing career and eventually is still alive, Tsubasa will have to give up her overseas singing career and dedicate her life to fighting Noises 'from the shadows', since she, Hibiki and Chris were officially listed as KIA.}} Line 92: * [[Fighting Your Friend]]: [[Cliff Hanger\|For one reason or another]], {{spoiler\|Tsubasa won't accept that Hibiki has some fragments of Kanade's power. This caused her to throw the gauntlet at poor Hibiki.}} * [[Final Speech]]: {{spoiler\|Kanade's}} last words are revealed in episode three. She opens with a variation on "Everything's going dark". * [[First Episode Spoiler]]: We see the tombstone of a main character a minute into the first episode. Midways through that episode another main character is dead, becoming a [[Posthumous Character]]. * [[Flash Back]] : The first episode has an extended flashback to {{spoiler\|Kanade's death.}} * [[Flash Step]]: When {{spoiler\|the Nehushtan Armor}} tries to slow {{spoiler\|a Ultimate Song singing}} Tsubasa down with some [[Mook~~\|Mooks~~]]s, Tsubasa instantly appears in front of her. * [[Fun with Subtitles]] + [[Blind Idiot Translation]] = [[Zero Wingrish]]: [[Invoked]]. During the English portion of Episode 5. When the [[Eagle Land]] person is speaking, it is actually in [[Surprisingly Good English]]. When the woman is speaking, she is talking in [[Blind Idiot Translation\|Blind Idiot]]. This demonstrates the way she thinks of America: a bigoted country who needs to know their place. * [[The Future]]: Not terribly far into the future, but more than [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]. Line 105: * [[Heroic BSOD]]: Episode 7 is a good contender for the ''most BSODs'' in one episode. * [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: How {{spoiler\|Kanade saving Hibiki from the Noise}} and potentially anyone who uses the Ultimate Song. * [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]/[[Names to Know Inin Anime]]: These are some ''very'' big names. Tsubasa is voiced by [[Nana Mizuki]], who had voiced [[Lyrical Nanoha\|another BFS-wielder before]]. * Kanade is voiced by [[Minami Takayama]], who voiced [[Detective Conan\|Conan Edogawa]], [[Ranma ~~One Half~~½\|Nabiki Tendou]], amongst others. She's also part of TWO-MIX, in which ZWEI-Wing would be some sort of [[Dream Team]] of J-Pop (see above) Hibiki is [[Aoi Yuuki]], who voiced [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica\|another]] [[Naive Newcomer]] [[Magical Girl]]. Genjuro is [[Hideo Ishikawa]], who voiced [[Final Fantasy X\|Auron]]. Now try and [[Badass\|picture him saying]] "[[This Is My Story]]". Chris is voiced by [[Ayahi Takagaki]], and she shares similarites with [[Chrome Shelled Regios\|another anti]]. {{spoiler\|Get's to show off [[Crowning Music of Awesome\|awesome singing]] [[Crazy Awesome\|while in her Symphogear]].}} Ryoko and Phine are [[~~Black Rock~~Black★Rock Shooter (band)\|\|Yomi and Dead Master]]. * [[High-Pressure Blood]]: Any meaningful impact will release a humongous burst of blood, as seen for example when Hibiki gets hit in the first episode. * [[Hot-Blooded]]: Kanade, Genjurou and his alumn Hibiki. Watch a man teach martial arts to a girl with lines like "Your fists ought to fly like hammers that hit the thunder of the bolt that strucks you!" and the girl respond "I didn't understand a word of that, but I'll try!". Same gal who yells battlecries while playing an arcade ''crane game''. {{quote\| The '''[[Big Bad]]''' in episode 12: What are you using? [[Big "What?"\|What]]?~~<br />~~ '''Hibiki''': [[Big Word Shout\|SYYYYMMPHOOOGEEAARRRRRRR!]] }} * [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: Tsubasa Line 123: * [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: Being outmatched, {{spoiler\|Phine switches for a moment to her Ryoko persona}} to recover the momentum. * [[I Thought It Was Forbidden]]: By the end of the series {{spoiler\|the Ultimate Song, or sometimes translated, "swan song"}} has been used so often that it doesn't look that dangerous. * [[Invincible Minor Minion]]: The Noise are truly dangerous [[Mook~~\|Mooks~~]]s. They can actively adapt, morph, mutate, and combine to form some of the strangest kinds of [[Eldritch Abominations]]. The concert scene destruction in the first episode, for example, was comprised ''fully'' of [[Mook~~\|Mooks~~]]s and several [[Boss in Mook Clothing~~\|Boss in Mook Clothings~~]]s. Episode 4 is the first episode to actually show a [[Mook Maker]] and a Boss, if you would call it that. * [[It's All My Fault]]: In episode four Hibiki blames her lack of skills for forcing {{spoiler\|Tsubasa and Kanade to use their Ultimate Songs.}} * [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies]]: Hibiki's relationship with Miku become strained after Hibiki become a superheroine. However, Miku will always support Hibiki. [[Les Yay\|Aww...]] until {{spoiler\|[[The Reveal]] kicks in, and Miku stops supporting Hibiki for a while for constantly lying about her secret identity.}} Line 138: * [[The Men in Black]]: The government agency handling the Symphogears actively keep their existance from the public eye, as they are considered a strategic resource. But their tactics are pretty nice and polite, like making witnesses sign Nondisclosure agreements. * [[Meta Guy\|Meta Girl]]: Yumi, one of [[Those Two Guys]], keeps pointing out how things play out like in an Anime, beginning by calling Hibiki out for behaving like a cartoon character in the second episode. {{quote\| '''Yumi''' in episode 11: How could the school be under attack? [[This Is Reality\|Is not like this is an Anime or anything!]]}} * [[Mistaken for Cheating]]: In what might be considered a [[Contrived Coincidence]], Miku caught Hibiki visiting the just-recently-waking-up-from-comatose Tsubasa, when Hibiki said that she needs to go somewhere else and can't go shopping with Miku. [[It Got Worse\|Then things get worse.]] * [[Monumental Battle]]: The fight in episode 10 takes place around the Tokyo Tower. Line 144: * [[More Dakka]]: [[No Celebrities Were Harmed\|MEGA DETH PARTY]]! {{spoiler\|Chris in her Symphogear, Ichii-Bal}} dual-wields Gatling guns, a multi-rocket launcher, and a crossbow that can shoot multitudes of exploding light arrows. Did we mention the crossbow is a [[Bifurcated Weapon]]? And it upgrades it later, even, to MEGADETH QUARTET. * [[Music for Courage]]: In the [[Darkest Hour]], the school's anthem rallies the forces of good. * [[Naive Newcomer]]: ~~Hibiki -- we~~Hibiki—we see through her eyes what is like the situation from the point of a civilian and then [[Rookie Red Ranger\|from the organization that fights the bad guys]]. * [[Name's the Same]]: Hibiki and Kanade are also the names of the first two heroines of [[Suite Precure]], another music themed magical girl anime. * [[Never Found the Body]]: Space is vast. Or maybe {{spoiler\|they}} burned in the atmospheric reentry. Line 177: ** {{spoiler\|Tsubasa does the same thing when fighting against Chris as a way to make up for the loss of Kanade.}} * [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Hibiki and Miku behave more like a couple than as friends. For starters, they sleep together. {{quote\| '''Miku''' in the first episode: I miss you! I cannot bear not being able to see you anymore, Hibiki!}} * [[Rule of Cool]]: ''Singing'' while fighting energy creatures in your mystical power armour. * [[Scenery Porn]] and [[Scenery Gorn]]: On both sides of the spectrum, and can change at any moment. Transitioning from a vibrant laser-show concert that ended with a sunset to a battle-stricken concert under that same sun is animated very beautifully. Line 187: Hibiki? Kanade? Noise? [[Suite Pretty Cure\|Why does it sounds so familiar?]] When Tsubasa {{spoiler\|bleeds from eyes and mouth when she executes her Ultimate Song against Nehushtan Armor}}, she looks almost like [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica\|Miki Sayaka]] during her [[I Am a Monster\|"I'm such a fool"]] moment. Jarring, because Tsubasa normally doesn't make ''that'' kind of face, her [[The Stoic\|emotional spectrum]] considered. At one point during the episode 4 [[Training Montage]], Genjuro is dressed exactly like [[Street Fighter\|Akuma/Gouki]]. Considering his [[Badass~~\|Badassery~~]]ery, it's not exactly inappropriate. Hibiki is also wearing [[Street Fighter\|Makoto's]] clothes. {{spoiler\|Chris's armor the Ichii-Bal}} is a nice one to ''[[Wild ~~Arms~~ARMs]]''. * Let's not forget "pagan technology", the "Ruins of Memory" and {{spoiler\|Kadingir, a tower to reach the heavens}}. [[Megadeth]] PARTY. In episode 10, she transforms into the [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory\|Dendrobium Orchis.]] Line 213: * [[Title Drop]]: The collective name of the anti-Noise armor is the name of the show. Also, {{spoiler\|the name of the opening theme, "Synchrogazer", is the name of the final attack that defeats Phine, the ''only'' attack Hibiki uses that actually merited displaying a name on the screen.}} * [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe]]: Japan as a whole consists of the Research Facility underneath the school, at least {{spoiler\|three}} Valkyries in {{spoiler\|two locations}}, and (potentially) two weapons, one of them being [[BFS]] Durandal. Doesn't look like Japan will hand over Durandal to the EU, what with Episode 5's revelation that {{spoiler\|Hibiki can use it as part of her song}}. * [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: She may activate her Symphogear fine, but Hibiki has the fighting skills of the average middle schooler until she gets training from Genjurou. {{quote\| '''Chris''' in episode five: She learned how to fight?}} * [[Took a Level Inin Jerkass]]: Tsubasa after {{spoiler\|Kanade's}} death. * [[Tower of Babel]]: {{spoiler\|The tower Phine built to reach Him is obviously supposed to be it, despite being unnamed within the show. But since she mentions the [[Curse of Babel]] too, it's obvious.}} * [[Training Montage]]: Hibiki trains with old man Genjuro during the credits of episode 4. [[Bruce Lee]] and ''[[Street Fighter]]'' [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?\|make an appearance]]! * [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: Shown in episode 12, when {{spoiler\|Hibiki starting her transformation into her new Symphogear creates a shockwave that pushes Phine away.}} * [[Unmoving ~~Plaid~~Pattern]]: Sometimes the school uniform skirts move but the fabric pattern doesn't. * [[Unusual User Interface]]: The consoles in the control room include features such as virtual faders/drawbars and turntables. * [[Waif Fu]]: Hibiki can send a punching bag 20 feet away with one hit after getting a few weeks of training from Genjurou. * [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World]]: Hibiki tries to juggle her Symphogear heroics, training with Genjurou, keeping up with her homework and not forgetting about her girl friend. [[Triple Shifter\|Her sleep time suffers]]. * [[War Is Hell]]/{{spoiler\|[[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~the Real Monsters]]}}: The Noise {{spoiler\|was created by humans in order to fight against rival humans during the [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy\|early ages]].}} * [[Wave Motion Gun]]: {{spoiler\|Kadingir}} is not a [[Tower of Babel\|tower]] - {{spoiler\|Phine even references the biblical Shinar}} - even though it is referenced as such, but an humongous energy cannon with the intention of ''shooting the moon''. * [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler\|Chris}} ~~-- She~~—She fights Tsubasa and isn't afraid of {{spoiler\|summoning Noise}} to overwhelm her, all for her laudable objective of {{spoiler\|ending wars with lethal force.}} * [[Wham! Episode]]: Episode 11; the [[Big Bad]] and her plan is revealed, bad guys change sides or turn to have been [[The Mole]] for the good guys all along. * [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: During transformation sequences, a random splice of words flow in the background. In most cases, they're faux German, except for maybe a few. During Kanade's transformation, for example, the word "ziggurat" flows for a short moment before the cut. [[wikipedia:Ziggurat\|Strange how The Other Wiki notes that]] none of the shrines on them were saved. Line 240: [[Category:Anime of the 2010s]] [[Category:Anime]] [[Category:~~Senki Zesshou Symphogear~~{{PAGENAME}}]]