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[[File:symphogear_4893.jpg|frame|That's not the main duo of the series.
''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
Developed by Noriyasu Agematsu (composer of music for games and anime including [[Wild
Part of the [[Winter 2012 Anime]] season.
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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
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* [[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]].}}
* {{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.}}
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* [[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
* [[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]].
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* [[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 in 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 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)
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** 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 [[
* [[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]]?
'''Hibiki''': [[Big Word Shout|SYYYYMMPHOOOGEEAARRRRRRR!]] }}
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: Tsubasa
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* [[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
* [[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.}}
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* [[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]]:
* [[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.
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** 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
** {{spoiler|Chris's armor the Ichii-Bal}} is a nice one to ''[[Wild
*** 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.]]
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* [[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
{{quote|'''Chris''' in episode five: She learned how to fight?}}
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Tsubasa after {{spoiler|Kanade's}} death.
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* [[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
* [[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
* [[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}}
* [[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.
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