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[[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
Developed by Noriyasu Agematsu (composer of music for games and anime including [[Wild
Part of the [[Winter 2012 Anime]] season.
Currently setting up a [[Senki Zesshou Symphogear
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
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* [[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.]]
* [[Action Dress Rip]]: Gungnir's [[Combat Stilettos]] are on the way of Hibiki's new kung-fu moves, so she gets rid of the heels.
* [[All Myths Are True]]: Norse myths (Kanade's relic, Gungnir), Japanese myths (Tsubasa's relic, Ama-no-Habakiri) Hebrew/Sumerian tales (Kadingir, the gateway of the gods, looks like the Tower of Babel, the healing artifact Nehushtan and the demon-binding Staff of Solomon), Roland's sword Durandal, all together.
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]: At the end of the series there's still Noise in the world to be fought and heroines willing to do it.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]
** {{spoiler|Kanade and the main heroine, Hibiki}} in the very first episode. {{spoiler|That said, it turns out Hibiki wasn't actually dead.}}
** Of diplomatic importance, {{spoiler|Japanese Defense Minister Hiroki is assassinated in episode 5}}.
* [[Armed Legs]]: Tsubasa's Symphogear comes with large blades attached to her boots. She has several spinning moves that use them.
* [[As Long
* [[Bait and Switch Credits]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|The last thing you will see in the OP is the holding hands of two girls and a starry sky. This is elaborated further in the finale, and it is also the last thing you will in that episode. After Hibiki's return to Earth, she and Miku get to see the meteor shower, holding hands.}}
* [[Bastard Girlfriend]]: Phine punishes subordinates' mistakes stark naked save for black stockings.
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** Tsubasa. Her Armed Gear is a no-dachi which can transform that into a giant claymore. Her "Heaven's Wrath" [[Finishing Move]] causes it to grow many times her size and combine with a flying kick from her Symphogear [[For Massive Damage]].
** [[The Song of Roland|Durandal]]. Hibiki activates it in episode 5, which she promptly uses to demolish an entire chemical plant in a single attack.
* [[Blade
* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: Kanade, in a flashback during episode four, lets fly a ''massive'' geyser of this, when she injects herself so Gungir will sync with her. This is a set standard when invoking the "Ultimate Song", too.
* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: While there's plenty of [[High-Pressure Blood]] instances, Tsubasa is even shedding [[Tears of Blood]] at the end of Episode 4.
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* [[Dead Partner]]: {{spoiler|Kanade, to Tsubasa.}}
* [[Dead Star Walking]]: {{spoiler|Kanade.}}
* [[Death
* [[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]]
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[[Beat]]
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]].}}
* {{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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* [[Executive Meddling]]/[[Compressed Adaptation]]: The show was originally planned for a 2 cour (26 episodes) run, before being switched to 1 cour (13 episodes) midway. This forced the writers to rewrite the script in a week.
* [[Expy]]
** The Noise; they're [[Xenosaga
** Tsubasa in her fighting gear looks like [[Xenosaga
** Phine is pretty much {{spoiler|[[
** Kanade's weapon resembles and makes the same sound effects as [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
** Genjuro is, appearance wise, a dead ringer for [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Ali-Al Saachez.]]
** The fact that Tsubasa is a highly-skilled, blue-haired stoic cool songstress may remind fans of [[The Idolmaster]] of Chihaya Kisaragi.
** ZweiWing? Well, if you put the wings on their ''backs'', then they look like [[Panty
* [[Faux Fluency]]: The beginning of episode 5 has a conversation over the phone done in full English. And it's ''very'' obvious the voice actors aren't very fluent in the language. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TXTpik5wf4 Watch it here]. [[Invoked]] on the Japanese side of the conversation: she was performing that gratuitousness as an ''insult'' to her American interlocutors.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Kanade.
* [[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
* [[The Future]]: Not terribly far into the future, but more than [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]].
* [[Genetic Memory]]: The [[Big Bad]] is a ''scientifically'' reincarnated {{spoiler|Sumerian priestess}} who stored her personality and memories in her descendants' DNA.
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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
** Tsubasa is voiced by [[Nana Mizuki]], who had voiced [[Lyrical Nanoha
*** Kanade is voiced by [[Minami Takayama]], who voiced [[Detective Conan|Conan Edogawa]], [[Ranma
** 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 [[
* [[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''.
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'''Hibiki''': [[Big Word Shout|SYYYYMMPHOOOGEEAARRRRRRR!]] }}
* [[Hot Chick
* [[Hot Scientist]]: Ryoko Sakurai. {{spoiler|Later as Phine, [[Hot Witch]].}}
* [[Ice Queen]]: Tsubasa. [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] after she wakes up from her coma.
* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: Genjuro's idea of training includes watching action movies and playing fighting games, and trying to copy main characters' moves...[[Cosplay|while being dressed like them]]. It includes [[Beyond the Impossible|trying to teach Hibiki]] [[Street Fighter|Hadouken]], by having them both dressed as Makoto and Gouki/Akuma. All of this set to a [[Badass]] ''[[Rocky (
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Friends call Hibiki "Bikki".
* [[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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* [[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.
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* [[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.
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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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* {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]]: The girls do survive the destruction of the Moon fragment and return ''without a scratch''. They are declared officially dead in a cover-up for political reasons.}}
* [[Not So Stoic]]: Tsubasa isn't terribly consistent with the whole "A sword should have no emotions" thing.
* [[Off-Model]]: Episode 3 has a walk scene that looks animated in [[Adobe Flash]]. The animation studio working on ''[[
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Reportedly, it's actually (supposed to be?) Old Norse, which fits with the Symphogears' naming theme.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Phine's}} Apocalypsis Dragon form is her last trump against the Symphogears.
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* [[Psycho Serum]]: How they develop Gungnir inside Kanade. It didn't work on the first attempt, so Kanade forced the transformation by injecting herself with the rest of it.
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Initially, it seems like Phine tries to destroy the moon using the Kadingir because God destroyed the [[Tower of Babel|tower]] she built to reach Him. It turns out she's trying to destroy the moon because it will make everyone speak the same language as God again, allowing her to confess her love for Him.}}
* [[Rape
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Genjuro wears a pink tie.
* [[Red Herring]]: {{spoiler|The introduction with Hibiki dead was actually a cover-up by Genjurou. The animators left out the few minutes after, showcasing Hibiki, Kanade, and Chris well alive and ready to fight.}}
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* [[Red Sky, Take Warning]]: Episode 11, complete with a [[Weird Moon]].
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: {{spoiler|Hibiki for Kanade after.}}
* [[The Reveal]]: An [[In
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Why Kanade took up the Gungnir Symphogear; her family was carbonized by the Noise. As a result, she initially would go utterly crazy while fighting them. She started to tone it down, however, after people began thanking her for saving their lives.
** {{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.
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* [[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.
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* [[Ship Tease]]: Miku and Hibiki are roommates and classmates, but they are also close friends, often share the same bed, have at least one moment together, and they comfort each other. Not only that, but they also want to go out and see shooting stars. [[Les Yay|Everyone can see it]], until {{spoiler|[[Ship Sinking|Miku decides to break ties]] after Hibiki hides her new heroic job. It's okay, they get better}}.
* [[Shout-Out]]
** Hibiki? Kanade? Noise? [[Suite Pretty Cure
** 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}}.
** [[
* [[Shower of Angst]]: In the second episode, Tsubasa has one to show how distressed she is by Gungnir's reappearance.
* [[Shut Up, Kirk]]: {{spoiler|Chris}} cuts off Hibiki when the latter is trying to talk her around during the battle.
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* [[Slasher Smile]]: Phine is prone to this humourless grin.
* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]: Chris' Iron Maiden attack summons a pair of [[Guns Akimbo]] [[Gatling Good|twin-linked Gatling guns]].
* [[Starts
* [[Start X to Stop X]]: {{spoiler|Chris}} wants to stop all wars and fighting... by viciously beating anyone with a weapon using her Symphogear.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: The Nehushtan armour {{spoiler|when worn by Phine}} makes its user sport [[Underboobs]], [[Bare Your Midriff]] and comes with [[Combat Stilettos|absurdly tall platform boots]].
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Hibiki shows one first in episode 3. She ''really'' wanted to go see the stars with Miku. {{spoiler|Later revealed to be a side effect of an experiment by Phine to fuse relics with humans.}}
* [[Taking You
** How {{spoiler|Kanade}} died.
** {{spoiler|[[Subverted]] with Tsubasa taking down Chris -- they both survive}}
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* [[Throwing Down the Gauntlet]]: Genjurou doesn't usually fight women, but he'll do an exception if said woman wants to hurt someone under his protection.
* [[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
* [[Took a Level
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* [[Took a Level
* [[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
* [[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
* [[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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