8.1·2022·1 Season
The year is 2062. Earth has been left in ruin after the failure of a labor automation project when the AI called Artemis waged war against humanity. A girl, Empress, awakens in a research lab. As one of the three surviving guardians, she must destroy the Orbital Elevator before Artemis can complete its construction. Failure will result in a machine army overrunning Earth.
Episodes
1. The Good, the Bad and the Mechanics
24mEmpress wakes up in a research lab.
2. Shooter Meets Hacker
24mNorito asks Empress to bring supplies from a nearby hospital, but a Beehive lies there.
3. Master Sniper
24mUpon saving Momiji from the Educational Institution, Empress attempts rescue of her friends.
4. Black Falls Down a Hole
24mEmpress learns they've got a month until the Orbital Elevator is complete. Dead Master re-appears.
5. Drink Because You Are Happy
24mNorito asks Strength for help, but soldiers show up. Strength purges a part of herself.
6. Collapse
24mStrength and Norito burst into the carrier to save Miya. They also find Lunatic.
7. Peacebuilding Force Memorial Library
24mBlack Trike can't self-repair, so they go to the Peacebuilding Force Memorial Library for the parts.
8. Crossing Iron Oceans
24mEmpress and the others are crossing the Iron Ocean. She notices Monica is acting strange.
9. Half Mechanic
24mEmpress wakes up in Light House No. 8.
10. Titanomachia
24mBattle continues at Light House No. 8. The colonel is attacked by Charlotte, but Empress arrives.
11. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
24mThe colonel receives a message that the Iron Ocean is spreading, causing much confusion. Despite a message confirming that the Orbital Elevator is connected, the colonel tells everyone the plan is to get Empress close to the Elevator to destroy it. At the eleventh hour, the Peacebuilding Force begins their bombardment and the final battle begins.
12. Black Rock Shooter
24mThe deadly battle unfolds in the wastelands. Empress rejects Lunatic's offer, and makes it clear that she will fight to the very end. The colonel suffers a drone barrage and faces death. Strength and Dead Master have also sustained heavy damage, and the army is all but destroyed. Is there a way out of this hopeless situation?
Cast
Yui Ishikawa
Empress (voice)
Saori Hayami
Dead Master (voice)
Megumi Han
Strength (voice)
Takuya Kirimoto
Colonel "David" (voice)
Ayaka Asai
Monica (voice)
Misaki Kuno
Black Trike (voice)
