A TV anime adaptation was announced for HiRock and Shinya Komi’s cyberpunk sci-fi manga EX-ARM back in December of 2018, and now we finally have something new to share. While there’s currently no word on the cast and staff, the series is set to debut this July in Japan, and a new key visual is here to hype it up.
Here’s the first teaser from October:
And the synopsis of the manga:
In the year 2014, a high school student who hates machines, Akira Natsume, wants to change himself for the better and tries to take the first step in doing that… But then he gets run over by a truck. Fast forward to 2030. A police officer named Minami Uezono and her partner, the android Alma, infiltrate the scene of a trade going on at Tokyo Harbor for an unknown weapon named “EX-ARM.” They are then attacked by an enemy armed with the “EX-ARM” No.08. Put in this life or death situation, they decide to activate the “EX-ARM” No.00 that they stole from the enemy, and…
Source: Press release