Project ARMS


Project ARMS, known in Japan as ARMS is a Japanese manga series written by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and illustrated by Ryoji Minagawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 1997 to May 2002, with its individual chapters compiled into twenty-two tankōbon volumes.
It was adapted into a 52-episode anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2001 to March 2002. In North America, both the manga and the anime series were licensed by Viz Media. The anime series was re-licensed by Discotek Media in 2017.
In 1999, the manga received the 44th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen category.

Plot

The story follows a young man named Ryo Takatsuki, who at the beginning of the series believes that he was in an accident causing his right arm to be severed from his body. However, as the story progresses, it is revealed that he was actually a test subject for experiments involving genetics and an "ARMS" nanomachine implant, along with three other youths: Kei Karuma, Takeshi Tomoe, and Hayato Shingu. They all meet under strange circumstances and after many battles they set off on a journey to rescue Ryo's girlfriend Katsumi Akagi, who is kidnapped by the Egrigori, the creators of the ARMS technology.

Characters

;Ryo Takatsuki
;Hayato Shingu
;Takeshi Tomoe
;Kuruma Kei
;Katsumi Akagi

Media

Manga

Project ARMS is written Kyoichi Nanatsuki and illustrated by Ryōji Minagawa. The manga was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 2, 1997, to May 1, 2002. Shogakukan has compiled its individual chapters into twenty-two tankōbon volumes published between October 18, 1997 and June 18, 2002.
In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga in 2002, and published its individual volumes from July 30, 2003 to May 12, 2009.

Volume list

Anime

A 52-episode anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment was broadcast on TV Tokyo. The first season from April 7 to September 29, 2001, and a second season from October 6, 2001 to March 30, 2002. The first two opening themes are "FreeBird" and "Breath on Me" performed by New Cinema Tokage and the two ending themes "Just Wanna Be" by Wag and "Call my Name" by Garnet Crow. The second season opening
theme is "Time Waits for No One" by Wag, while the first ending theme is "Timeless Sleep" by Garnet Crow, and the second ending theme is "Owaranai Yume no Nakade" by PROJECT ARMS.
In North American Viz Media licensed the series in 2002, but it has since gone out of print. Discotek Media announced during their Otakon 2017 panel that they have acquired the series.

List of episodes

Season 1
Season 2

Reception

In 1999, the series received the 44th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.