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Alderamin on the Sky

Alderamin on the Sky
★ 7.2/10•2016•24m•TV-MA•Action & Adventure•Animation•Drama
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The huge Katvana Empire is at war with the neighboring Kioka republic. In a corner of the empire, a young man is about be caught up in the flames of war. His name is Ikta Solork. He's lazy, a philanderer, and he hates war. He's about as far from a soldier as you can get. On his way towards the next stage of officer's qualification exams, he and his childhood friend Yatorishino Igsem encounter the nurse trainee Harouma Beckle, Mashuu Tetrijirch, a member of the old military faction, and Torwey Lemion....

StatusEnded
Runtime24m
LanguageJA
First Air DateJul 8, 2016

Episodes

Episode 1 - A Stormy EncounterE124m

A Stormy Encounter

Ikta is a brilliant, but lazy and unmotivated boy. His childhood friend, a high-ranking daughter of a noble, offers him an easy position at a library if he can help her get the top score on a military exam. But their lives take a sudden turn when the boat carrying them to the exam runs aground, and Ikta rescues a mysterious girl on board. When she turns out to be a princess, and they all find themselves behind enemy lines, Ikta is going to start having to work hard for real...

Jul 8, 2016

Episode 2 - An Unwanted Medal of HonorE224m

An Unwanted Medal of Honor

Ikta succeeds in a daring plan to cross the Kioka border and return the princess home. But this means he gets a reward, and his reward is the title of Imperial Knight. Now he finds himself dragged into a war he hates, serving a government that doesn't want to win, and despising the princess he rescued.

Jul 15, 2016

Episode 3 - The Knights of the High-Level Officer's SchoolE324m

The Knights of the High-Level Officer's School

Ikta has been appointed an Imperial Knight, and his new life at the High-Level Officer's School begins. The easily-bored Ikta has difficulty fitting in, and its not long before he's picking fights and making enemies among the upper ranks. He's set up in a trap to be humiliated during a mock exercise, and to make matters worse, his platoon commander won't listen to a word he says. The reason: because he slept with her mother!

Jul 22, 2016

Episode 4 - Watchdogs of the Spirit TreeE424m

Watchdogs of the Spirit Tree

Ikta leads his troops to grand victory over the forces led by the higher ranking officers. But what was supposed to be a simple training exercise turns deadly serious when a force of men loyal to a betrayed commander kidnaps the princess. Can Ikta lead his exhausted troops to track down and defeat a squad of experienced soldiers? And can he do it without letting them hurt the princess?

Jul 29, 2016

Episode 5 - Two Are OneE524m

Two Are One

"Welcome to the world of science!" When Yatori was 9 years old, she was sent to study with the general Bada Sankrein, and met a young boy her age, Ikta. The world he shows her is new and exciting, like nothing she's ever seen.

Aug 5, 2016

Episode 6 - At the Base of the Stairs of GodE624m

At the Base of the Stairs of God

Ikta and crew are assigned to a garrison in the far northern region of the empire: a lonely, desolate place at the foot of a massive mountain range. The garrison staff are petty and corrupt, and don't like it when Ikta slacks off and defies orders. But when they try to throw him in the garrison prison, he stumbles across a secret that they want desperately to keep hidden.

Aug 12, 2016

Episode 7 - The Northern Katjvarna RebellionE724m

The Northern Katjvarna Rebellion

War breaks out in the far north, as the Empire's oppression of the mountain people results in a terrifying backlash. With the one competent leader in the Northern Garrison assassinated, the ignorant garrison commander flings the troops headlong into a highly defended, mountainous position, with disastrous results. Ikta and his friends are kept as part of the reserves for now, but it won't be long until they're thrust into the war as well.

Aug 19, 2016

Episode 8 - Some Day, for the Third Time...E824m

Some Day, for the Third Time...

Ikta and his soldiers are sent to deliver supplies to the struggling imperial armies as the war continues. Unused to fighting in the high mountains, and led by incompetent leaders the imperial soldiers suffer heavy casualties. Ikta devises a brilliant stratagem to retake an enemy fortress, but when a messenger begs him for help in saving his allies, he's forced to choose between risking his own soldiers life, and bringing another imperial force to certain doom.

Aug 26, 2016

Episode 9 - The Fate of a Small HonorE924m

The Fate of a Small Honor

The war against the mountain people continues, and the imperial forces are about to make one last march to their final staging ground. The incompetent imperial commanders pick a route that leaves their flanks exposed to an attack, but fortunately Ikta persuades them to dismount and use their shields. In the midst of the Sinack attack, a group of unknown assassins appears out of nowhere and heads straight for the Lieutenant General! They're heavily armed and highly trained, but can Yatori stop them in time?

Sep 2, 2016

Episode 10 - La Saia AlderaminE1024m

La Saia Alderamin

The Sinack have been subdued, but the Imperial Army finds that it's been caught in a trap! A huge army from the Aldera nation has crossed the supposedly-impassable northern mountains, and threatens to overwhelm the exhausted Imperial forces. Ikta's only way out is to force a peace treaty with the Sinack and ask for their help, which means going to their defeated leader and abasing himself. Will she respond to his pleas, after the Imperials burned her village and killed her people? How far is he willing to go earn her forgiveness?

Sep 9, 2016

Episode 11 - Lazy vs. UnsleepingE1124m

Lazy vs. Unsleeping

The Imperial Army is pushed back, and Ikta is forced to use every trick at his disposal to keep his numerically inferior force from being overwhelmed. The Alderamin army has 12,000 troops, and his unit has only a little over 600. When he's forced to make a tough call to sacrifice his own men and save the Sinack, Suya confronts him angrily. She wants to know why he was willing to sacrifice his own men for the people he was fighting yesterday, and she says he owes her an answer.

Sep 16, 2016

Episode 12 - Ghost HunterE1224m

Ghost Hunter

The Imperial army is continuing its retreat from the numerically superior Aldera forces at the base of the Alafatra mountain range. They've set fire to the forest to buy themselves more time, but after a few days the fire is beginning to burn out. To buy the time they need to finish the retreat, Ikta is forced to maintain a proactive mobile defense and keep the flames burning. But the enemy general is breaking all the rules, and Ikta can't figure out his game. By the time Ikta realizes what's happened, it's too late, and the enemy is battering down his walls with a new weapon and sending their cavalry straight through the flames!

Sep 23, 2016

Episode 13 - In a Twilight EmpireE1324m

In a Twilight Empire

Ikta suffers a serious setback at the hands of the unsleeping, shining officer from the Kioka republic. His lines have been broken and the retreat is in disarray. To salvage an increasingly desperate situation, he leads a small, handpicked force to lure Jean into a trap. But Jean's proven himself for than a match for Ikta already, and the Alderan military outnumbers his own forces by over a dozen times. How can he handle such overwhelming numbers when his opponent has shown to be his equal?

Sep 30, 2016

Actors

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Ikuta Sorouka (voice)

Risa Taneda

Risa Taneda

Yatorishino Igsem (voice)

Inori Minase

Inori Minase

Chamille Kitra Katjvanmaninik (voice)

Haruka Chisuga

Haruka Chisuga

Haroma Bekkel (voice)

Junji Majima

Junji Majima

Matthew Tetridch (voice)

Ryosuke Kanemoto

Ryosuke Kanemoto

Torway Remeon (voice)

Ayumu Akikawa

Ayumu Akikawa

Suuya Mittokalif (voice)

Eri Suzuki

Eri Suzuki

Kus (voice)

Hisako Kanemoto

Hisako Kanemoto

Miara Gin (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Jean Alkiniks (voice)

Junichi Yanagita

Junichi Yanagita

Mishuri (voice)

Rie Takahashi

Rie Takahashi

Nanaku Daru (voice)

Shinobu Matsumoto

Shinobu Matsumoto

Senpa Sazaluf (voice)

Toshiharu Sakurai

Toshiharu Sakurai

Tamtooktsk Safida (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Unsho Ishizuka

Akugalpa Sa Domeisha (voice)

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