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Aldnoah.Zero
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Natsuki Hanae
Inaho Kaizuka (voice)
24 eps
Kensho Ono
Slaine Troyard (voice)
24 eps
Sora Amamiya
Asseylum Vers Allusia (voice)
24 eps
Mikako Komatsu
Inko Amifumi (voice)
24 eps
Sayaka Ohara
Yuki Kaizuka (voice)
24 eps
Sachika Misawa
Rayet Areash (voice)
24 eps
Kazuya Nakai
Koichiro Marito (voice)
24 eps
Ai Kayano
Darzana Magbaredge (voice)
24 eps
Toru Okawa
Saazbaum (voice)
24 eps
Show Hayami
Cruhteo (voice)
24 eps
Inori Minase
Eddelrittuo (voice)
24 eps
Shiina Natsukawa
Lemrina Vers Allusia (voice)
24 eps
Yu Shimamura
Kaoru Mizusaki (voice)
24 eps
Makoto Furukawa
Shigou Kakei (voice)
24 eps
Daisuke Hirakawa
Harklight (voice)
24 eps
Taishi Murata
Calm Craftman (voice)
24 eps
Shinji Ogawa
Rayregalia Vers Rayvers (voice)
24 eps
Ai Kakuma
Nina Klein (voice)
24 eps
Hiroki Yasumoto
Vlad (voice)
24 eps
Kengo Kawanishi
Kisaki Matsuribi (voice)
24 eps
Kohsuke Toriumi
Soma Yagarai (voice)
24 eps
Soma Saito
Yuutarou Tsumugi (voice)
24 eps
Yoshitaka Yamaya
Okisuke "Okojo" Mikuni (voice)
24 eps
Yuki Kaida
Femieanne (voice)
24 eps
Takahiro Sakurai
Trillam (voice)
24 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Aldnoah.Zero actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Aldnoah.Zero reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission discovered a hypergate to Mars on the surface of the moon. Soon a war breaks out between Earth and Mars, and Martian soldiers begin to descend from the sky, riding steel giants, intent on exterminating humanity.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
The Children's Echelon
To complete his plan, the Mars Knight relentlessly pursues Inaho and the others. Inaho is suspicious about the manner in which that knight fights. With backing from Marito’s group, Inaho begins a counteroffensive. Meanwhile, Slaine, unaware of the truth, has been ordered to provide support for the Mars Knight and is out in the field with him.
- Directed by Masaki Utsunomiya, Makoto Kato
- Written by Gen Urobuchi
S01E02
Beyond the Horizon
The Landing Castles of the Mars Knights that have landed on Earth launched an attack using Kataphraktos with the aim of invading the planet. The United Forces of Earth launch a counteroffensive. As the fierce battle rages on, Inaho encounters a mysterious girl.
- Directed by Makoto Bessho
- Written by Gen Urobuchi
S01E08
Then and Now
Slaine is interrogated under the assumption that he knows something. Slaine manages to keep silent and not reveal the truth, thinking back to the time he once spent with Princess Asseylum. Meanwhile, Count Saazbaum seems to have ulterior motives of some sort.
- Directed by Taiki Nishimura, Kaoru Yabana
- Written by Katsuhiko Takayama
S01E01
Princess of VERS
2014, fifteen years after a war between Earth and Mars. Desiring peace, Princess Asseylum of Mars holds a goodwill parade on Earth. Slaine a boy originally from Earth prays for her safety Meanwhile, on Earth, high school student Inaho and his friends receive pilot training in combat robots called Kataphraktos.
- Directed by Makoto Bessho
- Written by Gen Urobuchi
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E03
The Penultimate Truth
S01E24
Inherit the Stars
- Directed by Ei Aoki
- Written by Katsuhiko Takayama
S01E23
The Unvanquished
- Directed by Makoto Kato
- Written by Katsuhiko Takayama
S01E22
Out of the Past
- Directed by Shu Watanabe
- Written by Shinsuke Onishi
S01E21
The Fortune's Fool
- Directed by Yoshihisa Matsumoto
- Written by Katsuhiko Takayama
S01E20
The Light of Day
- Directed by Takayuki Kuriyama, Nanako Fujisawa
- Written by Shinsuke Onishi
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kozue KananiwaProducer
- Shinichiro KitazawaProducer
- Hiroyuki KobayashiProducer
- Masayuki NishideProducer
- Shizuka KurosakiProducer
- Takaki KosakaProducer
Writing
- Gen UrobuchiWriter
- Shinsuke OnishiWriter
- Katsuhiko TakayamaWriter
- Ayumi SekineWriter
Direction
- Masaki UtsunomiyaDirector
- Yasuhiro MatsumuraDirector
- Ei AokiDirector
- Yoshihisa MatsumotoDirector
- Tatsuma MinamikawaDirector
- Makoto KatoDirector
Cinematography
- Tomoyoshi KatoDirector of Photography
Music
- Hiroyuki SawanoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
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