Frame Arms Girl

Short description: Japanese model kit line & its adaptations

Frame Arms Girl
Cover of the first Japanese Frame Arms Girl: Lab Days manga volume featuring Gourai.
フレームアームズ・ガール (Furēmu Āmuzu Gāru)
Created by	Kotobukiya
Manga
Frame Arms Girl: Lab Days
Written by	Kotobukiya Deko Akao (assistant supervisor)
Illustrated by	Tsuneo Tsuneishi
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Imprint	Kadokawa Comics Ace
Magazine	Comp Ace
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	December 26, 2016 – November 25, 2017
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
Produced by	Hiroaki Taneoka
Written by	Deko Akao
Music by	Keigo Hoashi Kakeru Ishihama
Studio	Zexcs Studio A-Cat
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
Original network	Tokyo MX, BS11, AT-X
Original run	April 3, 2017 – June 19, 2017
Episodes	12
Anime film
Frame Arms Girl: Kyakkyau Fufu na Wonderland
Directed by	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
Written by	Deko Akao
Music by	Keigo Hoashi Kakeru Ishihama
Studio	Zexcs Studio A-Cat
Released	June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)
Runtime	82 minutes

Frame Arms Girl (Japanese: フレームアームズ・ガール, Hepburn: Furēmu Āmuzu Gāru) is a series of heavily customizable model kit girls produced by Kotobukiya, originally released in 2015 as a moé reimagining of the more traditional, equally customizable Frame Arms mecha line and acts as a sister series to the Megami Device line of more traditional, non-derivative mecha musume kits, of which the line has regularly crossed over with.

A prequel manga for the anime by Tsuneo Tsuneishi began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine in December 2016. An anime television series inspired by the line aired from April 3, 2017, to June 19, 2017. A recap film Frame Arms Girl: Kyakkyau Fufu na Wonderland was released on June 29, 2019.

Summary

Based on the original Frame Arms line, Frame Arms Girl features the robots from that line re-portrayed as anthropomorphic mecha musume, known as F.A. Girls for short, who can be equipped with various armor and weapon parts, including mixing and matching those from other original Kotobukiya kit lines, Frame Arms and the M.S.G accessory series included. The end result resembles a doll or figure with accessories attached, ranging from heavy armaments to articles of clothing, sold at the size of 1/1 scale for lore purposes, but translate to 1/10 by default and 1/24 scale for handscale versions when compared to the human body. The line's initial character design was illustrated by Fumikane Shimada, loosely inspired by Takayuki Yanase original Frame Arms mecha designs, but has since expanded to commission other artists to help on new F.A. Girls.

Multimedia Storyline

Characters

The following is a description of characters and their personalities that appeared in the anime and manga as opposed to their respective real life kits' instruction manuals.

Gennai Ao (源内 あお)

Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa

A human girl who is given the job of providing data for the F.A. Girls by Factory Advance. Because her parents have business overseas, she lives alone in her apartment. As more F.A. Girls are sent to her, she slowly begins accepting them as a family.

Gourai (轟雷, Gōrai)

Voiced by: Narumi Kaho

An F.A. Girl who is sent to Ao to gather emotion data. She is a ground-based fighter who can move quickly with tank-style treads, but has a disadvantage over aerial types. It is revealed that there are many copies of her sent out to different people around the city, but Ao's is the only one that is active. She is the first F.A. Girl that Ao receives.

Stylet (スティレット, Suteiretto)

Voiced by: Yu Ayase

A bossy F.A. Girl who gets flustered easily. Equipped with wings, she specializes in aerial combat. Ao nicknames her Sty-ko. She and Baselard are sent to Ao's apartment shortly after Gourai.

Baselard (バーゼラルド, Bāzerarudo)

Voiced by: Rika Nagae

An energetic and childish F.A. Girl who likes to cause mischief. Like Stylet, she is an aerial type who focuses on guided laser weapons. She and Stylet are sent to Ao's apartment shortly after Gourai.

Materia Sisters (マテリア姉妹, Materia Shimai)

Voiced by: Erii Yamazaki

A pair of F.A. Girls who have the same model and can be considered as sisters, given the names White (シロ, Shiro) and Black (クロ, Kuro) to distinguish from each other. They are oddly affectionate towards each other and take pleasure in torturing others, often omitting the use of armor in favor of powerful weaponry. Ao receives them sometime after getting Gourai, Stylet, and Baselard.

Architect (アーキテクト, Ākitekuto)

Voiced by: Hibiku Yamamura

An F.A. girl who, along with the Materia Sisters, is the basis of every other F.A. Girl and, according to Stylet, has no physical body and only manifests herself during certain battles to carry out her programming. She was given a physical body after Gourai and Jinrai defeated her, loaded with the data generated during their battle. She shows very little emotion compared to the other F.A. Girls, and has the ability to alter her appearance in battle. She is the seventh F.A. Girl that Ao receives.

Jinrai (迅雷, Jinrai)

Voiced by: Minami Kabayama

A proud and traditionalist F.A. Girl who has a particularly obsession with the Sengoku period and specializes in ninja techniques. She is the sixth F.A. Girl that Ao receives.

Hresvelgr (フレズヴェルク, Furezuveruku)

Voiced by: Rika Abe

A powerful F.A. Girl who gave Gourai her first defeat, causing Gourai to improve further. Ao nicknames her Hres. She is arrogant, a little antagonistic, and loves to battle. Factory Advance later provides her with an upgrade that alters her appearance, but this unintentionally corrupts her. After Gourai defeats her, she is freed from her corruptive state and is allowed to stay with Ao, developing a much nicer personality afterwards. She is the last F.A. Girl that Ao receives.

Kotobuki Bukiko (寿 武希子)

Voiced by: Kanomi Izawa

Ao's best friend, who is obsessed with model kits and often provides Ao with the latest parts after finding out about the F.A. Girls. She is also a moé reimagining of Kotobukiya, the real-life company behind Frame Arms Girls.

Guriko

A mysterious girl that Ao meets at the park that she used to visit when she was a child, who guides Ao to a time capsule that she buried there. She disappears afterwards. A doll version of her is found inside of the time capsule, which implies that she is a vision from Ao's past.

Jyuden-kun

Every F.A. Girl is accompanied by these small robots who are tasked with recharging them and preparing them for battles. They can also act as a chair or as a bed for them, and can serve as a communication device.

Sleipni-taro

It was originally a cleaning robot that experiences malfunctions. After it was repaired, the robot was also given an upgrade as well as artificial intelligence. It usually serves as a means of transportation for the F.A. Girls and as a rideable toy by Baselard.

Nipako

Godhand's mascot. In the show, she cameos as a nipper tsukumogami who haunts Ao's school after a girl misused a pair of plastic cutting nippers on metal, being the GodHand SPN-120 Ultimate, a nipper regarded as a glass cannon for its highest quality cuts in the plamo hobby and highest level of fragility on misuse. Nipako haunts the school at night, possessing the very same nippers that broke. After cutting off an unneeded fragment that was to be cleaned from Gourai's armor, the nippers return to normal and is taken back to Ao's place as a souvenir while Nipako watches them with happiness, implying that she is now at peace knowing that she will be handled with care in the future.

Innocentia

A newly developed F.A. Girl who was teased at the end of the final episode. Her abilities and future remain unknown and she is unvoiced within the anime.

Manga

A manga prequel written by Kotobukiya and illustrated by Tsuneo Tsuneishi, titled Frame Arms Girl: Lab Days (フレームアームズ・ガール ラボ・デイズ, Frēmu Āmuzu Gāru: Rabo Deizu), began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine from December 26, 2016.

Anime

A 12-episode anime television adaption aired on Tokyo MX between April 3, 2017, and June 19, 2017, also airing on BS11 and AT-X. The anime was directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi at studios Zexcs and Studio A-Cat with scripts written by Deko Akao and the music is produced by Keigo Hoashi and Kakeru Ishihama. Sentai Filmworks have licensed it for home video and digital release. The series was streamed by the Anime Network. The opening theme is "Tiny Tiny" by Rie Murakawa while the ending theme is "Fullscratch Love", performed by the series' voice actresses.

The anime follows a girl named Ao who is sent a prototype F.A. Girl known as Gourai and is tasked with helping her gather data on both battle and emotions. The two soon encounter more F.A. Girls sent by Factory Advance, the company who created them, who Gourai battles against while also having various adventures alongside. Any F.A. Girls that Gourai defeats are allowed to stay with her and Ao.

A film titled Frame Arms Girl: Kyakkyau Fufu na Wonderland has been announced. It was revealed that the film will be a compilation film with new added footage. The film premiered on June 29, 2019.

No.	Title	Original air date

External links

• Frame Arms Girl Official on YouTube
• Frame Arms Girl (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia