Robotics;Notes (anime)

The Robotics;Notes anime is an adaptation of the visual novel Robotics;Notes, originally developed by MAGES. The anime adaptation for the visual novel Robotics;Notes was initially announced on March 30^th, 2012 by Fuji TV. The series aired on Fuji TV’s Noitamina slot between October 12, 2012 and March 22, 2013. The anime series was produced by Production I.G and directed by Kazuya Nomura, with music by Takeshi Abo and Yuki Hayashi.

For episodes 1-11, the opening theme is “Junjou Spectra” (純情スペクトラ Junjō Supekutora, Pure-hearted Spectra) by Zwei and the ending theme is “Umikaze no Brave” (海風のブレイブ Umikaze no Bureibu, Bravery of the Seabreeze) by fumika. For episodes 12-22, the opening theme is “Houkou no Messiah” (咆筺のメシア Hōkyō no Meshia, Law of Messiah) by HARUKI and the ending theme is “Topology” (トポロジー Toporojī) by Kanako Itō. Funimation Entertainment licensed the anime for streaming on their website. The series was released in two BD/DVD volumes in North America: part one on February 18, 2014 containing episodes 1–11, and part two on March 25, 2014 containing episodes 12–22.

Background[]

One episode was pre-aired at Machi☆Asobi on October 6, 2012. Two episodes were pre-aired at an event on October 13, 2012.

The regular airing began on October 12, 2012.

Episodes[]

Episode #	Episode Title	Release Date
1	Because GUNVARREL is Waiting	October 12, 2012
	Kaito Yashio and his friend Akiho Senomiya are the remaining members of their school's Robotics Club. After Akiho hands in a budget request to the staff room, both she and Kaito, who spends his time playing games on his Poke-Com device, visit an old hangar containing a large robot the Robotics Club has been working on since its foundation, GunBuild-1.
2	Because of Dreams, Hopes, and Passion	October 19, 2012
	Needing a robot for the tournament, Kaito and Akiho find an old hobby robot, the "Tanegashi Machine", in storage, only to find its batteries have run out. Akiho goes to see an old man named Tetsuharu 'Doc' Fujita to try to get some new parts, but finds they are too expensive.
3	Tanegashi Accel Impaaaact!	October 26, 2012
	Kaito and Akiho go with their teacher, Mitsuhiko Nagafukada, to where the Robo-One tournament is being held, though they have no hotel to check into. As Kaito practices with the robot, he experiences a strange sensation for a brief moment.
4	Let's Build a Giant Robot of Justice Together	November 2, 2012
	Akiho tries to get her father, Kenichiro Senomiya, who is the president of the Tanegashima Space Center, to fund their giant robot project, but her mother soon quashes that line of thought. Later, Kaito is called to meet with Frau Koujiro to help her move into her dorm as a transfer into his school.
5	May I Call You	November 9, 2012
	Becoming curious about the girl she saw the other day, Kaito hears from Junna about various sightings her. As Akiho and Subaru deal with an interview for the Robo-One tournament, Kaito and Junna go to the beach, where they encounter the cadaver of a beached whale.
6	It'd Be Sad to Have a Dream End	November 16, 2012
	As Junna stops by the Robotics Club and agrees to join, Kaito recalls what Mizuka told him about how Akiho's sister, Misaki, was allegedly friends with Airi. As Kaito once again visits Airi later that night to hear more details, including how Kou Kimijima created her, he follows a strange noise to an underground room, where he finds an EGI device used to send frequencies into outer space.
7	Thank You Berry Much	November 23, 2012
	As Akiho tries to think of a way to help Subaru, Kaito realizes from Junna that the sounds coming from the EGI Device was the tune of "Kagome Kagome", the lyrics of which had been sent to millions of people during moments where Poke-Coms simultaneously froze.
8	I'm Nae Tennouji! Nice to Meet You!	November 30, 2012
	Kaito and the others are taken to JAXA, where Nae explains that JAXA wants to support the production of their giant robot. However, Akiho rejects their offer when they suggest they build a new one from scratch instead of completing GunBuild-1.
9	Because It's the Product of Our Blood, Sweat, and Tears	December 7, 2012
	While the others go to a festival in town, where they also run into Nae, Kaito helps Frau continue her search for cheaters, introducing her to Airi and telling her about the Kimijima reports. The next day, the club assembles the top and bottom halves of GunBuild-1 together, completing its construction, although Akiho worries that she has not heard from Misaki.
10	A Robot that Only We Can Build	December 14, 2012
	As Kaito determines the Kill-Ballad cheater, a strange electrically-charged stone called a monopole falls from the sky and lands before him. As Akiho theorizes she could use more of them to power the GunBuild-1, Subaru suggests she give up and work on a new robot with JAXA.
11	The Flag Has Been Cleared	December 21, 2012
	As Frau becomes intrigued by rumors of Mobile Battler Gunvarrel’s last episode being leaked, she and Kaito go to resolve the conditions needed to unlock the third report, finding the tasks pretty tedious. As Kaito manages to beat the Kill-Ballad cheater while passing the time, the IRUO. software Kona uses to detect cheaters gets infected with a virus, presumably from the cheater himself.
12	Until You Like SOMETHING About Them	January 11, 2013
	Despite Misaki’s warnings, Kaito starts gathering flags for unlocking the fourth Kimijima Report. Later, Junna learns her grandfather Tetsuharu has been taken into intensive care, though he refuses to see her when she comes to visit.
13	What a Screwed-Up World	January 18, 2013
	Frau laments about her past, when her mother Minami Furugoori left for work one morning and never came home. Akiho and Subaru task Tetsuharu with making a motor from the monopole while Kaito tries to make sense of fourth Kimijima Report, which details “Project Atum”: a purported robot rebellion.
14	Let's Stay Like This for a Bit...	January 25, 2013<
	As the robots continue to run rampant in Tokyo, Frau explains to Kaito that the administrative login to Roboratory Industry’s Cloud Server has been locked by the hackers with a Kill-Ballad battle round. In the city, Misaki has a word with Exoskeleton’s president Toshiyuki Sawada about the state of affairs, with the latter remarking that the rogue robots is but a test-run of Project Atum: to cause a robot uprising, leading to planetary chaos and also commenting on Minami Furugoori’s brainwashing becoming undone towards the end of the Mobile Battler Gunvarrel anime, allowing her to embed propaganda images as well as the “Kagome Kagome” melody in the leaked footage.
15	I'll Let You Dream	February 1, 2013
	As solar flares start affecting computers and PokeComs alike, Airi starts showing up on PokeComs besides those of Kaito and his friends and begins acting strangely. As planned maintenance on the IRUO. system is scheduled which could potentially erase Airi, Kaito is left with little room to fulfill the conditions for the sixth Kimijima Report before Christmas Eve.
16	I Love Giant Robots	February 8, 2013
	A road accident is revealed to be responsible for crippling Mizuka and she receives exoskeletal legs from Misaki enabling her to walk again. The Robot Research Club successfully complete the basic construction of GunBuild-2. By using the monopole motors and a laser-activated fueling system, they put it through its first activation test.
17	The Robot Research Club is Hereby Disbanded!	February 15, 2013
	After Kaito, Akiho and Mitsuhiko pay their respects to Mizuka, Vice Principal Kaoruko Usui announces that, following Subaru's accident, the Robot Research Club will be disbanded and their cooperation with JAXA halted, ordering all the robots they’ve made to be dismantled. As Kaito, against his better judgement, goes to download the seventh Kimijima Report, he is confronted by Toshiyuki Sawada of Exoskeleton, who questions him about Kimijima, though Kaito refuses to answer him.
18	The Real GUNVARREL is Standing Right There	February 22, 2013
	Kaito and Akiho travel to the Tokyo Expo with their GunBuild-2 robot, where they discover they have to share a hotel room. As Kaito has nightmares that night, Akiho asks him to be a bit more open with his troubles.
19	I Never Should've Had a Dream	March 1, 2013
	Sawada’s first shot has no effect on Misaki, and he starts unloading before being tackled by Kaito, who urges Akiho to chase after Misaki. As the “Kagome Kagome” tune soon starts playing from the Arena’s PA, Akiho watches in disbelief as Misaki boards the SUMERAGI and begins wreaking havoc within the Tokyo Expo, by destroying the other robots.
20	Does She Still Like Robots?	March 8, 2013
	As Mitsuhiko begins streaming the encounter via IRUO., Kimijima reveals that on the day of the MF Anemone Incident he had been planning on using the passengers as test subjects for an electromagnetic radiation experiment but was murdered by Misaki to save Kaito and Akiho when she caught onto his plans. Afterwards, Kimijima began appearing to her through the IRUO. network, threatening to reveal what she did along with Kaito and Akiho, forcing her to cooperate with his plan.
21	GUNVARREL, Forward!	March 15, 2013
	While everyone else works on fixing up the Super GunBuild-1, Kaito, Nae and Airi head to Kimijima’s lab to retrieve data for the device Sawada gave him, although Kaito undergoes a seizure when he attempts to activate it.
22	Now It's Time for OUR Game	March 22, 2013
	Kaito arrives before Misaki, with the others helping to divert the missiles she fires using AR decoys, although Kaito is forced to use slo-mo and sacrifice one of his pile bunkers to dodge the last one. Kaito manages to get up close to Misaki’s SUMERAGI and use the Slo-Mo to attack her with the other pile bunker.