マブラヴ オルタネイティヴ
Muv-Luv Alternative
🚪 Often abandoned
A story of the bonds between those who fight, in a world pushed to its limits. On one of the countless parallel worlds that exist throughout spacetime, humanity has fought a decades long war against the BETA, hostile extraterrestrial invaders, using humanoid fighting machines called Tactical Surface Fighters. This is a story of how humanity lives and dies while on the brink of extinction… (Source: Crunchyroll)
Names
| Original | マブラヴ オルタネイティヴ (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Muv-Luv Alternative |
| English | Muv-Luv Alternative |
| Also known as | Muv-Luv Alternative The Animation |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 23 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2021-10-07 → 2021-12-23 (Autumn 2021) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Graphinica, Yumeta Company, FLAGSHIP LINE |
| Source | Visual novel |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | ActionDramaMechaRomanceSci-Fi |
| Themes | AliensMilitaryReal RobotWarPoliticsHeterosexualIsekai |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll · YouTube |
Reception
| Community score | 5.60 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 6.15 / 10 |
| Composite | 34.8 |
| On lists | 16,230 |
| Favourited | 185 (1.1%) |
| Completion | 57.1% |
| Drop rate | 18.8% |
| In backlog | 43.3% |
| Score spread σ | 2.08 |
Score distribution
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Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | Graphinica | — | 20 of 21 |
| Studio | Yumeta Company | E | 29 of 29 |
| Broadcast season | Autumn 2021 | E | 78 of 82 |
| Source material | Visual novel | E | 241 of 266 |
| Year | 2021 | E | 340 of 356 |
| Genre | Mecha | E | 471 of 484 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi | E | 1,359 of 1,409 |
| Era | Early 2020s | E | 1,535 of 1,596 |
| Genre | Romance | E | 1,631 of 1,687 |
| Season (all years) | Autumn | E | 1,848 of 1,921 |
| Genre | Drama | E | 1,865 of 1,917 |
| Length | Single-cour | E | 2,519 of 2,668 |
| Genre | Action | E | 2,647 of 2,765 |
| Format | TV series | E | 3,174 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | E | 6,845 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Yukio Nishimoto, Ken Naitou |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Tatsuhiko Urahata |
| Character design | Takuya Tani, Aki Tsunaki |
| Original creator | Kouki Yoshimune |
Franchise — シュヴァルツェスマーケン
Dマブラヴ オルタネイティヴ トータル・イクリプス
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
Eシュヴァルツェスマーケン
Schwarzes Marken
Dマブラヴ オルタネイティヴ 第二期
Muv-Luv Alternative Season 2
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| side story | 2012 | Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse |
| side story | 2016 | Schwarzes Marken |
| other | — | Reincarnation |
| sequel | 2022 | Muv-Luv Alternative Season 2 |
| character | 2003 | Rumbling Hearts |
AniList id 112716 · MAL id 40608 · record updated 2026-08-26