Series streams on Amazon's Anime Strike on April 5

Sentai Filmworks announced on Friday that it has licensed the television anime of Karuna Kanzaki and Yūya Kurokami's Armed Girl's Machiavellism ( Busō Shōjo Machiavellism ) manga.

The series will stream exclusively on Anime Strike, Amazon U.S.'s on-demand anime subscription service, as it airs in Japan. New episodes will be available for Anime Strike subscribers on Wednesdays beginning on April 5. The anime will also get a home video release.

The anime will premiere in Japan on AT-X on April 5 at 11:00 p.m., and will then air on the Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, and BS11 channels. The show will stream in Japan on the d Anime Store.

The show stars:

Tasuku Hatanaka as Fudō Nomura

Yūki Takada as Rin Onigawara

Sayaka Kitahara as Mary Kikakujō

Nozomi Nishida as Satori Tamaba

Rina HIdaka as Warabi Hanasaka

Natsumi Hioka as Tsukuyo Inaba

Eriko Matsui as Kirukiru Amō

Miku Itō as Nono Mozunono

Akane Kohinata as Chōka U Baragasaki

Miharu Hanai as Sassa Kurasaki

Shiori Mutō as Ui Migii

Miharu Sawada as Tsunemi Tōko

Yuki Yamada as Kinue Tanukihara

Natsumi Yamada as Nico Saruwatari

Saki Fujita as Kyōbō

Tetsuharu Ohta as Kusuo Masukodera

Hideki Tachibana (BlazBlue Alter Memory, Dragon Crisis!, H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~) is directing the anime at the studio Silver Link (Ange Vierge, Dusk maiden of Amnesia). Kento Shimoyama (Bleach, Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals, Servant × Service) is supervising the series scripts, and Shoko Takimoto (BONJOUR Sweet Love Patisserie, Chaos Dragon, Senran Kagura: Estival Versus - Festival Eve Full of Swimsuits) is designing the characters. Team-Max's Hiromi Mizutani (Hell Girl, Non Non Biyori, Toriko) is composing the music at Nippon Columbia.

Miku Itō is performing the opening theme song "Shocking Blue." Five of the anime's cast members (Rin's Yūki Takada, Mary's Sayaka Kitahara, Satori's Nozomi Nishida, Warabi's Rina Hidaka, Tsukuyo's Natsumi Hioka) are performing the ending theme song "Decide" under the unit name "Tenka Goken" (Five Ruling Swords).

The "school rebellion battle action" story follows Fudō Nomura, who transfers to a school where girls carry weapons to rule mercilessly over the boys. Shortly after transferring he becomes a target of Rin Onigawara, a member of the Five Ruling Swords that commands the school. In order break free he must defeat the Five Ruling Swords.