Rusted Armors


Rusted Armors is a Japanese mixed-media project. It consists of various 2.5D stage plays, with the first play running in 2017. A manga series with art by hagi was serialized in Media Factory's shōjo manga magazine Monthly Comic Gene from January to October 2019 and was collected in two tankōbon volumes. A second manga series with art by Kairi Shimotsuki titled Rusted Armors: Daybreak has been serialized in the same magazine from May 2021 to May 2022 and was collected in two tankōbon volume. An anime television series by Kigumi also titled Rusted Armors: Daybreak aired from January to March 2022.

Characters

;Suzuki Magoichi
;Oda Nobunaga
;Tsurukubi
;Hotarubi
;Kurohyo
;Deku
;Ageha
;Hototogisu
;Lucio Cortes

Media

Manga

A manga series with art by hagi was serialized in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Gene magazine from January 15 to October 15, 2019. It was collected in two tankōbon volumes.
A second manga series with art by Kairi Shimotsuki titled Rusted Armors: Daybreak was serialized in the same magazine from May 14, 2021, to May 13, 2022. It was collected in two tankōbon volumes.

Anime

In June 2019, an anime adaptation based on the project was announced. It was later revealed to be a television series produced by Kigumi, also titled Rusted Armors: Daybreak. The series is directed by Shinmei Kawahara, with Ohine Ezaki writing the series' scripts. It aired from January 9 to March 27, 2022, on Tokyo MX and other networks. Taiki Sato, Toshiki Masuda, and Ryūji Satō performed the opening theme song "Faith." Crunchyroll licensed the series.