Superb Song of the Valkyries: Symphogear (2012)
During a concert by idol group Zwei Wing, an alien force known as the Noise attack the stage. Group members Tsubasa Kazanari and Kanade Amou suppress the attack using their Symphogear armor, but despite their best efforts, innocent bystander Hibiki Tachibana is fatally injured. Distraught and much to Tsubasa's dismay, Kanade sacrifices herself in the process to save Hibiki. Two years later, Hibiki lives on. Tsubasa now fights alone. With the threat of the Noise increasing, Hibiki finds herself encountering the Noise once again but this time she is granted a chance to become attuned with the same Symphogear that Kanade wielded.
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Episode 1 - The Gungnir Girl
Release Date: 2013-07-04Over a hundred days after the Lunar Attack, Hibiki and Chris are carrying the Staff of Solomon to an American military base. The train they're on is suddenly attacked by Noise, and the Noise seems to be being controlled.
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Episode 2 - Power and Lies in Her Heart
Release Date: 2013-07-11Maria summons Noise and attacks Tsubasa at the Queens of Music concert. If Tsubasa wants to transform and fight back, it will mean revealing to the entire world that she is a Symphogear wielder.
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Episode 3 - Those Who Long for the End, Those Who Challenge the End
Release Date: 2013-07-18Headquarters tracks Finé's base to an abandoned hospital outside town. When the Symphogear wielders attack the base, their powers are weakened by a strange red gas, and they are attacked by a monster which doesn't seem to be a Noise...
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Episode 4 - The Place I Call Home
Release Date: 2013-07-25Maria and Tsubasa fight a battle on top of the Section 2 submarine. After Maria escapes, the wielders return for the school cultural fair. Chris is drafted into a singing competition, but just as she's about to win, a surprise challenger appears.
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Episode 5 - Bloodstained Serenade
Release Date: 2013-08-01Kirika and Shirabe sing "Orbital Beat" at the school singing competition. Not wanting to fight them at the school, the wielders agree to fight a duel at another place. But when they arrive, instead of the girls they find Dr. Ver.
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Episode 6 - A Miracle Is a Cruel Thing
Release Date: 2013-08-08After being seriously injured by the Nephilim, Hibiki is unable to control her Symphogear. She flies into a rage, destroying the Nephilim and ripping out its heart. During the post-fight medical exam, it's discovered that if she continues to use her gear, she'll die.
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Episode 7 - When You Stop Being You
Release Date: 2013-08-15Kirika and Shirabe attempt to recover Dr. Ver so that he can treat their mom. They run into Hibiki, whose fusion has progressed to the point where she can touch a Noise with her bare hands. Dr. Ver injects them with a LiNKER boost, and they attempt to use their Superb Songs, which might kill them.
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Episode 8 - Hand in Hand for Me, as I Waver...
Release Date: 2013-08-22The Moon is going to crash into the Earth, and there is no way to stop it. Finé's plan has been to raise the floating continent of Frontier in order to survive, but they lack the needed technology. They attempt to make a deal with the American government, which betrays them instead. Ver's Noise intervene to save them, but Hibiki is nearby, and she's forced to transform to survive.
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Episode 9 - The Origin of a Hero
Release Date: 2013-08-29Miku is missing after the explosion at the Sky Tower, but there's hope she might still be alive. Despite the danger, the wielders decide to try and recover her from Finé's clutches.
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Episode 10 - Countdown to Loss
Release Date: 2013-09-05Dr. Ver arms Miku with a Symphogear, both in order to raise Frontier and defeat the wielders. His use of LiNKER means that any serious shocks could kill her. Hibiki tries to stop her, but she only has two minutes and forty seconds before the overload from her Gear kills her as well.
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Episode 11 - Destiny Ark
Release Date: 2013-09-12Hibiki's gear is destroyed, Chris has gone rogue, and the floating continent is raised. Only Tsubasa is left to fight Dr. Ver and the rest of Finé. With no one else to help them, Division 2 turns to Shirabe.
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Episode 12 - Striking Spear
Release Date: 2013-09-19Dr. Ver's activation of Frontier has brought the Moon closer to crashing on to the surface. Maria and her mom have a plan to stop it, but they need the help of everyone on Earth to do it. And after everything that's happened, Maria doesn't feel like she can...
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Episode 13 - In the Distance, That Day... When the Star Became Music
Release Date: 2013-09-26Dr. Ver's plans to murder most of humanity and make himself king have failed, so he sets the Nephilim's reactor to explode. With only minutes before it blows up into a trillion-degree heat, the Symphogear wielders must use all their power to stop it.