BlazBlue Alter Memory is a 2013 anime series which premiered in Japan on October 8, 2013. It is based on the video games ' and '. Funimation has licensed the anime for streaming and home video release in North America.
Plot
In the year 2199, humanity eagerly waits for the dawn of the new century, following the end of a series of devastating magic wars. Word spreads that Ragna the Bloodedge, an SS-class rebel with the highest ever bounty on his head and a powerful form of Ars Magus known as the "Azure Grimoire", has appeared in the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi. To collect the bounty and his Azure Grimoire, a motley array of fighters converge on Kagutsuchi.
Characters
;Ragna the Bloodedge Ragna the Bloodedge is a wanted criminal with an extraordinarily large bounty on his head for attempting to destroy the Novus Orbis Librarium, and is Jin and Saya's older brother. His right arm is prosthetic and contains the powerful "Azure Grimoire", or "BlazBlue". ;Jin Kisaragi Jin Kisaragi is a former Major and 4th Thaumaturgist Squadron Commander of the Novus Orbis Librarium, and Ragna and Saya's brother. He wields the Nox Nyctores "Mucro Algesco: Yukianesa" sword. ;Noel Vermillion/Mu-12 Noel Vermillion is a former lieutenant of the Novus Orbis Librarium who was assigned to return the AWOL Jin Kisaragi to his post. In reality, she's a Murakumo Unit known as Mu-12. She wields the Nox Nyctores "Arcus Diabolus: Bolverk" revolvers. ;Rachel Alucard Rachel Alucard is the head of the Alucard vampire clan. She is the current owner of the "Tsukuyomi Unit". ;Nago Nago is Rachel's black transmogrifying cat that speaks and acts just as snobbishly as her. He is often seen in umbrella form but he could also morph into and be used as either a Lobelia cannon or a comfy chair. ;Gii Gii is Rachel's stout red bat familiar. He is often burdened by Rachel's orders during teatime, or her fits wherein she has the penchant of either using him as a footrest or pinching his cheek. ;Taokaka Taokaka is a respected warrior of the Kaka clan, who is attempting to apprehend Ragna the Bloodedge and use the bounty to secure a new home-land for the Kaka. ;Iron Tager Iron Tager is a Sector Seven professor who has been mechanically enhanced to perform field-work. ;Litchi Faye-Ling ;Arakune ;Bang Shishigami ;Carl Clover ;Hakumen Hakumen is one of the Six Heroes whom defeated the Black Beast. In truth, Hakumen is Jin's future self, whose soul was bound to the Susano'o unit after falling into the Gates of Sheol and saved by Rachel. ;Nu-13 ;Tsubaki Yayoi Tsubaki Yayoi is Jin Kisaragi's childhood friend, Noel Vermillion, Carl Clover and Makoto Nanaya's former roommate from the Military Academy, and a major of the non-official Novus Orbis Librarium's Zero Squadron. ;Lambda-11 ;Yūki "Hazama" Terumi/ Hazama Hazama is a captain of Novus Orbis Librarium's Intelligence Department. In reality, his real name is Yuki Terumi, a former member of the Six Heroes who betrayed them, and the one whom responsible for kidnapping Saya and had Jin being mind controlled by Yukianesa. ;Makoto Nanaya Makoto Nanaya is a former classmate of Tsubaki Yayoi, Carl Clover, Noel Vermillion, and Jin Kisaragi from the Military Academy. She is a squirrel beastkin. ;Valkenhayn R. Hellsing Rachel's servant and one of the Six Heroes. He is a wolf beastkin. ;Platinum the Trinity ;Relius Clover Relius Clover is the father of Carl Clover and Ada Clover as well as the husband of Ignis. ;Kokonoe Kokonoe is a scientist at Sector Seven, and an important supporting character in the BlazBlue series. She is the daughter of Six Heroes Jubei and Nine. ;Jubei Jubei, also known as Mitsuyoshi, is one of the Six Heroes and Ragna's master who battled the Black Beast alongside Hakumen. He is a cat beastkin. ;Linhua Litchi's assistant in the clinic. ;Saya Saya is the younger sister to both Jin and Ragna. She was born with a frail body, and throughout her life, she was bullied by her brother Jin. Her other brother, Ragna, was much more caring, spent much time with her. Jin grew jealous of the relationship Ragna and Saya shared, and eventually attempted to kill her, immediately after she gave Jin the Nox Nyctores, Yukianesa. She is somehow possessed by an entity known as Izanami and was kidnapped by Yūki Terumi that day, and being given unconscious to Relius Clover under Izanami's order. ;Trinity Glassfield ;Imperator Hades "Librarius" Izanami The imperator of the NOL. She had Hazama and Relius kidnap Saya and made her into her vessel.
